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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2018, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (9): 1-8.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20180901

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Changes of Wetland Area before and after Ecological Water Supplement Project in the National Nature Reserve of Populus euphratica in Tarim

Liu Hongxia1, Guan Wenke2, Zayida Sidike3, Zhang Heyu2, Wu Tianzhong2, Cao Xiaoming4, Zhang Pu4, Feng Yiming4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data of Ministry of Agriculture Rural Affairs Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing 100081;
    2. Institute of Afforestation and Desertification Control, Xinjiang Academy of Forestry Sciences Urumqi 830000;
    3. Institute of Ecology, Yili Academy of Forestry Sciences Yili 835000;
    4. Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry Beijing 100091
  • Received:2018-01-08 Revised:2018-07-27 Online:2018-09-25 Published:2018-09-10

Abstract: [Objective] The aim of this paper was to explore the spatial-temporal changes of wetland area in the Tarim Populus euphratica National Nature Reserve (abbreviated as the Reserve) before and after the ecological water supplement, in order to provide a scientific basis for the ecological water diversion project.[Method] Based on the remote sensing images obtained in 1992, 1999, and 2016 and by means of interpreting remote sensing images to extract the wetland landscape information in the Reserve under the support of RS and GIS, the spatial-temporal changes of wetland area before and after the ecological water supplement were analyzed by using methods such as mathematical statistics, dynamic degree and fractional dimension.[Results] During 1992-2016, the wetland area in the reserve decreased first followed by an increase. During 1992-1999 (i.e., before the ecological water supplement), the wetland area decreased by 16.8%. During 1999-2016 (i.e., after the ecological water supplement), the wetland area recovered by 6.9% slowly. These results indicated that the ecological water supplement project played a positive role in the wetland restoration. During 1992-1999, the change rates of different types of wetlands in the reserve were all relatively high and the disturbance of human activities to the reserve was severe. The area of artificial wetland increased but the areas of other types of wetlands decreased significantly. During 17 years of implementing the ecological water supplement project, the change rate of wetland area became low, and rapid degradation of wetland was effectively restrained. However, the process of wetland restoration was slow, and its restoration effect needed to be enhanced.[Conclusion] The ecological water supplement did increase the wetland area restoratively, but which was mainly implemented along the main stream of the Tarim River, and the artificial disturbance was increasing year by year, thus leading to the coexistence between the conservation and the destruction of wetland. The increase of wetland area was mainly due to temporary wetlands such as permanent rivers. There was no significant increase of real ecological benefits in the swamp wetland, and the restoration of wetland's ecological functions was limited, indicating that the current strategy of ecological water supplement needs to be further improved.

Key words: Tarim Populus euphratica National Nature Reserve, wetland, area change, ecological water supplement

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