CONTENTS 



FOREWORD V 



John V. Byrne 



PREFACE vii 



Kenneth W. Turgeon 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix 



SUMMARY xi 



Kenneth W. Turgeon 



INVITED PAPERS : 



Needs for Modeling in Marine Pollution Assessment 1 



Douglas A. Wolfe 



Comments on Modeling from the Standpoint of a Research Administrator 21 



Robert L. Edwards and James E. Kirkley 



Marine Ecosystem Modeling: The Potential for Application in Benefit 



Measurement 35 



Clifford S. Russell, William J. Vaughn, and Therese Feng 



Use and Limits of Ecosystem Models: A great Lakes Perspective 57 



Donald Scavia 



Oil Spill Modeling for OCS Environmental Assessment and Decisionmaking 89 



David E. Amstutz 



Oil Spill-Fishery Impact Assessment Modeling: Application to Georges 



Bank 101 



Malcolm L. Spaulding, Mark Reed, Saul B. Saila, Ernesto Lorda, and 

 Henry A. Walker 



A Simulation Modeling Framework for Ecological Research in Complex 



Systems: The Case of Submerged Vegetation in Upper Chesapeake Bay 131 



W. Michael Kemp, Walter R. Boynton, and Albert J. Hermann 



Optimal Exploitation, by Mussel Rafts, of the Ria de Arosa, Spain: 



Predictions of a First-Generation Model 159 



Richard G. Wiegert and Ernesto Penas-Lado 



Atlantic Marsh-Estuarine Nearshore Detrital System (AMENDS) Model 



(abstr.) 173 



David S. Peters and William E. Schaaf 



A Simulation Model of a Near-Shore Marine Ecosystem of the North-Central 



Gulf of Mexico 179 



Joan A. Browder 



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