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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.
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
(driversàstressors, stressorsàvalued ecosystem components), and
expanded upon it to include a third (valued ecosystem componentsàservices) and
fourth (servicesàdrivers) 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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