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Mizer is an R package to run multi-species size-spectrum models of fish communities. The package is on CRAN and therefore available from R's build-it package manager. All info about mizer is currently available in the Vignette embedded in the package.

Publications describing mizer:

• F. Scott, J.L. Blanchard and K.H. Andersen: mizer: an R package for multispecies, trait-based and community size spectrum ecological modelling. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5(10) 1121-1125 (2014). Contains the "official" announcement and description of mizer

Publications using mizer:

• Szuwalski CS, Burgess MG, Costello C, Gaines SD (2017) High fishery catches through trophic cascades in China. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114:717–721. Application to the South-east China Sea

N.S. Jacobsen, M. Burgess and K.H. Andersen (2017): Efficiency of fisheries is increasing at the ecosystem level. Fish and Fisheries 18(2) 199-211. doi:10.1111/faf.12171.

• Zhang, C., Chen, Y., & Ren, Y. (2016). An evaluation of implementing long-term MSY in ecosystem-based fisheries management: Incorporating trophic interaction, bycatch and uncertainty. Fisheries Research, 174, 179-189.

• Spence M., Blackwell, P. & Blanchard J.L. (2016) Parameter uncertainty of a dynamic multispecies size spectrum model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0022 (In press) Bayesian parameter estimation and uncertainty

• Datta, S. & Blanchard J.L. (2016) The effects of seasonal processes on size spectrum dynamics. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 10.1139/cjfas-2015-0468 (In press)* J.L. Blanchard, K.H. Andersen, F. Scott, N.T. Hinzen, G. Piet, S. Jennings (2014): Evaluating targets and trade-offs among fisheries and conservation objectives using a multispecies size spectrum model. J. Applied Ecology, 51: 612–622. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12238. Application of mizer on the North Sea

• Zhang, C., Chen, Y., & Ren, Y. (2015). Assessing uncertainty of a multispecies size-spectrum model resulting from process and observation errors. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, 72(8), 2223-2233.

• Jennings, S. & Collingridge, K. Predicting Consumer Biomass, Size-Structure, Production, Catch Potential, Responses to Fishing and Associated Uncertainties in the World’s Marine Ecosystems. (2015) PLoS ONE 10(7), e0133794.

• J.L. Blanchard, K.H. Andersen, F. Scott, N.T. Hinzen, G. Piet, S. Jennings (2014): Evaluating targets and trade-offs among fisheries and conservation objectives using a multispecies size spectrum model. J. Applied Ecology, 51: 612–622. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12238