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Structural and Functional Loss in Restored Wetland Ecosystems

David Moreno Mateos, Mary E Power, Francisco A Comín and Roxana Yockteng

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Abstract: Wetlands, which include tropical mangroves and boreal peatlands, are among the most valuable ecosystems in the world because they provide critical ecosystem goods and services, such as carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, fish production, water purification, and erosion control. As global change accelerates the loss of wetlands, attempts are increasing to restore this fragile habitat and its associated functioning. There has been no global evaluation, however, of how effective such restoration efforts have been. Here, a meta-analysis of the biological structure (driven mostly by plant communities) and biogeochemical functioning (driven primarily by the storage of carbon in wetland soils) of 621 wetland sites are presented.

Keywords: Wetland Ecosystems; human activities; warm climates; habitat; tropical mangroves; peatlands; biogeochemical; biological structure; Environmental Setting; North America; Europe; Australia; and China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-02
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