SWATCH21: a project for linking eco-hydrologic processes and services to aquatic biodiversity at river and catchment levels

Article Article scientifique Article SWATCH21: a project for linking eco-hydrologic processes and services to aquatic biodiversity at river and catchment levels eng 2019 author Lehmann Anthony 0000-0002-8279-8567 28253 author Timoner Pablo 0000-0003-4757-4928 562495 author Fasel Marc 648862 author Lacayo-Emery Martin Ariel 0000-0001-5335-4986 827563 author Ashraf Vaghefi Seyed Saeid 881188 author Abbaspour Karim C. 182-197 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2019.01.003 1642-3593 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1642359318300661 The objective of the SWATCH21 project is to improve our understanding of eco-hydrologic services at the catchment level, and biodiversity at the river scale. Six research questions are proposed: (i) How can we improve the access to input data for hydrological and ecological modeling? (ii) What is the role of glacier and snow in modifying the hydrological services? (iii) How can we best assess hydrologic services supplies and demands with the available data and tools? (iv) What will be the impact of the main hydrologic changes on species diversity in rivers? (v) Can we meet the targets of multi-sectorial river-related policies under different climate and landuse forecasting scenarios? (vi) How detailed do ES data and models need to be to answer relevant policy questions? The above questions are tackled through an integrated framework to access, share, process, model, and deliberate on hydrologic ecosystems services. State-of-the-art models have been selected, and will be compared and improved to model different ecosystems and their services. Initial results from a first SWAT model of Switzerland and Species Distribution Models are presented. Expected outputs from various climate and land use change scenarios include rivers' hydrology, predicted biodiversity, and the assessment of ecosystem services in terms of provisioning services (e.g. water resources), regulating services (e.g. nutrient, sediment and flood water retention), and cultural services (e.g. biodiversity, recreation). The expected outcome of the project is to improve integrated evidence-based water policy in the future through the analysis of tradeoffs and synergies between services. Ecosystem services Biodiversity Tradeoffs and synergies Modeling Climate change Landuse change Dewey 333.7-333.9 Dewey 550 Swiss National Science Foundation Eco-hydrologic services of Swiss river and catchments under climate and land use scenarios (SWATCH21) 173206 CH Project funding 18 Institut des sciences de l'environnement 0DB 41 Département F.-A. Forel des sciences de l'environnement et de l'eau 153 false 673 Envirospace Lab 942 ISE Biodiversité 943 ISE Climat 944 ISE Eau 941 ISE Pôle Informatique environnementale 938 ISE Pôle Sciences Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology 19 2 dd346b31-588f-4f07-a77c-aa9d5654760a Article (Published version) Restricted EcoHydrolSwatch21Lehmann2019.pdf 604453 application/pdf restrictedAccess Centres et instituts / Institut des sciences de l'environnement Faculté des sciences / Section des sciences de la Terre et de l'Environnement / Département F.-A. Forel des sciences de l'environnement et de l'eau

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