Wetland Functions and Ecosystem Services: Implications for Wetland Restoration and Wise Use

An, Shuqing; Verhoeven, Jos T. A.

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“…Mediterranean wetlands are particularly at risk, being threatened by, for example, land‐use change, water overexploitation or climate change (Taylor et al., 2021). In recent decades, ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems has become widespread in effort to reverse these losses, and is expected to increase during the current decade (An & Verhoeven, 2019). Integrative freshwater ecology and biodiversity conservation approaches are needed in wetland management (Geist, 2011).…”

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Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates as a tool to evaluate wetland restoration

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Almeida

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et al. 2021

Journal of Applied Ecology

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Ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems has become widespread in recent decades. Although the recovery of biodiversity in restored wetlands has been studied from a taxonomic perspective, our knowledge of how functional biodiversity recovers remains poorly understood. We studied the functional diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in 32 Mediterranean temporary ponds 6–7 years after their creation during a restoration in South‐West Spain, and compared them with 10 natural reference sites during two consecutive hydroperiods. We compared alpha functional diversity indices, and the individual contributions of new ponds and reference sites to the regional functional beta diversity, as well as to its turnover and nestedness components. We also investigated the influence of environmental and spatial variables on the dissimilarities of functional beta diversity and its components between new ponds and reference sites. Alpha functional diversity in new ponds was lower than in reference sites. Although the contribution of new ponds to the regional functional beta diversity was similar to that of reference sites, the latter contributed more to functional turnover while new ponds contributed more to functional nestedness. Dispersal limitation coupled with environmental filtering structured the functional variation in communities between new ponds and reference sites, but their relative importance differed between beta components. New ponds can hold species with unique functional compositions, but their contribution to the regional functional beta diversity was mostly due to trait losses with respect to reference sites. Synthesis and applications. Considering different aspects of functional diversity of invertebrate communities can help elucidate the processes and mechanisms through which ecosystems recover following restoration. We encourage the use of trait‐based approaches to identify trends in processes and patterns that can guide future wetland restoration projects.

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Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates as a tool to evaluate wetland restoration

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Almeida

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et al. 2021

Journal of Applied Ecology

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“…To minimize these aforesaid food-feed-fuel conflicts, sites unsuitable for regular farming can be utilized for biomass production. Significant potential against this background is seen in the conservation and wise use of wetlands and reed bed areas [9][10][11]. While their sustainable management for benefits of the exploitation of reed has become increasingly attractive from the economic perspective [12,13], the growing demand for sustainable biomass portrays wetlands and reed bed areas as increasingly interesting for a circular bioeconomy.…”

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Biomass Resources of Phragmites australis in Kazakhstan: Historical Developments, Utilization, and Prospects

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Common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud.) is a highly productive wetland plant and a potentially valuable source of renewable biomass worldwide. There is more than 10 million ha of reed area globally, distributed mainly across Eurasia followed by America and Africa. The literature analysis in this paper revealed that Kazakhstan alone harbored ca. 1,600,000–3,000,000 ha of reed area, mostly distributed in the deltas and along the rivers of the country. Herein, we explored the total reed biomass stock of 17 million t year−1 which is potentially available for harvesting in the context of wise use of wetlands. The aim of this paper is to reveal the distribution of reed resource potential in wetland areas of 13 provinces of Kazakhstan and the prospects for its sustainable utilization. Reed can be used as feedstock as an energy source for the production of pellets and biofuels, as lignocellulosic biomass for the production of high strength fibers for novel construction and packaging materials, and innovative polymers for lightweight engineering plastics and adhesive coatings. Thereby, it is unlikely that reed competes for land that otherwise is used for food production.

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“…climate mitigation, carbon sequestration, flood prevention, groundwater recharge, water purification [1][2][3]. The wildlife and biodiversity of wetlands are mostly the best out of their region, so recreation and tourism services of wetlands are also relevant [4][5]. At the same time, biodiversity of freshwater ecosystems declines rapidly along with the increasing human water consumption, and climate change [6][7][8].…”

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“…Flooding or inundation depth, duration and frequency can be considered as the most important hydrological indicators for wetlands [11][12][13] as hydroperiod and its variations have determinant role in enhancing or constraining vegetation. The quality of wetland ESs mostly depends on optimal water availability [4]. The presence of high groundwater levels (GWLs), frequent soil saturation and surface water cover are essential for ESs such as carbon sequestration or maintenance of biodiversity [4,[14][15].…”

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Long-term Water Regime Studies of a Degraded Floating Fen in Hungary

Decsi

Ács

Kozma

2020

Period. Polytech. Civil Eng.

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Historical trends in water management and recent climatic variations put wetlands in the Carpathian basin under strong pressure and led to their degradation. The lack of extended site specific environmental data series inhibits the understanding of long-term eco-hydrological processes. This undermines the success of restoration and/or management efforts. As a precedent we analyzed a recently degraded Hungarian lowland wetland, the Nyárjas fen in order to identify the main cause of its drying. Our method is based on one-dimensional simulations of a variably saturated soil column representing the dominant hydrological conditions of the wetland. To properly define the necessary soil hydraulic parameters, soil sampling, laboratory measurements and inverse modelling were carried out. The hydrological simulations for the 1961-2010 period clearly suggest that (i) the wetland degraded due to a temporal unfavorable combination of regional groundwater depletion and decreased precipitation, (ii) and could not recover afterwards despite the improvement of hydrological conditions. The ecological water demand of the Nyárjas fen can be explicitly expressed in terms of groundwater level. However, water availability is a necessary, but not sufficient criteria of good habitat status. The elaborated methodology provides the basis of bottom-up type environmental water demand estimation on a regional/national scale.

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Wetland Functions and Ecosystem Services: Implications for Wetland Restoration and Wise Use

Cited by 17 publications

References 23 publications

Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates as a tool to evaluate wetland restoration

Functional diversity of macroinvertebrates as a tool to evaluate wetland restoration

Biomass Resources of Phragmites australis in Kazakhstan: Historical Developments, Utilization, and Prospects

Long-term Water Regime Studies of a Degraded Floating Fen in Hungary

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