Developing Conceptual Models for Assessing Climate Change Impacts to Contaminant Availability in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Abstract

The objective of this work was to develop a series of conceptual models (CMs) that illustrate how various aspects of climate change can impact contaminant availability and threatened, endangered, and at-risk species (TER-S) of terrestrial habitats on military installations. The goal was to develop tools that aid installation managers with better managing climate change impacts. The CMs can be used as a framework by military installation natural resource personnel to better delineate impacts of climate change. As a means of furthering this work, a series of workshops was held with contaminant management, terrestrial vegetation dynamics, and soil/hydrology experts to develop the necessary information to fully inform development of the CMs. During these workshops, a series of specific questions were posed to the experts to gather information about climate change, contaminant availability, and TER-S conservation on installations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA614134

Entities

People

  • Burton C Suedel
  • Cheryl R. Montgomery
  • Eric R. Britzke
  • Nathan R. Beane
  • Sandra M. Brasfield

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Climate Change
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Environmental Protection
  • Habitats
  • Materials
  • Natural Resources
  • Resource Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense