A SIMULATION MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR 



ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS: 



THE CASE OF SUBMERGED VEGETATION IN UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY 1 



W. Michael Kemp 2 



Walter R. Boynton 3 



Albert J. Hermann 2 ,^ 



^University of Maryland Center for Environmental and 

 Estuarine Studies Contribution No. HPEL-83-1429 



2 Horn Point Environmental Laboratories, P.O. Box 775, 

 Cambridge, MD 21613 



3 Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Box 38, 

 Solomons, MD 20688 



^Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, 

 Seattle, WA 



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