Environmental impacts to the Everglades ecosystem: a historical perspective and restoration strategies
Environmental impacts to the Everglades ecosystem: a historical perspective and restoration strategies
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DOI：
10.2166/wst.2001.0814
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发表时间：
2001-01-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Goforth, G
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作者：
Chimney, MJ;Goforth, G
大沼泽地是一片广阔的亚热带湿地，主导着佛罗里达州南部的景观，被广泛认为是具有重要生态意义的生态系统。由于过去 100 年来的人为干扰（即农业和城市发展、雨水径流造成的富营养化、水文变化和外来物种入侵），整个大沼泽地的生物完整性现在受到威胁。为了保护这一宝贵的资源，佛罗里达州和联邦政府与其他有关各方合作，制定了一项全面的恢复战略，旨在控制过量的养分负荷并重建更自然的水文。这些努力包括建设约 17,000 公顷的处理湿地（称为雨水处理区），在地表径流排入大沼泽地之前对其进行处理。我们在环境干扰的背景下简要讨论了大沼泽地的历史，并概述了为确保子孙后代的生存而采取的步骤。
The Everglades is a vast subtropical wetland that dominates the landscape of south Florida and is widely recognized as an ecosystem of great ecological importance. As a result of anthropogenic disturbances over the past 100 years (i.e., agricultural and urban development, eutrophication resulting from stormwater runoff, changes in hydrology and invasion of exotic species), the biotic integrity of the entire Everglades is now threatened. To protect this valuable resource, the state of Florida and the Federal Government, in cooperation with other interested parties, have developed a comprehensive restoration strategy that addresses controlling excess nutrient loading and reestablishment of a more natural hydrology. These efforts include building approximately 17,000 ha of treatment wetlands, referred to as Stormwater Treatment Areas, to treat surface runoff before it is discharged into the Everglades. We briefly discuss the history of the Everglades in the context of environmental disturbance and outline the steps being taken to ensure its survival for future generations.