Bioenergetics Modeling: Progress since the 1992 Symposium

Abstract

A symposium held at the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1992 provided an overview of bioenergetics modeling and led to the publication of a series of papers in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society the next year. Since then, Wisconsin Sea Grant has published a new version of its bioenergetics software (Fish Bioenergetics 3.0) and a manual to facilitate use of that model. Review of the more recent literature reveals continuing development and application of this modeling approach. A symposium held at the annual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, in 2004 provided an opportunity for reporting progress and concerns about the “Wisconsin model.” This special section stems from the papers presented at that meeting.