Stressed out ecosystems get help from 3D visualisations

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2022-06-28 11:26

New Zealand

Estuaries and coastal environments are faced with many stressors such as dredging, sedimentation and pollution, and there is a lot of uncertainty when predicting their impact. Most studies have looked at individual stressors in isolation, but now New Zealand researchers have used 3D visualisations to model the cumulative effect of multiple stressors on an ecosystem. The research team says this work could also be applied to other ecosystems, and will help managers make better, more informed decisions.

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conference: Science of the Total Environment

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Organisation/s: University of Waikato, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), University of Auckland, Cawthron Institute

Funder: This research has been developed and funded as part of the Sustainable Seas – National Science Challenge project ‘Communicating risk and uncertainty to aid decision making’ project (C01X1901).

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