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cje ›› 1999, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 68-73,79.

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Slope Eco-engineering andits Current Developing State

Zhou Yue1, D. Watts2   

  1. 1. Yunnan Instituteof Geogra phy, 20 Xuefu Road, Kun ming 650223;
    2. School of Geography, University ofHull, HU6 7 RX, UK
  • Received:1998-07-31 Revised:1998-12-10 Online:1999-10-10

Abstract: Vegetation provides potential erosion controland slope protection,through its hydrological and me chanicalinteraction ofplants withlocalclimate and soil.Thetheoreticalunderstanding ofthese vege tative effectsis the base of slope eco - engineering.In the pastfew decades,theimportance of vege tation in protecting slopes has been stressed by many researchers.The greater awarenessthat vegeta tion can play a range ofrolesin slope protection has madeitincreasingly a valuabletoolin naturalen vironmentalprotection and civilengineering.and this knowledge hasled to aincreasing application ofvegetation types world - wide.Thoughitisstilla kind ofyoungtechniques,anincreasing amountofexperience ofslope eco - engineering of vegetation is gathering from the past practices,and thelagernumber ofsuccessful examples ofits applicationsis showing its greatfuture.

Key words: planktonic ciliate, abundance, biomass, East China Sea.