For details regarding biomass dynamic in EcoState, please see Thorson, Kristensen, et al. (2025). For details regarding multi-stanza features (age-structured dynamics), see Thorson, Aydin et al. (In press)

Thorson JT, Kristensen K, Aydin K, Gaichas S, Kimmel DG, McHuron EA, Nielsen JN, Townsend H, Whitehouse GA (2025). “The Benefits of Hierarchical Ecosystem Models: Demonstration Using EcoState, a New State-Space Mass-Balance Model.” Fish and Fisheries, 26(2), 203-218. doi:10.1111/faf.12874, https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12874.

Thorson JT, Aydin K, Cheng M, Dias B, Kimmel DG, Kristensen K (In press). “Bottom-up interactions in state-space age-structured models using mass-balance dynamics.” Fish and Fisheries.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {The Benefits of Hierarchical Ecosystem Models:
      Demonstration Using EcoState, a New State-Space Mass-Balance
      Model},
    journal = {Fish and Fisheries},
    volume = {26},
    number = {2},
    pages = {203-218},
    year = {2025},
    doi = {10.1111/faf.12874},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12874},
    author = {J. T. Thorson and K. Kristensen and K. Aydin and S.
      Gaichas and D. G. Kimmel and E. A. McHuron and J. N. Nielsen and
      H. Townsend and G. A. Whitehouse},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Bottom-up interactions in state-space age-structured
      models using mass-balance dynamics},
    journal = {Fish and Fisheries},
    year = {In press},
    author = {J. T. Thorson and K. Aydin and M. Cheng and B. Dias and
      D. G. Kimmel and K. Kristensen},
  }