Inferences About Coupling from Ecological Surveillance Monitoring: Approaches Based on Nonlinear Dynamics and Information Theory

L. J. Moniz (), J. D. Nichols (), J. M. Nichols (), E. G. Cooch () and L. M. Pecora ()
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L. J. Moniz: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
J. D. Nichols: U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
J. M. Nichols: Naval Research Laboratory, Optical Sciences Division
E. G. Cooch: Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources
L. M. Pecora: Naval Research Laboratory

Chapter Chapter 8 in Towards an Information Theory of Complex Networks, 2011, pp 169-198 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Some monitoring programs for ecological resources are developed as components of larger science or management programs and are thus guided by a priori hypotheses. More commonly, ecological monitoring programs are initiated for the purpose of surveillance with no a priori hypotheses in mind. No conceptual framework currently exists to guide the development of surveillance monitoring programs, resulting in substantial debate about program design. We view surveillance monitoring programs as providing information about system dynamics and focus on methods for extracting such information from time series of monitoring data. We briefly describe methods from the general field of nonlinear dynamics that we believe may be useful in extracting information about system dynamics. In looking at the system as a network of locations or components, we emphasize methods for assessing coupling between system components for use in understanding system dynamics and interactions and in detecting changes in system dynamics. More specifically, these methods hold promise for such ecological problems as identifying indicator species, developing informative spatial monitoring designs, detecting ecosystem change and damage, and investigating such topics as population synchrony, species interactions, and environmental drivers. We believe that these ideas and methods provide a useful conceptual framework for surveillance monitoring and can be used with model systems to draw inferences about the design of surveillance monitoring programs. In addition, some of the current methods should be useful with some actual ecological monitoring data, and methodological extensions and modifications should increase the applicability of these approaches to additional sources of actual ecological data.

Keywords: 37M10 Time-Series Analysis; 37M99 Computational Methods; 37N99 Application of Dynamical Systems; 92D40 Ecology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4904-3_8

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