Transcript Sampling Protocols and Strategies

Modeling Complex Interactions of
Overlapping River and Road
Networks in a Changing Landscape
Programmatic overview
Hypothesis
Preliminary findings
NSF BIOCOMPLEXITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
FY 2003 SPECIAL COMPETITION
DYNAMICS OF COUPLED NATURAL AND HUMAN
SYSTEMS
LARGE RESEARCH PROPOSALS
• 249 Biocomplexity proposals
• 74 Coupled Natural & Human systems
– 6 “High priority” funding (8%)
NSF Emphasis
• Integrate different disciplines
• Apply modern technology
– Data acquisition
• Remote sensing, DNA….
– Information management
• Public access to data, monitoring
• 5 year rule
• Public relevance
– Pure vs applied science
Solution
RFP’s for Integrated Research Proposals
• Multidisciplinary research teams focused on
broad proposals
• Environmental Molecular Science Institutes
– Chemists & environmental scientists & industry
• Biocomplexity
– Complex biological interactions over range of
spatial and temporal scales
– Beyond biodiversity; interactions
Successful proposals must
• Address the inherent complexity and highly
coupled nature of relevant natural and
human systems as well as their interactions
• Describe plans for the work of
interdisciplinary teams from the natural,
social, mathematical sciences, engineering,
and education
– Whose coordinated work will enhance
theoretical understanding
Projects must include
• Quantitative approaches or advanced
conceptual models
• Specific plans for education
– Graduate students
– Road seminar
– K-12 education program
Evaluation Criteria
• Strength of the collaborations planned and
degree of interdisciplinary
• Effectiveness of the group organization and
management plan
• Value to education in these topical areas
• Strength of the dissemination plans
• Extent, effectiveness, and long-term potential
of collaborations with industries, national
laboratories, and comparable research
centers abroad, when appropriate.
• Our main overarching hypothesis is that an
integrated individual-based model will more
accurately predict environmental effects
than any single physical, biotic or social
model by reducing unexplained variation.
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Rio Mameyes
Rio Fajardo
Rio Mameyes
Rio Espiritu Santo
Rio Fajardo
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Drains2 is the Project-Derived Stream coverage.
Apparent limits, closure lines, dam or weir,
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left bank, manmade shorelines, reefs, right
banks and natural shorelines were removed to
create drains2. River centerlines were manually
digitized to replace the left bank and right bank
features.
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MANMADE SHORELINE
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LEFT BANK
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