Lou Botsford, Mike Foreman, Sarah Hinckley, Mike Landry, Jeff Parkhurst, Tom Powell, Michiyo Shima, Gordon Swartzman, Christina Tonitto, Anne York.
Factors controlling abundance other than resources include advection and predation.
Irrespective of precisely how carrying capacity is expressed in mathematical models, the following specific questions motivate bio-physical modeling efforts in the North Pacific. Possibilities include food, offshore transport, and direct temperature effects. Responses to temperature shifts include vertical and horizontal migration of individuals. Both physical and biological scientists should be included in any modeling effort addressing such issues, to guide the development of the model in directions beneficial to both disciplines. A diversity of modeling approaches is more likely to be useful than any single approach.