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.

Furbish 0120582盐沼是重要的生态系统，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和它们之间复杂的相互作用，基于实验，实地研究和新兴的遥感技术的计算机建模提供了一个重要的机会，实现理解和预测盐沼动态的重大进展。在这个项目中，我们将：（i）确定应该成为盐沼动态预测模型焦点的基本关键物理、生物和化学成分;（ii）确定并召集进行协作建模工作所需的关键人员，与佩斯大学、耶鲁大学和罗格斯大学从事相关工作的科学家协调我们的努力; ㈢确定严格模型开发和测试所需的关键理论概念、计算工具和实地研究;以及（iv）为有效结合这些理论、计算和基于实地的组成部分的综合研究计划准备全面的建议。在一年半的项目期间，我们努力的核心是组织和召开两个新颖的研讨会。第一个将侧重于盐沼过程和动态;第二个将侧重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/盐沼现场的实地考察。项目活动将通过地球表面过程研究中心（CESD）组织，这是FSU的一个跨学科卓越中心，并涉及FSU和Pace-Yale-Rutgers集团科学家的共同参与。