Report of the Working Group on Intergrative Physical-Biological and Ecosystem Modelling

The Working Group on Intergrative Physical-Biological and Ecosystem Modelling (WGIPEM) held its second meeting in Paris, France, from 25 February to 1 March 2013. The meeting was attended by 36 scientists from 13 countries. Working group members participated in plenary discussions surrounding six topics: 1 ) Climate session – large-scale projects to regional-scale consequences, 2 ) REPROdUCE session – biophysical, life cycle modelling of small pelagics, 3 ) Behaviourally driven movement of animals, 4 ) Zooplankton dynamics – coupling of lower and upper trophic levels, 5 ) MABIES Incorporating human effects within integrated ecosystem models, 6 ) End-to-end models – current status, successes and challenges.