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Abstract
Reiter, M.A., G.R.
Parsons, R.W. Scarborough, C. Fan and S.M. Thur. 2006. An interdisciplinary
conceptual metamodel for the St. Jones River Watershed, Delaware:
development, results, and implications. JEMREST 2:38-50
DOI:
10.4029/2006jemrest2no15
An integrated,
interdisciplinary conceptual model was developed for the St. Jones River
watershed, Delaware
for use as a management and research tool. The model utilized the
two-component approach of the Environmental Cooperative Science Center
methodology (drivers →
stressors, stressors → valued
ecosystem components), and expanded upon it to include a third (valued
ecosystem components → services)
and fourth (services → drivers)
component. The four-component models provide an expanded capability to link
human activities not only to ecological impacts but to potential social and
economic impacts, including feedbacks upon the initiating drivers. The St.
Jones model suggests that climate, development, and agriculture are likely to
be the most important drivers, that aquatic habitats are likely to be of
particular concern, and that feedbacks are particularly likely to impact
development, land use regulation, and habitat mitigation/restoration.
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