Tropical wetlands for climate change research, water quality management and conservation education on a university campus in Costa Rica

被引：35

作者：

Mitsch, William J. ^{[1
]}

Tejada, Julio ^{[2
]}

Nahlik, Amanda ^{[1
]}

Kohlmann, Bert ^{[2
]}

Bernala, Blanca ^{[1
]}

Hernandez, Carlos E. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43202 USA

[2] EARTH Univ, San Jose, Costa Rica

来源：

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING | 2008年 / 34卷 / 04期

关键词：

Tropical wetlands; Treatment wetlands; Climate change; Methane; Carbon sequestration; Wetland education;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.07.012

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

EARTH University is a small agronomic university with a theme of sustainability in eastern Costa Rica. Several natural and constructed wetlands on its campus are used for research, water quality improvement, and higher education. It has become an important location for research and teaching on humid tropical wetland ecology and management. A 112-ha flow-through Raphia taedigera (Arecaceae) forested wetland is being used for climate change research, focusing on carbon sequestration and methane generation. Methane emissions are measured seasonally and are comparable to rates in tropical wetlands published elsewhere. Carbon sequestration by the wetland appears to be substantially higher than similar flow-through temperate zone wetlands. Treatment wetlands are used on campus to improve water quality of effluents from an animal farm, a dairy plant, a landfill, and a banana paper plant. Water quality was substantially improved in all of these wetlands except the landfill leachate wetland. All of these campus wetlands have been integrated into the four-year education program of EARTH University and 22 undergraduate projects have been completed on wetlands over the past 14 years. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：276 / 288

页数：13

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