Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING & ASSESSMENT
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 101-111Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-007-9135-1
Keywords
Marsh wetland; Degradation; Driving force; Flood plain
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-425]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 40301001]
- Field Station Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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In the study, we analyze and assess quantitatively the spatial pattern of vegetation and its ecological degradation information in the Honghe National Nature Reserve (HNNR), a Ramsar-designated site in Northeast China. Statistics from historical survey data are used to measure the degradation of marshes over time and changes in the hydrological regime. Long-term statistical data are also employed to analyze both natural and human impacts on these changes. Both the wetland degradation model and its mechanisms are discussed in this paper. The research finds that the loss of water and other types of degradation in the vegetation habitat caused by the rapid deterioration of the hydrological regime has threatened the status of HNNR as a storage area of natural genes. Scientifically constructed strategies are urgently required to ensure sustainable economic benefits that do not adversely affect this nature reserve.
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