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Multifractals in Marine Science
Multifractal analysis has been shown to be a powerful tool in the investigation of complex patterns of distribution. Specifically, it is an ideal tool for the investigation of scaling phenomena (power law distributions) such as turbulence, which is a ubiquitous phenomena in both atmospheric and oceanic systems.I set up this page as an information source for researchers interested in multifractals. It is still in its infancy so I hope you will give it some time to grow. Please email me if you have any comments.
- Lovejoy S, WJS Currie, Y Tessier, MR Claereboudt, E Bourget, JC Roff, and D Schertzer. 2001. Universal multifractals and ocean patchiness: Phytoplankton, physical fields and coastal heterogeneity. J. Plankton Res 23:117-141
- MR Claereboudt, WJS Currie, Y Tessier, and JC Roff. 1996. Multifractal Modelling of Plankton Abundance in Coastal Waters. Electronic Poster.
- Currie WJS, and KMD Cuddington (in review) The Importance of Patchy Distributions for Predator Foraging Success: Zooplankton in a Multifractal Field. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
- Currie WJS, S Lovejoy, and JC Roff (in prep) A multifractal analysis of coastal zooplankton distributions.
Multifractal Researchers:
- Michel Claereboudt
- Warren Currie
- Yvan Lagadeuc
- Mercedes Pascual
- Daniel Schertzer
- Shaun Lovejoy
- Francois Schmitt
- Laurent Seuront
- Yves Tessier
Other Multifractal Publications:
- Lovejoy, S., D. Schertzer, Y. Tessier, and H. Gaonac'h. 2001. Multifractals and resolution-independent remote sensing algorithms: the example of ocean colour. Int. J. Remote Sensing. 22(7) 1191-1234.
- Marguerit C, Schertzer D, Schmitt F, Lovejoy S. 1998. Copepod diffusion within multifractal phytoplankton fields. J Mar Syst 16: 69-83
- Pascual, M., A. Ascioti, and H. Caswell, Intermittency in the plankton: a multifractal analysis of zooplankton biomass variability. 1995. J. Plankton Res. 17:1209-1232.
- Seuront , L., F. Schmitt , D. Schertzer, Y. Lagadeuc, S. Lovejoy. 1996. Multifractal Analysis of Eulerian and Lagrangian Variability of Physical and Biological Fields in the Ocean. J. Nonlinear Proc. in Geophys. 3:236-246.
- Seuront, L., F. Schmitt, Y. Lagadeuc, D. Schertzer, S. Lovejoy, and S. Frontier. 1996. Universal Multifractal structure of phytoplankton biomass and temperature in the ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 23:3591-3594.
- Seuront, L., F. Schmitt, Y. Lagadeuc, D. Schertzer, and S. Lovejoy. 1999. Universal Multifractal analysis as a tool to characterize multiscale intermittent patterns: example of phytoplankton distribution in turbuent coastal waters. J. Plankton Res. 21:877-922
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