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Oceanography
Liming Xue, Xiuzhen Li, Benwei Shi, Bin Yang, Shiwei Lin, Yiquan Yuan, Yuxi Ma, Zhong Peng
Summary: This study investigated wave attenuation by salt marshes at the Nanhui nearshore salt marshes in the Yangtze Estuary, China. The results showed that salt marsh vegetation could effectively attenuate wave height, with different effects in various environments and species. Landscape pattern also had an impact on wave attenuation, and strategies for salt marsh restoration were proposed to improve coastal defenses.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yiquan Yuan, Xiuzhen Li, Zuolun Xie, Liming Xue, Bin Yang, Wenzhen Zhao, Christopher B. Craft
Summary: This study investigated the seasonal variation of carbon flux in a salt marsh in the Chongming Dongtan wetland. The results showed that the output of organic carbon in the salt marsh varied with the tidal cycle in different seasons.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Agronomy
Guishu He, Kaiyun Wang, Qicheng Zhong, Guilian Zhang, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Jiangtao Wang
Summary: The study investigates the response of CO2 budget in coastal wetlands to agroforestry reclamations. The results show that agroforestry conversions substantially decrease the CO2 fixation service by changing the ecosystem's structure and function, with wetland vegetation productivity decrease being the main reason. The interannual variability of NEE is primarily attributed to functional changes rather than meteorological variations, suggesting the importance of wise land-use policy and management measures in reclaimed coastal areas for global warming mitigation.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Vanesa L. Negrin, Yanina L. Idaszkin, Claudia Domini, Pia Simonetti, Sandra E. Botte
Summary: The study evaluated soil metal pollution in two Sarcocornia salt marshes within the Bahia Blanca estuary in Argentina through pseudo-total and bioavailable metal levels and pollution indexes. The distribution patterns of bioavailable metals varied between salt marshes, with organic matter playing a key role in metal distribution. Using local background values provided a better assessment of anthropogenic metal enrichment and moderate pollution levels in salt marsh soils compared to using average background levels.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lara M. Pinheiro, Larissa M. K. Britz, Vanessa O. Agostini, Andres Perez-Parada, Felipe Garcia-Rodriguez, Tamara S. Galloway, Grasiela L. L. Pinho
Summary: Plastics pose a major threat to aquatic ecosystems, and their contamination in salt marshes is still poorly understood. This study investigated meso- and microplastic contamination in a salt marsh, finding high levels of plastics in sediment and water, as well as complex fouling communities on the surface of plastics in different marsh zones. The abundance of plastics was higher in dryer, vegetated zones, and it was possible to identify the main groups of microorganisms composing the Plastisphere communities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Lin Qi, Yanling Zheng, Lijun Hou, Bolin Liu, Jie Zhou, Zhirui An, Li Wu, Feiyang Chen, Zhuke Lin, Guoyu Yin, Hongpo Dong, Xiaofei Li, Xia Liang, Min Liu
Summary: The study investigates the effect of temperature on the activity of chemoautotrophs in estuarine and coastal waters. The findings show that the response of dark carbon fixation (DCF) to temperature varies, with offshore sites being more vulnerable to global warming. The study also reveals the dominant pathways of chemoautotrophic carbon fixation in different areas, highlighting the importance of incorporating DCF thermal response into biogeochemical models.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yang Hu, Ning He, Mingxuan Wu, Pengling Wu, Peimin He, Ying Yang, Qinyi Wang, Maoqiu Wang, Shubo Fang
Summary: Watershed and catchment area-based water quality management is an important method for comprehensive management of rivers and lakes. The impacts of land use/land cover on river water quality vary with spatial scales. In this study, buffering analysis on the water quality data of the Yangtze River Estuary was conducted, and priority management areas of the basin were identified.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Liang Qiao, Zhiyan Zuo, Renhe Zhang, Shilong Piao, Dong Xiao, Kaiwen Zhang
Summary: Soil moisture-atmosphere coupling induces non-linear warming via the 'warmer climate - drier soil' feedback, exerting an accelerating effect on global warming and extreme high temperatures. The projection shows that SA-driven warming will exceed 0.5°C over extratropical landmasses by the end of the 21st Century, increasing the likelihood of extreme high temperatures.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qingqing Zhao, Junhong Bai, Yongchao Gao, Guangliang Zhang, Qiongqiong Lu, Jia Jia
Summary: The study identified contamination levels of multiple heavy metal elements in five wetland areas, showing higher concentrations in surface soils compared to deeper soils, with varying levels of pollution observed for Cd across the wetlands.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nipuni Perera, Erandathie Lokupitiya, Devanmini Halwatura, Susantha Udagedara
Summary: The study finds a high organic carbon storage in salt marsh habitats on the Northwest coast of Sri Lanka, suggesting their potential as a natural carbon sink for climate change mitigation and inclusion in National Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
J. L. Raw, J. B. Adams, T. G. Bornman, T. Riddin, M. A. Vanderklift
Summary: Restoring disused commercial salt extraction pans to estuarine habitats has the potential to enhance carbon sequestration, but sea-level rise by 2100 will still lead to significant losses of supratidal marshes and extensive tidal flooding of developed areas in the lower reaches of the estuary.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Limnology
Anna Elizabeth Lovgren Graversen, Gary T. Banta, Pere Masque, Dorte Krause-Jensen
Summary: Climate change has created a demand for solutions counteracting greenhouse gas emissions, including the expansion of natural carbon-sequestration habitats like salt marshes. A study on Danish salt marshes showed that grazing had a minimal effect on carbon stocks and sequestration rates, with grazed sites actually having higher carbon densities in surface layers. Further research is needed to fully understand the impact of grazing on carbon sequestration and to develop effective blue carbon management strategies for salt marshes.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lizhi Teng, Heqin Cheng, H. E. de Swart, Ping Dong, Zhanhai Li, Jiufa Li, Yajun Wang
Summary: Reclamation in estuaries can significantly impact the spatial and temporal distribution of the turbidity maximum zone, leading to channel narrowing, erosion in deep channels, decreased length of turbidity maximum zone, and shifting of marine boundaries. Post-reclamation, the deeper and narrower channel intensified flow velocity, decrease in sediment resuspension, and lowered bottom suspended sediment concentration, resulting in the seaward movement of the landward boundary of the turbidity maximum zone.
Article
Geography, Physical
Shi-Hua Li, Zhen-Ming Ge, Pei Xin, Li-Shan Tan, Ya-Lei Li, Li-Na Xie
Summary: Coastal salt marshes in highly depositional environments exhibit a positive loop between vegetation colonization, sedimentary accretion, and edge scarp progradation. The model shows that sediment supply regulates the rates of vegetation behavior and geomorphic changes, influencing the heterogeneity of marsh biogeomorphology.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Decheng Zhou, Jingfeng Xiao, Steve Frolking, Shuguang Liu, Liangxia Zhang, Yaoping Cui, Guoyi Zhou
Summary: Croplands have a significant impact on land surface temperature, with general daytime warming and nighttime cooling observed. However, the effects vary greatly by location and season, with nearly half of crop-dominated lands showing daytime cooling and/or nighttime warming on a per-pixel basis. Different countries also experience varying temperature changes due to the size of their cropland areas and local climate effects.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qicheng Zhong, Kaiyun Wang, Qifang Lai, Chao Zhang, Liang Zheng, Jiangtao Wang
ESTUARIES AND COASTS
(2016)
Article
Agronomy
Jinnan Gong, Seppo Kellomaki, Narasinha J. Shurpali, Kaiyun Wang, Niina Hyvonen, Chao Zhang, Qicheng Zhong, Pertti J. Martikainen
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2014)
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Plant Sciences
Qicheng Zhong, Jinnan Gong, Kaiyun Wang, Chao Zhang
Article
Ecology
Qin Du, Chao Zhang, Qicheng Zhong, Kaiyun Wang
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2011)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chao Zhang, Seppo Kellomaki, Qicheng Zhong, Kaiyun Wang, Jinnan Gong, Yunzhou Qiao, Xiao Zhou, Wei Gao
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2014)
Article
Ecology
Qicheng Zhong, Kaiyun Wang, Ming Nie, Guilian Zhang, Weiwei Zhang, Yi Zhu, Yu Fu, Qun Zhang, Yanna Gao
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yi-Wen Ji, Lang Zhang, Jie Liu, Qicheng Zhong, Xinxin Zhang
JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Guishu He, Kaiyun Wang, Qicheng Zhong, Guilian Zhang, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Jiangtao Wang
Summary: The study investigates the response of CO2 budget in coastal wetlands to agroforestry reclamations. The results show that agroforestry conversions substantially decrease the CO2 fixation service by changing the ecosystem's structure and function, with wetland vegetation productivity decrease being the main reason. The interannual variability of NEE is primarily attributed to functional changes rather than meteorological variations, suggesting the importance of wise land-use policy and management measures in reclaimed coastal areas for global warming mitigation.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Weiwei Zhang, Jigang Han, Haibing Wu, Qicheng Zhong, Wen Liu, Shanwen He, Lang Zhang
Summary: The study revealed significant differences in soil molecular biomass, fungal abundance, and community composition and co-occurrence relations of bacterial and fungal communities between urban and suburban park soils. Soil available zinc played a crucial role in shaping the structures of both bacterial and fungal communities in Shanghai park soils.
Article
Plant Sciences
Rui Zhang, Lang Zhang, Qicheng Zhong, Qingping Zhang, Yiwen Ji, Penghao Song, Qingqing Wang
Summary: The study presents an optimal evaluation method for an urban ecological network by combining morphological spatial pattern analysis and graph theory. The results reveal that core and edge areas occupy the majority of space, with relatively few large and high-quality ecological spaces in the study area.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Rui Zhang, Qingping Zhang, Lang Zhang, Qicheng Zhong, Jialin Liu, Zhe Wang
Summary: This study provides an optimized method for identifying and extracting ecological networks in urban areas by combining GIS, Guidos, Graphab, and the InVEST model. Ecological indicators are applied to improve accuracy. The findings of this study lay the foundation for further layout optimization and supporting ecological planning.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yang Yi, Chen Zhang, Guilian Zhang, Luqi Xing, Qicheng Zhong, Jialin Liu, Yichen Lin, Xiewei Zheng, Na Yang, Hao Sun, Mingchang Shi, Hongzhang Kang
Summary: The study reveals that the main land use types in the MRYRR are cropland and forestland, accounting for over three-quarters of the total area. Over the past 25 years, the region has undergone significant urbanization, with a 36-fold increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Socio-economic variables show positive correlation with built-up land, orchard, and Shannon diversity index, while showing negative correlation with cropland, wasteland, mean patch size, and contagion size. Urbanization development has had a major impact on the region, making ecological protection a challenging task requiring the protection of high-quality cropland and the establishment of ecological corridors and nodes for regional sustainable development.
Review
Ecology
Qicheng Zhong, Lang Zhang, Yi Zhu, Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Jigang Han, Guilian Zhang, Yuezhong Li
ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2020)
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Forestry
Yu Fu, Yuancai Lei, Weisheng Zeng, Ruijun Hao, Guilian Zhang, Qicheng Zhong, Mingshan Xu
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2017)