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abstract Computer Simulation Modeling of Intermediate Trophic
Levels for Across Trophic Level System Simulations of the
Everglades/Big Cypress Region Michael Gaines, George Dalrymple,
and Donald L. DeAngelis This work has involved the modeling of
intermediate trophic levels in the Everglades ecosystem as part
of the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) package of
models. The fish and herpetological communities play pivotal
roles in the Everglades, acting as principal forage sources for
such top consumers as wading birds and alligators. Fish
modeling: The purpose of this work was to develop a model of the
dynamics of a key functional group of fishes in the freshwater
in the Everglades/Big Cypress ecosystem. The work performed here
developed a predictive model for the numbers, size and age
structures, and biomass per unit area of small fishes in any
selected part of the freshwater marsh. A key factor included in
the model is the seasonal cycl