Strategies for Restoring and Managing Ecological Corridors of Freshwater Ecosystem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15513129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Qiaoyan Lin (0000-0003-3651-3636, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, corresponding author), Yu Song (0000-0002-9525-2870, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Yixin Zhang (0009-0001-3804-0687, Soochow University), Jian Li Hao (0000-0003-3064-9794, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Zhijie Wu (0000-0002-9981-8114, Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua, RIET, Suzhou 215163, China), Wu Zhi (0000-0002-8160-6615) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 23 |
| Pages | 15921-15921 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192315921 |
| PMID | 36497995 |
| OpenAlex | W4310371049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 85 |
Along with accelerating urbanization and associated anthropogenic disturbance, the structure and function of freshwater ecosystems worldwide are substantially damaged. To improve ecosystem health, and thus enhance the ecosystem security of the urban ecosystem, numbers of management approaches and engineering projects have been applied to mitigate the degradation of freshwaters. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of comprehensive and systematic research on the ecological corridor restoration of freshwater ecosystems; especially for Suzhou Grand Canal, one section of the world's longest and ancient Grand Canal which is inclined to severe ecosystem degradation. Through investigating the adjacent land use characteristics, habitat quality, vegetation cover, instream water quality, and habitat composition, we aimed to: (i) assess the water quality of the Suzhou Grand Canal; (ii) evaluate the ecological characteristics of the canal ecosystem; (iii) develop strategic countermeasures to restore the ecological corridors for the mitigation of ecological problems. The results demonstrated: a large built area, a smaller ecological zone, a low habitat quality and habitat connectivity, and a high degree of habitat fragmentation within the canal corridor, also a simplified instream habitat composition, and greater nutrient and COD concentrations in the surface water-especially in the upstream and midstream canal. All urbanization-induced multiple stressors, such as land use changes, altered hydrology, and the simplified riparian zone et al., contributed synergistically to the degradation of the canal ecosystem. To alleviate the ecosystem deterioration, three aspects of recommendations were proposed: water pollution control, watershed ecosystem restoration, and ecological network construction. Basically, building a comprehensive watershed ecological network-on the basis of associated ecosystem restoration, and the connection of multi-dimensional ecological corridors-would dramatically increase the maintenance of aquatic-terrestrial system biodiversity, and improve the regional ecological security pattern and watershed resilience toward stochastic future disturbances. This study contributes to the understanding of the ecological challenges and related causes of the canal ecosystem. The integrated strategy introduced in this study provides policymakers, water resource managers, and planners with comprehensive guidelines to restore and manage the ecological corridor of the canal ecosystem. This can be used as a reference in freshwater ecosystems elsewhere, to improve ecosystem stability for supporting the sustainable development of urban ecosystems
Aquatic ecosystem · Ecosystem · Ecosystem health · Ecosystem Management · Ecosystem services · Environmental resource management · Habitat · Habitat destruction · Restoration Ecology · Riparian zone · Urbanization · Water quality · Watershed · Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics · Environmental Science · Fish Ecology and Management Studies · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |