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Abstract
Functionally intact and biologically complex freshwater ecosystems provide many economically valuable commodities and services to society. The services supplied by freshwater ecosystems include flood control, transportation, recreation, purification of human and industrial wastes, habitat for plants and animals, and production of fish and other foods and marketable goods. These human benefits are called ecological services, defined as “the conditions and processes through which natural ecosystems, and the species that make them up, sustain and fulfill human life” (Daily 1997). Over the long term, healthy freshwater ecosystems are likely to retain the adaptive capacity to sustain production of these ecological services in the face of future environmental disruptions such as climate change.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sustaining healthy freshwater ecosystems |
| Series title | Water Resources Update |
| Volume | 127 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Universities Council on Water Resources |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 52 |
| Last page | 58 |
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