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| Interactive effects of crab herbivory and spring drought on a Phragmites australis-dominated salt marsh in the Yellow River Delta | |
Zhang, Liwen1,5,6 ; Lan, Siqun1,2,5,6; Angelini, Christine3; Yi, Huapeng2; Zhao, Lianjun1,2,5,6; Chen, Lin1,4,5,6; Han, Guangxuan1,5,6
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| Source Publication | SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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| ISSN | 0048-9697 |
| 2021-04-20 | |
| Volume | 766Pages:11 |
| Keyword | Top-down control Salinity Precipitation Environmental change Coastal wetland Common reed |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144254 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, Liwen(lwzhang@yic.ac.cn) ; Han, Guangxuan(gxhan@yic.ac.cn) |
| Abstract | Consumers are often overlooked as key drivers of vegetation structure and ecosystem functioning in coastal wetlands.This oversight is particularly apparent in Asia, where much of the variation in coastal wetland plant growth and composition is attributed to physical stress gradients. To address this knowledge gap and quantify the relative importance of consumers in Asian coastal wetlands across temporal variation in environmental stress, we conducted a two-year experiment spanning relatively spring wet (2018) and spring thy (2019) years in which we manipulated the presence of the numerically dominant herbivorous crab, Hence tientsinensis, and evaluated its effects on Phragmites australis growth and structure in a Yellow River Delta salt marsh. In spring wetter 2018, Phragmites biomass and stem density were 75% and 34% higher in Crab Exclusion relative to Ambient Crab plots. In 2019 which experienced spring drought and elevated soil salinity, Phragmites biomass and stem density remained similarly high relative to 2018 in Crab Exclusion plots, but fell further, to only 16% and 39% of levels of 2018 observed in Ambient Crab plots. Phragmites' inflorescences density was also significantly reduced in Ambient Crab than Crab Exclusion plots in 2019. Together, these results highlight the significant role that crab herbivores can play in regulating Phragmites in Yellow River Delta salt marshes and suggest that the magnitude of their top-down control may be amplified, although in a non-additive manner, with spring drought stress in the region. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Research Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS ID | WOS:000617676800074 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.yic.ac.cn/handle/133337/27357 |
| Collection | 中科院海岸带环境过程与生态修复重点实验室 中科院海岸带环境过程与生态修复重点实验室_海岸带环境过程实验室 支撑部门_中国科学院黄河三角洲滨海湿地试验站 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, Liwen; Han, Guangxuan |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Coastal Environm Proc & Ecol Remediat, Yantai Inst Coastal Zone Res YIC, Yantai 264003, Shandong, Peoples R China 2.Ludong Univ, Sch Resources & Environm Engn, Yantai 264025, Shandong, Peoples R China 3.Univ Florida, Dept Environm Engn Sci, Engn Sch Sustainable Infrastruct & Environm, POB 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA 4.Liaocheng Univ, Coll Environm & Planning, Liaocheng 252000, Shandong, Peoples R China 5.YICCAS, Shandong Key Lab Coastal Environm Proc, Yantai 264003, Shandong, Peoples R China 6.YICCAS, CAS Yellow River Delta Ecol Res Stn Coastal Wetla, Yantai 264003, Shandong, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Liwen,Lan, Siqun,Angelini, Christine,et al. Interactive effects of crab herbivory and spring drought on a Phragmites australis-dominated salt marsh in the Yellow River Delta[J]. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,2021,766:11. |
| APA | Zhang, Liwen.,Lan, Siqun.,Angelini, Christine.,Yi, Huapeng.,Zhao, Lianjun.,...&Han, Guangxuan.(2021).Interactive effects of crab herbivory and spring drought on a Phragmites australis-dominated salt marsh in the Yellow River Delta.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,766,11. |
| MLA | Zhang, Liwen,et al."Interactive effects of crab herbivory and spring drought on a Phragmites australis-dominated salt marsh in the Yellow River Delta".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 766(2021):11. |
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