Rehabilitating China's Largest Inland River
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| 作者 | Li ; Chen ; Zhang ; Xia ; Yiqing ; Yaning ; Yaoqi ; Yang |
| 刊名 | CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2009 |
| 卷号 | 23期号:3页码:531-536 |
| 关键词 | DAM REMOVAL TARIM RIVER RESTORATION FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS BIODIVERSITY CHALLENGES ECOLOGY BASIN |
| ISSN号 | 0888-8892 |
| 通讯作者 | Li, YQ, Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Key Lab Oasis Ecol & Desert Environm, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China |
| 中文摘要 | Wetlands are particularly important for conserving China's biodiversity but riparian wetlands in the Tarim River basin in western China have been reduced by 46% during the last 3 decades. The world's largest habitat for Populus euphratica, which is in the Tarim River basin, significantly shrank. To protect and restore the deteriorated ecosystems along the Tarim River and its associated wetlands, China's government initiated a multimillion dollar river restoration project to release water from upper dams to the dried-up lower reaches of the Tarim River starting in 2000. We monitored the responses of groundwater and vegetation to water recharge in the lower reaches of the river from 2000 to 2006 by establishing nine 1000-m-long transects perpendicular to the river at intervals of 20-45 km along the 320-km river course below the Daxihaizi Reservoir, the source of water conveyance, to Lake Taitema, the terminus of the Tarim River. Water recharges from the Daxihaizi Reservoir to the lower reaches of the Tarim River significantly increased groundwater levels and vegetation coverage at all monitoring sites along the river. The mean canopy size of the endangered plant species P. euphratica doubled after 6 years of water recharge. Some rare migrating birds returned to rest on the restored wetlands in summer along the lower reaches of the Tarim River. The biggest challenge facing decision makers, however, is to balance water allocation and water rights between agricultural and natural ecosystems in a sustainable way. A large number of inhabitants in the Tarim Basin depend on these limited water resources for a living. At the same time, the endangered ecosystems need to be protected. Given the ecological, socioeconomic, and sociopolitical realities in the Tarim Basin, adaptive water policies and strategies are needed for water allocation in these areas of limited water resources. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 公开日期 | 2011-08-19 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.xjlas.org/handle/365004/10174]  |
| 专题 | 新疆生态与地理研究所_中国科学院新疆生态与地理研究所(2010年以前数据) |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Li,Chen,Zhang,et al. Rehabilitating China's Largest Inland River[J]. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,2009,23(3):531-536. |
| APA | Li.,Chen.,Zhang.,Xia.,Yiqing.,...&Yang.(2009).Rehabilitating China's Largest Inland River.CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,23(3),531-536. |
| MLA | Li,et al."Rehabilitating China's Largest Inland River".CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 23.3(2009):531-536. |
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来源：新疆生态与地理研究所
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