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This study presents a watershed assessment method to predict aquatic conditions impacted by land use. It enables managers to balance development with aquatic resource protection and ecological restoration.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Water Resource Management

Background:

  • Managing aquatic systems in impacted watersheds is challenging due to difficulties in predicting cumulative land use effects.
  • Current methods lack the ability to quantify and predict complex cumulative effects at relevant spatial scales.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide methods for targeted watershed assessment enabling landscape-based cumulative effects modeling.
  • To integrate these models into a scenario analysis management framework for decision-making in developing watersheds.

Main Methods:

  • Site selection based on stressor gradients.
  • Field and laboratory data collection on physical, chemical, and biological effects of land use.
  • Multiple linear regression for landscape-based cumulative effects modeling.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated a framework for cumulative effects modeling in two sub-watersheds in central Appalachia.
  • Developed methods to predict aquatic conditions based on landscape factors and land use.

Conclusions:

  • The presented approach facilitates economic development while protecting aquatic resources.
  • Enables net ecological benefits through targeted remediation in actively developing watersheds.