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R_0$ Analysis of a Spatiotemporal Model for a Stream Population

Water resources worldwide require management to meet industrial, agricultural, and urban consumption needs. Management actions change the natural flow regime, which impacts the river ecosystem. Water managers are tasked with meeting water needs while mitigating ecosystem impacts. We develop process-...

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Published in:SIAM journal on applied dynamical systems 2012-01, Vol.11 (2), p.567-596
Main Authors: Mckenzie, H. W., Jin, Y., Jacobsen, J., Lewis, M. A.
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Language:English
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Summary:Water resources worldwide require management to meet industrial, agricultural, and urban consumption needs. Management actions change the natural flow regime, which impacts the river ecosystem. Water managers are tasked with meeting water needs while mitigating ecosystem impacts. We develop process-oriented advection-diffusion-reaction equations that couple hydraulic flow to population growth, and we analyze them to assess the effect of water flow on population persistence. We present a new mathematical framework, based on the net reproductive rate $R_0$ for advection-diffusion-reaction equations and on related measures. We apply the measures to population persistence in rivers under various flow regimes. This work lays the groundwork for connecting $R_0$ to more complex models of spatially structured and interacting populations, as well as more detailed habitat and hydrological data. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1536-0040
1536-0040
DOI:10.1137/100802189