期刊论文详细信息
Sustainability
The Thames: Arresting Ecosystem Decline and Building Back Better
Mikhail Soloviev1  Martin Richardson1 
[1] Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK;
关键词: the Thames;    ecosystem;    pollution;    biodiversity;    non-native species;    ecosystem management;   
DOI  :  10.3390/su13116045
来源: DOAJ
【 摘 要 】

The Thames is an iconic river of cultural and historical importance. A cyclical process of deterioration during the last two centuries, followed by technology-driven restorations, including two major sanitation projects with a third currently underway, has produced detrimental effects on the Thames ecosystem. This paper overviews the river ecology, pollution and other anthropogenic pressures, which lead to biodiversity loss and the proliferation of non-native, pollution-tolerant species. This article further reviews past and current management, sampling and assessments trends and provides an objective overview of remediation, restoration and monitoring needs, practices and research gaps. Here, we argue that restoration work, if maladapted, can be ineffective in improving resilience or have unexpected side effects that make matters worse rather than better. We explain the need for a broader view of river restoration and management including consideration of species transplants in achieving overall sustainability against a backdrop of accelerating change in the Anthropocene.

【 授权许可】

Unknown   

  文献评价指标  
  下载次数:0次 浏览次数:1次