Riparian zones : where biogeochemistry meets biodiversity in management practice

• Autorzy: Décamps H. , Pinay G. , Naiman R. J. , Petts G. E. , McClain M. E. , Hillbricht-Ilkowska A. , Hanley T. A. , Holmes R. M. , Quinn J. , Gibert J. , Planty Tabacchi A.-M. , Schiemer F. , Tabacchi E. , Zalewski M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Riparian zones are well known for their inherent ecological properties related to biogeochemical cycles, biodiversity, and catchment management. The international MAB/UNESCO programme which was running between 1988 and 1998 was related to the land/water ecotones, mainly riparian zones. This article, inspired by this programme - seeks to highlight the role of riparian processes on biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity under different climatic conditions. Their role is investigated by focusing on: 1) the lateral ecotone between land and water systems, 2) their longitudinal corridor structure and, 3) the drywet cycles. This information is then used to suggest the value of riparian zones in landscape management. We emphasize the key roles of the ecotonal structure, longitudinal connectivity and timing of the occurrence of wet-dry cycles for riparian zones to process nitrate fluxes and to maintain high levels of biodiversity at the landscape scale. In the context of the worldwide transformations of flow regimes, the deterioration of water quality and loss of biodiversity, restoring riparian zones is both a key objective and a formidable challenge that implies envisioning the consequence of management actions on the long term, considering entire river basins, and paying attention to the other environmental, regional and global changes.

Słowa kluczowe

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biodiversity; biogeochemistry; ecotones; management; riparian zones

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: Vol. 52, nr 1
• Strony: 3--18
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 95 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

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Décamps H.

• Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversite’, CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, cedex 04, France

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Pinay G.

• Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, 1919 route de Mende, F-34292 Montpellier cedex, France

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Naiman R. J.

• University of Washington, Fishery Sciences Building, Campus Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195-5020, USA

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Petts G. E.

• Environmental Research and Management University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

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McClain M. E.

• Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA

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Hillbricht-Ilkowska A.

• Centre for Ecological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Dziekanów Leśny, 05-092 Łomianki, Poland

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Hanley T. A.

• Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2770 Sherwood Lane, Suite 2-A, Juneau, AK 99801-8545, USA

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Holmes R. M.

• The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA

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Quinn J.

• NIWA, PO Box 11115, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Gibert J.

• Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Fluviaux, Université de Lyon 1, Bat 403 Forel, 42 Boulevard du

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Planty Tabacchi A.-M.

• Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversite’, CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, cedex 04, France

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Schiemer F.

• Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
• Dept.of Limnology, Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

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Tabacchi E.

• Laboratoire Dynamique de la Biodiversite’, CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, cedex 04, France

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Zalewski M.

• Department of Applied Biology, University of Lodz, Banacha 16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland

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