Cross-scale modeling of riparian ecosystem responses to hydrologic management

被引:21
作者
Walters, C [1 ]
Korman, J
机构
[1] Univ British Columbia, Fisheries Ctr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
[2] Ecometr Res Inc, Vancouver, BC V6S 1J3, Canada
关键词
riparian; ecosystem modeling; multiscale; hydrologic management; fish; trophic structure;
D O I
10.1007/s100219900090
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
There is much demand for quantitative models to aid in comparison of policy options and design of adaptive management polities for riparian ecosystems. Such models must represent a wide variety of physical and biological factors that can vary on space-time scales from meters-seconds to basin-decades. It is not possible in practice to develop a complete model for all variation. Incomplete but still useful models can be developed by using state variable identification methods that focus scientific attention on causal pathways of most direct policy concern, and by using various analytical methods to provide cross-scale analytical predictions about effects of microscale variation. The main value of such models has not been to provide detailed quantitative prescriptions, but to help identify robust, qualitative arguments about efficacy of various policy choices. However, they have not been successful at representing some important dynamic effects in riparian systems, where small physical changes (such as overtopping dikes) and infrequent extreme physical events can cause habitat changes at large Spatial scales and ecological impacts that last for decadal or even longer time scales.
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页码:411 / 421
页数:11
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