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平原河网地区多城市密集,随着城市化水平的提高,城镇建设不断与河争地,河网中大量末端河道被封堵或填埋,河网水系自然形态结构受到影响,河网调蓄功能锐减,河流生态系统的健康状况受到严重的威胁,河网河流生态修复问题的解决迫在眉睫。以河流生态修复理论为研究基础,就如何建立合理的平原河网河流生态修复体系展开研究,以期为平原河网地区的河流生态修复提供参考依据。     

电子鼻在中华绒螯蟹产地鉴别及等级评定上的应用

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Mesohabitat associations of the threatened San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana) across its geographic range

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