Integrating objectives and scales for planning and implementing wetland restoration and creation in agricultural landscapes

Moreno-Mateos, David; Comı́n, Francisco A.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.06.002

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“…Aquatic plants may establish from the seed bank (Leck, 2003;De Steven et al, 2006) but also by seed deposition through water dispersal (Mitsch et al, 1998), waterbirds (Brochet et al, 2010;, vertebrates (Zedler and Black, 1992), or wind dispersal (Reinartz and Warne, 1993). However, these mechanisms of colonization are not efficient, because dispersal is slow and sometimes unlikely (Moreno-Mateos and Comin, 2010). In our study, no target species were found in the control mesocosms.…”

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“…If the appropriate environmental conditions, mainly consisting of flooding regimes, water depth, and salinity, are restored (Grillas, 1990), vegetation can rapidly establish from the residual seed bank (Leck, 2003;De Steven et al, 2006). Short distance dispersal (Reinartz and Warne, 1993), long distance endozoochorous (Brochet et al, 2010;Zedler and Black, 1992), and ectozoochorous dispersal may also contribute to spontaneous colonization Active revegetation methods may not be needed if sources populations of desired seeds are available nearby and if physical barriers do not hamper dispersal (Moreno-Mateos and Comin, 2010). Vegetation recovery is often limited by a low density and a high distance of seed sources (Bischoff, 2002).…”

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Temporary wetland restoration after rice cultivation: is soil transfer required for aquatic plant colonization?

Muller

Buisson

Mouronval

et al. 2013

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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Key-words:former ricefield, restoration, spontaneous colonization, soil transfer, temporary wetland Mediterranean temporary wetlands have considerably declined in recent decades. Today, opportunities arise for the restoration of these wetlands due to land-use changes, such as the abandonment of cultivation. One critical question is whether communities, such as those observed in natural temporary wetlands, can develop alone or if active restoration should be implemented. In a series of experimental mesocosms, we transferred soil from several temporary wetlands chosen as a set of reference ecosystems. Four months after soil transfer, vegetation in transfer mesocosms was compared to that derived from spontaneous colonization (control mesocoms). Transfer mesocosms are colonized by all target hydrophyte species transferred with the soil and the resulting communities are similar to those of reference ecosystems. They also have fewer non-target species than the control mesocosms. Even though the study period was not sufficient to draw any definitive conclusion regarding the utility of forced dispersion by soil transfer, the preliminary results are promising for an application on a larger scale. RÉSUMÉRestauration d'un milieu humide temporaire après culture du riz : le transfert de sol est-il nécessaire à la recolonisation des plantes aquatiques ? Mots-clés :anciennes rizières, restauration, colonisation spontanée, transfert de sol, zone humide Les marais temporaires méditerranéens ont vu leur superficie se réduire considé-rablement au cours des dernières décennies. Aujourd'hui, des opportunités apparaissent pour la restauration de ces zones humides, en particulier à partir d'espaces agricoles abandonnés. L'une des questions majeures est alors de savoir si les communautés telles que l'on peut les observer dans les marais temporaires naturels peuvent se développer seules ou si une restauration active doit être mise en place. Dans un ensemble de mésocosmes expérimentaux, nous avons transféré du sol provenant de plusieurs marais temporaires choisis comme un ensemble d'écosystèmes de référence. Quatre mois après le transfert de sol, la végétation des mésocosmes transférés a été comparée à celle issue uniquement de la colonisation spontanée (témoins). Les mésocosmes ayant subi un transfert de sol sont colonisés par la totalité des hydrophytes cibles transférées par le sol et présentent des communautés similaires à celles des écosystèmes de référence. Ils présentent d'autre part moins d'espèces jugées indésirables que les mésocosmes témoins. Même si la durée de l'étude ne nous permet pas de conclure définitivement sur la nécessité d'opérer un forçage de dispersion par transfert de sol, ces résultats préliminaires sont prometteurs pour une application à plus large échelle.

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Temporary wetland restoration after rice cultivation: is soil transfer required for aquatic plant colonization?

Muller

Buisson

Mouronval

et al. 2013

Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.

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“…Newbold 420 (2005) showed that maximizing wetland area instead of nitrogen-421 load reduction under the same budget restrictions would increase 422 the area of wetlands restored by 30-50% but would decrease the 423 nitrogen-load reduction by more than 50%. Considering that the 424 total wetland area modeled by either approach is less than 1% 425 of the total watershed area, smaller than the more realistic fig-426 ure of 2-7% cited by various authors (Mitsch and Gosselink, 2000;427 Verhoeven et al, 2006;Moreno-Mateos and Comin, 2010), this 428 prediction is of interest for further research. Usually, wetland-429 restoration projects have more than one objective (Comín et al, 430 2001;Martín-Queller et al, 2010).…”

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“…Comín). (Verhoeven et al, 2006;Moreno-Mateos and Comin, 2010). For 31 example, wetland restoration has been proposed to restore the 32 nutrient-removal function of wetlands in the Mississippi-Missouri 33 watershed (Mitsch and Day, 2006).…”

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A protocol to prioritize wetland restoration and creation for water quality improvement in agricultural watersheds

Comı́n

Sorando

Darwiche-Criado

et al. 2014

Ecological Engineering

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Please cite this article in press as: Comín, F.A., et al., A protocol to prioritize wetland restoration and creation for water quality improvement in agricultural watersheds. Ecol. Eng. (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.059 ARTICLE IN PRESSG Model ECOENG 2560 1-9 Ecological Engineering xxx (2013) xxx-xxx Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirectEcological Engineering j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / e c o l e n g A protocol to prioritize wetland restoration and creation for water quality improvement in agricultural watersheds With adequate planning, wetland restoration and creation can be useful tools for improving the water quality of natural ecosystems in agricultural territories. Here, a protocol for selecting wetland-restoration sites at the watershed scale is proposed as part of a demonstration project (EU Life CREAMAgua) for improving wastewater from irrigated agricultural land discharging into the Flumen River (Ebro River Valley, NE Spain). This watershed is semiarid, and 70% of its 1430-km 2 area is used for irrigated agriculture. A preliminary study of the physical and chemical characteristics of the Flumen River and its watershed identified nitrates as the key water-quality characteristic in terms of data variability. The protocol consisted of five steps that encompassed scientific-technical, social and economic criteria. The first step was to select all of the sites in the watershed that had the hydrogeomorphic characteristics of a wetland. The second step was to estimate the levels of nitrate discharge through all of the tributaries discharging to the river and to select the sub-watersheds that contributed the most nitrates. The program SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool), which considers the biophysical characteristics and land uses of the watershed, including farming practices, was utilized in these first two steps. In the third step, a first-order arearemoval model was used to rank wetlands for nitrate removal. The wetland sites that were estimated to be most efficient for nitrate removal were selected. These wetland sites were located in the agricultural zone within the watershed, where fertilizers and irrigation are intensively used. In the next step, the previously selected sites were considered based on a social-availability criterion (the potential to obtain at no cost the land required to restore or create wetlands at those sites). Finally, the concordance between site availability and funding was used to sequentially select 15 sites (135 ha) that would be cost-effective for the Flumen River watershed project, which provided a case study. This protocol is compared to previously published protocols with the same purpose, and the applications of this procedure are discussed in terms of up-scaling and integrating experience in land-use and agricultural policies.

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“…In the 1950s and 1970s, the United States, Canada and other countries in the field of ecological restoration and reconstruction technology began to expand to the coastal zone. In the United States Louisiana Saab Nature Reserve and the Texas Coastal Zone, the use of "ladder wetland technology" (marsh terracing technique), in the shallow sea area to build a gentle slope of wetlands, which can weaken the impact of the waves to promote sediment deposition, Protect the beach, but also for other creatures to provide habitat [2]. The research and practice of ecological restoration and reconstruction in the coastal waters of our country focus on the ecological investigation of the status quo of the sea area and the evaluation of historical data.…”

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Application of Ecological Restoration Project in Port Construction

Li¹,

Mao²,

Tian³

2017

dteees

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Abstract. Ecological restoration project in the domestic port construction is from research to the application stage. Tianjin Port by creating artificial beach as a habitat, supplemented by proliferation and release, making the East Bay demonstration area of the artificial coastline ecological rapid restoration. The biomass of the main and economic types increased by 103.1%, and the oyster-barnacle ecosystem was reconstructed in the rocky coastal zone around the breakwater. In the intertidal tidal flats of the breakwater, the ecosystems composed of Cyclina sinensisSinonovacula constricta-Mactra veneriformis-Scapharca subcrenata were reconstructed. In the artificial beach, reconstructed by the Ruditapes philippinarum-Mactra veneriformis-Scapharca subcrenata ecological system.

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Integrating objectives and scales for planning and implementing wetland restoration and creation in agricultural landscapes

Cited by 57 publications

References 93 publications

Temporary wetland restoration after rice cultivation: is soil transfer required for aquatic plant colonization?

Temporary wetland restoration after rice cultivation: is soil transfer required for aquatic plant colonization?

A protocol to prioritize wetland restoration and creation for water quality improvement in agricultural watersheds

Application of Ecological Restoration Project in Port Construction

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