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Models have a potentially large and important role in the assessment and management of ecosystems. They act as a focus for conceptualising ecological phenomena, provide a basis for developing and testing hypotheses, facilitate the interpretation of past or present changes and the simulation of future conditions. Once models are mathematically formulated and validated, experimental manipulation and perturbation can be achieved in a time frame much shorter than is usually necessary for ecological research in real-world systems.
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Ormerod, S.J., Weatherley, N.S., Gee, A.S. (1990). Modelling the ecological impact of changing acidity in Welsh streams. In: Edwards, R.W., Gee, A.S., Stoner, J.H. (eds) Acid Waters in Wales. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1894-8_18
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