TY - GEN
T1 - An individual-based model for evaluating the effects of hydrology on biotic stream communities
AU - Catherine Marcinkevage, A.
AU - Herricks, E. E.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The primary objective of this work is to develop a network-scale ecological model for use in evaluating the long-term hydrologic effect of landscape change and management on aquatic communities. The specific component of work presented here describes the background and development of a fish habitat selection model that incorporates the influence of connectivity on community development. The research uses a spatially-explicit individual-based model (IBM) to analyze network dynamics in stream ecosystems in terms of fish movement, mechanisms of fish community assembly and sustainability, and fish community structure in response to outside driving influences. The primary input to this model is streamflow and hydrologic connectivity related to watershed landscape characteristics. The result is a practical tool that can easily incorporate ecological integrity into management decisions that affect a system's hydrologic characteristics.
AB - The primary objective of this work is to develop a network-scale ecological model for use in evaluating the long-term hydrologic effect of landscape change and management on aquatic communities. The specific component of work presented here describes the background and development of a fish habitat selection model that incorporates the influence of connectivity on community development. The research uses a spatially-explicit individual-based model (IBM) to analyze network dynamics in stream ecosystems in terms of fish movement, mechanisms of fish community assembly and sustainability, and fish community structure in response to outside driving influences. The primary input to this model is streamflow and hydrologic connectivity related to watershed landscape characteristics. The result is a practical tool that can easily incorporate ecological integrity into management decisions that affect a system's hydrologic characteristics.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80051649613
SN - 9780784409275
T3 - Restoring Our Natural Habitat - Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
BT - Restoring Our Natural Habitat - Proceedings of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
T2 - 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Restoring Our Natural Habitat
Y2 - 15 May 2007 through 19 May 2007
ER -