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Innovative Design to Control Spartina Alterniflora

  • Jinyang Xu,
  • Dapeng Wei,
  • Xuedong Zhang and
  • Yanming Chen

23 September 2024

In order to effectively curb the rapid growth trend in Spartina alterniflora in coastal cities of China, this study proposes an innovative mechanical equipment design scheme for eradicating Spartina alterniflora. Based on literature analysis and fiel...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,277 Views
12 Pages

Impact of Spartina alterniflora Invasion in Coastal Wetlands of China: Boon or Bane?

  • Xiaojun Zheng,
  • Zeeshan Javed,
  • Bing Liu,
  • Shan Zhong,
  • Zheng Cheng,
  • Abdul Rehman,
  • Daolin Du and
  • Jian Li

27 July 2023

Invasive plants, like Spartina alterniflora (SA), have a competitive advantage over native flora due to their rapid utilization of vital soil nutrients. This results in the depletion of resources for native plant species, significantly impacting ecos...

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  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,393 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Spartina alterniflora Invasion on Soil Microbial Community Structure and Ecological Functions

  • Minmin Cao,
  • Lina Cui,
  • Huimin Sun,
  • Xiaomian Zhang,
  • Xiang Zheng and
  • Jiang Jiang

It has been reported that the invasion of Spartina alterniflora changed the soil microbial community in the mangrove ecosystem in China, especially the bacterial community, although the response of soil fungal communities and soil microbial ecologica...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,735 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Spartina alterniflora Invasion on Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Yancheng Coastal Wetlands

  • Yufeng Sheng,
  • Zhaoqing Luan,
  • Dandan Yan,
  • Jingtai Li,
  • Siying Xie,
  • Yao Liu,
  • Li Chen,
  • Min Li and
  • Cuiling Wu

6 December 2022

The rapid invasion of Spartina alterniflora threatens the ability of soils to store carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in coastal wetlands. This study analyzed the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of soil C, N and P in Spart...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,153 Views
16 Pages

Ecological Impact of Spartina alterniflora Control Methods on Tiaozini Wetland Against the Background of Carbon Neutrality

  • Xinyi Wang,
  • Qingyi He,
  • Xiao Chen,
  • Xueshi Zhang,
  • Xinshan Song,
  • Xiang Li and
  • Xin Cao

18 March 2025

The Tiaozini wetland is an important part of the Yancheng Coastal Wetland, which is a World Natural Heritage Site. With the invasion of Spartina alterniflora, the ecology of the wetland has been severely damaged. The local government has carried out...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,524 Views
10 Pages

Spartina alterniflora-Derived Carbons for High-Performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Catalysts

  • Xinmeng Hao,
  • Yougui Zhou,
  • Lihua Guo,
  • Huipeng Li,
  • Hong Shang and
  • Xuanhe Liu

24 August 2024

Being an alien species, Spartina alterniflora has occupied the living space of native animals and plants, causing irreversible damage to the environment. Converting Spartina alterniflora into carbon or its derivatives offers a valuable solution to ma...

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  • Open Access
1,346 Views
19 Pages

This research focused on studying the soil improvement ability provided by the roots of smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, flourishing in the dredged soil of the Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation Project in the coastal area of Louisiana, USA. Vane s...

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407 Views
26 Pages

A Review of Remote Sensing on Spartina alterniflora: Status, Challenge, and Direction

  • Nianqiu Zhang,
  • Ling Luo,
  • Hengxing Xiang,
  • Jianing Zhen,
  • Anzhen Li,
  • Zongming Wang and
  • Dehua Mao

6 December 2025

This review systematically analyzes 215 papers on the remote sensing monitoring of Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) indexed in the Web of Science database to clarify research progress and future development directions in this field. We applied...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,532 Views
12 Pages

The mitochondrial genome of Spartina alterniflora, an invasive species with significant ecological and economic impacts, was analyzed to provide a theoretical basis for understanding its phylogenetic relationships and molecular biology. Mitochondrial...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,205 Views
12 Pages

Activated Carbon from Spartina alterniflora and Its N-Doped Material for Li-Ion Battery Anode

  • Hong Shang,
  • Xinmeng Hao,
  • Yougui Zhou,
  • Jia Peng,
  • Lihua Guo,
  • Huipeng Li and
  • Bing Sun

26 April 2025

The rampant growth of Spartina alterniflora has been wreaking havoc on the coastal ecosystems, leading to a serious environmental challenge in recent years. One potential solution to this issue involves converting Spartina alterniflora into activated...

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  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,280 Views
14 Pages

Mapping Spartina alterniflora Biomass Using LiDAR and Hyperspectral Data

  • Jing Wang,
  • Zhengjun Liu,
  • Haiying Yu and
  • Fangfang Li

10 June 2017

Large-scale coastal reclamation has caused significant changes in Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) distribution in coastal regions of China. However, few studies have focused on estimation of the wetland vegetation biomass, especially of S. al...

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  • Open Access
861 Views
17 Pages

The Effects of Soil Microbes’ Co-Occurrence on Mangroves’ Resistance Against Spartina alterniflora Invasion

  • Gang Liu,
  • Shuang He,
  • Lijuan Zhang,
  • Danqing Huang,
  • Xinyi Cai,
  • Zhiqiang Lu and
  • Danyang Li

27 August 2025

Mangroves are characterized by high productivity, thus playing crucial roles in combating global climate change. In recent decades, the invasion of Spartina alterniflora has led to significant degradation of mangrove vegetation. Currently, the main r...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,771 Views
14 Pages

24 February 2023

As an ecosystem in transition from land to sea, mangroves play a vital role in wind and wave protection and biodiversity maintenance. However, the invasion of Spartina alterniflora Loisel seriously damages the mangrove wetland ecosystem. To protect m...

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2,595 Views
15 Pages

Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Edible Stems of Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)

  • Yijuan Han,
  • Huiquan Chen,
  • Meiling Lai,
  • Zhongyuan Lin,
  • Yongji Huang,
  • Weiqi Tang,
  • Yanbing Zhu,
  • Yange Zhang,
  • Zonghua Wang and
  • Hui Ni
  • + 2 authors

2 October 2024

Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) is a native salt marsh plant along the Atlantic coast but has become an invasive species in coastal regions in China, as well as other areas. Utilizing it for resources has become a control measure in reducing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,925 Views
15 Pages

Spartina alterniflora Invaded Coastal Wetlands by Raising Soil Sulfur Contents: A Meta-Analysis

  • Zhenzhen Zhao,
  • Liyu Cheng,
  • Chiquan He,
  • Feifei Wang,
  • Jialin Liu,
  • Yuanhang Li,
  • Xueping Chen,
  • Xiaoyan Liu,
  • Gaoming Lv and
  • Daoyuan Wang

19 May 2022

Nowadays, plant invasion has become a global ecological threat to local biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Spartina alterniflora encroaches on the ecological niches of local species and changes the soil’s nutrient cycle. However, few compreh...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,073 Views
18 Pages

23 June 2024

The invasion of Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) has posed serious threats to the sustainability, quality and biodiversity of coastal wetlands. To safeguard coastal ecosystems, China has enacted large-scale S. alterniflora removal projects, wh...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,892 Views
24 Pages

11 October 2024

Mangroves are one of the world’s most productive and ecologically important ecosystems, and they are threatened by the widespread invasion of Spartina alterniflora Loisel in China. As few studies have examined the spatial pattern differences of...

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  • Open Access
392 Views
17 Pages

19 November 2025

A green synthesis method for iron nanoparticles was developed using the leaf extract of the invasive plant Spartina alterniflora (Sa-FeNPs), targeting the remediation of cadmium (Cd) in coastal sediments. The obtained Sa-FeNPs, characterized as amorp...

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  • Open Access
184 Citations
11,191 Views
18 Pages

Rapid Invasion of Spartina alterniflora in the Coastal Zone of Mainland China: New Observations from Landsat OLI Images

  • Mingyue Liu,
  • Dehua Mao,
  • Zongming Wang,
  • Lin Li,
  • Weidong Man,
  • Mingming Jia,
  • Chunying Ren and
  • Yuanzhi Zhang

1 December 2018

Plant invasion imposes significant threats to biodiversity and ecosystem function. Thus, monitoring the spatial pattern of invasive plants is vital for effective ecosystem management. Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) has been one of the most p...

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  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,494 Views
18 Pages

How Does Spartina alterniflora Invade in Salt Marsh in Relation to Tidal Channel Networks? Patterns and Processes

  • Limin Sun,
  • Dongdong Shao,
  • Tian Xie,
  • Weilun Gao,
  • Xu Ma,
  • Zhonghua Ning and
  • Baoshan Cui

14 September 2020

Rapid invasion of Spartina alterniflora in coastal wetlands throughout the world has attracted much attention. Some field and imagery evidence has shown that the landward invasion of S. alterniflora follows the tidal channel networks as the main path...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,704 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Imazapyr on Spartina alterniflora and Soil Bacterial Communities in a Mangrove Wetland

  • Xue Mo,
  • Panpan Dong,
  • Lumeng Xie,
  • Yujiao Xiu,
  • Yanqi Wang,
  • Bo Wu,
  • Jiakai Liu,
  • Xiuhua Song,
  • Mingxiang Zhang and
  • Zhenming Zhang

19 November 2021

The invasion of Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) has caused serious damage to coastal wetland ecosystems in China, especially the mangrove wetlands in South China. This study aimed to validate the effect of imazapyr on S. alterniflora and soil...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,887 Views
21 Pages

9 May 2023

Mangrove forests are one of the most productive and seriously threatened ecosystems in the world. The widespread invasion of Spartina alterniflora has seriously imperiled the security of mangroves as well as coastal mudflat ecosystems. Based on a mod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,635 Views
12 Pages

Heavy Metal Contamination in Sediments from Wetlands Invaded by Spartina alterniflora in the Yellow River Delta

  • Zaiwang Zhang,
  • Tongrui Zhang,
  • Wenhao Yu,
  • Jikun Xu,
  • Jialiang Li,
  • Tao Wu,
  • Suzhe Liu,
  • Haiyang Wang,
  • Yuxia Wang and
  • Shuai Shang
  • + 1 author

4 July 2022

Heavy metals are major pollutants that pose threats to wetland environments. In the present study, surface sediments from wetlands vegetated by invasive species Spartina alterniflora in the Yellow River Delta were collected and determined for the mas...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,468 Views
11 Pages

The Effects of Secondary Growth of Spartina alterniflora after Treatment on Sediment Microorganisms in the Yellow River Delta

  • Shuai Shang,
  • Liangyu Li,
  • Zaiwang Zhang,
  • Yu Zang,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Tao Wu,
  • Jiangbao Xia and
  • Xuexi Tang

As a typical invasive species, Spartina alterniflora is widely recognized as one of the primary threats to biodiversity in various habitats, including wetlands. Although the invasion by S. alterniflora has been managed in multiple ways, it may reappe...

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  • Open Access
76 Citations
7,769 Views
17 Pages

22 May 2019

Rapid invasion of Spartina alterniflora into Chinese coastal wetlands has attracted much attention. Many field and remote sensing studies have examined the spatio-temporal dynamics of S. alterniflora invasion; however, spatially explicit quantitative...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,521 Views
15 Pages

18 April 2023

Sea level rise (SLR) has a significant impact on the vegetation ecosystem in coastal wetlands. Taking coastal China as the study area, the SLAMM (sea level rise affecting marsh model) was used to simulate the continuous long-term (2015–2100) ef...

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54 Citations
7,863 Views
18 Pages

27 April 2020

In the late 1990s, the exotic plant Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora), was introduced to the Zhangjiang Estuary of China for tidal zone reclamation and protection. However, it invaded rapidly and has caused serious ecological problems. Accurate...

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56 Citations
5,685 Views
14 Pages

23 September 2021

Spartina alterniflora is an invasive plant from coastal wetlands, and its use in applications has garnered much interest. In this study, a composite photocatalyst (ZnO@BC) was synthesized by preparing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles with S. alterniflo...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,604 Views
17 Pages

12 December 2022

The invasive submerged Spartina alterniflora is dominant in the coastal Yellow River Delta wetland. Although sediment microorganisms have been found to mediate the nutrient cycle in wetlands, the role of epiphytic bacteria on submerged S. alterniflor...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,522 Views
18 Pages

3 August 2023

Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass), China’s most common invasive species, has posed significant challenges to native plant communities and coastal environments. Monitoring the invasion and dieback process of S. alterniflora by multisource...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,251 Views
24 Pages

Monitoring the Invasive Plant Spartina alterniflora in Jiangsu Coastal Wetland Using MRCNN and Long-Time Series Landsat Data

  • Wenqing Zhu,
  • Guangbo Ren,
  • Jianping Wang,
  • Jianbu Wang,
  • Yabin Hu,
  • Zhaoyang Lin,
  • Wei Li,
  • Yajie Zhao,
  • Shibao Li and
  • Ning Wang

31 May 2022

Jiangsu coastal wetland has the largest area of the invasive plant, Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora), in China. S. alterniflora has been present in the wetland for nearly 40 years and poses a substantial threat to the safety of coastal wetland...

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7 Citations
3,387 Views
14 Pages

2 November 2023

The invasion of Spartina alterniflora is one of the main threats faced by mangrove wetlands in Quanzhou Bay, Fujian. To effectively manage S. alterniflora, mangrove plants (Kandelia obovata, Aegiceras corniculatum, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Rhizophora st...

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3 Citations
2,866 Views
10 Pages

Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) can save N by converting nitrate into ammonium and avoiding nitrate leaching and runoff in saltmarshes. However, little is known about the effects of invasive plants on DNRA in the upper and deeper s...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,508 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2024

In order to clarify the long-term changes in mangroves in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi and the carbon storage changes after the invasion of Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) in the Dandou Sea area, the Continuous Change Detection and Classificatio...

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43 Citations
8,433 Views
30 Pages

4 November 2017

Spartina alterniflora has become the main invasive plant along the Chinese coast and now threatens the local ecological environment. Accurately monitoring the distribution of S. alterniflora is urgent and essential for developing cost-effective contr...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,083 Views
12 Pages

Spartina alterniflora is considered an invasive species that has affected the biogeochemical circle of carbon in coastal wetlands around the world. Nevertheless, it is still unclear how S. alternation invasion affects the carbon storage capacity of c...

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13 Citations
2,888 Views
21 Pages

Leaf Area Index Inversion of Spartina alterniflora Using UAV Hyperspectral Data Based on Multiple Optimized Machine Learning Algorithms

  • Hua Fang,
  • Weidong Man,
  • Mingyue Liu,
  • Yongbin Zhang,
  • Xingtong Chen,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Jiannan He and
  • Di Tian

11 September 2023

The leaf area index (LAI) is an essential biophysical parameter for describing the vegetation canopy structure and predicting its growth and productivity. Using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hyperspectral imagery to accurately estimate the LAI is of...

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4 Citations
1,810 Views
16 Pages

25 May 2024

In this study, columnar sediment samples were collected from north to south along the northern Jiangsu coast, China, under Spartina alterniflora vegetation in four sample areas: Chuandong Port (Area-1), Tiaozini Scenic Area (Area-2), Yangkou Town (Ar...

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  • Open Access
62 Citations
14,451 Views
22 Pages

4 June 2016

We examined the influence of abiotic drivers on inter-annual and phenological patterns of aboveground biomass for Marsh Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, on the Central Georgia Coast. The linkages between drivers and plant response via soil edaphic f...

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19 Citations
4,339 Views
16 Pages

Spartina alterniflora has extensively invaded the coastline of China, including in Maoyan Island of Zhejiang Province. Ecological restoration has been conducted using non-native mangrove Kandelia obovata to replace S. alterniflora in an attempt to re...

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32 Citations
4,582 Views
24 Pages

8 December 2020

Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) is one of the worst plant invaders in the coastal wetlands of China. Accurate and repeatable mapping of S. alterniflora invasion is essential to develop cost-effective management strategies for conserving nativ...

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881 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Spartina Alterniflora Invasion on Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics and Potential Sequestration Mechanisms in Coastal Wetlands, Eastern China

  • Qi Cai,
  • Zhuyuan Yao,
  • Xuefeng Xie,
  • Lijie Pu,
  • Lingyue Zhu,
  • Zhenyi Jia,
  • Shuntao Chen,
  • Fei Xu and
  • Tao Wu

25 September 2025

Coastal wetlands play a crucial role in carbon sequestration, yet the invasion of Spartina alterniflora (SA) significantly alters the cycling and sequestration of soil organic carbon (SOC) in coastal wetlands. Nevertheless, the potential underlying m...

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20 Citations
4,533 Views
11 Pages

Spartina alterniflora Leaf and Soil Eco-Stoichiometry in the Yancheng Coastal Wetland

  • Xueyan Zuo,
  • Lijuan Cui,
  • Wei Li,
  • Yinru Lei,
  • Zhiguo Dou,
  • Zhijun Liu,
  • Yang Cai and
  • Xiajie Zhai

23 December 2020

Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus—nutrient and restrictive elements for plant growth and important components of the plant body—are mainly transferred and exchanged between plants and the soil environment. Changes in the carbon, nitrogen,...

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13 Pages

Spartina alterniflora-Derived Biochar Alters Biomass Allocation and Root Traits of Native Scirpus mariqueter

  • Yaoyao Tang,
  • Jingwen Gao,
  • Pengcheng Jiang,
  • Junzhen Li,
  • Ming Wu,
  • Shengwu Jiao,
  • Long Zhang,
  • Niu Li and
  • Xuexin Shao

18 May 2025

Coastal wetlands provide vital ecosystem services, yet large-scale removal of invasive Spartina alterniflora disrupts soil carbon pools and fragments habitats. Converting this biomass to biochar may enhance restoration outcomes, though ecological eff...

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25 Citations
3,828 Views
15 Pages

13 June 2023

In China, the invasion of Spartina alterniflora is an important driver for the decrease of mangrove area and ecological service functions related to this habitat. In the past few decades, S. alterniflora clearing and mangrove restoration projects hav...

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131 Citations
9,470 Views
14 Pages

Rapid Invasion of Spartina Alterniflora in the Coastal Zone of Mainland China: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Human Prevention

  • Dehua Mao,
  • Mingyue Liu,
  • Zongming Wang,
  • Lin Li,
  • Weidong Man,
  • Mingming Jia and
  • Yuanzhi Zhang

19 May 2019

Given the extensive spread and ecological consequences of exotic Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) over the coast of mainland China, monitoring its spatiotemporal invasion patterns is important for the sake of coastal ecosystem management and e...

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860 Views
13 Pages

10 July 2025

Spartina alterniflora invasion has posed severe ecological threats to coastal wetlands. Deep tillage is considered an effective physical method for ecological restoration in such wetlands; however, its effects on sediment nitrogen transformation proc...

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4 Citations
2,128 Views
14 Pages

Management of Spartina alterniflora: Assessing the Efficacy of Plant Growth Regulators on Ecological and Microbial Dynamics

  • Chenyan Sha,
  • Zhixiong Wang,
  • Jiajie Cao,
  • Jing Chen,
  • Cheng Shen,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Qiang Wang and
  • Min Wang

9 September 2024

Spartina alterniflora is recognized as one of the most detrimental invasive species along China’s coastlines, highlighting the need for effective and environmentally safe management strategies to preserve intertidal zones. This study assessed t...

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7 Citations
2,987 Views
13 Pages

Responses of Soil Microbiota to Different Control Methods of the Spartina alterniflora in the Yellow River Delta

  • Liangyu Li,
  • Xiangyang Jiang,
  • Quanli Zhou,
  • Jun Chen,
  • Yu Zang,
  • Zaiwang Zhang,
  • Chen Gao,
  • Xuexi Tang and
  • Shuai Shang

Spartina alterniflora invasion has negative effects on the structure and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems. Therefore, many methods for controlling S. alterniflora invasion have been developed. S. alterniflora control methods can affect plant...

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460 Views
15 Pages

Interactions Between Invasive Plants and Native Plants on the Northern Coast of China and Their Implications for Ecological Restoration

  • Xiuzhong Li,
  • Shuailing Hou,
  • Senyang Li,
  • Yufei Zhang,
  • Duoli Zhang,
  • Shen Zhang,
  • Guoxiang Zheng,
  • Mingxiang Zhang,
  • Xue Mo and
  • Nan Zhang
  • + 3 authors

1 November 2025

Spartina alterniflora has become one of the most serious invasive species and competes with native Phragmites australis and Suaeda salsa in northern China. This study conducted controlled container experiments with no competition, intraspecific compe...

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