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Snapshot of the virtual coral reef patch (top view).
The simulation of small-scale processes allows the analysis of ecosystem responses to environmental change. Colonies of two massive (polygons) and two branching (stars) coral species compete for space with each other and algae (macroalgae as green spots; turf algae as grid). Higher level properties, such as population dynamics and community composition, emerge from local interactions of neighboring organisms, which are additionally influenced by environmental conditions. See Kubicek et al.
Image Credit: Andreas Kubicek, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology.
Citation: (2012) PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(11) November 2012. PLoS Comput Biol 8(11): ev08.i11. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v08.i11
Published: November 29, 2012
Copyright: © 2012 Kubicek. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The simulation of small-scale processes allows the analysis of ecosystem responses to environmental change. Colonies of two massive (polygons) and two branching (stars) coral species compete for space with each other and algae (macroalgae as green spots; turf algae as grid). Higher level properties, such as population dynamics and community composition, emerge from local interactions of neighboring organisms, which are additionally influenced by environmental conditions. See Kubicek et al.
Image Credit: Andreas Kubicek, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology.