生态系统
淡水生态系统
生物多样性
生物指示剂
气候变化
娱乐
生态系统健康
环境变化
生态系统服务
水生生态系统
环境科学
生态学
生计
人口
环境资源管理
地理
农业
生物
社会学
人口学
作者
Dirk S. Schmeller,Adeline Loyau,Kunshan Bao,Werner Brack,Antonis Chatzinotas,François De Vleeschouwer,Jan Friesen,Laure Gandois,Sophia V. Hansson,Marilen Haver,Gaël Le Roux,Ji Shen,Roman Teisserenc,Vance T. Vredenburg
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.006
摘要
Mountain catchments provide for the livelihood of more than half of humankind, and have become a key destination for tourist and recreation activities globally. Mountain ecosystems are generally considered to be less complex and less species diverse due to the harsh environmental conditions. As such, they are also more sensitive to the various impacts of the Anthropocene. For this reason, mountain regions may serve as sentinels of change and provide ideal ecosystems for studying climate and global change impacts on biodiversity. We here review different facets of anthropogenic impacts on mountain freshwater ecosystems. We put particular focus on micropollutants and their distribution and redistribution due to hydrological extremes, their direct influence on water quality and their indirect influence on ecosystem health via changes of freshwater species and their interactions. We show that those changes may drive pathogen establishment in new environments with harmful consequences for freshwater species, but also for the human population. Based on the reviewed literature, we recommend reconstructing the recent past of anthropogenic impact through sediment analyses, to focus efforts on small, but highly productive waterbodies, and to collect data on the occurrence and variability of microorganisms, biofilms, plankton species and key species, such as amphibians due to their bioindicator value for ecosystem health and water quality. The newly gained knowledge can then be used to develop a comprehensive framework of indicators to robustly inform policy and decision making on current and future risks for ecosystem health and human well-being.
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