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Diego Ibarra Post-Doc Fellow Dept. of Oceanography Dalhousie University 1355 Oxford Street, PO BOX 15000 Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada |
Room: 2626 LSC Phone: +1 (902) 494 3655 Fax: +1 (902) 494 3877 E-mail: dibarra@dal.ca  Skype:
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My Research
Modelling
The focal point of my PhD research is the development a coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical ecosystem model for bivalve aquaculture.
For this, I use the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS), which is a state-of-the-art numerical
ocean model for coastal applications, and also one of the main modelling systems used in our group.
In the animation below, there are 2 simulations of the ROMS-coupled ecosystem model for a fjord in Nova Scotia with mussel aquaculture (plotted variable is phytoplankton-nitrogen).
Left panels: WITHOUT mussels | right panels: WITH mussels
Upper panels: Bird's-eye view | Lower panels: cross-section view