Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions

M Cuenca-Cambronero, M Blicharska, JA Perrin… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Ponds and “pondscapes”(networks of ponds) are crucial habitats for biodiversity and for
delivering multiple benefits to humans, so-called “Nature's Contribution to People”, such as …

Improving ecosystem services supply provides insights for sustainable landscape planning: A case study in Beijing, China

X Sun, P Yang, Y Tao, H Bian - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Promoting land use planning through ecosystem service (ES) protection is a crucial
approach for maintaining landscape sustainability. Identifying ES bundles to serve …

Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export

L Kinsman‐Costello, E Bean… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Salinization and eutrophication are nearly ubiquitous in watersheds with human activity.
Despite the known impacts of the freshwater salinization syndrome (FSS) to organisms, we …

[HTML][HTML] Stormwater ponds: Unaccounted environmental challenges of a widely-adopted best management practice in urban landscapes

MG Lusk, EZ Bean, BV Iannone III… - Journal of Environmental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Stormwater ponds (SWPs) are an increasingly common management tool for flood control
and water quality protection in urban areas. They are designed to buffer the impacts to …

Florida's urban stormwater ponds are net sources of carbon to the atmosphere despite increased carbon burial over time

AH Goeckner, MG Lusk, AJ Reisinger… - … earth & environment, 2022 - nature.com
Stormwater ponds are engineered ecosystems designed for flood control and sediment
retention in urban watersheds. They are the most commonly used stormwater control …

The influence of urbanization on local perception of the effect of traditional landscapes on human wellbeing: A case study of a pondscape in Chongqing, China

Q Jiang, Z Wang, K Yu, Y Dou, H Fu, X Liang - Ecosystem Services, 2023 - Elsevier
Pondscapes, a type of multifunctional landscape that frequently embodies traditional
wisdom, possess a significant potential to inspire ecological design and advance …

Ecosystem functions and services in urban stormwater ponds: Co‐producing knowledge for better management

P Marques, E Illyes, S McCauley… - Ecological Solutions …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urban stormwater management ponds (SWMPs) are widely employed for stormwater
control, but knowledge about their contributions to urban ecosystem function and service …

High Intra‐Seasonal Variability in Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Temperate Constructed Ponds

NE Ray, MA Holgerson - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inland waters play a major role in global greenhouse gas (GHG) budgets. The smallest of
these systems (ie, ponds) have a particularly large—but poorly constrained—emissions …

Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in urban stormwater pond and municipal wastewater discharges transformed by the Florida red tide …

A Muni-Morgan, MG Lusk, C Heil, AH Goeckner… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Karenia brevis blooms occur almost annually in southwest Florida, imposing significant
ecological and human health impacts. Currently, 13 nutrient sources have been identified …

Freshwater wetlands for flood control: How manipulating the hydroperiod affects plant and invertebrate communities

AC Hockaday, AS Leon, K Patterson, SC Pennings - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Thoughtfully managed hydroperiods in natural and artificial wetlands could potentially
provide a combination of desirable flood control services and high ecological functions. To …