An Agent-Based Model of an Oil Dispersant's Effect on a Marine Species

Abstract

Computer simulations are used in situations where the object of study can not be investigated by traditional methods, or not to use more of the test organisms that have already been used. Simulations are useful to test hypotheses or as a support tool to observing other results. The agent based modeling is a powerful and flexible tool that supports simulation experiments in the laboratory, biologists are being used in conjunction with computer specialists as a valuable tool to investigate the properties of biological systems. In this paper, an agent-based model is presented, from a bio-marker enzyme experiment run at the laboratory with mussel Mytilus edulis, marine species of the coast of Baja California, Mexico, exposed to oil dispersant (Nokomis 3-F4) obtained in toxicity tests, also Net Logo simulation tool is used to show the impact over three different tissues (enzymatic activity) of the mussel produced by the oil dispersant.