This repo holds the code for Zooplankton Model of Size Spectrum (ZooMSS v1) as published in Heneghan et al. 2016 (pdf attached).
The size-spectrum model consists of a size-spectrum comprised of three communities: phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish. The phytoplankton component covers the smallest size classes and is held constant as a background resource spectrum for zooplankton. Size-dependent processes of growth and mortality drive the zooplankton and fish components.
Heneghan RF, Everett JD, Blanchard JL and Richardson AJ (2016) Zooplankton Are Not Fish: Improving Zooplankton Realism in Size-Spectrum Models Mediates Energy Transfer in Food Webs. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:201. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00201 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00201
ZooMSS_Shell.R: You run the model from this script.
ZooMSS_Parameters.R: Parameters for the model.
ZooMSS_Stability: Code for stability analysis via Newton-Raphson method.
ZooMSS_PDE: The model code.