WU Tao, XIE Xuefeng, JIANG Guojun, et al. Ecosystem Health Assessment of Dongyang River Basin[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2015, 35(2): 326-331.
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WU Tao, XIE Xuefeng, JIANG Guojun, et al. Ecosystem Health Assessment of Dongyang River Basin[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2015, 35(2): 326-331. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2015.02.061.
Ecosystem Health Assessment of Dongyang River Basin
[Objective] Taking Dongyang River basin as the research area
to carry out watershed ecosystem health assessment
in order to provide conferences for decision-makings of ecological comensation system in this region.[Methods] According to technical guidelines of watershed ecosystem health assessment issued by Ministry of Environmental Protection
we set 6 evaluation categories
17 indexes to assess the ecosystem health of 29 units in Dongyang River basin. The evaluation categories included water habitat structure
aquatic organisms
water ecological pressure
land ecological pattern
land ecological function and land ecological pressure.[Results] The project had completed the ecosystem health assessment of 29 units in Dongyang River basin. The evaluation results showed that:The ecosystem health of Dongyang River basin can be classified as excellent
good and general
accounting for 6%
60% and 34% of the total area
respectively. The main limiting factor of aquatic ecosystems was water quality index
while land ecological limiting factors were mainly the forest coverage rate
the proportion of construction land
important habitat retention and water conservation functions. Ecosystem health was at a higher level in hilly area
and found at a lower level in plains and basins; and meanwhile
the upper stream ecosystem health level was higher
while densely-populated middle and lower reaches were at lower level.[Conclusion] It was the types and intensity of human activities that led to the regional difference of ecosystem health in Dongyang River basin. The most serious ecological environment problems in the basin listed:the poor water quality in the main stream
highly occupied proportion of construction land
point and surface sources of pollution.
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