Simulation of hydrologic influences on wetland ecosystem succession. Master's thesis
This research focuses on the development of a simulation model to determine the affects of hydrological influences on a wetland ecosystem. The model allows perturbations to the inputs of various wetland data which in turn, influences the successional development of the ecosystem. This research consisted of converting a grassland ecosystem model to one which simulates wetland conditions. The critical factor in determining the success of wetland creation is the hydrology of the system. There are four of the areas of the original model which are affected by the hydrology. The model measures the health or success of the ecosystem through the measurement of the systems gross plant production, the respiration and the net primary production of biomass. Altering the auxiliary variables of water level and the rate of flow through the system explicitly details the affects hydrologic influences on those production rates. Ten case tests depicting exogenous perturbations of the hydrology were run to identify these affects. Although the tests dealt with the fluctuation of water through the system, any one of the auxiliary variables in the model could be changed to reflect site specific data. Productivity, Hazardous material management, Hazardous material pharmacy.
- Research Organization:
- Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States). School of Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 6790674
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-284737/4/XAB; AFIT/GEE/ENV-94S-19
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Master's thesis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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