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Ting Zhou, Anyi Niu, Zhanpeng Huang, Jiaojiao Ma and Songjun Xu
Many studies have explored the dynamic change of wetlands distribution which play an important role in wetlands conservation and its sustainable management. However, given an uneven distribution of natural wetland resources in the context of global chang...
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Janeth Mwile Mwasenga and Ibrahimu Chikira Mjemah
The development of socio-economic activities within the 60 m buffer zone has imposed change on the characteristics of rivers in northern Tanzania, subjecting rivers to collateral and irreversible damage due to their prolonged exposure to anthropic activi...
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Henok Alemu, Armel T. Kaptué, Gabriel B. Senay, Michael C. Wimberly and Geoffrey M. Henebry
Analysis of the relationship between evapotranspiration (ET) and its natural and anthropogenic drivers is critical in water-limited basins such as the Nile. The spatiotemporal relationships of ET with rainfall and vegetation dynamics in the Nile Basin du...
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Rajaa Aitali, Maria Snoussi, Alexander S. Kolker, Bouchra Oujidi and Nadia Mhammdi
Healthy wetlands are among the most effective sinks for carbon on the planet, and thus contribute to mitigate climate change. However, in North Africa, coastal wetlands are under high pressure especially from urban sprawl and tourism development, due to ...
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Adalet Dervisoglu
Ramsar Convention (RC) is the first of modern intergovernmental agreement on the conscious use and conservation of natural resources. It provides a platform for contracting parties working together to develop the best available data, advice, and policy r...
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Rosa Mediavilla, Juan I. Santisteban, Ignacio López-Cilla, Luis Galán de Frutos and África de la Hera-Portillo
Wetlands are environments whose water balance is highly sensitive to climate change and human action. This sensitivity has allowed us to explore the relationships between surface water and groundwater in the long term as their sediments record all these ...
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Shibani Chourushi,Dr. Pradeep P. Lodha,Dr. Indra Prakash
India is a country of heterogeneous land uses/ land covers. And each LU/LC plays an essential part in maintaining and conserving our natural environment. Land use is created by human beings for the betterment of human beings which includes built-up areas...
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F. Virginia Pérez-Castillo, M. Catalina Alfaro-De la Torre, Rebeca Y. Pérez-Rodriguez, Francisco A. Comín Sebastián
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In this study, we estimated the depth profiles of nutrients in the natural wetland ?Ciénega Tamasopo? (Central Mexico) located in the Neotropic region. The concentration profiles of Corg, NT, Corg/NT ratios and isotopic composition (d13C, d15N) were dete...
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Antonio Camacho, Antonio Picazo, Carlos Rochera, Anna C. Santamans, Daniel Morant, Javier Miralles-Lorenzo, Andreu Castillo-Escrivà
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Wetlands are among the most biologically active ecosystems on Earth, playing an important role in the global carbon cycle. Methane production in wetlands, resulting from anaerobic respiration of organic matter, accounts for an important part of natural s...
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Craig Mahoney, Joshua Montgomery, Stephanie Connor and Danielle Cobbaert
Boreal wetlands within the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada, are subject to natural and anthropogenic pressures, resulting in the need for monitoring these sensitive ecosystems to ensure their protection. This study presents results from Canada?s pilo...
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Yang Huang, Junling Deng, Min Xiao, Yujie Huang, Hui Li, Yinyin Xiao and Yiting Huang
The ecosystem service value (ESV) gradient-evolution pattern of a river basin?s land and water-intertwined zones has a variety of ecosystem service values, such as biodiversity conservation, water conservation, water purification, etc. The study of the e...
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Haiji Liang, Chong Chen, Kexin Wang and Guanqiong Ye
Coastal wetlands provide essential ecosystem services, while usually experiencing land transformation or degradation mainly due to intense anthropogenic activities and climate changes. Understanding the changes in wetlands ecosystem services is essential...
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Chen Chen, Jiajun Feng, Changyou Wang, Longjiang Mao and Yuanzhi Zhang
The dynamic process of the wetland can reflect its impact on the environment, and finding a balance point supporting harmonious coexistence between man and nature has become an issue of increasing concern. On the basis of previous studies that have focus...
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Narcisa Gabriela Pricope and Greer Shivers
Flood mitigation in low-gradient, tidally-influenced, and rapidly urbanizing coastal locations remains a priority across a range of stakeholders and communities. Wetland ecosystems act as a natural flood buffer for coastal storms and sea level rise (SLR)...
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Lucía Vera-Herrera, Juan Soria, Javier Pérez and Susana Romo
The Natural Park of Albufera (Valencia, Spain) is one of the Spanish Mediterranean wetlands where rice is cultivated intensively. The hydrology of the Albufera Lake, located in the center, combines natural contributions with complex human management. The...
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Catalina Vasquez-Carrillo and Kathleen Sullivan Sealey
This paper describes the unique natural communities and biodiversity of the upwelling coastal system along the Guajira peninsula in the southern Caribbean Sea. The Guajira peninsula has a small human population with limited infrastructure and limited opp...
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Alejandro Gómez-Pazo, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Pedro Fraga-Santiago, Martin Souto-Souto and X. L. Otero
The Natura 2000 network is an ambitious European project aimed at nature conservation. Nevertheless, the identification and delimitation of habitats is a complex task and simultaneously essential for correct ecosystem management. In this study we compare...
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Jiaxing Xu, Derrick Y. F. Lai and Suvadip Neogi
Changes in land use types can alter the soil and environmental characteristics of wetlands, which in turn influence the magnitude of greenhouse gas production by soil microbes. However, the effects of land use change on the production potential of methan...
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Fuyuan City is located in the black soil region of northeast China. Its fertile soil and flat terrain provide a reliable guarantee for the scale, intensification, and standardization of farmland. A large amount of land resources that can be used for the ...
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Shewit Gebremedhin, Abebe Getahun, Wassie Anteneh, Stijn Bruneel and Peter Goethals
Lake Tana, Ethiopia’s largest lake, has a remarkable and conservation-worthy assemblage of fish species, requiring fisheries management for sustainable exploitation. However, due to anthropogenic impacts, many of these fish species are threatened. ...
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