A holistic view of aquatic ecosystems: Integrating health and integrity, network, stability, and regime shift assessments

Lei Huang1; Jia-Nan Meng1; Fuliu Xu2; Ya Zhou1; Guojian He1; Kai Wang3; Hongwei Fang1,3

2023-12-28

10.1016/j.ijsrc.2023.12.006

International Journal of Sediment Research   影响因子和分区

1001-6279

Aquatic ecosystems, especially freshwater ecosystems, are facing increasing anthropogenic disturbances, highlighting the urgency for accurate ecosystem assessment for informed decision-making and effective management. While ecosystem health and integrity assessments have been widely applied, they often focus on ecosystem elements, overlooking their interconnections and dynamic characteristics. Establishing an integrated ecosystem assessment framework is vital to apply a comprehensive perspective in evaluations. In the current paper, a systematic review of aquatic ecosystem assessment methods is done, encompassing health and integrity assessment, network analysis, and stability and regime shift assessment. These approaches consider not only the individual elements but also the complex interconnections and dynamic characteristics within the ecosystem, which have been rarely studied due to limitations in field data availability. A case study of Poyang Lake is further presented for practical demonstration on the specific operation of the combined assessments. The integration of aquatic ecosystem assessment with ecological modeling is strongly advocated because it not only helps overcome the limitations of field data for assessing historical or current conditions, but it also enables prediction of future developments.

Ecosystem assessment Ecosystem health and integrity Ecosystem stability Network analysis Regime shift

SCI

英语

通讯

2-s2.0-85183640078

人工提交

1.State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2.MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
3.Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

Lei Huang,Jia-Nan Meng,Fuliu Xu,et al. A holistic view of aquatic ecosystems: Integrating health and integrity, network, stability, and regime shift assessments[J]. International Journal of Sediment Research,2023,39(1):1-14.

Lei Huang.,Jia-Nan Meng.,Fuliu Xu.,Ya Zhou.,Guojian He.,...&Hongwei Fang.(2023).A holistic view of aquatic ecosystems: Integrating health and integrity, network, stability, and regime shift assessments.International Journal of Sediment Research,39(1),1-14.

Lei Huang,et al."A holistic view of aquatic ecosystems: Integrating health and integrity, network, stability, and regime shift assessments".International Journal of Sediment Research 39.1(2023):1-14.