Hydrology and Vegetation Responses to Emergent Water Conveyance in the Lower Reaches of the Tarim River, China
In the past 30 years,water has ceased to flow in the 357 km lower reaches of the Tarim River. To understand possible ecological responses brought about by the water conveyances to the lower reaches of the River, which is a rare worldwide case of ecosystem recovery and rehabilitation in a deteriorated river basin, a total of 9 groundwater-monitoring sections and 18 vegetation sample plots were established along the river channel of the water conveyances. Here we used monitoring data from eco-environmental baseline investigations of the river hydraulics, groundwater dynamics and vegetation ecology to analyze water transportation,transformation and consumption along the river course and in the vertical profile of the river course. Results of our analysis would provide theoretical and practical foundation for creating and perfecting the evaluation system for supplementary water delivery, ecological recovery and rehabilitation of the damaged eco-environmental systems in arid areas. They also provide an important technical support for the comprehensive improvement of the Tarim Basin.
The Tarim River Water conveyances Ecological response
Tao Hui Song Yudong Yu Tao Wang Guoya
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS, Urumqi 830011, China Management Bureau of Tarim River Basin, Korlar 831102, China Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institution, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China
国际会议
北京
英文
165-175
2006-10-14（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）