Environmental Sustainability

控制水源集水区的水释放（径流）的过程至关重要 生态系统对人类活动的功能、敏感性和脆弱性方面的因素， 气候引起的环境变化。这项研究计划将评估这样的 自然和重建集水区内的过程： 1)评估湿地主导的上游集水区对下游的作用 水的供应 2)确定基于事件的瞬时连接对水的影响 森林、湿地和水道之间的流动 3)应用这些知识来管理集水区的淡水供应 在资源提取后回收。 研究结果将保护饮用水质量以及鱼类和野生动物栖息地， 这是理解生态系统对干扰敏感性的重要进展。

Processes that control water release (runoff) from headwater catchments are vital factors in the function, sensitivity and vulnerability of ecosystems to human and climate-induced environmental change. This research program will evaluate such processes within natural and reconstructed catchments by: 1) evaluating the role of wetland-dominated headwater catchments on downstream water availability 2) establishing the influence of transient, event-based connections on water movement among forests, wetlands and watercourses 3) applying this knowledge to manage freshwater availability in catchments reclaimed after resource extraction. Research results will protect drinking water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, as a critical advance in understanding ecosystem susceptibility to disturbance.