Ecological conceptual models: a framework and case study on ecosystem management for South Florida sustainability
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The Everglades and South Florida ecosystems are the focus of national and international attention because of their current degraded and threatened state. Ecological risk assessment, sustainability, and ecosystem and adaptive management principles and processes are being used nationally as a decision and policy framework for a variety of types of ecological assessments. The intent of this study is to demonstrate the application of these paradigms and principles at a regional scale. The effects-directed assessment approach used in this study consists of a retrospective, eco-epidemiological phase to determine the causes for the current conditions and a prospective predictive risk-based assessment using scenario analysis to evaluate future options. Embedded in these assessment phases is a process that begins with the identification of goals and societal preferences which are used to develop an integrated suite of risk-based and policy relevant conceptual models. Conceptual models are used to illustrate the linkages among management (societal) actions, environmental stressors, and societal/ecological effects, and provide the basis for developing and testing causal hypotheses. These models, developed for a variety of landscape units and their drivers, stressors, and endpoints, are used to formulate hypotheses to explain the current conditions. They are also used as the basis for structuring management scenarios and analyses to project the temporal and spatial magnitude of risk redu…
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Ecosystem conceptual models are used to inform decisions about altering controlling factors and reducing stressors to achieve ecological objectives.
“Ecosystem conceptual models are used to inform decisions about altering controlling factors and reducing stressors to achieve ecological objectives (Gentile et al. 2001).”
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Zariņš, M., Blumberga, A., Kļaviņš, M., & Melecis, V. (2014) · doi:10.2478/prolas-2014-0002
- Authors
- Gentile, J. H., Harwell, M. A., Cropper Jr, W., Harwell, C. C., DeAngelis, D., Davis, S., Ogden, J. C., & Lirman, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Miami (US)
- South Florida Water Management District (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gentile, J.H
- ORCID
- Lirman, D
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-07
- Volume
- 274
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 231-253
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2128385801
- Cited by
- 99
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 18.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- ecosystem management, adaptive management, environmental risk assessment, Everglades restoration, scenario analysis, eco-epidemiology, environmental stressors, ecosystem recovery, performance standards, decision support
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Pollution, Florida, Fresh Water, Geography, Humans, Seawater, Models, Statistical, Hazardous Substances, Ecosystem, Risk Assessment
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