Model comparison for a complex ecological system

Ferguson, C.A., Bowman, A.W. , Scott, E.M. and Carvalho, L. (2007) Model comparison for a complex ecological system. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 170(3), pp. 691-711. (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2006.00462.x)

Abstract

The ecological consequences of climate change and its interaction with other environmental pressures, such as nutrient pollution, are little understood. For freshwater ecosystems, knowledge of these combined effects is required for water resource management and in particular for successful implementation of the European Community Water Framework Directive 2000, which requires that all surface-waters should be at, or above, ‘good status’ by 2016. Statistical analysis of detailed long-term environmental data sets can be used to explore these combined effects. Loch Leven (Scotland) has been routinely monitored since 1967, providing one of the largest and most extensive of such data sets. Over this period there has been evidence of climate change and a period of eutrophication and recovery at the loch. Transfer functions, additive models and varying-coefficient models are used to explore the complex ecological system at Loch Leven with the aim of obtaining insight into the combined effects of climate change and eutrophication on water quality.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Scott, Professor Marian and Bowman, Prof Adrian and Miller, Professor Claire
• Authors: Ferguson, C.A., Bowman, A.W., Scott, E.M., and Carvalho, L.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Statistics
• Journal Name: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)
• ISSN: 0964-1998
• ISSN (Online): 1467-985X
• Published Online: 25 January 2007