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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1009734108 |
Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert | |
Sabo, John L.1; Sinha, Tushar1; Bowling, Laura C.2; Schoups, Gerrit H. W.3; Wallender, Wesley W.4,5; Campana, Michael E.6; Cherkauer, Keith A.7; Fuller, Pam L.8; Graf, William L.9; Hopmans, Jan W.4; Kominoski, John S.10; Taylor, Carissa11; Trimble, Stanley W.12; Webb, Robert H.13; Wohl, Ellen E.14 | |
通讯作者 | Sabo, John L. |
来源期刊 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
ISSN | 0027-8424 |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 107期号:50页码:21263-21270 |
英文摘要 | Increasing human appropriation of freshwater resources presents a tangible limit to the sustainability of cities, agriculture, and ecosystems in the western United States. Marc Reisner tackles this theme in his 1986 classic Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water. Reisner’s analysis paints a portrait of region-wide hydrologic dysfunction in the western United States, suggesting that the storage capacity of reservoirs will be impaired by sediment infilling, croplands will be rendered infertile by salt, and water scarcity will pit growing desert cities against agribusiness in the face of dwindling water resources. Here we evaluate these claims using the best available data and scientific tools. Our analysis provides strong scientific support for many of Reisner’s claims, except the notion that reservoir storage is imminently threatened by sediment. More broadly, we estimate that the equivalent of nearly 76% of streamflow in the Cadillac Desert region is currently appropriated by humans, and this figure could rise to nearly 86% under a doubling of the region’s population. Thus, Reisner’s incisive journalism led him to the same conclusions as those rendered by copious data, modern scientific tools, and the application of a more genuine scientific method. We close with a prospectus for reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert, including a suite of recommendations for reducing region-wide human appropriation of streamflow to a target level of 60%. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Netherlands ; Canada |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000285521500011 |
WOS关键词 | FISH DIVERSITY ; UNITED-STATES ; PRODUCTIVITY ; BIODIVERSITY ; DISCHARGE ; PATTERNS ; RIVERS ; MODEL ; BASIN ; DAMS |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
来源机构 | United States Geological Survey ; Arizona State University ; University of California, Davis ; University of California, Los Angeles |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/166109 |
作者单位 | 1.Arizona State Univ, Sch Life Sci, Fac Ecol Evolut & Environm Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA; 2.Purdue Univ, Dept Agron, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA; 3.Delft Univ Technol, Dept Water Resources Management, NL-2600 GA Delft, Netherlands; 4.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Land Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA 95616 USA; 5.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Biol & Agr Engn, Davis, CA 95616 USA; 6.Oregon State Univ, Dept Geosci, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA; 7.Purdue Univ, Dept Agr & Biol Engn, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA; 8.US Geol Survey, SE Ecol Sci Ctr, Gainesville, FL 32653 USA; 9.Univ S Carolina, Dept Geog, Columbia, SC 29208 USA; 10.Univ British Columbia, Dept Forest Sci, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; 11.Arizona State Univ, Sch Sustainabil, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA; 12.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Geog, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA; 13.US Geol Survey, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA; 14.Warner Coll Nat Resources, Dept Geosci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sabo, John L.,Sinha, Tushar,Bowling, Laura C.,et al. Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert[J]. United States Geological Survey, Arizona State University, University of California, Davis, University of California, Los Angeles,2010,107(50):21263-21270. |
APA | Sabo, John L..,Sinha, Tushar.,Bowling, Laura C..,Schoups, Gerrit H. W..,Wallender, Wesley W..,...&Wohl, Ellen E..(2010).Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,107(50),21263-21270. |
MLA | Sabo, John L.,et al."Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 107.50(2010):21263-21270. |
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