TY - GEN
T1 - Biodiversity associated to floating wetland islands
AU - Calheiros, C. S. C.
AU - Ilarri, M.
AU - Pereira, S. I. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by National Funds from FCT-Fundação para Ciência e Tecnologia within the scope of projects UIDB/04423/2020, UIDP/04423/2020, and UIDB/ 50016/2020 projects.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023/6/11
Y1 - 2023/6/11
N2 - Floating wetland islands (FWI) are nature-based solutions that can be applied in different water bodies, such lakes, ponds and rivers, considering a wide range of purposes. They have been considered for eutrophication abatement, wastewater treatment and ecosystem rehabilitation. They are of great value since their efficiency relies on bioremediation processes and are thus very versatile in terms of water depuration but also on biodiversity promotion. These systems comprise a floating platform, selected plants and an anchoring system. Depending on their configuration, they will attract and harbor different organisms such macrofauna and microorganisms, that will use the platform as shelter, habitat, stepping stone, nursery, food source among other benefits. The plant species are of particular interest since they are the living interface between the platform and the water body and they must be selected according to criteria that will enable their successful establishment having in consideration the biotic factors. The present paper intends to give an overview of the role of FWI towards their associated biodiversity and what has been identified in literature as the main groups that can be found and related to operational conditions. This approach can support future decisions concerning the FWI implementation conditions and components towards biodiversity enhancement.
AB - Floating wetland islands (FWI) are nature-based solutions that can be applied in different water bodies, such lakes, ponds and rivers, considering a wide range of purposes. They have been considered for eutrophication abatement, wastewater treatment and ecosystem rehabilitation. They are of great value since their efficiency relies on bioremediation processes and are thus very versatile in terms of water depuration but also on biodiversity promotion. These systems comprise a floating platform, selected plants and an anchoring system. Depending on their configuration, they will attract and harbor different organisms such macrofauna and microorganisms, that will use the platform as shelter, habitat, stepping stone, nursery, food source among other benefits. The plant species are of particular interest since they are the living interface between the platform and the water body and they must be selected according to criteria that will enable their successful establishment having in consideration the biotic factors. The present paper intends to give an overview of the role of FWI towards their associated biodiversity and what has been identified in literature as the main groups that can be found and related to operational conditions. This approach can support future decisions concerning the FWI implementation conditions and components towards biodiversity enhancement.
KW - Macrofauna
KW - Macroinvertebrates
KW - Macrophytes
KW - Microbial communities
KW - Nature-based solutions
KW - Plant diversity
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-31289-2_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-31289-2_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85164266522
SN - 9783031312885
SN - 9783031312915
T3 - Environmental Science and Engineering
SP - 163
EP - 174
BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management
A2 - Xu, Haoqing
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
CY - Cham
T2 - 5th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management, WREM 2022
Y2 - 9 December 2022 through 10 December 2022
ER -
