An Integrated Approach Towards a Quantitative Model of Salt Marsh Biocomplexity and Morphodynamics

盐沼生物复杂性和形态动力学定量模型的综合方法

• 批准号: 0120582
• 负责人: David Furbish
• 金额: $ 6.72万
• 依托单位: Florida State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0120582&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Approach; Towards; Quantitative; Model

Furbish0120582Salt marshes are important ecosystems that are frequently impacted by human activities. Because of the nonlinear nature of many salt marsh processes and the complex interactions among them, computer modeling based on experiments, field studies and emerging remote sensing techniques offers a critical opportunity for achieving significant advances in understanding and predicting salt marsh dynamics. During this project we will: (i) identify essential key physical, biological and chemical components that should become the foci of predictive models of salt marsh dynamics; (ii) identify and assemble key personnel necessary to pursue a collaborative modeling effort, coordinating our efforts with scientists pursuing related work at Pace, Yale and Rutgers Universities; (iii) identify key theoretical concepts, computational tools and field-based studies necessary for rigorous model development and testing; and (iv) prepare a full-scale proposal for a comprehensive research program that effectively combines these theoretical, computational and field-based components. The centerpiece of our efforts during the 1.5-year project period involves organizing and convening two novel workshops. The first will be focused on salt marsh processes and dynamics; the second will be focused on implementing and testing predictive modeling, and the coupling of remote sensing techniques with modeling. Both will involve field excursions to wetland/salt marsh sites. Project activities will be organized through the Center for Earth Surface Processes Research (CESD), an interdisciplinary Center of Excellence at FSU, and involve mutual participation of scientists at FSU and the Pace-Yale-Rutgers group.

furbish0120582萨尔特沼泽是重要的生态系统，经常受到人类活动的影响。由于许多盐沼过程的非线性性质及其之间的复杂相互作用，因此基于实验，现场研究和新兴遥感技术的计算机建模为在理解和预测盐沼动态方面取得了重大进展提供了重要的机会。在此项目中，我们将：（i）确定应成为盐沼动态预测模型的重点的必需的关键物理，生物学和化学成分； （ii）确定并组装着追求协作建模工作所需的关键人员，协调我们与在Pace，Yale和Rutgers大学从事相关工作的科学家的努力； （iii）确定严格的模型开发和测试所需的关键理论概念，计算工具和基于现场的研究； （iv）为一项综合研究计划准备一个全面的建议，该计划有效地结合了这些理论，计算和基于现场的组件。我们在1。5年的项目期间努力的核心涉及组织和召集两个新颖的研讨会。第一个将重点放在盐沼过程和动态上。第二个将重点用于实施和测试预测建模，以及遥感技术与建模的耦合。两者都将涉及到湿地/盐沼地点的野外游览。项目活动将通过FSU的跨学科卓越中心（CESD）的地面过程中心（CESD）组织，并涉及FSU和PACE-ale-Rutgers Group的科学家共同参与。