水岸带研究综述

水岸生态系统是介于陆地与河流、湖泊、溪流或水塘之间的过渡地带，是非常重要的典型的生态交错区。水岸带具有重要的生态、社会、经济和旅游价值。水岸带研究以生态学、水文学和地貌学为基础涉及多种学科和技术。我国城市水岸多使用混凝土等人工建筑材料，结果导致水岸植物群落丧失，破坏了水岸连接水生生态系统和陆地生态系统的纽带作用，其生态作用越来越小。由于自然和人为因素的影响，退化水岸带的生态恢复与重建较为复杂，我国水岸带及其退化生态系统重建理论与实践研究均较为薄弱。为此，笔者总结目前国内外有关水岸生态系统的研究现状及未来发展方向，对我国水岸生态系统的研究提供参考。

A review of the researches on riparian zones

Riparian zone is an important transitional zone for exchange of substance, energy, and information between a-quatic ecosystem and upland ecosystem, and as an ecotone of aquatic and terrestrial, area. Riparian areas have important ecological, social, economic and tourist value. Ecological rehabilitation of degraded riparian ecosystems has become an important research topic in ecology field. Taking ecology, geomorphology and hydrology as a basis, riparian studies deal with multidisciplines and technologies. The banks of rivers or lakes covered with concrete in the city damage the plant communities. It leads to destroy the ecological function of the riverbank connected water ecosystem with terrestrial eco-system. There are numerous examples of natural forces that cause shifts in the composition of riparian vegetation inclu-ding climate, geology, wind, floods, gravity, and disease. The restoration of degradation of riparian plant communities is one of complex and challenging issue. However, studies on basic theories and methods of degraded riparian ecological rehabilitation in China are very poor. In this paper, we summarized and discussed the studies on the definition, struc-ture, functions of riparian zones, and on ecological restoration of the damaged riparian in China and abroad. Moreover, the aspects of riparian research in the future are proposed.