Overview of past, current, and future ecosystem and biodiversity trends of inland saline lakes of Europe and Central Asia : научное издание

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2020

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1080/20442041.2020.1772034

Ключевые слова: aquatic, climate, conservation, habitat, salinity

Аннотация: This review of trends in inland saline lakes of Europe and Central Asia is based on the relevant section of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Regional Assessment Report for Europe and Central Asia (ECA). We assessed the present status of ECA saline lakes and the effects of Показать полностьюdirect drivers (climate change, land use, pollution, resource exploitation, invasive species) on ecosystem health and biodiversity. We also assessed past, current and future trends using habitat area and degradation, species richness, and endangered species as indicators. No uniform scenario is applicable to saline lakes in the region. The desiccation of the Aral Sea is caused mainly by land use change and water extraction. In the Caspian Sea, river modifications, water pollution, overfishing and poaching, and species invasions have led to a decrease in species richness and have threatened endemic species. Although trends for smaller saline lakes vary, our analysis demonstrates that land use change, over-exploitation, and pollution are more important direct drivers of ecosystem health and biodiversity than climate change. The establishment of baseline biodiversity values for saline lakes is, however, complicated because biodiversity and the food-web structure are variable and depend strongly on salinity. Thus, there is a need to classify the ecological quality, biodiversity and ecosystem services of saline lakes along a salinity gradient. The improvement of water management and reuse of water, conservation measures, and introduction of climate-smart agriculture are basic conditions for the sustainable use of saline lakes in the region.

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Журнал: INLAND WATERS

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 10, Is. 4

Номера страниц: 438-452

ISSN журнала: 20442041

Место издания: ABINGDON

Издатель: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Персоны

  • Zadereev Egor (Russian Acad Sci, Krasnoyarsk Sci Ctr, Inst Biophys, Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Siberian Fed Univ, Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
  • Lipka Oksana (Yu A Izrael Inst Global Climate & Ecol, Moscow, Russia)
  • Karimov Bakhtiyor (Tashkent Inst Irrigat & Agr Mechanizat Engineers, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
  • Krylenko Marina (RAS, Shirshov Inst Oceanol, Gelendzhik, Russia)
  • Elias Victoria (WWF Russia, Moscow, Russia)
  • Pinto Isabel Sousa (Univ Porto, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Porto, Portugal; Interdisciplinary Ctr Marine & Environm Res Ciima, Porto, Portugal)
  • Alizade Valida (Azerbaijan Natl Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Baku, Azerbaijan)
  • Anker Yaakov (Ariel Univ, Dept Chem Engn, Ariel, Israel; Ariel Univ, Eastern R&D Ctr, Ariel, Israel)
  • Feest Alan (Univ Bristol, Fac Engn, Bristol, Avon, England)
  • Kuznetsova Daria (RAS, Inst Geog, Moscow, Russia)
  • Mader Andre (Inst Global Environm Strategies, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan)
  • Salimov Rashad (Azerbaijan Natl Acad Sci, Inst Bot, Baku, Azerbaijan)
  • Fischer Markus (Univ Bern, Inst Plant Sci, Bern, Switzerland)