期刊
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
卷 96, 期 -, 页码 273-279出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.027
关键词
saltmarshes; invasion; seedlings; spreading rate; hydrodynamic regimes; Yangtze Estuary
资金
- Global Change Scientific Research Program of China [2010CB951204]
- National Key Fundamental Research and Development Program [2008DFB90240]
- EU
Over the last 15 years, rapid invasion of large areas of the saltmarshes of Chongming Island, in the Yangtze Estuary, China by the exotic species Sparrina alternylora has occurred. Two types of advancing fronts are found: the S. altemiflora-mudflat (S-M front) and the S. altemiflora - Scitpus mariqueter - mudflat (S-S-M front). In this study, both the range expansion in terms of seedling recruitment and tussock development at these two advancing fronts and the accretion/erosion dynamics used as a proxy for comparable hydrodynamic regimes were investigated. The results showed that the mean number of seedlings of S. altemiflora recruited at the S-M front was much higher than that at the S-S-M front. The rate of range expansion after one growing season at the S-M front was much faster than the S-S-M front. The different colonisation behaviours on the two types of advancing front was related to the differences in hydrodynamic regimes. At the site with a regime of autumn/winter erosion and spring/summer accretion, the original pioneer species of S. mariqueter was replaced by S. alterniflora and a pattern of range expansion at the S-M front developed. In contrast, at the site with a relatively stable accretion regime, the original pioneer species of S. mariqueter remained within the advancing front and a pattern of range expansion at the S-S-M front developed. The impact of abiotic and biotic factors governing the range expansion of S. alterniflora and its implications on the spatial structure of tidal wetlands is discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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