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Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration in the Anthropocene
Model-based decision making and sustainable environmental management
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2029
- Authors: George B Arhonditsis, Matthew Hipsey
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 8 3 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 1 9 5 - 0
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration in the Anthropocene provides insights into the current state of the field of model-based aquatic ecosystem management while highlighting the major cha… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAquatic Ecosystem Restoration in the Anthropocene provides insights into the current state of the field of model-based aquatic ecosystem management while highlighting the major challenges in supporting adaptive implementation. Important topics that will be addressed include; the development of model ensembles, novel uncertainty analysis techniques, Bayesian inference methods, emerging techniques of data assimilation and model optimization, and strategies to improve the contribution of models to environmental management. Through the book, model applications that involve different facets/challenges of aquatic ecosystem management, e.g., eutrophication, contamination of biotic communities, overfishing, microplastics, climate change, urbanization and land use changes in the nearshore zone are presented.
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration in the Anthropocene presents a “pollution problem-driven” book that showcases the use of models to offer solutions and shape future monitoring efforts. In doing so, the book will attempt to offer a balance between our evolving understanding of ecosystem functioning/food web dynamics, our ability to depict this knowledge to our modeling tools, and ultimately guide policy analysis and decision making. This balance between theory and application will offer an appealing book for a wide range of academics, managers, graduate and undergraduate students and governmental scientists.
- Integrates technical aspects of modeling with fundamental concepts of uncertainty analysis, ecological assessment, and decision theory
- Presents environmental modeling in the context of adaptive management implementation and directly links with fundamental concepts of ecosystem services
- Includes coverage of cutting-edge topics, such as the development of model ensembles, novel uncertainty analysis techniques, Bayesian inference methods, emerging techniques of data assimilation and model optimization
Aquatic ecologists, watershed scientists and Environmental modelers and managers Ecologists and Biologists
Introduction
Part A: THE PILLARS OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 1: Adaptive Management in the Face of UncertaintyChapter 2: Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecosystem Assessment: Designated/Beneficial Uses and Ecological CriteriaChapter 3: The Role of Environmental Modeling in the Context of Adaptive Management ImplementationChapter 4: Uncertainty Analysis and Strategic Forecasting in Aquatic Ecology by Inferential and Process-Based ModelsChapter 5: Understanding the Watershed-Receiving Water Body Continuum: Recent Progress, Challenges, and Future PerspectivesChapter 6: Building Model Ensembles in Environmental Sciences Chapter 7. Model Design, Data Integration, and Assessment of Value of Information: Principles and Practice
Part B: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION
Chapter 8. Understanding the Fundamental Hydrodynamics in Lakes and Coastal Ecosystems Chapter 9: Eutrophication Chapter 10. Restrictions on Drinking Water Consumption, Degradation of Aesthetics, and Beach Closings Chapter 11. Degradation of Benthic CommunitiesChapter 12. Degradation and Deformities on Fish/Wildlife Populations and Restrictions on ConsumptionChapter 13. Invasive Species and FisheriesChapter 14. Plastic PollutionChapter 15. Carbon Cycling and Process-Based Models in OceanographyChapter 16. Sediment Diagenesis: Empirical Knowledge and State-of-the-Art Modeling
Part C: Designing the Monitoring-Modeling-Assessment Cycles of Adaptive Management
Chapter 17. Building Integrated Modeling frameworks in the Context of Adaptive Management Implementation: What are the Recommended Steps?Chapter 18. Risks and Uncertainties with the Implementation of Best Management Practices in a Watershed ContextChapter 19. Integration of Ecosystem Services with Environmental Modeling Frameworks: An Optional Augmentation or an Emerging Imperative?Chapter 20. Examination of the Interface among Environmental Modeling, Legislation, Public Engagement
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 1, 2029
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128238349
- eBook ISBN: 9780128241950
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George B Arhonditsis
Professor George Arhonditsis is the founder and director of the Ecological Modeling Laboratory, University of Toronto. His modeling work has been used in a wide range of environmental problems in the context of eutrophication, fish contamination, biodiversity, land-use management, and urbanization. He serves on a number of advisory committees related to the management of Great Lakes. Professor Arhonditsis was the host of the 61st Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. He is also the Associate Editor of the journals Ecological Informatics, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management, as well as the Guest Editor of two Special Issues published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research (Volume 40, Issue S3), titled “Perspectives on Ecosystem Modeling in the Great Lakes”, and Ecological Informatics, titled “Environmental Modeling and Adaptive Management Implementation”. Overall, since 2000, Prof. Arhonditsis has published more than 170 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, books, and book chapters. He has received several awards in recognition of his research excellence and has been invited to give keynote presentations in many prestigious national and international conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
Founder and director, Ecological Modeling Laboratory, University of TorontoMH
Matthew Hipsey
Professor Matthew Hipsey leads the Aquatic Ecodynamics research group at The University of Western Australia. He has multi-disciplinary experience in hydrodynamics, biogeochemistry and ecology, with a particular focus on understanding the drivers of water quality in lakes, rivers and estuaries. He has published extensively in the area of water quality and aquatic ecosystem modeling and has a keen interest in the dynamics of how environmental systems respond to change. He is an Editor of the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences and is on the Editorial Board of Environmental Modeling and Software, where he was a Guest Editor of a Special Issue. He also leads development of modeling platforms that are widely used to support water management decision-making and environmental planning, and his research team actively collaborates with industry and government agencies to identify strategies for the sustainable use of catchments and waterways.
Affiliations and expertise
Leads, Aquatic Ecodynamics research group, The University of Western Australia.