Flooding Depth and Flooding Duration with the Zonation of Riparian Plant Communities in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Sites
2.2. Vegetation Investigation
2.3. Inundation Characteristics
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Plant Community Varied throughout the Seasons in the Riparian Zone
4.2. Different Plant Community Constructions in Different Seasons of the Riparian Zone
4.3. Flooding Depth: A Better Indicator for the Zonation of the Riparian Vegetation
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Estimate | Std. Error | p-Value | ||
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April | Intercept | 15.587 | 2.202 | p < 0.001 |
flooding time | −0.068 | 0.016 | 0.000206 *** | |
flooding depth | 0.201 | 0.206 | 0.336 | |
regression equation | Y = 15.587 − 0.068X1 + 0.201X2, p < 0.001 | |||
July | Intercept | 11.064 | 2.222 | p < 0.001 |
flooding time | −0.010 | 0.017 | 0.560 | |
flooding depth | −0.447 | 0.213 | 0.042 * | |
regression equation | Y = 11.064 − 0. 010X1 − 0.447X2, p < 0.001 | |||
September | Intercept | 11.080 | 2.246 | p < 0.001 |
flooding time | −0.011 | 0.017 | 0.531 | |
flooding depth | −0.286 | 0.213 | 0.189 | |
regression equation | Y = 11.080 − 0.011X1 − 0.286X2, p < 0.001 |
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Yi, X.; Huang, Y.; Jiang, Y.; Ma, M.; Chen, Q.; Wu, S. Flooding Depth and Flooding Duration with the Zonation of Riparian Plant Communities in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China. Water 2023, 15, 3228. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15183228
Yi X, Huang Y, Jiang Y, Ma M, Chen Q, Wu S. Flooding Depth and Flooding Duration with the Zonation of Riparian Plant Communities in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China. Water. 2023; 15(18):3228. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15183228
Chicago/Turabian StyleYi, Xuemei, Yuanyang Huang, Yi Jiang, Maohua Ma, Qiao Chen, and Shengjun Wu. 2023. "Flooding Depth and Flooding Duration with the Zonation of Riparian Plant Communities in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China" Water 15, no. 18: 3228. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15183228
APA StyleYi, X., Huang, Y., Jiang, Y., Ma, M., Chen, Q., & Wu, S. (2023). Flooding Depth and Flooding Duration with the Zonation of Riparian Plant Communities in the Three Gorges Reservoir of China. Water, 15(18), 3228. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15183228