Usage To Date
Systems where Atlantis is in use or under development (orange) or proposed (blue).
Atlantis has been used in 40+ systems round the world, from small estuaries to large ocean regions. Many of the models have been in temperate marine ecosystems, but there are also models for polar regions, tropical reefs and even lakes.
Different topics explored using Atlantis
The modelling approach has primarily been used to address fisheries management questions (e.g. appropriate strategic management options for regional fisheries), but is increasingly being used to consider other facets of how marine systems function or are used.
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Table 1: Systems modelled using Atlantis and how those models have been employed. (Bold indicates show case examples, italics indicates a model in scoping or early stages of development)
| System | Complexity |
Understanding (& invasives) |
System-MSE | Fisheries | Nutrients |
Mining & Energy |
Multiple Use |
Pollution & Ecotoxicology |
Climate & Acidification |
Catchments | Indicators | Management |
| Port Phillip Bay (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| South-east Australia | ||||||||||||
| Westernport (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Victoria (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Tasmania (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| New South Wales shelf (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Clarence River (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| South-west Australia | ||||||||||||
| Northeast United States | ||||||||||||
| Chesapeake Bay (USA) | ||||||||||||
| California Current (USA and Canada) | ||||||||||||
| Central California (USA) | ||||||||||||
| Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) (Mexico) | ||||||||||||
| The Channel (English Channel) | ||||||||||||
| Guam | ||||||||||||
| Norwegian Sea | ||||||||||||
| North Sea | ||||||||||||
| Barents Sea | ||||||||||||
| Benguela | ||||||||||||
| Mediterranean (Sicily) | ||||||||||||
| Gulf of Mexico | ||||||||||||
| Great Lakes | ||||||||||||
| Coral Sea | ||||||||||||
| Tasman Bay/Golden Bay (New Zealand) | ||||||||||||
| Great Barrier Reef | ||||||||||||
| Derwent River and Storm Bay (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Mediterranean (Spainish coast) | ||||||||||||
| Basque waters (Bay Biscay) | ||||||||||||
| Antarctica | ||||||||||||
| Juan Fernandez Archipelago (Chile) | ||||||||||||
| Iceland | ||||||||||||
| Lake Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Gladstone Harbour (Australia) | ||||||||||||
| Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound | ||||||||||||
| Salish Sea (Canada) | ||||||||||||
| Great Australian Bight | ||||||||||||
| __________________________Key | Main purpose | Secondary purpose | Preliminary efforts | Planned |