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Apr 26, 2012

Agent-Based Approach Enhances Conventional Aquatic Habitat Description and Species Utilization Methods

Publication: World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns

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Sustainable water resource management requires a "first principles" based understanding of the relationship between environmental stimuli and habitat utilization by target aquatic biota. This understanding is the critical foundation upon which flow management tools are developed that accurately forecast how habitats (and ultimately the aquatic populations they support) change in response to alternative water resource management plans. Emerging methods provide highly resolved descriptions of the physicochemical regimes that influence individual animal movement to supplement methods to accurately track movements of individuals. Emerging methods can be integrated using a Eulerian-Lagrangian-agent method (ELAM) in which (1) the Eulerian framework is used to describe the physical, hydrodynamic, and water quality domains, (2) the Lagrangian framework is used to describe sensory perception and movement trajectories of individuals, and (3) the agent framework is used to describe the behavior decisions of individuals. We discuss a generalized conceptual foundation for describing environmental habitat and stimuli in a manner consistent with animal perception and compatible with ELAM models.

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World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
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R. A. Goodwin [email protected]
Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, CENWP-EC-HD, 333 SW 1st Ave., PO Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208 (US Mail) / 97204 (courier). E-mail: [email protected]
D. L. Smith [email protected]
S.P. Cramer & Associates, 121 W. Sweet Ave., Moscow, ID 83843. E-mail: [email protected]
J. M. Nestler [email protected]
Environmental Modeling & System-wide Assessment Center, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, CEERD-IV-Z, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. E-mail: [email protected]
J. J. Anderson [email protected]
School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Columbia Basin Research, 1325 4th Ave., Suite 1820, Seattle, WA 98101. E-mail: [email protected]
L. J. Weber [email protected]
IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa, 100 Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, Iowa City, IA 52242-1585. E-mail: [email protected]
R. L. Stockstill [email protected]
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, CEERD-HN-NL, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199. E-mail: [email protected]

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