Enhanced assessment of the eReefs biogeochemical model for the Great Barrier Reef using the Concept/State/Process/System model evaluation framework

eReefs simulations were developed as part of the eReefs project (http://ereefs.org.au/ereefs), a public-private collaboration between Australia's leading operational and scientific research agencies, government, and corporate Australia. Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) supplied IMOS mooring data. IMOS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative. The Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) managed by the GBR Marine Park Authority, with funding from the Department of the Environment and Energy and co-funding from research partners, supplied MMP moorings and tri-annual water sampling which was conducted by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, James Cook University, University of Queensland, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Reef Catchments and community volunteers. We thank our many colleagues involved in developing the eReefs model; particularly Rob Ellis and David Waters for the catchment modelling as part of the Queensland and Australian Government's Paddock to Reef program that is funded by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines `Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Investment Program 2013-2018' with support from the Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts (DSITIA). This analysis was funded by the Australian Institute of Marine Science and CSIRO, with contributions from the IMOS ZOOM (Zooplankton Ocean Observations and Modelling) task. Particular thanks also to our colleagues Jessica Benthyusen, Miles Furnas, David McKinnon, John Andrewartha, Philip Gillibrand, Ruth Eriksen, Jonathon Hodge, Sharon Ticknell, Richard Brinkman and Cedric Robillot for their contributions to eReefs.

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