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The National Wetlands Research Center is studying advanced spatial analysis and modeling methods and using these tools to analyze and understand a variety of ecosystem issues, such as wetland ecosystem restoration, spatial genetic variations of natural populations, distributions of wildlife populations, and disturbances in coastal natural resources. Investigators design systems to use in wetland restoration planning, risk assessment, ecosystem modeling, landscape ecology, biodiversity studies, and sensitivity analyses. These studies primarily use GIS-based spatial data, but include remotely sensed imagery, field measurements, and planning information from resource managers. In addition to spatial models, research products also include synthesized ecological data sets and GIS-based decision support systems for implementing model analysis. These computer programs are valuable to resource managers in identifying "hot spots" or problem areas needing immediate work, and allow experimentation with various management approaches to working with those resources, without risking those resources in experimentation. Decision support systems, ecosystem modeling, and resource assessment allow users to put GIS data bases to their full use for individualized applications or research studies.
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