Dowd, Michael

Research Interests:

• Statistical Inverse Problems for Ocean Prediction
• Stochastic Marine Ecosystem Modelling
• Data Analysis Methods for Marine Environmental Observations

Selected Recent Publications:

• Dowd, M. 2005. A sequential Monte Carlo approach to marine ecological prediction. Environmetrics. (submitted)
  
  
• Losa, S.N., A. Vezina, D. Wright, Y. Lu, K. Thompson, and M. Dowd. 2005. 3D coupled physical biological modelling of the North Atlantic: relative impacts of physical and biological parameterizations on biogeochemical simulations. Journal of Marine Systems . (submitted)
  
  
• Wong, M.C., Barbeau, M.A., M. Dowd and K. Richard. 2005. Behavioural mechanisms underlying observed functional responses in a marine predator prey system. Journal of Animal Ecology . (submitted)
  
  
• Dowd, M. 2005. A biophysical coastal ecosystem model for assessing environmental effects of marine bivalve aquaculture. Ecological Modelling . 183(2-3):323-346. pdf preprint.
  
  
• Greenberg, D.A., J.A. Shore, F.H. Page, and M. Dowd. 2005. A finite element circulation model for embayments with drying intertidal areas with application to the Quoddy region of the Bay of Fundy. Ocean Modelling 10(1-2):211-231. pdf preprint
  
  

Research Group: Environmental Statistics