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MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF VEGETATIVE IMPACTS FROM FLUCTUATING FLOOD POOLS 1
Author(s) -
Austin T.,
Riddle W. F.,
Landers R. Q.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1979.tb01126.x
Subject(s) - flood myth , shore , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , flood control , flooding (psychology) , ecological succession , floodplain , vegetation (pathology) , water level , recreation , competition (biology) , ecology , geology , geography , geotechnical engineering , biology , oceanography , medicine , psychology , cartography , archaeology , pathology , psychotherapist
A flood control reservoir protects valuable developments on the downstream flood plain by storing flood waters and releasing them at a rate that will reduce the downstream damage. The water surface level of the flood pool behind the dam can fluctuate considerably during the occurrence of a large magnitude flood causing severe impacts on shoreline vegetation and water based recreation facilities located in the flood pool. A mathematical simulation model describing shoreline vegetative succession in response to flooding is presented. Plant species are grouped into ecologically similar compartments. Differential equations describing compartment intrinsic growth, intraspecies competition, interspecies competition, and other growth limiting factors are solved numerically. The model is used to evaluate the impacts of various operating policies on plant succession for a new reservoir in Central Iowa.