Direct and Indirect Effects of Estuarine Reclamation on Nutrient and Metal Fluxes in the Global Coastal Zone
Direct and Indirect Effects of Estuarine Reclamation on Nutrient and Metal Fluxes in the Global Coastal Zone
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DOI：
10.1007/s10498-015-9278-7
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发表时间：
2016-08
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
T. Jickells;J. Andrews;D. Parkes
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作者：
T. Jickells;J. Andrews;D. Parkes
我们表明，河口的土地复垦是导致非常大规模的损失的潮间带和断开存储的沉积物与水柱。这一过程不仅造成河口生态系统服务的损失，还对河口保留营养物质和微量金属的能力产生重大有害影响。全球范围内的河口湿地和潮下带沉积物的损失已经达到了这样一个程度，即河口滞留的损失可能会影响到全世界的沿海海洋，并可能影响到全球元素循环。
We demonstrate that land reclamation in estuaries is resulting in very large-scale loss of intertidal area and disconnection of stored sediment with the water column. This process is not just causing loss of estuarine ecosystem services, it is also having a major deleterious impact on the ability of estuaries to retain nutrients and trace metals. The global scale of loss of estuarine wetlands and subtidal sediments has reached the point where the impact of this loss of estuarine retention is likely to be affecting coastal seas worldwide and possibly global element cycles.