Hidden treasures: Human-made aquatic ecosystems harbour unexplored opportunities
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Artificial water bodies like ditches, fish ponds, weirs, reservoirs, fish ladders, and irrigation channels are usually constructed and managed to optimize their intended purposes. However, human-made aquatic systems also have unintended consequences on ecosystem services and biogeochemical cycles. Knowledge about their functioning and possible additional ecosystem services is poor, especially compared to natural ecosystems. A GIS analysis indicates that currently only ~ 10% of European surface waters are covered by the European Water Framework directive, and that a considerable fraction of the excluded systems are likely human-made aquatic systems. There is a clear mismatch between the high possible significance of human-made water bodies and their low representation in scientific research and policy. We propose a research agenda to build an inventory of human-made aquatic ecosystems, support and advance research to further our understanding of the role of these systems in local and global biogeochemical cycles as well as to identify other benefits for society. We stress the need for studies that aim to optimize management of human-made aquatic systems considering all their functions and to support programs designed to overcome barriers of the adoption of optimized management strategies.
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Despite their fundamental importance to society and potential to supplement ecosystem services, ditches remain understudied and undervalued.
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Ditches are frequently overlooked by researchers in many disciplines.
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- Authors
- Koschorreck, M., Downing, A. S., Hejzlar, J., Marcé, R., Laas, A., Arndt, W. G., Keller, P. S., Smolders, A. J. P., van Dijk, G., & Kosten, S.
- Affiliations
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (DE)
- Stockholm Resilience Centre (SE)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- Catalan Institute for Water Research (ES)
- Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Koschorreck, Matthias
- ORCID
- Venue
- Ambio
- Published
- 2019-05-28
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 531-540
- ISSN
- 0044-7447 (ISSN-L)
- 1654-7209
- PMC
- PMC6965596
- OpenAlex
- W2947378528
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8
- FWCI
- 3.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- AMBIO (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- EMU DSpace (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KO 1911/6-1)
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky (GA17-09310S)
- Eesti Teadusagentuur (IUT21-2, PSG32)
- Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Integrated Water Resources Management
- Keywords
- artificial water bodies, ecosystem services, biogeochemical cycles, Water Framework Directive, irrigation canals, fish ponds, reservoirs, water management, research agenda
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Fishes, Humans, Ecosystem
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