Dear Community,
I am going to evaluate the ecosystem services of a section of river wetland in Southwest China, and then predict the impact of damming on its ecosystem services in the future. I'm not sure whether the InVEST model can implement my idea.
My research site is a floodplain wetland and now it is a scenic spot with good scenery. A hydropower station is planned to be built in the downstream of the wetland. The wetland will be submerged after damming and the original landscape of flood wetland will turn into an artificial reservoir. Definitely, the construction of reservoirs will also change other ecological functions of wetlands, such as biodiversity, climate regulation, flood equalization and so forth.
My chief purpose is to predict and assess the ecosystem services of wetland after hydropower construction, in order to provide guidance for decision making of the engineering design. According to my above description, can InVEST achieve my expectations? Which else models do you recommend me?
Thanks all in advance!
I would suggest reading the two attached papers to get a good general overview of the the data needed and tools available to assess ecosystem services effectively.
The link below will also be a good read in the context of your proposed study.
Article Impact of wetland fragmentation due to damming on the linkag...
The ecosystem services assessment of natural sources, in order to provide guidance for decision making, it could be also driven and affected by the circular economy. In general at appreciating natural sources and valuing them in tangible and intagible assets I recommend the bridging between Ecosystems Services Valuation (ESV) and Circular Economy Valuation (CEV). In this context the following studies can be considered:
Kyriakopoulos G.L. (2017). Ecosystems Services Valuation (ESV) Then and Now: A Review. Chapter 1, In: Advances in Energy Research vol. 27, 1–61. Nova Science Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-53612-305-0.
Kyriakopoulos G.L., Kapsalis V.C., Aravossis K.G. (2017). Investigation of Environmental Services Valuation towards inter-organizational system frameworks of circular economy. Volume: Session 13: Resource Efficiency and Resources, pp. 565–573. Conference: 18th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production Conference (ERSCP 2017), 1–5 October, Skiathos Island, Greece. ΙSBN: 978-618-5271-24-4.
Kapsalis V.C., Kyriakopoulos G.L., Aravossis K.G. (2019). Investigation of Ecosystem Services and Circular Economy Interactions under an Inter-organizational Framework. Energies, 12(9), 1734. DOI: 10.3390/en12091734.
The activity would change a wetland habitat into a deep water habitat. Cowardin ET AL wrote Classification of Wetlands and Deep Water Habitats. I think you might find the information helpful in how he described the habitats and their differences. It probably would adapt well to the circumstances you mentioned, even though there could be some biological and climate differences.
FYI
https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/documents/classification-of-wetlands-and-deepwater-habitats-of-the-united-states.pdf
Wetland ecosystem services can be assessed after the construction of dams by making a study of the biodiversity of plants and the biodiversity of animals and knowing the change that has occurred.
you can view this site:
Wetland ecosystem services research: A critical review
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