DATASET description metadata for BCO-DMO                         [Version: May 2014] 
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Originating PI name and contact information:  
Dr James Ruzicka 	Principal Investigator 	Oregon State University (OSU)	jim.ruzicka@oregonstate.edu 	541-867-0382

Co-PI name(s) and contact information:  
Kenneth Brink 	Principal Investigator	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)	kbrink@whoi.edu	508-289-2535
Dr Andrew Solow 	Co-Principal Investigator 	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)	asolow@whoi.edu	508-289-2746
Dr John Steele 	Co-Principal Investigator 	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)	(deceased)
Dr. Dian Gifford	collaborating scientist		University of Rhode Island (URI)	dgifford@mail.uri.edu	401-874-6690

Contact name and contact information:  
Dr James Ruzicka 	Principal Investigator 	Oregon State University (OSU)	jim.ruzicka@oregonstate.edu 	541-867-0382

Dataset Name:  
ECOTRAN code & static scenarios - Jan 2014

Dataset description:  
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Project:  
Analysis of Continental Shelf Ecosystems: Food Web Structure and Functional Relations

Funding:   NSF Ocean Sciences OCE-1258667

Cruise or Deployment:  
Ecosystem models, model code, analysis output

Deployment Synonyms:  	
NA

Location:  
Northern California Current
Georges Bank
Gulf of Alaska

Parameter names, definitions and units: 
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Sampling and Analytical Methodology:  
This contribution to the BCO-DMO database (Jan 2014) includes complete model parameter files (Northern California Current, Georges Bank, Coastal Gulf of Alaska), analysis code files for constructing models and conducting structural scenario analyses, documentation describing the use of the model analysis code, and structural scenario output.

see file:  “ReadMe_ECOTRAN-Jan2015.docx”
see file:  “README_ECOTRAN Manual 1-18-2015.docx”

Data Processing: 
NA

Access restrictions:
No restrictions

Related files and references:  
The directory “ECOTRANcode_StructuralAnalysis” includes the ECOTRAN model code to build and conduct structural scenarios. The directory includes a Read Me code manual with basic instructions on the use of the code: “README_ECOTRAN Manual 1-18-2015.docx”. There is also a functional “TEST” model included

The directory “ECOTRANmodels_MammalAggregation” includes the models for the Northern California Current, Coastal Gulf of Alaska, and Georges Bank (mammal aggregation versions) and a set of generated Monte Carlo models for each. There are three files for each model: 1) an excel file used to construct the basic mass-balanced model, 2) a .csv file used by the Matlab code for analyses, 3) a .mat file containing a set of 1000 generated Monte Carlo models.

The directory “StructuralScenarios_Oceanography_Dec-2013” contains the master .m script used to conduct structural scenarios, scenario results excel file “ScenarioResults_01-17-2015.xlsx”, and scenario results as pdf images.