Mangrove recovery by habitat restoration using nature-based solutions

IF 3.9 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Engineering Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2025.107520

Johan C. Winterwerp , Annalise Bayney , Sabine Engel , Luandra Jack , Kene Moseley , Bob Smits

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Abstract

This paper presents five examples of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to restore degraded mangroves and mangrove-mud coasts. These examples are meant to provide inspiration for the restoration of other such coasts. The designs are based on a qualitative/conceptual understanding of the bio-physical system. This is obtained mainly from an in-depth analysis of historic satellite images and historic maps, while quantitative data are scarce, as is generally the case in these environments.

One example reflects the restoration of circulation and flushing in a small bay in the SW of the Caribbean Island Bonaire. Drainage channels were overgrown, and the forest was attacked from the back by hyper-salinity and the inflow of silts. The first, more urgent problem has now been addressed by re-opening a few channels, restoring circulation and flushing, and mangrove recruitment restarted.

The other four examples are from Guyana and Suriname. Though all sites are part of the greater Guiana coastal zone and driven by the same physical processes, local conditions are so different that different NbS-solutions were required to catch and arrest sufficient sediments to recreate mangrove habitat. The examples show why and how one solution works at one location, while elsewhere another approach was successful.

This paper can be regarded as a supplement to the Engineering with Nature Atlas issued by ERDC in 2024, which focuses on temperate climate environments though.

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利用基于自然的解决方案，通过栖息地恢复来恢复红树林

本文介绍了恢复退化红树林和红树林-泥海岸的五个基于自然的解决方案（NbS）。这些例子旨在为其他类似海岸的修复提供灵感。这些设计是基于对生物物理系统的定性/概念性理解。这主要是通过对历史卫星图像和历史地图的深入分析获得的，而定量数据很少，在这些环境中通常是这样。一个例子是恢复了加勒比博内尔岛西南部一个小海湾的循环和冲洗。排水渠道杂草丛生，森林受到高盐度和泥沙流入的冲击。第一个更为紧迫的问题现已得到解决，重新开放了一些渠道，恢复了循环和冲洗，重新开始了红树林的采伐。另外四个例子来自圭亚那和苏里南。虽然所有地点都是大圭亚那沿海地区的一部分，并且受到相同的物理过程的驱动，但当地条件如此不同，需要不同的nbs解决方案来捕获和捕获足够的沉积物，以重建红树林栖息地。这些例子说明了为什么一种解决方案在一个地方有效，而另一种方法在其他地方成功的原因和方式。本文可作为ERDC 2024年发布的《工程与自然地图集》（Engineering with Nature Atlas）的补充，该地图集侧重于温带气候环境。

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Ecological Engineering 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

8.00

自引率

5.30%

发文量

293

审稿时长

57 days

期刊介绍： Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers. Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.