Water Salinity Reduction Using the Phytoremediation Method by Three Plant Species and Analyzing Their Behavior

Dezvareh, Ghorban Ali; Nabavi, Erfan; Shamskilani, Mehrdad; Darban, Ahmad Khodadadi

doi:10.1007/s11270-023-06124-y

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“…Another cost-effective solution to the problem of water salinity could be the cultivation of highly tolerant wild plant species for phytoremediation purposes. Plants with high biomass, adapted to local climate conditions, and with elevated phytoextraction (absorption and accumulation in their tissues) of salt from wetland water are ideal candidates for this purpose [39].…”

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Waterbird Species Are Highly Sensitive to Wetland Traits: Simulation-Based Conservation Strategies for the Birds of the Sicilian Wetlands (Italy)

Ferrarini,

Celada,

Gustin

2024

Biology

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In this study, we (a) formulated a general hypothesis about how wetland (functional and structural) traits influence avian diversity, (b) turned this hypothesis into a non-parametric Bayesian network, (c) disentangled the direct and indirect effects of the variables influencing waterbird species, and (d) simulated the changes expected to the levels of avian diversity as a result of numerous counterfactual and management scenarios. We applied our framework to the Sicilian wetlands as a whole; then, we downscaled simulations locally to a wetland of particular interest (Pantano Bruno). We found that (1) waterbird species are highly sensitive to wetland traits; (2) wetland traits have both direct and indirect effects upon alpha avian diversity; (3) the direct and indirect effects of wetland traits can be contrasting; (4) water level fluctuations (benefit), diversions (cost), and salinity (cost) are key factors for waterbird conservation; (5) these wetlands have the potential for hosting a level of alpha avian diversity that is double the baseline (from 19 to 38 species); (6) these wetlands are prone to ecological collapse if all traits deteriorate (from 19 to 6 species per wetland); and (7) the ecological information gained at the regional scale can be properly downscaled to the local scale to make inferences on single wetlands.

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confidence: 99%