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Restoration and Governance Approaches of Mangrove Ecosystems in Africa 非洲红树林生态系统的恢复和治理方法

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01805-8

Isaac Arnaud Quenum, Carolle Avocèvou-Ayisso, Rodrigue Idohou, Elie Antoine Padonou, Ghislain comlan Akabassi, Bokon Alexis Akakpo

{"title":"Restoration and Governance Approaches of Mangrove Ecosystems in Africa","authors":"Isaac Arnaud Quenum, Carolle Avocèvou-Ayisso, Rodrigue Idohou, Elie Antoine Padonou, Ghislain comlan Akabassi, Bokon Alexis Akakpo","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01805-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01805-8","url":null,"abstract":"The management of mangrove ecosystems faced to serious problem while these ecosystems are among the world’s richest ecosystems and provide a wealth of important services to human well-being. 35% of the areas of mangrove forests has globally been lost in the past two decades and supposed to be reach 60% by 2030. It is urgent to prospect the potential conservation research topics for the better management of mangrove areas. With a view to reducing mangrove degradation rate, this review aims to highlight restoration strategies and governance tenure of mangrove ecosystems in Africa. A total of 101 papers from Africa (31.68%), Asia (46.53%), America (11.85%), Europe (7.10%), and the rest of the world (2.84%) were considered. Indonesia, Thailand and India respectively recorded the top number of publications in Asia whereas Benin and Ghana accounted the higher number in Africa. 71.42% of publications have considered human activities including tree clearance and higher wood used (e.g. salt production activities) as the main mangrove degradation drivers in Africa. 4.80% of papers were found as the highest annual rate of mangrove degradation and less rate was 0.21% obtained in Africa. Many approaches were described for mangrove ecosystems restoration. 61.54% of mangrove governance publications showed that multi-level mangrove governance approach is widely applied. However, many studies suggested that this model of mangrove governance is the source of the resource’s degradation by the lack of a strong regulation. This review could help to set up a good program of mangrove restoration in West Africa.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140886763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Wise-Use Checklist as a Science–Policy Interface– The Interaction of Science and Policy in Taiwanese Wetland Conservation Policy 作为科学与政策接口的智用清单--台湾湿地保护政策中的科学与政策互动

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01810-x

Chen-Guang Lee

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Diatom and Bacterial Communities in Saline Habitats (Vojvodina, Serbia) 盐碱地（塞尔维亚伏伊伏丁那省）的硅藻和细菌群落

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01809-4

Danijela Vidaković, Ivica Dimkić, Jelena Krizmanić, Tamara Janakiev, Bojan Gavrilović, Miloš Ćirić

{"title":"Diatom and Bacterial Communities in Saline Habitats (Vojvodina, Serbia)","authors":"Danijela Vidaković, Ivica Dimkić, Jelena Krizmanić, Tamara Janakiev, Bojan Gavrilović, Miloš Ćirić","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01809-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01809-4","url":null,"abstract":"Current knowledge of the microbiota of soda pans of the Carpathian Basin focuses mainly on diatoms. In studying six soda pans in Vojvodina (Serbia), we aimed to gain deeper insights into the diatom community by using not only traditional microscopic analysis but also high-throughput sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene. In addition, this study aimed to evaluate bacterial communities in these soda pans for the first time using the 16S rRNA gene marker. Although similar numbers of diatom taxa were found using both approaches, a significant discrepancy in species composition was found. The genus Nitzschia was one of the most represented and numerous genera according to the morphological and molecular analyses, but with lower diversity according to the molecular data, with the sequences mostly unassigned. Another major discrepancy was noticed with taxon Halamphora veneta, the results of metabarcoding showed high abundance in almost all soda pans, while microscopy detected it as very low. Diverse communities of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria were detected in the studied soda pans, such as Proteobacteria, Bacteroidota, Actinobacteria, Bacillaceae, and Peptoclostridium. According to current knowledge, harsh environmental conditions and habitat homogeneity regulate diatom and bacteria community composition and enable the survival of taxa with predominantly high ecophysiological plasticity. Finally, uncovering the structure of the microbial community as the first phase in developing an efficient tool to assess the ecological status of these fragile ecosystems is an essential step towards their conservation.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140886747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Delineation and Classification of Wetlands in the Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Australia Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning 利用遥感和机器学习对西澳大利亚北贾拉拉森林的湿地进行划分和分类

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01806-7

Adam Turnbull, Mariela Soto-Berelov, Michael Coote

{"title":"Delineation and Classification of Wetlands in the Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Australia Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning","authors":"Adam Turnbull, Mariela Soto-Berelov, Michael Coote","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01806-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01806-7","url":null,"abstract":"Wetlands are under increasing pressure from threatening processes. Efforts to protect and monitor wetlands are hampered without datasets capturing the extent, type, and condition. The purpose of this study is to map the distribution of wetland type, vegetation type and vegetation condition for wetlands in the Northern Jarrah Forest region, Western Australia. A random forest algorithm implemented via Google Earth Engine (GEE) was used to classify wetlands and vegetation condition using satellite imagery, topographic indices, and soil mapping. Wetland type was classified using a hierarchical approach incorporating increasing level of detail. Wetland type was mapped as system type from the Interim Australian National Aquatic Ecosystem (ANAE) Classification framework and at hydroperiod level, with overall accuracy of 83% and 82% respectively. Vegetation type was mapped with an accuracy of 78.3%. Mapping of vegetation condition using the Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST) framework achieved an overall accuracy of 79.6%. Results show that wetlands occur in greater concentration as narrow seasonally waterlogged sites in the west, more sparsely and seasonally inundated sites in the northeast, and as broad seasonally waterlogged sites in the southeast of the study area. Wetland degradation determined through vegetation condition is concentrated in the east, and highest in seasonally waterlogged wetlands. Overall, the wetlands mapping framework implemented in this study can be used by land managers and other interested parties seeking to identify threatened and high conservation value wetlands in other areas.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140838171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Factors Influencing the Resilience of Created Tidal Marshes in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia 影响不列颠哥伦比亚省弗雷泽河口人造潮汐沼泽恢复能力的因素

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-05-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01802-x

Daniel Stewart, Megan Lievesley, James E. Paterson, Daniel Hennigar, Robyn Ingham, Rob Knight, Brad Mason, Eric Balke

{"title":"Factors Influencing the Resilience of Created Tidal Marshes in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia","authors":"Daniel Stewart, Megan Lievesley, James E. Paterson, Daniel Hennigar, Robyn Ingham, Rob Knight, Brad Mason, Eric Balke","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01802-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01802-x","url":null,"abstract":"More than 100 tidal marsh creation projects were constructed throughout the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia, Canada from the 1980s to present. Past studies described and evaluated many of these projects and found varied success, but the underlying factors that determine project outcomes remain uncertain. Combining field sampling, spatial analysis, and statistical modeling of plant communities, we aim to address this knowledge gap by asking what factors influence the resilience of created marshes, as measured by (1) persistence of marsh vegetation, (2) native species dominance, and (3) species richness. We observed marsh recession in 40 of the 78 projects visited, representing 23,666 m2 (9.3%) of the 254,357 m2 of created marsh surveyed. Increases in mean site elevation had a negative effect on percent recessed area, while sites in the north branch of the river and sites further upriver were more prone to recession. From field observations and data interpretation we suggest that wake erosion and Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) herbivory may be drivers behind these losses and warrant further investigation. Dominance of native species declined with distance upriver, though invasive cattail (Typha angustifolia, T. × glauca) defied this trend, dominating outer estuary sites, particularly closed embayments, when present. Native and non-native richness shared similar patterns and were comparable between reference and created marshes, increasing on average with elevation and distance upriver. These findings offer insight into how site design and location influence the outcome of marsh creation projects, and the challenges presented by stressors and environmental change in estuaries.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140837944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Examination of Drone Usage in Estimating Hardwood Plantations Structural Metrics 研究使用无人机估算硬木种植园的结构指标

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-04-27 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01807-6

Tyler Corbin, Mohammad Bataineh

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The Dead Forest of Chiefs Island: Soil Water Logging from Major Floods and Rainfalls Drive Rapid Vegetation Change in the Okavango Delta (Botswana) 酋长岛的死亡森林：洪水和暴雨造成的土壤水分流失导致奥卡万戈三角洲（博茨瓦纳）植被迅速变化

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-04-20 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01804-9

Marc Jolivet, Mike Murray-Hudson, Kaelo Makati, Olivier Dauteuil, Louis Gaudare

{"title":"The Dead Forest of Chiefs Island: Soil Water Logging from Major Floods and Rainfalls Drive Rapid Vegetation Change in the Okavango Delta (Botswana)","authors":"Marc Jolivet, Mike Murray-Hudson, Kaelo Makati, Olivier Dauteuil, Louis Gaudare","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01804-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01804-9","url":null,"abstract":"The flood-controlled Okavango Delta in Botswana is an endoreic alluvial fan system developing within the arid to semi-arid Kalahari Desert. The Delta sustains a unique association of ecosystems, from rivers to floodplains, riverine forests to savanna forests. This complex environment is nearly pristine from anthropic activity but its preservation, especially in the face of global change, requires a detailed understanding of the functioning and evolution of its ecosystems. In this work we describe extensive tree dieback in the savanna forest of southern Chiefs Island, the largest permanently emerged island of the Delta. While tree dieback is generally linked to drought, extreme temperatures, fire or increased biotic attacks, we suggest that the destruction in the years 2009–2012 of the Acacia sp. and Colophospernum mopane dominated forest unexpectedly results from drowning through soil water logging associated to a series of successive exceptional floods and abundant rainfall seasons. This result highlights the necessity of transdisciplinary studies in understanding the autogenic functioning of the Delta as a prerequisite to describe the effects of global change.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140623873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Murky Ruling Threatens the Fate of Millions of US Wetlands 一项模糊的裁决威胁着美国数百万湿地的命运

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01801-y

B. Alexander Simmons, Marcus W. Beck, Kerry Flaherty-Walia, Jessica Lewis, Edward T. Sherwood

{"title":"A Murky Ruling Threatens the Fate of Millions of US Wetlands","authors":"B. Alexander Simmons, Marcus W. Beck, Kerry Flaherty-Walia, Jessica Lewis, Edward T. Sherwood","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01801-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01801-y","url":null,"abstract":"For decades, federal protections were extended to wetlands adjacent to “waters of the US” by the Clean Water Act. In its Sackett v. EPA ruling, however, the US Supreme Court redefined the meaning of “adjacent,” eliminating protections to wetlands without a continuous surface connection to these waters (i.e., geographically isolated wetlands, GIWs). Yet it remains unclear how this continuous surface test will work in reality, where ecological connectivity often extends beyond physical connectivity. Here, we calculate the number of US wetlands that could be considered geographically isolated depending upon the distance threshold used to define isolation (ranging from 1 m to 100 m from the nearest hydrological feature). Overall, we estimate that 27–45% of wetlands, at minimum, could be considered geographically isolated using this range of distance thresholds. Over 3 million wetlands are within 1–100 m of the nearest hydrological feature, making them most vulnerable to losing prior protections from the Clean Water Act. The Midwest and Northeast have the largest share of potential GIWs within this range. Freshwater emergent wetlands and forested/shrub wetlands make up the majority of these vulnerable wetlands, though this varies by state. Roughly 47% of these wetlands are located in states without state-level protections for GIWs. Our analysis highlights the heterogeneity of risk to wetlands across the country and the scale of the uncertainty imposed by the updated Sackett definition. State-level protections that are robust to changes in federal protections are urgently needed to secure the country’s wetlands from further pollution and destruction.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"2012 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140613424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Restored Wetland Size and Age Influence Small Mammal Communities in West Virginia, USA 恢复后的湿地面积和年龄对美国西弗吉尼亚州小型哺乳动物群落的影响

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01799-3

Krista L. Noe, Christopher T. Rota, Mack W. Frantz, James T. Anderson

{"title":"Restored Wetland Size and Age Influence Small Mammal Communities in West Virginia, USA","authors":"Krista L. Noe, Christopher T. Rota, Mack W. Frantz, James T. Anderson","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01799-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01799-3","url":null,"abstract":"Small mammals are important, albeit often overlooked, fauna in wetland restoration projects. However, it is essential to evaluate factors that influence small mammal community metrics in restored wetlands to maximize wetland restoration effectiveness. Previous studies found that vegetation differed as restored wetlands aged and that wetland age may play a role in the presence of amphibians and birds. Therefore, we assessed whether wetland age influenced small mammals. We also evaluated 17 environmental factors in restored wetlands that could influence small mammal communities in these wetlands. To assess and evaluate the effects of age and environmental factors on the small mammal community, we appraised 14 restored wetlands in West Virginia, USA, in the summers of 2020 and 2021 for small mammal community metrics, specifically relative abundance, diversity, richness, and evenness. We captured six species of small mammals: deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus), meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), meadow jumping mice (Zapus hudsonius), northern short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda), and eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus). We found that the relative abundance of deer mice, white-footed mice, and meadow voles decreased with wetland age. However, both species diversity and evenness increased with wetland age. Wetland size influenced the relative abundance of white-footed mice, meadow jumping mice, and all small mammals combined. Although the relative abundance of white-footed mice and total small mammals decreased with wetland size, the relative abundance of meadow jumping mice increased with wetland size. Wetland managers should consider wetland age and size when designing wetlands to facilitate small mammal communities.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"250 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140613588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Choosing the Right Tool: A Comparative Study of Wetland Assessment Approaches 选择正确的工具：湿地评估方法比较研究

IF 2 4区环境科学与生态学

Wetlands Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1007/s13157-024-01798-4

William J. Kleindl, Sarah P. Church, Mark C. Rains, Rachel Ulrich

{"title":"Choosing the Right Tool: A Comparative Study of Wetland Assessment Approaches","authors":"William J. Kleindl, Sarah P. Church, Mark C. Rains, Rachel Ulrich","doi":"10.1007/s13157-024-01798-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-024-01798-4","url":null,"abstract":"There are over 700 aquatic ecological assessment approaches across the globe that meet specific institutional goals. However, in many cases, multiple assessment tools are designed to meet the same management need, resulting in a confusing array of overlapping options. Here, we look at six riverine wetland assessments currently in use in Montana, USA, and ask which tool (1) best captures the condition across a disturbance gradient and (2) has the most utility to meet the regulatory or management needs. We used descriptive statistics to compare wetland assessments (n = 18) across a disturbance gradient determined by a landscape development intensity. Factor analysis showed that many of the tools had internal metrics that did not correspond well with overall results, hindering the tool’s ability to act as designed. We surveyed regional wetland managers (n = 56) to determine the extent of their use of each of the six tools and how well they trusted the information the assessment tool provided. We found that the Montana Wetland Assessment Methodology best measured the range of disturbance and had the highest utility to meet Clean Water Act (CWA§ 404) needs. Montana Department of Environmental Quality was best for the CWA§ 303(d) & 305(b) needs. The US Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Riparian Assessment Tool was the third most used by managers but was the tool that had the least ability to distinguish across a disturbance, followed by the US Bureau of Land Management’s Proper Functioning Condition.","PeriodicalId":23640,"journal":{"name":"Wetlands","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140588811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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