Biocomplexity- Incubation Activity: Exploration of Feedback Mechanisms Influencing contaminant Flux and the Ecology of the Lower Mississippi River System

[00:84052 .乔治一个由多学科科学家组成的小组已经成立，以研究控制人类活动和气候波动对密西西比河下游污染物和生物群之间相互关系的影响的复杂问题。研讨会和讨论将审查河流及其整个流域，将所有自然力量和人为活动定义为“子系统”，其各种要素构成“整体”的可观察条件。该项目以密西西比河下游300万条记录的水质信息数据库为中心，采用一种新的方法对来自不同来源的数据进行综合汇编，使用集成批处理分析技术和相关的地理信息系统来评估数据质量、可比性和水质趋势。项目活动将提供一个全面努力的框架，以发展一个相互关联的系统要素及其对密西西比河下游水质和生态的最终影响的预测模型。

0084052GeorgeA multi-disciplinary team of scientists has been assembled to study the complex issues governing the effects of human activity and climatic fluctuations on the interrelationships between contaminants and biota in the Lower Mississippi River. Workshops and discussions will be conducted examining the river and its entire watershed, defining all natural forces and anthropogenic activities as "subsystems" whose various elements account for the observable condition of the "whole." This project centers around a 3-million record database of water quality information for the Lower Mississippi River, and incorporates a new approach to comprehensive compilation of data from heterogeneous sources, using integrated batch analysis techniques and an associated geographic information system to evaluate data quality, comparability, and water quality trends. Project activities will provide the framework for a comprehensive effort to develop a predictive model of the interrelated system elements and their endpoint effects on the water quality and ecology of the Lower Mississippi River.