Sensitivity analysis of a sediment dynamics model applied in a Mediterranean river basin: Global change and management implications

Sánchez-Canales, María; López-Benito, Alfredo; Acuña, Vicenç; Ziv, Guy; Hamel, Perrine; Chaplin‐Kramer, Rebecca; Elorza, Francisco Javier

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.074

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“…If more detailed river map were offered, the accuracy of the soil retention service will be higher as that of the predicted value (56.95 t/ha) on the whole basin was similar to the observed value (59.8 t/ha) from of that. In addition, the InVEST model is widely controversial because of its low spatial accuracy and simple mechanisms (Bai et al., ; Sánchez–Canales et al., ). Its services evaluation approach and parameters need to be modified based on the environmental characteristics in specific regions (Chan et al., ; Onaindia et al., ; Turner et al., ).…”

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Quantifying ecosystem service trade‐offs for plantation forest management to benefit provisioning and regulating services

Dai

Wang

Jianjia

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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There is increasing interest worldwide regarding managing plantation forests in a manner that maintains or improves timber production, enhances ecosystem services, and promotes long‐term sustainability of forest resources. We selected the Gan River Basin, the largest catchment of Poyang Lake and a region with a typical plantation distribution in South China, as the study region. We evaluated and mapped four important forest ecosystem services, including wood volume, carbon storage, water yield, and soil retention at a 30 × 30 m resolution, then quantified their trade‐offs and synergies at the county and subwatershed scales. We found that the wood volume and carbon storage services, as well as the soil retention and water yield, exhibited synergistic relationships. However, the carbon storage displayed a trade‐off relationship with the water yield. Additionally, we compared the beneficial spatial characteristics among dominant species in the study region. The results showed that the Chinese fir forest and the pine forest exhibited lower overall benefits than natural forests including the broad‐leaved forest and the bamboo forest. To propose a suitable management strategy for the study region, method of spatial cluster analysis was used based on the four eco‐services at the subwatershed scale. The basin was divided into four management groups instead of treating the region as a homogenous management region. Finally, we proposed more specific and diverse management strategies to optimize forest benefits throughout the entire region.

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Quantifying ecosystem service trade‐offs for plantation forest management to benefit provisioning and regulating services

Dai

Wang

Jianjia

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Many studies provide evidence that climate change can affect streamflow (Nijssen et al, 2001;Menzel and Bürger, 2002;Zhang et al, 2007;Githui et al, 2009;Kim and Kaluarachchi, 2009;Boyer et al, 2010) soil erosion rates (Pruski and Nearing, 2002;Michael et al, 2005;O'Neal et al, 2005) and sediment flux (Jiongxin, 2003;Syvitski et al, 2005;Zhu et al, 2008;Li et al, 2011;Phan et al, 2011). However, few studies have focused on the effects of climate change on sediment transport in Mediterranean watersheds (Bangash et al, 2013;Sánchez-Canales et al, 2015;Bussi et al, 2014;Nunes et al, 2013), which have been identified as one of the most prominent "Hot-Spots" in future climate change projections (Giorgi, 2006).…”

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Modeling suspended sediment transport and assessing the impacts of climate change in a karstic Mediterranean watershed

Nerantzaki

Giannakis

Efstathiou

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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“…S7), even though the spatial patterns of rainfall are not of linear type over time in the study area (Badjana et al, 2011). It is important to detect the most sensitive input parameters that might be potentially climate-driven, and relevant to guide more efficiently the design for management interventions (Sanchez-Canales et al, 2015). Third, though it is important to promote participative methods in ecosystem services assessment (Vila Subirós et al, 2016), another limitation of the study resides in the fact that the participatory evaluation approach could not consider quantitative aspects to fully appreciate the modelling outputs because of rural people's incapacity to quantify.…”

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Modelling soil erosion response to sustainable landscape management scenarios in the Mo River Basin (Togo, West Africa)

Diwediga

Agodzo

et al. 2018

Science of The Total Environment

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The rural landscapes in Central Togo are experiencing severe land degradation, including soil erosion. However, spatially distributed information has scarcely been produced to identify the effects of landscape pattern dynamics on ecosystem services, especially the soil erosion control. In addition, relevant information for sustainable land and soil conservation is still lacking at watershed level. On this basis, using the LAndscape Management and Planning Tool for the Mo River basin (LAMPT_Mo), we (1) modelled soil erosion patterns in relation with land use/cover change (LUCC), land protection regime, and landforms, and (2) examined the efficiency of landscape redesign options on soil erosion amounts at basin scale. We found that Simulated historical net soil loss (NSL) for the Mo basin were approximately 26, 23, 27, and 44t/ha/yr, for 1972, 1987, 2000, and 2014, respectively. These simulated NSLs were higher than the tolerable soil loss limits for the Tropics. Steep slopes (≥15°), poorly covered lands (croplands and savannas), and riversides (distances ≤100m) are critical areas of sediment sources. The local appraisal of soil loss was in line with the simulated outputs even though quantification was not accounted for when dealing with rural illiterate people. Furthermore, results showed that the examined management measures, such as controlling the identified erosion hotspots through land protective measures, could help reduce the NSL up to 70%, to values closer to the tolerable limits for the Tropics. The model implementation in the basin showed insights for identifying erosion hotspots and targeting soil conservation planning and landscape restoration measures.

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Sensitivity analysis of a sediment dynamics model applied in a Mediterranean river basin: Global change and management implications

Cited by 41 publications

References 24 publications

Quantifying ecosystem service trade‐offs for plantation forest management to benefit provisioning and regulating services

Quantifying ecosystem service trade‐offs for plantation forest management to benefit provisioning and regulating services

Modeling suspended sediment transport and assessing the impacts of climate change in a karstic Mediterranean watershed

Modelling soil erosion response to sustainable landscape management scenarios in the Mo River Basin (Togo, West Africa)

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