Abstract
Wetlands are one of the most endangered environments with global change on earth. Wetlands play an important to the ecosystem because they act as buffers between surface runoff and rivers, and decrease flooding peaks by as much as 60%. Wetlands covered by an acre can store more than one million gallons of floodwater, so they can help save lives and property. Moreover, they also fight against pollution by supplying clean water to our lakes, streams, and rivers. Whenever rain and melt waters flow through farms and cities, they can pick up pollution . If those waters flow through wetlands, the wetland naturally filters out most of the pollutions. By the time, it enters lake or river, it is clean. Thus, wetlands act like a natural waste treatment plant. Wetlands also provide a habitat for huge number of plant, animal, and endangered species. Wetlands have a lot of diversity through their various nature, which attracts a different field of scientists and provide an occupation. Wetlands provide various kinds of study and research area for wetland ecologists, aquatic biologist, botanists, ecologists, and hydrologists. Wetlands include opportunity for resource managers, water quality manager, and wetland program coordinator.
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Ma, L., Jha, R.K., Mondal, P.K., Li, W. (2019). Wetlands Restoration Engineering in the Metropolitan Area. In: Achal, V., Mukherjee, A. (eds) Ecological Wisdom Inspired Restoration Engineering. EcoWISE. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0149-0_12
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