Physics and Ecology in Fluids

Physics and Ecology in Fluids: Modeling and Numerical Experiments develops mathematical and numerical modeling methodologies for coupled biological-hydrodynamic problems with a focus on process studies.� The modeling is presented in a way that discusses mathematical background but does not depend on a large body of mathematical pre-requisites or experience.� Models are built up from simple, to complex.� This includes discussion of approximations and shortcuts commonly made by large computational models for natural bodies of water. Computational approaches are presented using conceptual explanations and pseudo-code along with well-documented, open-source code.� Over a dozen codes that run locally on the reader's laptop provide hands on experience with various aspects of the modeling process and its scientific results.� One large-scale code for basin scale modeling based on the Discontinuous Galerkin methodology is presented, along with a self-contained discussion of theoretical background and implementation details.

Physics and Ecology in Fluids is written for graduate students, academic researchers and government scientists.� Professors can use the book as a stand-alone resource for a one term graduate course, or to supplement teaching of their own graduate courses.� All readers may also use the book as background/user's guide for the software included with the book.

• Presents accessible codes along with clear explanations of the mathematical modeling process that leads up to the code
• Provides a consistent development of the mathematical models for hydrodynamic and biological modeling, which are rarely covered together
• Includes an informal, discussion-style tone throughout, but with serious applied mathematics content, allowing a level of detail relevant for multiple reader types