Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 27 Hydrologic Modelling for the Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Landscape Functions 2010 10.5194/adgeo-27-11-2010 http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/11/2010/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/11/2010/adgeo-27-11-2010.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/27/11/2010/adgeo-27-11-2010.pdf 11 19 2010-08-23 From hydrological modelling to decision support U. Haberlandt haberlandt@iww.uni-hannover.de Institute of Water Resources Management, Hydrology and Agricultural Hydraulic Engineering, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany Decision support for planning and management of water resources needs to consider many target criteria simultaneously like water availability, water quality, flood protection, agriculture, ecology, etc. Hydrologic models provide information about the water balance components and are fundamental for the simulation of ecological processes. 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