Predicting floodplain inundation and vegetation dynamics in arid wetlands

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作者
Sandi, Steven G. [1 ]
Saco, Patricia M. [1 ]
Kuczera, George [1 ]
Wen, Li [2 ]
Saintilan, Neil [3 ]
Rodriguez, Jose F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Newcastle, Sch Engn, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
[2] NSW Off Environm & Heritage, Sci Div, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[3] Macquarie Univ, Dept Environm Sci, N Ryde, NSW, Australia
来源
NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS (RIVER FLOW 2018) | 2018年 / 40卷
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RIVER;
D O I
10.1051/e3sconf/20184002019
中图分类号
TV21 [水资源调查与水利规划];
学科分类号
081501 ;
摘要
The Macquarie Marshes is a freshwater wetland system located in semiarid Australia. The ecological importance of this site has been recognized under the Ramsar convention. Plant associations in the marshes has shown a complex dynamic where some wetland vegetation patches have transitioned to terrestrial vegetation during severe drought, but also quickly responded to increased inflows due to record and near record rainfall accompanied by water releases from an upstream reservoir. Management decisions regarding the environmental flows require the use of predictive tools in order to assess the response of the vegetation. We have developed a vegetation response model that couples hydrodynamic modelling of the northern Macquarie Marshes with watering requirements of different plant associations and vegetation succession rules. The model simulates floods in the wetland during a series of years, after which patches of vegetation are analysed according to water depth, percent exceedance time and frequencies of inundation. During the simulated period, the patch can have adequate watering conditions, or it can have critical conditions that would lead to a succession to another type of vegetation. The predicted vegetation is reintroduced in the model, providing feedbacks for the next simulation period. In this contribution, we implemented the model to simulate changes of wetland understory during the period 1991 to 2014.
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