Research and Application of Ecological Comprehensive Restoration Technology for the Hydro-fluctuation Belt of Reservoir Tail

ZHU Zi-wei, ZHONG Wenjun, LIAO Wei, MEI Ya-ru, ZHAO Yu-xiao, FENG Ji

Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2025, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2) : 69-75.

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Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2025, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2) : 69-75. DOI: 10.11988/ckyyb.20231286
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

Research and Application of Ecological Comprehensive Restoration Technology for the Hydro-fluctuation Belt of Reservoir Tail

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The hydro-fluctuation belt (HFB) of reservoir tail is a critical area for ecological restoration due to the frequent changes in its water levels and land uses which lead to simplified ecosystem structures and degraded wetland functions. The efficiency of current ecological restoration technologies for managing high water levels in summer and prolonged droughts in autumn and winter in HFB are unsatisfactory. This study proposes a comprehensive restoration model that combines wetland-forest engineering construction and habitat diversification for the HFB in Yutian Lake of Jingdezhen City as a case study. Initially, low weirs and shallow lakes, along with habitat islands, were constructed in the HFB. These structures were then optimized by planting trees (such as Taxodium), shrubs, and grasses on the low weirs and habitat islands. This approach created a nearly natural “tree-shrub-grass” wetland ecosystem in the HFB of Yutian Lake reservoir. Our findings indicate that this comprehensive restoration technology is suitable for reservoir wetland HFB characterized by high water levels in summer and extended dry periods in autumn and winter. After restoration, the landscape quality of the Yutian Lake area has significantly improved. The Shannon biodiversity index reached 1.69, marking a substantial increase in biodiversity. The wetland function and ecosystem health in the HFB have also enhanced. This restoration mode and its effects have important implications for ecological management in similar reservoir wetland HFBs.

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wetland in hydro-fluctuation belt of reservoir tail / comprehensive restoration mode / engineering construction of wetland and forest / habitat diversification / ecological restoration / Yutian Lake reservoir

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ZHU Zi-wei , ZHONG Wenjun , LIAO Wei , et al . Research and Application of Ecological Comprehensive Restoration Technology for the Hydro-fluctuation Belt of Reservoir Tail[J]. Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2025, 42(2): 69-75 https://doi.org/10.11988/ckyyb.20231286

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干热河谷库区消落带生态修复关键技术难点在于当消落带植被受到长时间淹水与干旱交替双重胁迫时,如何遴选生态修复两栖植物。通过对乌东德库区消落带生态修复试验段淹没前植被调查、溪洛渡库区和三峡库区典型库岸消落带现存植物种群调查以及查阅三峡库区消落带植被自然演替和植被修复相关文献,结合乌东德水电站水位调度节律和库区干热河谷气候条件,对乌东德库区消落带植被自然演替趋势进行了分析。按照自然修复与人工修复相结合、乡土植物与外来植物相结合的消落带生态修复理念,遴选出乌东德库区消落带生态修复试验植物,提出了在试验段沿海拔高程的植物梯度配置模式:消落带中下部配置以狗牙根、香附子、扁穗牛鞭草等为主的多年生草本植物和以苘麻、狗尾草、马唐等为主的一年生草本植物;消落带上部配置以中山杉、水桦、桑树、秋华柳、银合欢等为主的乔、灌木以及草本植物。
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The key technical difficulty of ecological restoration in dry-hot valley reservoirs lies in screening plants with strong flooding and drought tolerance. We present the potential tendency of plant community succession in water-level-fluctuating zone of Wudongde reservoir area based on vegetation investigations in Wudongde, Xiluodu and Three Gorges reservoir areas as well as related researches, climatic conditions and water fluctuation rhythm. In consideration of natural and artificial restoration, native and exotic plants, we selected the plants for ecological restoration in water-level fluctuating zone of Wudongde reservoir area, and propose the vegetation arrangement along altitude gradient. The middle and lower altitudes of water-level fluctuating zone are equipped with herbs inclusive of <i>Cynodon dactylon</i>, <i>Cyperus rotundus</i>, <i>Hemarthria altissima</i>, <i>Abutilon theophrasti</i>, <i>Setaria glauca</i> and <i>Digitaria sanguinalis</i>, and the upper is arranged with trees including <i>Albizia julibrissin</i>, <i>Taxodium‘Zhongshanshan'</i>, <i>Betula nigra</i>, <i>Morus alba</i> and <i>Salix variegates</i>, and a quantity of herbaceous plants.
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