特集：土木工学と生態学の壁はとりのぞかれたか？
Feature: The wall between civil engineering and ecology has been removed?
REVIEW
River restoration: linking science with application
Klement TOCKNER
Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Box 611, 8600 Dubendorf, SwitzerlandIGB: Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Mueggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany
Abstract:Restoration of rivers and floodplains needs to be carried out based on the best scientific knowledge available. At the same time, restoration projects provide the great opportunity to link basic research with application for the benefit of both. In this short essay, I discuss four selected aspects that are scientifically challenging and highly relevant for restoration: (i) setting restoration priorities and need of reference systems, (ii) understanding the link between environmental heterogeneity, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes, (iii) focus on refugia for maintaining ecosystem resilience, and (iv) the potential role of ecosystem services in guiding restoration projects.
Key words: conservation, refugia, resilience, floodplain, ecosystem services
* e-mail: tockner@eawag.ch
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