landscape evolution, everglades,
Matlab
- Vegetation community colonization as a function of local water depth. Colonization is deterministic over some ranges and stochastic in others. - Solution of flow field in two dimensions using a cellular automata algorithm (see Larsen and Harvey, 2010, Geomorphology, and Larsen and Harvey, 2010 in press, American Naturalist). The flow field is only simulated during high-flow events that entrain sediment. - Sediment transport by flow according to an advection-dispersion equation. Within each high-flow pulse, steady conditions are assumed. - Evolution of the topography through sediment transport, peat accretion (which is based on Larsen et al., Ecological Monographs, 2007), diffusive erosion of topographic gradients, vegetative propagation, and below-ground biomass expansion. - Adjustment of water levels and high-flow discharge to satisfy a water balance and compensate for the growth of vegetation patches.
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