• 1. It is of vital importance that aquatic conservation is evidence based, and in the field of farmland pond management and restoration evidence was largely lacking until an article published in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (AQC) in 2012.
• 2. To examine the influence of farmland pond management on aquatic biodiversity conservation, macrophyte and invertebrate diversity in ponds subject to traditional management involving scrub and occasional sediment removal at different time intervals in the past (0–2, 3–5, 6–10 years since management), were compared with a set of neighbouring, highly terrestrialized ponds that had not been managed for many decades.
• 3. With the exception of Mollusca, significantly higher species diversity was found for managed ponds compared with the late‐succession unmanaged ponds, with invertebrate gamma diversity significantly lower for the late‐succession ponds, compared with all the managed pond categories.
• 4. The AQC article was a key component of the Natural England (UK Government's adviser on the natural environment in England) ‘Freshwater and Wetland Conservation Narrative’ and has helped with integrating pond management into recent great crested newt Triturus cristatus mitigation policy as well as bringing it to the fore in past and evolving agri‐environment policy.
• 5. The AQC article provided the evidence and in turn the confidence for the authors and a number of conservation partners to form a Norfolk Ponds Project. Since 2014, the Project has delivered or facilitated more than 100 pond restorations in Norfolk, eastern England, as well as educating conservation practitioners and farmers on the importance of farmland ponds via various events.
• 6. With good underpinning science it has been possible to achieve considerable impact in the field of farmland pond conservation. This study shows the importance of setting aside time and support for academic staff to translate applied research outputs into practical impact.

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对英国农田池塘的保护产生影响

• 1.至关重要的是，水生生物养护是基于证据的，在农田池塘管理和恢复领域中，在2012年发表于《水生生物养护：海洋和淡水生态系统》（AQC）的文章之前，基本上缺乏证据。
• 2.研究农田池塘管理对过去进行过灌木和偶尔清除沉积物的传统管理的池塘在过去的不同时间间隔（0–2、3–5、6–10的影响）对水生生物多样性保护，大型植物和无脊椎动物多样性的影响与管理数十年来未进行管理的一组邻近，高度陆地化的池塘进行了比较。
• 3.除软体动物外，与后期管理的非管理池塘相比，管理池塘的物种多样性明显更高，与所有管理的池塘类别相比，后期处理池塘的无脊椎动物伽马多样性显着降低。
• 4.将AQC文章是自然英格兰（英国政府在英国自然环境顾问）“淡水和湿地保护叙事”的一个重要组成部分，并帮助与集成池塘管理纳入冠蝾螈最近大Triturus伯劳缓解政策以及使其脱颖而出，不断发展的农业环境政策。
• 5.将AQC文章提供的证据，进而对作者的信任和数守恒的合作伙伴，形成一个池塘诺福克项目。自2014年以来，该项目已在英格兰东部的诺福克交付或促进了100多个池塘的修复，并通过各种活动向养护从业人员和农民们介绍了农田池塘的重要性。
• 6.有了良好的基础科学，就有可能在农田池塘养护领域产生重大影响。这项研究表明了留出时间和支持学术人员将应用研究成果转化为实际影响的重要性。