Connor Geis

Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Natural Sciences

First Advisor

Beulig, Alfred

Area of Concentration

Environmental Science

Abstract

High-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs), especially those that include both topography and bathymetry, have proven to be an invaluable resource for scientific applications in various areas of research, particularly the fields of ecology and water chemistry. The importance of coastal environments and ecosystems located near the terrestrial/aquatic interface are widely recognized but often, topographic and bathymetric data are collected independently for different purposes, making it difficult to use the data together. This project focuses on sourcing and processing the best publically available topographic and bathymetric data, in an effort to create a topographic/bathymetric digital elevation model of the Lower Maumee River basin. Due to decades of serious environmental degradation, along with the loss of ecologically and economically valuable ecosystem services and species, the Maumee has been designated a priority watershed by the U.S. EPA. The construction of an accurate topographic and bathymetric digital elevation model will hopefully prove to be a useful tool for the mapping of ecosystem services and also for restoration efforts that are currently underway in the Lower Maumee.

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