Hydro-Ecological Modeling 

 -  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2016 
 - 1 electronic resource (XIV, 322 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Water is not only an interesting object to be studied on its own, it also is an important component driving almost all ecological processes occurring in our landscapes. Plant growth depends on soil water content, as well is nutrient turnover by microbes. Water shapes the environment by erosion and sedimentation. Species occur or are lost depending on hydrological conditions, and many infectious diseases are water-borne. Modeling the complex interactions of water and ecosystem processes requires the prediction of hydrological fluxes and stages on the one side and the coupling of the ecosystem process model on the other. While much effort has been given to the development of the hydrological model theory in recent decades, we have just begun to explore the difficulties that occur when coupled model applications are being set up. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783038422129 9783038422396 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>hydrological modeling flexible model toolkits biodiversity hydro-biogeochemistry model coupling erosion climate and land use change ecological modeling