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Inundation depth controls leaf photosynthetic capacity by regulating leaf area and N content in an estuarine wetland
Background and AimsEstuarine wetlands are important carbon sinks, with plant photosynthesis being a vital component of this process. Changes in the...
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Plant Species–Driven Distribution of Individual Clades of Comammox Nitrospira in a Subtropical Estuarine Wetland
Plant species play a crucial role in mediating the activity and community structure of soil microbiomes through differential inputs of litter and...
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Degradation and Ecological Restoration of Estuarine Wetlands in China
Estuarine wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem functions, including carbon storage, biodiversity maintenance, and shoreline protection, and...
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Spatio-temporal changes and hydrological forces of wetland landscape pattern in the Yellow River Delta during 1986–2022
ContextEstuarine wetlands provide valuable ecosystem services, but 20–78% of coastal wetlands are facing the risk of loss by the end of the century....
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Wetland Ecosystems
Wetlands are a major biogeographic unit in the global landscape and are broadly distributed across the continents in areas with humid climates,...
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Comparison of coastal wetland inventories for representative sites in the United States and implications for change detection
This study aims to help coastal wetland managers understand the differences and trade-offs associated with alternative inventories in the United...
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Just Add Water? Wetland and Riparian Restoration
For successful restoration of wetland and riparian systems, we need to recognise several key points: Wetland systems exist because of, and are...
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Types of Wetland and Wetland Plants
The system of classification of the wetlands is classified based on the hydrologic regime and landscape position. It includes 5 types of wetlands...
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Practical Guide to Measuring Wetland Carbon Pools and Fluxes
Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane...
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Does an Environmental Disaster Influence the Tourists’ Willingness to Pay for a Wetland? The case of the Cruces River Wetland in Southern Chile
This study examined tourists’ perceptions of the Río Cruces wetland in Chile, a Ramsar wetland that suffered severe environmental damage in 2004, and...
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Analysis of Water Heat Flux and Drought based on Wetland Classification in the Yellow River Delta
To provide scientific basis for utilizing wetland resources, the drought conditions of different wetland types were evaluated in the Yellow River...
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Temporal trends of sediment accumulation in the Xuan Thuy Natural Wetland Reserve (Ba Lat coastal area of the Red River, Vietnam) and implications for future coastal wetland development
Coastal wetlands rely on sediment for exchange and development, and a study on the temporal trend of sedimentation can provide a tool for...
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Species Composition of the Seed Bank in the Estuarine Part of the Il’d’ River and Neighboring Areas
AbstractThe plant communities of riparian area, or cyclically flooding zone of the water reservoir depend on the diaspores accumulated in the ground...
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Quantifying the Impact of Hydrological Connectivity on Salt Marsh Vegetation in the Liao River Delta Wetland
Salt marshes play a critical role in ecological functioning and have significant economic value. Hydrological elements are considered to be one of...
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Change detection of wetland vegetation under contrasting water-level scenarios in coastal marshes of eastern Georgian Bay
ContextGlobal climate change has resulted in extreme water-level (WL) fluctuations in Eastern Georgian Bay (EGB) and has affected its high-quality...
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Wetland water quality patterns and anthropogenic pressure associations across the continental USA
Anthropogenic impacts on lake and stream water quality are well established but have been much less studied in wetlands. Here we use data from the...
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A comprehensive record of the fishery resources of a tropical Ramsar wetland: Ashtamudi Estuary, India
Ramsar wetlands in India are rich in fishery resources but are not explored extensively for their existing fish biodiversity. There is a need for the...
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Aquatic Macrophytes and Wetlands
This chapter provides a definition of the wetland types where the aquatic macrophytes described in this Atlas occur. There are also wetlands where...
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Invertebrate Activities in Wetland Sediments Influence Oxygen and Nutrient Dynamics at the Sediment-water Interface
In flooded soils and sediments, bioturbating invertebrates rework sediment and convey oxygenated surface water through burrowing, creating a mosaic...
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Changes in sediment N mineralization and immobilization in association with Spartina alterniflora invasion in mangrove wetland
Background and aimsNitrogen (N) mineralization and immobilization are two important N biogeochemical processes in estuarine and coastal sediments....
