Review on Ecological Response of Aquatic Plants to Balanced Harvesting

Jianguo Zhao, Cunqi Liu, Hongbo Li, Jing Liu, Tiantian Jiang, Donghua Yan, Jikun Tong and Li Dong ()
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Jianguo Zhao: Hebei Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050037, China
Cunqi Liu: College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
Hongbo Li: Baiyangdian Basin Ecological Environment Protection Center, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Jing Liu: Hebei Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050037, China
Tiantian Jiang: Hebei Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050037, China
Donghua Yan: Hebei Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050037, China
Jikun Tong: Baiyangdian Basin Ecological Environment Monitoring Center, Baoding 071051, China
Li Dong: Hebei Academy of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050037, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-13

Abstract: Macrophytes are the main primary producers in lake ecosystems and are the main transmitters of material and energy flows in lake ecosystems, directly influencing the structure and function of lake ecosystems. The balanced harvesting of aquatic plants is a cost-effective scientific management approach to maintain ecosystem health. The article defines “balanced harvesting” as an aquatic plant harvesting technique to optimize the structure of aquatic plant communities, maintain the normal function of the ecosystem material cycle and energy flow, and enhance the stability and resilience of the system. The ecological significance of balanced harvesting in regulating the evaporation coefficient of the subsurface, reducing the accumulation and release of endogenous nutrient loads in lakes, delaying the evolutionary process of marshification, inhibiting biological filling, increasing biodiversity and system stability, and improving the environment of water bodies under the natural laws of adapted aquatic plants is reviewed. The way, time, and method of the balanced harvesting of aquatic plants in Baiyangdian, a grass-type lake in the north, were analyzed in order to provide an important reference for wetland ecological restoration and protection, maintaining the health of the aquatic ecosystem, and making the lake environment sustainable.

Keywords: aquatic plants; balanced harvesting; ecosystems; stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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