Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community?
Is the Hyporheic Zone Relevant beyond the Scientific Community?
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DOI：
10.3390/w11112230
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发表时间：
2019-11-01
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影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Wu, Liwen
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作者：
Lewandowski, Joerg;Arnon, Shai;Wu, Liwen
河流是人类持续胁迫下的重要生态系统。潜流带是一个普遍存在的，反应界面之间的主要渠道和周围的沉积物沿着河流网络。我们详细阐述了主要的物理，生物和地球化学的驱动程序和过程中的潜流区，已被多个科学学科研究了近半个世纪。这些先前的努力表明，潜流区是大多数代谢流过程的调节剂，并作为各种水生生物的避难所和栖息地。它还通过增加与反应环境的接触时间来对河流水质进行主要控制，这反过来又导致营养物质，微量有机化合物，细悬浮颗粒和微塑料等的保留和转化。本文从科学和应用的角度展示了潜流带的至关重要性，以及它们在生态系统服务中的作用，以回答手稿标题的问题。它确定了我们理解的主要研究差距的hyporheic过程。总之，我们强调了潜流恢复的潜力，有效地管理和恢复生态系统功能和服务的河流走廊。
Rivers are important ecosystems under continuous anthropogenic stresses. The hyporheic zone is a ubiquitous, reactive interface between the main channel and its surrounding sediments along the river network. We elaborate on the main physical, biological, and biogeochemical drivers and processes within the hyporheic zone that have been studied by multiple scientific disciplines for almost half a century. These previous efforts have shown that the hyporheic zone is a modulator for most metabolic stream processes and serves as a refuge and habitat for a diverse range of aquatic organisms. It also exerts a major control on river water quality by increasing the contact time with reactive environments, which in turn results in retention and transformation of nutrients, trace organic compounds, fine suspended particles, and microplastics, among others. The paper showcases the critical importance of hyporheic zones, both from a scientific and an applied perspective, and their role in ecosystem services to answer the question of the manuscript title. It identifies major research gaps in our understanding of hyporheic processes. In conclusion, we highlight the potential of hyporheic restoration to efficiently manage and reactivate ecosystem functions and services in river corridors.