An integrated modeling framework for performing environmental assessments: Application to ecosystem services in the Albemarle-Pamlico basins (NC and VA, USA)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2471-2484

  Johnston, John M ^a   McGarvey, Daniel J ^a   Barber, M Craig ^a   Laniak, Gerry ^a   Babendreier, Justin ^a   Parmar, Rajbir ^a   Wolfe, Kurt ^a   Kraemer, Stephen R ^a   Cyterski, Michael ^a   Knightes, Chris ^a   Rashleigh, Brenda ^a   Suarez, Luis ^a   Ambrose, Robert ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Ecosystem services; Freshwater fisheries; Integrated environmental modeling; Mercury; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BASELINE ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CONDITION; COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FIELD DATA; FISH DENSITY; FISH SPECIES; FISH TISSUE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER FISHERIES; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; HEADWATER STREAM; HUMAN HEALTH; INPUT DATAS; INTEGRATED MODELING; INTEGRATED MODELING FRAMEWORK; LINKED MODEL; METHYL MERCURY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SIMULATION; NORTH CAROLINA; POLICY DECISIONS; REGIONAL SCALE; SENSITIVITY EVALUATION; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE; STREAM CHANNELS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TOXIC SUBSTANCES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VIRGINIA; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION PROGRAMS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATERSHED RUNOFF;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FISH; FISHERIES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEALTH RISKS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; INTEGRATION; LANDFORMS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUPERCOMPUTERS; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HABITAT QUALITY; HEADWATER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE; METHYLMERCURY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959351302     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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