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http://dx.doi.org/10.7846/JKOSMEE.2011.14.2.093

Mesocosm as a Scientific Tool for Marine Science: Focused on the Soft-bottom Environment  

Yang, Jae-Sam (Department of Oceanography, Kunsan National University)
Jeong, Yong-Hoon (Department of Oceanography, Kunsan National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy / v.14, no.2, 2011 , pp. 93-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
This review has dealt with definition, size, history, and status of mesocosm, and also discussed several problems and trouble shootings related to the building of mesocosm, and finally will suggest the future directions of this scientific tool. Due to the restriction of the space, the discussion mainly focused on "the mesocosm building for the soft-bottom ecosystem". The mesocosm is defined as "medium-sized, self-sustaining, and man-controllable ecosystem". This type of studies has already initiated since 1960, but nowadays it expands to the diverse fields of science and technologies, such as toxicology, limnology, environmental sciences and engineering, and even geochemistry. As a scientific tool, the mesocosm requires following aspects; replicability, repeatability, and ecological realism or accuracy. Several technical problems have to be solved for the perfect building of mesocosm. They are known as scaling, composition of seawater/sediment, light intensity, turbulence, hydraulic residence time, and top predator. These trouble shootings are provided at the discussion in detail. In the context, I expect two promising directions in the future; 1. Objectivity based on the diverse statistical methodologies, 2. "Living ecosystem modelling" coordinated with the mathematical modelling. With these, the mesocosm will be more powerful tool for the scientists and engineers to investigate the chemical and the ecological responses to the toxic materials and global climate changes.
Keywords
mesocosm; soft-bottom ecosystem; repeatability; replicability; ecological realism;
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