MODELING ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC-SYSTEMS WITH STELLA - PART II

This special section contains a group of seven modelling studies cover ing a range of ecological and economic systems and problems. The model s were all developed using STELLA, an icon-based programming language specifically designed for dynamic systems modelling. Models included i n the special section cover: dinoflagellate (Phiesteria piscicida) dyn amics as a result of coastal eutrophication, Menhaden fisheries manage ment in the Chesapeake Bay, watershed characteristics affecting both b rown trout habitat and beaver ponds, the impacts and economics of ripa rian buffer strips, the integrated ecology and economics of Brazilian mangroves, and the macroeconomy including natural resources and a rang e of critical assumptions about technical change and substitution. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.