Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions in Wetlands

Wu, Xiancang; Ma, Teng; Wang, Yanxin

doi:10.1007/s12583-020-1333-7

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“…Developing an understanding of these interactions and their influences on water quality, quantity, and ecosystem health can provide the basis for land and water management and conservation of the environment (Conant et al 2019). Under the stress of accelerated climate change and anthropogenic activities (Boano et al 2014), it becomes imperative to consider integrated approaches for sustainable management of water resources (Wu et al 2020). HZ research provides such opportunity by drawing researchers from various backgrounds to exchange ideas, knowledge and technologies to maintain and conserve land, water and related resources (Krause et al 2011).…”

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Engineered hyporheic zones: design and applications in stream health restoration – a review

2021

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Anthropogenic deterioration of streams and rivers have affected their surface-subsurface linkages. This has led to the degradation of hyporheic zones, a sensitive interface between stream channel and its surrounding sediments, responsible for transforming pollutants, natural solutes and supporting benthic communities. Several authors have reported the influence of stream restoration measures on hyporheic exchanges and have called for the inclusion of hyporheic zone restorations in stream management. Engineered Hyporheic Zones (EHZ) is the creation of artificial transition area due to induced hyporheic flows, brought about by some feature modifications done to the stream channel or its subsurface. These feature modifications and its implications have been investigated through lab experiments, outdoor flumes, modelling and field studies for several years. This paper attempts to summarize the endeavours made in the study of EHZ and its applications in water quality improvement and habitat restoration. A comprehensive review of upto date literature with specific focus on the influence of engineered structures on hyporheic exchanges is presented, followed by the comparison of preferences opted for different studies and their limitations. The paper ends with suggestive future scope in EHZ studies and its potential as a low cost alternative treatment technology for river restoration.

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Engineered hyporheic zones: design and applications in stream health restoration – a review

2021

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“…Examples of groundwater ecosystem services within anthropic (a, b, c) and natural (d, e, f, g) frameworks and recommended guidelines for groundwater conservation in terms of scientific advancements (top right) and policy developments (top left). Anthropic environment: (a) clean groundwater plays a key role in maintaining the agrobiodiversity (Trajkova et al., 2021); (b) interchanges between urban wetlands and groundwater can maintain the diversity of aquatic species and the functional integrity of urban wetlands (Ameli & Creed, 2019); (c) water for urbanization can also supply a key resource for the maintenance of urban vegetation (Marchionni et al., 2020); natural environment: (d) terrestrial vegetation groundwater‐dependent ecosystem (GDE; Shukla et al., 2022); (e) lotic GDE (Erostate et al., 2020); (f) lentic GDE (Wu, Ma, et al., 2020); (g) coastal GDE (Santos et al., 2021). …”

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Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

Saccò,

Mammola,

Altermatt

et al. 2023

Global Change Biology

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Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater resource, in a period of depletion by extraction and pollution, groundwater environments have been repeatedly overlooked in global biodiversity conservation agendas. Disregarding the importance of groundwater as an ecosystem ignores its critical role in preserving surface biomes. To foster timely global conservation of groundwater, we propose elevating the concept of keystone species into the realm of ecosystems, claiming groundwater as a keystone ecosystem that influences the integrity of many dependent ecosystems. Our global analysis shows that over half of land surface areas (52.6%) has a medium‐to‐high interaction with groundwater, reaching up to 74.9% when deserts and high mountains are excluded. We postulate that the intrinsic transboundary features of groundwater are critical for shifting perspectives towards more holistic approaches in aquatic ecology and beyond. Furthermore, we propose eight key themes to develop a science‐policy integrated groundwater conservation agenda. Given ecosystems above and below the ground intersect at many levels, considering groundwater as an essential component of planetary health is pivotal to reduce biodiversity loss and buffer against climate change.

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“…Examples of groundwater ecosystem services within anthropic (a, b, c) and natural (d, e, f, g) frameworks and recommended guidelines for groundwater conservation in terms of scientific advancements (top right) and policy developments (top left). Anthropic environment: (a) clean groundwater plays a key role in maintaining the agrobiodiversity (Trajkova et al, 2021); (b) interchanges between urban wetlands and groundwater can maintain the diversity of aquatic species and the functional integrity of urban wetlands (Ameli & Creed, 2019); (c) water for urbanization can also supply a key resource for the maintenance of urban vegetation (Marchionni et al, 2020); natural environment: (d) terrestrial vegetation groundwater-dependent ecosystem (GDE; Shukla et al, 2022); (e) lotic GDE (Erostate et al, 2020); (f) lentic GDE (Wu, Ma, et al, 2020); (g) coastal GDE (Santos et al, 2021).…”

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Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

Saccò,

Mammola,

Altermatt

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater resource, in a period of depletion by extraction and pollution, groundwater environments have been repeatedly overlooked in global biodiversity conservation agendas. Disregarding the importance of groundwater as an ecosystem ignores its critical role in preserving surface biomes. To foster timely global conservation of groundwater, we propose elevating the concept of keystone species into the realm of ecosystems, claiming groundwater as a keystone ecosystem that influences the integrity of many dependent ecosystems. Our global analysis shows that over half of land surface areas (52.6%) has a medium-to-high interaction with groundwater, reaching up to 74.9% when deserts and high mountains are excluded. We postulate that the intrinsic transboundary features of groundwater are critical for shifting perspectives towards more holistic approaches in aquatic ecology and beyond. Furthermore, we and Environmental DNA

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Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions in Wetlands

Cited by 23 publications

References 95 publications

Engineered hyporheic zones: design and applications in stream health restoration – a review

Engineered hyporheic zones: design and applications in stream health restoration – a review

Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

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