Abstract:
Based on the situation of the Baiyangdian Wetland in the extremely dry year three water supplement schemes, i.e. minmimal water level scheme, appropriate ecological water level scheme and no water supplement scheme, were designed to explore and calculate variations of various ecological service functions of the wetland as affected by water supplement , and economic values of the variations were assessed using the market value method, analogue method and shadow project method, and hence values of the ecological benefits of water supplement were worked out. Results show that according to the minimal water level scheme and the appropriate water level scheme, 12610×10
4 and 26819×10
4 m
3 of water should be supplemented, respectively, and 57036×10
4 and 135646×10
4 Yuan (RMB) of ecological benefits would be created, respectively, in anticipation, including the indirect use value of 52255×10
4 and 124244×10
4 Yuan, respectively, which is 10.93 times and 10.90 times of the direct use value, respectively.The ecological benefit per unit water supplemented to the Baiyangdian wetland of the two schemes is 4.5 and 5.1 Yuan•m
-3,respectively. It is quite obvious that the ecological benefits of the two schemes for water supplement to the Baiyangdian wetland are both very significant.