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SOME THOUGHTS ON USING A LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON WETLAND FOOD CHAIN SUPPORT
Citation:
Klopatek, J. SOME THOUGHTS ON USING A LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON WETLAND FOOD CHAIN SUPPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-88/503.
Description:
A landscape-level approach is derived to hierarchically separate the nation's wetlands into ecological regions. his classification scheme allows for the predetermination of the environmental constraints and possible natural limits of the wetlands food chain support. iscussion follows that uses existing data on food webs to further classify wetlands into resistant or resilient ecosystems. his information can then be employed in formulating cumulative impact predictors. ith the help of these predictors and extant models on resource productivity a model is suggested to predict the movement of animals between wetland patches. he suggested model is derived from entropy maximization principles and is based in spatial location theory.