Coastal Wetlands: Status and Strategies for Development
Coastal Wetlands: Status and Strategies for Development
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10.1007/978-981-13-8926-9_6
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2019-01-01
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Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
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作者：
Ayyam, Velmurugan;Palanivel, Swarnam;Chandrakasan, Sivaperuman
湿地是沿海景观的主要特征，是地球上最重要的生物多样性生态系统之一。它们是世界上生产力最高的生态系统之一，数千年来为人类社区提供了供给、支持、监管服务和文化服务。它们在维持沿海地区的全球生物多样性方面发挥了关键作用，部分原因是它们丰富的生产力有助于支持食物链，部分原因是为特别适应的植物和动物物种提供栖息地。尽管其在提供生态位栖息地和生态系统服务方面发挥着关键作用，但除其他自然力量外，它们还不断受到来自人类活动的压力。简而言之，本章讨论了热带沿海地区湿地的含义和重要性、湿地的形成和分布、生物多样性以及影响湿地的威胁问题和湿地保护战略。
Wetlands, a major feature of coastal landscape, are among the most important ecosystems harbouring biodiversity on Earth. They are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, which have for thousands of years provided human communities with provisioning, supporting, regulative services, and cultural services. They played a critical role in maintaining global biodiversity in the coastal areas partly through their rich productivity, which helps to support food chains, and partly through provision of habitats for specially adapted plant and animal species. In spite of its pivotal role in providing niche habitat and ecosystem services, they are under constant pressure from anthropogenic activities besides other natural forces. In brief, this chapter discusses the meaning and significance of wetlands with reference to tropical coastal areas, their formation and distribution, biodiversity, and issues of threats impacting wetlands and wetland conservation strategies.