Predictive function and rules for population dynamics of Microcystis aeruginosa in the regulated Nakdong River (South Korea), discovered by evolutionary algorithms

Dong-Kyun Kim, Hongqing Cao, Kwang-Seuk Jeong, Friedrich Recknagel and Gea-Jae Joo

Ecological Modelling, 2007, vol. 203, issue 1, 147-156

Abstract: Two algorithms of evolutionary computation, an algebraic function model and a rule-based model, were applied for model development with respect to 8 years of limnological data from the lower Nakdong River. The aim of the modelling was to reproduce the abundances of the phytoplankton species, Microcystis aeruginosa, based on physical, chemical and meteorological parameters. The algebraic function model overestimated or underestimated abundance values, but correctly recognized the timing of high abundances. The rule-based model detected not only the timing of algal blooms well but also the magnitude of abundances. Sensitivity analysis indicates that high water temperature influences high abundances of M. aruginosa. In addition, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrate and phosphate are shown to be explainable in relation to deoxygeneration, carbon dioxide transformation and nutrient limitations.

Keywords: Machine learning; Regulated river; Evolutionary computation; Algebraic function model; Rule-based model; Microcystis aeruginosa; Sensitivity analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.03.040

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