المؤلفون: Kramer, Lilith, Teurlincx, Sven, Rashleigh, Brenda, Janssen, Annette B. G., Janse, Jan H., Brauman, Kate A., Földesi, Csaba, van Wijk, Dianneke, de Senerpont Domis, Lisette N., Patil, Sopan D., Rashidi, Parinaz, Hamel, Perrine, Rising, James, Mooij, Wolf M., Kuiper, Jan J., 1987

المصدر: Sustainability Science.

مصطلحات موضوعية: Freshwater ecosystems, Scenarios, Modelling, Nature Futures Framework, Value perspectives, IPBES

الوصف: Freshwater ecosystems are exceptionally rich in biodiversity and provide essential benefits to people. Yet they are disproportionately threatened compared to terrestrial and marine systems and remain underrepresented in the scenarios and models used for global environmental assessments. The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) has recently been proposed to advance the contribution of scenarios and models for environmental assessments. This framework places the diverse relationships between people and nature at its core, identifying three value perspectives as points of departure: Nature for Nature, Nature for Society, and Nature as Culture. We explore how the NFF may be implemented for improved assessment of freshwater ecosystems. First, we outline how the NFF and its main value perspectives can be translated to freshwater systems and explore what desirable freshwater futures would look like from each of the above perspectives. Second, we review scenario strategies and current models to examine how freshwater modelling can be linked to the NFF in terms of its aims and outcomes. In doing so, we also identify which aspects of the NFF framework are not yet captured in current freshwater models and suggest possible ways to bridge them. Our analysis provides future directions for a more holistic freshwater model and scenario development and demonstrates how society can benefit from freshwater modelling efforts that are integrated with the value-perspectives of the NFF.

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الوصول الحر: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-221213Test
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01341-0Test

المؤلفون: Mach, Katharine J., Jagannathan, Kripa, Shi, Linda, Turek‐Hankins, Lynée L., Arnold, Jeffrey R., Brelsford, Christa, Flores, Alejandro N., Gao, Jing, Martín, Carlos E., McCollum, David L., Moss, Richard, Niemann, Jennifer, Rashleigh, Brenda, Reed, Patrick M.

المصدر: Earth's Future; Jun2024, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p1-17, 17p

مصطلحات موضوعية: CLIMATE research, INTERSECTIONALITY, SCIENTIFIC community

مستخلص: Climate impacts increasingly unfold in interlinked systems of people, nature, and infrastructure. The cascading consequences are revealing sometimes surprising connections across sectors and regions, and prospects for climate responses also depend on complex, difficult‐to‐understand interactions. In this commentary, we build on the innovations of the United States Fifth National Climate Assessment to suggest a framework for understanding and responding to complex climate challenges. This approach involves: (a) integration of disciplines and expertise to understand how intersectionality shapes complex climate impacts and the wide‐ranging effects of climate responses, (b) collaborations among diverse knowledge holders to improve responses and better encompass intersectionality, and (c) sustained experimentation with and learning about governance approaches capable of handling the complexity of climate change. Together, these three pillars underscore that usability of climate‐relevant knowledge requires transdisciplinary coordination of research and practice. We outline actionable steps for climate research to incorporate intersectionality, integration, and innovative governance, as is increasingly necessary for confronting climate complexity and sustaining equitable, ideally vibrant climate futures. Plain Language Summary: Climate impacts are complex, and prospects for climate responses depend on difficult‐to‐understand interactions. Lived experiences are increasingly revealing limits to what we in the scientific community have successfully modeled and ongoing challenges in how we help others understand the complexity of climate impacts and support decision‐making. Here, we chart a path for confronting the complexity of climate change with actionable advances in equity and governance research. Key Points: Climate impacts increasingly unfold in interlinked systems of people, nature, and infrastructureThe cascading consequences are revealing sometimes surprising connections and complex, difficult‐to‐understand interactionsWe suggest a research framework for climate complexity prioritizing intersectionality, integration, and innovative governance [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Rashleigh, Brenda

المصدر: Southeastern Naturalist, 2004 Jan 01. 3(4), 621-636.

الوصول الحر: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3878023Test

المؤلفون: Neubert, Michael G., Blumenshine, Steven C., Duplisea, Daniel E., Jonsson, Tomas, Rashleigh, Brenda

المصدر: Oecologia, 2000 Jan 01. 123(2), 241-251.

الوصول الحر: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4222615Test

المؤلفون: Fu, Baihua, Horsburgh, Jeffery, Jakeman, Anthony, Gualtieri, Carlo, Arnold, Thorsten, Marshall, Lucy, Green, Timothy, Quinn, Nigel, Volk, Martin, Hunt, Randall, Vezzaro, Luca, Croke, Barry, Jakeman, John, Snow, Val, Rashleigh, Brenda

مصطلحات موضوعية: Environmental management

الوصف: In this synthesis, we assess present research and anticipate future development needs in modeling water quality in watersheds. We first discuss areas of potential improvement in the representation of freshwater systems pertaining to water quality, including representation of environmental interfaces, in-stream water quality and process interactions, soil health and land management, and (peri-)urban areas. In addition, we provide insights into the contemporary challenges in the practices of watershed water quality modeling, including quality control of monitoring data, model parameterization and calibration, uncertainty management, scale mismatches, and provisioning of modeling tools. Finally, we make three recommendations to provide a path forward for improving watershed water quality modeling science, infrastructure, and practices. These include building stronger collaborations between experimentalists and modelers, bridging gaps between modelers and stakeholders, and cultivating and applying procedural ...

العلاقة: https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020wr027721Test

الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.57935/agr.2600089910.1029/2020wr027721Test
https://agresearch.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Modeling_Water_Quality_in_Watersheds_From_Here_to_the_Next_Generation/26000899Test

المؤلفون: Ganju, Neil K., Brush, Mark J., Rashleigh, Brenda, Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., del Barrio, Pilar, Grear, Jason S., Harris, Lora A., Lake, Samuel J., McCardell, Grant, O'Donnell, James, Ralston, David K., Signell, Richard P., Testa, Jeremy M., Vaudrey, Jamie M. P.

المصدر: Estuaries and Coasts, 2016 Mar 01. 39(2), 311-332.

الوصول الحر: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44857614Test

المؤلفون: Hill, Ryan A., Moore, Chris C., Doyle, Jessie M., Leibowitz, Scott G., Ringold, Paul L., Rashleigh, Brenda

المصدر: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 5/2/2023, Vol. 120 Issue 18, p1-31, 31p

مصطلحات موضوعية: VALUE capture, STATED preference methods, AQUATIC resources, FRESH water, WATER quality

الشركة/الكيان: UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency

مستخلص: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses a water quality index (WQI) to estimate benefits of proposed Clean Water Act regulations. The WQI is relevant to human use value, such as recreation, but may not fully capture aspects of nonuse value, such as existence value. Here, we identify an index of biological integrity to supplement the WQI in a forthcoming national stated preference survey that seeks to capture existence value of streams and lakes more accurately within the conterminous United States (CONUS). We used literature and focus group research to evaluate aquatic indices regularly reported by the EPA's National Aquatic Resource Surveys. We chose an index that quantifies loss in biodiversity as the observed-to-expected (O/E) ratio of taxonomic composition because focus group participants easily understood its meaning and the environmental changes that would result in incremental improvements. However, available datasets of this index do not provide the spatial coverage to account for how conditions near survey respondents affect their willingness to pay for its improvement. Therefore, we modeled and interpolated the values of this index from sampled sites to 1.1 million stream segments and 297,071 lakes across the CONUS to provide the required coverage. The models explained 13 to 36% of the variation in O/E scores and demonstrate how modeling can provide data at the required density for benefits estimation. We close by discussing future work to improve performance of the models and to link biological condition with water quality and habitat models that will allow us to forecast changes resulting from regulatory options. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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المؤلفون: Rashleigh, Brenda

المصدر: Ecography, 2008 Oct 01. 31(5), 612-619.

الوصول الحر: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30244618Test

المؤلفون: Ganju, Neil K., Brush, Mark J., Rashleigh, Brenda, Aretxabaleta, Alfredo L., del Barrio, Pilar, Grear, Jason S., Harris, Lora A., Lake, Samuel J., McCardell, Grant, O’Donnell, James, Ralston, David K., Signell, Richard P., Testa, Jeremy M., Vaudrey, Jamie M. P.

المصدر: Estuaries and Coasts 39 (2016): 311-332 ; doi:10.1007/s12237-015-0011-y

مصطلحات موضوعية: Numerical modeling, Hydrodynamics, Ecological modeling, Ecosystem modeling, Skill assessment

الوصف: © The Author(s), 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Estuaries and Coasts 39 (2016): 311-332, doi:10.1007/s12237-015-0011-y. ; Numerical modeling has emerged over the last several decades as a widely accepted tool for investigations in environmental sciences. In estuarine research, hydrodynamic and ecological models have moved along parallel tracks with regard to complexity, refinement, computational power, and incorporation of uncertainty. Coupled hydrodynamic-ecological models have been used to assess ecosystem processes and interactions, simulate future scenarios, and evaluate remedial actions in response to eutrophication, habitat loss, and freshwater diversion. The need to couple hydrodynamic and ecological models to address research and management questions is clear because dynamic feedbacks between biotic and physical processes are critical interactions within ecosystems. In this review, we present historical and modern perspectives on estuarine hydrodynamic and ecological modeling, consider model limitations, and address aspects of model linkage, skill assessment, and complexity. We discuss the balance between spatial and temporal resolution and present examples using different spatiotemporal scales. Finally, we recommend future lines of inquiry, approaches to balance complexity and uncertainty, and model transparency and utility. It is idealistic to think we can pursue a “theory of everything” for estuarine models, but recent advances suggest that models for both scientific investigations and management applications will continue to improve in terms of realism, precision, and accuracy. ; NKG, ALA, and RPS acknowledge support from the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. DKR gratefully acknowledges support from NSF (OCE-1314642) and NIEHS (1P50-ES021923-01). MJB and JMPV gratefully acknowledge support from NOAA NOS NCCOS (NA05NOS4781201 and NA11NOS4780043). MJB and SJL gratefully acknowledge support ...

العلاقة: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0011-yTest; Estuaries and Coasts 39 (2016): 311-332; https://hdl.handle.net/1912/7843Test

الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0011-yTest
https://hdl.handle.net/1912/7843Test

المؤلفون: George, Barbara Jane, Sobus, Jon R., Phelps, Lara P., Rashleigh, Brenda, Simmons, Jane Ellen, Hines, Ronald N., the Community of Practice for Statistics Guidance Documents Working Groups

مصطلحات موضوعية: Forum: EPA Efforts on Reproducibility

الوصف: Considerable concern has been raised regarding research reproducibility both within and outside the scientific community. Several factors possibly contribute to a lack of reproducibility, including a failure to adequately employ statistical considerations during study design, bias in sample selection or subject recruitment, errors in developing data inclusion/exclusion criteria, and flawed statistical analysis. To address some of these issues, several publishers have developed checklists that authors must complete. Others have either enhanced statistical expertise on existing editorial boards, or formed distinct statistics editorial boards. Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, already has a strong Quality Assurance Program, an initiative was undertaken to further strengthen statistics consideration and other factors in study design and also to ensure these same factors are evaluated during the review and approval of study protocols. To raise awareness of the importance of statistical issues and provide a forum for robust discussion, a Community of Practice for Statistics was formed in January 2014. In addition, three working groups were established to develop a series of questions or criteria that should be considered when designing or reviewing experimental, observational, or modeling focused research. This article describes the process used to develop these study design guidance documents, their contents, how they are being employed by the Agency’s research enterprise, and expected benefits to Agency science. The process and guidance documents presented here may be of utility for any research enterprise interested in enhancing the reproducibility of its science.

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العلاقة: http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/145/1/16Test; http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfv020Test

الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfv020Test
http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/145/1/16Test