Article
Agronomy
Wei Wang, Junhong Bai, Qiongqiong Lu, Guangliang Zhang, Dawei Wang, Jia Jia, Yanan Guan, Lu Yu
Summary: The study investigated the effects of feedstock and pyrolysis temperature on biochar characteristics, revealing that high temperatures negatively affected biochar yields, H and O contents. Biochar derived from Spartina alterniflora showed higher ash content but lower C/H/N/O contents and HHVs compared to Phragmites australis-derived biochar. Additionally, cost analysis demonstrated that large-scale reactor production of biochar was more cost-effective than bench-scale reactor production, and Spartina alterniflora-derived biochar had a higher cost due to feedstock price and drying process.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Qiqiong Zhang, Zhongzheng Yan, Xiuzhen Li
Summary: In this study, differences in root iron plaque formation and the composition of Fe-oxidizing bacteria (IOB) and Fe-reducing bacteria (IRB) communities in the rhizosphere of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis were compared. The results showed significant differences in iron plaque content and microbial diversity between the two plant species.
Article
Ecology
Youzheng Zhang, Steven C. Pennings, Zixia Liu, Bo Li, Jihua Wu
Summary: Global variation in litter decomposition rates is influenced by climate, decomposer taxa, and litter quality. This study explores how litter decomposition rate and quality vary within a species across different latitudes, finding that higher latitude plants have faster decomposition rates due to lower defensive compounds and higher nutrient levels. Additionally, exotic species decomposed faster than native species, indicating differences in defensive mechanisms and nutrient concentrations.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Lele Liu, Yaolin Guo, Yiming Wu, Meiqi Yin, Xiao Guo, Franziska Eller, Christina L. Richards, Hans Brix, Rui-Ting Ju, Weihua Guo
Summary: Within-species genetic diversity is influenced by geography and has cascading effects on biodiversity. This study investigates the genetic structure of the native species Phragmites australis and its invasive competitor Spartina alterniflora. The results show geographical differentiation in genetic structure and an increase in genetic diversity from south to north. The invasive species alters the relationship between the genetic diversity of the native plant and the associated species richness of soil nematodes.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Junlin Ren, Jianshe Chen, Changlin Xu, Johan van de Koppel, Mads S. Thomsen, Shiyun Qiu, Fangyan Cheng, Wanjuan Song, Quan-Xing Liu, Chi Xu, Junhong Bai, Yihui Zhang, Baoshan Cui, Mark D. Bertness, Brian R. Silliman, Bo Li, Qiang He
Summary: While protected areas are successful in rescuing wetlands and shorebird habitats, plant invasions are extensive and undermine the formation of new native marshes. The global invasion of exotic species into protected areas highlights the profound consequences of bioinvasions on conservation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Niu Li, Ming Nie, Bo Li, Jihua Wu, Jiayuan Zhao
Summary: Aboveground litter inputs from plants play a crucial role in carbon and nutrient fluxes to the soil. This study compared the effects of aboveground litter from native Phragmites australis and exotic Spartina alterniflora on soil nitrification and denitrification, finding species-specific impacts on these processes, particularly more pronounced in the late growth phase. The study also showed that while previous research has highlighted the strong impacts of invasive Spartina alterniflora on nitrogen removal processes, the aboveground litter from this species did not significantly alter nitrification or denitrification, suggesting the presence of other important pathways in these processes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yueming Wu, Zhanrui Leng, Jian Li, Hui Jia, Chongling Yan, Hualong Hong, Qiang Wang, Yanyan Lu, Daolin Du
Summary: Evidence suggests that the invasion of Spartina alterniflora poses serious risks to coastal wetland stability. The addition of sulfur can promote the growth of S. alterniflora and enhance its tolerance to cadmium, potentially exacerbating its expansion in contaminated areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Wendy Ampuero Reyes, Gail L. Chmura
Summary: This study systematically investigated the contribution of belowground plant material to soil accretion in tidal salt marshes. The results showed that the traditional method of measuring carbon density underestimates the true contribution of salt marsh plants to soil accretion.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lathadevi K. K. Chintapenta, Katharine I. I. Ommanney, Gulnihal Ozbay
Summary: Human activities in wetlands and seasonal changes can affect the concentrations of heavy metals in soil and the types of marsh vegetation. The study found that different types of wetland vegetation and the ion composition of the soil can influence the levels of heavy metals.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Yaolin Guo, Youzheng Zhang, Jihua Wu, Christina L. Richards, Oliver Bossdorf, Bo Li, Rui-Ting Ju
Summary: This study compared the effects of latitudinal variation on leaf litter chemistry and palatability to detritivores between invasive and native plants, and investigated the relationships between chemical traits, climate, and detritivory. The results showed geographic clines in litter traits and palatability, with strong links between climate, litter chemistry, and detritivory.
JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pudong Liu, Runhe Shi, Fei Meng, Jiantao Liu, Guobiao Yao, Pingjie Fu
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the chlorophyll content of plants under different mixture ratios using spectral indices and a BP neural network model. The results showed that combining multiple indices improved the estimation accuracy and further improved the results when considering interspecies competition.
POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenchao Ding, Wenxia Xie, Jianing Xu, Chunjing Liu, Ping Miao, Jian Gong
Summary: This study explores the source-sink characteristics of methyl halide (CH3X) in temperate coastal wetlands and identifies key factors affecting the variation of CH3X during the invasion of Spartina alterniflora. The results show that CH3X emissions exhibit seasonal and diurnal variations. S. alterniflora acts as a source of CH3X, with higher fluxes in the spring and autumn seasons. On the other hand, the bare flat area functions as a sink for CH3X, with maximum absorption flux occurring in summer. The biomass of S. alterniflora, particularly the leaves, significantly influences CH3X fluxes.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuanhang Li, Jing Hua, Chiquan He, Daoyuan Wang, Zhenzhen Zhao, Feifei Wang, Yuchen Wang, Xiaoxi Wang, Xueping Chen, Xiaoyan Liu
Summary: The invasion of Spartina alterniflora leads to the accumulation of reduced inorganic sulfur (RIS) and promotes sulfate reduction and the accumulation of acid volatile sulfide (AVS), facilitating the invasion and expansion of S. alterniflora. S. alterniflora can mitigate sulfide stress by enriching iron, reducing Fe(III), and forming pyrite.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tian Xie, Qing Wang, Zhonghua Ning, Cong Chen, Baoshan Cui, Junhong Bai, Wei Shi, Bo Pang
Summary: The invasibility of an ecosystem measures its resistance to plant invasion, with human activities playing a key role in altering lateral hydrological connectivity and potentially making the ecosystem more susceptible to invasion.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Xuan Peng, Xiaoqing Yu, Xingyu Zhai, Xiaofei Gao, Zheng Yu, Jun Yang
Summary: The invasion of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in subtropical coastal region of China has a significant impact on ecosystem function and the ecological environment. However, there is limited knowledge about the fluctuation of different forms of nitrogen in cordgrass-invaded mangrove wetlands. This study compared the spatial and temporal distribution of different forms of nitrogen with and without S. alterniflora invasion in a coastal wetland in Fujian province, China. The results showed that nitrogen concentration in the wetland varied with intertidal vegetation type, season, and sampling location, with organic nitrogen being the dominant form in the mangrove zone.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Ming Nie, Wenwen Liu, Steven C. Pennings, Bo Li
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jin-Tao Li, Yan Zhang, Hongyang Chen, Huiming Sun, Weitao Tian, Jinquan Li, Xiang Liu, Shurong Zhou, Changming Fang, Bo Li, Ming Nie
Summary: The thermal compensatory response of microbial respiration plays a regulatory role in the enhancement of soil respiration caused by climate warming. Low soil moisture suppresses this compensatory response, leading to an enhanced response to warming.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Huimin Sun, Hongyang Chen, Jintao Li, Yan Zhang, Xiang Liu, Jinquan Li, Bo Li, Shurong Zhou, Ming Nie
Summary: As climate warms, the strength of microbial thermal acclimation and its effects on soil carbon feedback may be influenced by multiple environmental factors, including nitrogen concentration and soil acidity. This study found that under warming conditions, higher nitrogen enrichment reduced the mass-specific respiration rates in alpine permafrost soils. The strength of thermal acclimation was found to increase as nitrogen enrichment increased, but the pathways by which nitrogen affects acclimation can vary.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xinxin Wang, Xiangming Xiao, Xi Zhang, Jihua Wu, Bo Li
Summary: Coastal wetlands are vulnerable to sea-level rise, extreme climate, and human activities, especially in large river deltas. This study quantified the changes in area and patch number of coastal wetlands in China's four major river deltas, and assessed the effects of driving factors. It was found that the Liaohe River Delta and Yellow River Delta experienced substantial losses, while the Yangtze River Delta showed recent recoveries. The Pearl River Delta had a relatively stable area trend but an increasing patch number trend. Protected areas were effective in halting the decreasing trends in coastal wetland areas, but were counteracted by invasive plant invasions.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Yan Zhang, Jin-Tao Li, Xiao Xu, Hong-Yang Chen, Ting Zhu, Jian-Jun Xu, Xiao-Ni Xu, Jin-Quan Li, Chao Liang, Bo Li, Chang-Ming Fang, Ming Nie
Summary: By analysing subtropical forest soils from a 2,000 km transect across China, the authors show that temperature fluctuations can induce the thermal adaptation of microbial respiration, in contrast to findings derived from mean temperature alone.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Huimin Sun, Jinquan Li, Hao Liu, Changming Fang, Bo Li, Ming Nie
Summary: With climate warming, the initial enhancement of soil respiration induced by short-term warming may decrease over time due to thermal acclimation. The existence and magnitude of this thermal acclimation are uncertain because the response of soil respiration to warming is regulated by multiple environmental factors. Extensive manipulative field studies have been conducted, but the interactive effects of multiple environmental factors on warming remain unknown.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yuanfei Pan, Mu Liu, Alejandro Sosa, Bo Li, Mang Shi, Xiaoyun Pan
Summary: This study investigates the metacommunities of endophytic fungi in the leaves of an invasive plant and finds that the structure of these fungal communities is influenced by multiple spatial scales and different drivers. These findings are important for understanding the global patterns of fungal diversity.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Philip A. Martin, Alec P. Christie, Gorm E. Shackelford, Amelia S. C. Hood, Shengyu Wang, Bo Li, William Morgan, Madeleine Lee, David C. Aldridge, William J. Sutherland
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Shiyun Qiu, Jingxin Huang, Meng Lu, Xiao Xu, Xincheng Li, Qun Zhang, Fengfei Xin, Chenhao Zhou, Xi Zhang, Ming Nie, Jihua Wu, Bo Li
Summary: This study found that nutrient enrichment can lead to a fundamental shift in the coexistence dynamics between native and invasive species in the Yangtze estuary saltmarshes, ultimately resulting in the failure of resistance.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shiyun Qiu, Qun Zhang, Xiao Xu, Xincheng Li, Chenhao Zhou, Ji Yang, Wenneng Zhou, Bo Li
Summary: The effects of nutrient enrichment on the reproductive differences between invasive and native plants were studied. Nutrient enrichment generally reduced the reproduction of native plants but increased that of invasive plants. This study shows that nutrient enrichment can confer the invasive plant a reproductive advantage, demonstrating an overlooked pathway for biological invasions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Danfeng Liu, Yunshan Liu, Maoye Liu, Yupeng Geng, Yongjun Zhang, Evan Siemann, Bo Li, Yi Wang
Summary: The chemical defenses of invasive plant Phytolacca americana and noninvasive Phytolacca icosandra against herbivore Spodoptera litura were compared. It was found that P. americana repelled S. litura when free from attack, but formed an ecological trap after being infested. The study revealed that P. americana attracted herbivores with released (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, but repelled them with herbivore-induced volatile DMNT.
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Shengyu Wang, Philip A. Martin, Yan Hao, William J. Sutherland, Gorm E. Shackelford, Jihua Wu, Ruiting Ju, Wenneng Zhou, Bo Li
Summary: Invasive Spartina species pose serious threats to global coastal ecosystems. A global meta-analysis of 102 studies found that physical measures quickly suppressed Spartina, but their effectiveness declined over time. Chemical measures decreased the abundance and growth of Spartina to a lesser degree in the early stage, but the effectiveness increased over time. Different management measures did not significantly decrease the diversity of native biota on the whole, but native-plant diversity significantly decreased with time after physical control.
FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xincheng Li, Hanchen Wang, Douglas J. McCauley, Andrew H. Altieri, Brian R. Silliman, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Jihua Wu, Bo Li, Qiang He
Summary: In order to achieve sustainable development goals, many countries are increasing their efforts in protecting critical coastal ecosystems. However, large animals are often neglected in conservation plans for coastal ecosystems in different geographical contexts. A study conducted in China reveals a rich diversity of large animals in various types of coastal ecosystems, including mammals, birds, reptiles, cephalopods, and fish. Unfortunately, a significant number of these species are globally threatened and have not been assessed for extinction risk in China. Moreover, most of the important habitats for these megafauna are not protected, highlighting the need for further conservation efforts.
Article
Remote Sensing
Xi Zhang, Xiangming Xiao, Xinxin Wang, Xiao Xu, Shiyun Qiu, Lianghao Pan, Jun Ma, Ruiting Ju, Jihua Wu, Bo Li
Summary: Biological invasions, especially by Spartina alterniflora, are significantly impacting the structure and functions of coastal ecosystems in China. Urgent efforts to control the spread of this invasive species are hindered by the lack of time-series data. By using satellite images, this study successfully generated annual maps of Spartina saltmarshes from 1985 to 2020, revealing a continuous expansion of Spartina along the coast. The invasion history and frequency of changes were found to be influenced by latitude, with low latitudes experiencing longer and more frequent invasions. Human interventions have contributed to the decline in certain areas, but natural spread remains the primary driver of its extensive invasion.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Alexander M. Cancelli, Frank A. P. C. Gobas
Summary: A mechanistic model was developed to assess the removal efficiency of pollutants in a wetland system, particularly in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). The model simulated wetland mechanisms of chemical removal and showed that sustained wetland treatment is feasible. It is a helpful tool to evaluate the feasibility of treatment systems and to assess trade-offs in wetland design and operation.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Prakash Singh Thapa, Hiromu Daimaru, Seiji Yanai
Summary: This study assessed the vegetation recovery and erosion condition in a landslide area in central Japan. The results show that the upper slope, where reforestation activities were implemented, has seen significant vegetation recovery and no significant erosion, while the lower slope lacks vegetation and has experienced continued erosion.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Mike Jerauld, Forrest Dierberg, Thomas DeBusk, Scott Jackson, Kevin Grace, John Juston
Summary: The Everglades Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) are constructed wetlands built to remove phosphorus (P) from agricultural and urban runoff in support of Everglades restoration. Research shows that the levels of calcium (Ca) and alkalinity (Alk) have an impact on phosphorus removal in these wetlands.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Kalindhi Larios, Stefan Gerber, Rafael Munoz-Carpena, Patrick Inglett, K. Ramesh Reddy, Michael Chimney
Summary: This study modeled the phosphorus biogeochemical dynamics in one of the best performing Everglades treatment wetlands and found that the complexity of the hydrological system significantly affected the simulated water column P concentration. The modeling tool developed in this study can guide future data collection and optimization efforts for treatment wetlands in the Everglades.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jing Hu, Benjamin Baiser, R. Thomas James, K. Ramesh Reddy
Summary: This study examined the long-term phosphorus retention in Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) and identified the factors influencing their performance. The results showed that the operational performance of STAs improved over time. There were notable differences among individual STAs, with the co-precipitation of phosphorus with calcium playing a critical role in one of the STAs. This highlights the complexity of phosphorus removal in STAs and the need for site-specific management strategies.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Odi Villapando, K. R. Reddy, J. King
Summary: The biogeochemical response to different flow conditions within two parallel flow-ways in Everglades Stormwater Treatment Area (STA)-2 was studied. It was found that there was a gradual decrease in the total phosphorus (TP) concentration from inflow to outflow for both emergent aquatic vegetation (EAV) and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) dominated systems, with EAV showing a higher reduction rate. Significant increase in TP concentration was observed in the SAV system under no flow condition, possibly due to the production of particulate phosphorus (PP) through various mechanisms.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2024)
