Modeling possible impacts of terrorist attacks in coastal lagoon ecosystems with Stella

In this chapter possible changes that would occur in the ecosystem of a lagoon in response to a terrorist attack will be identified and discussed. A very brief revision will be done on ecosystem organization, succession, effects of pollutants and biomagnification, and lagoon water renewal characteristics in order to draw possible scenarios under a terrorist attack. Simple Stella models will be used to simulate a lagoon ecosystem and demonstrate the possible consequences of an attack.