Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring and Habitat Assessment in theSan Luis National Wildlife Refuge

Quinn, Nigel W.T. ; Hanlon, Jeremy S. ; Burns, Josephine R. ; Stromayer, Karl A.K. ; Jordan, Brandon M. ; Ennis, Mike J. ; Woolington,Dennis W.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

关键词: Mass Balance;    Management;    Salinity;    Monitoring;    Remote Sensing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/862340
RP-ID  :  LBNL--58813
RP-ID  :  DE-AC02-05CH11231
RP-ID  :  862340

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The project report describes a two year experiment to control wetland drainage to the San Joaquin River of California from the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge using a decision support system for real-time water quality management. This system required the installation and operation of one inlet and three drainage flow and water quality monitoring stations which allowed a simple mass balance model to be developed of the seasonally managed wetlands in the study area. Remote sensing methods were developed to document long-term trends in wetland moist soil vegetation and soil salinity in response to management options such as delaying the initiation of seasonal wetland drainage. These environmental management tools provide wetland managers with some of the tools necessary to improve salinity conditions in the San Joaquin River and improve compliance with State mandated salinity objectives without inflicting long-term harm on the wild fowl habitat resource.