ABE BioComplexity Seminar – Dr. David Kaplan

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Presenter:
Dr. David Kaplan
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, UF/ESSIE, USA
Title:
Farms, Forests, Flows, and Fish: Stakeholder-Driven Biophysical and Economic Modeling at the Watershed Scale
Bio:
Dr. David Kaplan is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences within the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment at the University of Florida. He also serves as Director of the Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands and Associate Director of the UF Center for Coastal Solutions. Research in Dr. Kaplan’s lab focuses on linkages among the hydrological cycle, ecosystem processes, and human activities across a diversity of global ecosystems, with the goal of developing new scientific knowledge and engineering tools to advance natural resources conservation and management.
Abstract:
Coastal watershed development is altering human and natural systems across the terrestrial-estuarine gradient. Effective land and water management will require integrated and interdisciplinary approaches to address tradeoffs related to watershed and coastal ecosystem services (water quality, habitat, fisheries, and recreation). In this talk, I will present a coupled modeling approach that combines climate, watershed, ecological, and economic modeling to test how future land-use and climate change will affect the Suwannee River watershed and estuary in Florida. The study illustrates how the integration of watershed, estuary, and economic modeling can guide large-scale water and land management decision-making in coastal regions.