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Challenges for Freshwater Ecosystems
Freshwater ecological processes are central to understanding and managing water quality. This chapter will delimit the structure (species and habitat diversity, and productivity) and function (nutrient cycling processes, energy transfer, trophic relationships) of a range of freshwater ecosystems (rivers, lakes and wetlands) and will argue that healthy, diverse freshwater ecosystems provide vital natural functions at the landscape scale, and can be created and engineered to perform similar functions at the local scale. Increased awareness of these ecosystem functions (e.g. via digital education and novel multidisciplinary management approaches) together with technical solutions (e.g. habitat creation and construction) and cutting‐edge techniques in data acquisition (e.g. genetics, open source databases and remote sensing) are vital in addressing the challenges faced by these ecosystems. The successful management and conservation of freshwater ecosystems relies on a multidisciplinary approach involving local communities and stakeholders as well as scientists, social scientists and policy‐makers, working within effective policy and governance frameworks.
Challenges for Freshwater Ecosystems
Freshwater ecological processes are central to understanding and managing water quality. This chapter will delimit the structure (species and habitat diversity, and productivity) and function (nutrient cycling processes, energy transfer, trophic relationships) of a range of freshwater ecosystems (rivers, lakes and wetlands) and will argue that healthy, diverse freshwater ecosystems provide vital natural functions at the landscape scale, and can be created and engineered to perform similar functions at the local scale. Increased awareness of these ecosystem functions (e.g. via digital education and novel multidisciplinary management approaches) together with technical solutions (e.g. habitat creation and construction) and cutting‐edge techniques in data acquisition (e.g. genetics, open source databases and remote sensing) are vital in addressing the challenges faced by these ecosystems. The successful management and conservation of freshwater ecosystems relies on a multidisciplinary approach involving local communities and stakeholders as well as scientists, social scientists and policy‐makers, working within effective policy and governance frameworks.
Challenges for Freshwater Ecosystems
Dadson, Simon J. (editor) / Garrick, Dustin E. (editor) / Penning‐Rowsell, Edmund C. (editor) / Hall, Jim W. (editor) / Hope, Rob (editor) / Hughes, Jocelyne (editor) / Hughes, Jocelyne (author) / Bond, Heather (author) / Knight, Clarke (author) / Stanley, Kieran (author)
2019-11-07
21 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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