Restoring riverine ecosystems: effective model-based planning and monitoring

澳大利亚的河流生态系统严重退化，需要立即给予有效的关注，使其恢复到可持续的状态。所有级别的恢复活动都将受益于建立一个强有力的框架，该框架将提高对物种和生态系统级别恢复反应的理解。这反过来又将大大提高恢复项目管理人员确定现实目标的能力，并为严格评价管理措施的有效性提供一个背景。这将导致用于保护的稀缺资源被用于对紧张的澳大利亚低地河流具有最大生态效益的努力。

Australia's riverine ecosystems are considerably degraded and require efficient and immediate attention to restore them to a sustainable condition. Restoration activities at all levels will benefit from the development of a robust framework that will improve understanding of restoration responses at both species and ecosystem levels. This will in turn enhance substantially the ability of managers of restoration projects to identify realistic goals and provide a context for rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of management interventions. This will result in scarce resources for conservation being directed to efforts with the greatest ecological benefits for stressed Australian lowland rivers.