26 December 2022
Microorganisms play a pivotal role in nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems. Understanding bacterial diversity and its functional composition are crucial for aquatic ecology and protection. We investigated the bacterial community structure using 16S...
Removal of lateral constraints to restore rivers has become increasingly common in river resource management, but little is known how the interaction of de-channelization with flow influences ecosystem structure and function. We evaluated the ecosyst...
This study investigates the runoff-sediment relationship (RSR) of the Weihe River, a sandy waterway originating from the Loess Plateau, and considers the potential variations in RSR under an evolving environment. The double mass curve method was used...
The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) is an important ecological security barrier for China. The spatial-temporal pattern of land use changes and changing characteristics of soil conservation function were analyzed based on the Major Function-Orient...
5 November 2022
To clarify the evolution of “production-living-ecological” function coupling in the Yellow River Basin, coordinating the spatial allocation of resources, development management and layout optimization, is an important means for achieving...
The ecological-economic coordination degree model is widely used to analyze eco-economic coordination relationships, but methods for determining the relative weights of the ecological and economic systems lack a scientific basis. Examining the Yellow...
Land use/cover change is the main reason for the variation of ecosystem carbon storage. The study of the impact of land use on carbon storage has certain reference values for realizing high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. In this paper...
As economic development and urbanization continue to accelerate, the Yellow River Basin experiences increasing challenges in balancing land use with ecological environmental protection. Understanding their interactions is crucial for sustainable regi...
Dingxi City is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin, at the intersection between the Loess Plateau and West Qinling Mountains. The water and soil conservation function of Dingxi City is very important and have become key constrainin...
To date, physical, numerical or data-driven models have been used to forecast water surface elevation in rivers for specific times or locations in the literature. Recently, the trend of forecasting water surface elevation changed from physical and nu...
Upper-middle reaches of Luanhe River Basin belongs to Haihe River Basin and it is a pretty important water source to North China, especially to Tianjin and Tangshan Cities, Hebei. Based on control units of the water function areas and the sub-basins...
Major function-oriented zoning, a key spatial planning strategy in China, aims to coordinate resource endowments, socio-economic development, and subsequent planning initiatives. However, the existing framework for major function-oriented zoning reli...
Water conservation is a key regulating service provided by terrestrial ecosystems, and its variation directly affects regional water security and ecosystem health. Existing studies of water conservation have focused largely on quantitative assessment...
Drought propagation is a complex process, and understanding the propagation mechanisms of meteorological drought to soil drought is crucial for early warning, disaster prevention, and mitigation. This study focuses on eight tributaries in the upper r...
The spatial function division of urbanization (SFDU) based on the value chain has an important impact on optimizing the industrial layouts of these areas and promoting regional coordinated development. Based on urban panel data from the Yangtze River...
Since the publication of the River Continuum Concept (RCC), the capacity of the longitudinal dimension to predict the distribution of species and ecological functions in river networks was discussed by different river theories. The taxonomic structur...
The ongoing warming–wetting trend is profoundly reshaping water and land resources (WLR) in alpine regions, challenging their ecological functions. Focusing on the Yellow River source region above Huangheyan Station, we developed a synergistic...
The Yangtze River Economic Belt, relying on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, serves not only as a vital industrial and urban stronghold in China but also bears the significant responsibility of the Yangtze River’s major conservation ef...
Continuous damming in karst rivers fragmented the longitudinal structure of river systems, disrupting plankton habitats, limiting dispersal, and reducing biodiversity. This study examined variations in zooplankton functional diversity in a dammed riv...
At present, the protection of the ecological water environment in Min River Basin has achieved certain results, but certain problems remain that require strengthened ecological protection and environmental management. Understanding the connection bet...
Little is known about how changes in the biodiversity and functional traits of macroinvertebrates in rivers respond to the responses of anthropic pressures and their driving factors. Macroinvertebrates were sampled at 17 sites in the Irtysh River Bas...
Landscape patterns serve as important drivers of macroinvertebrate biodiversity. However, the mechanisms through which landscape dynamics influence biodiversity across different elevation gradients in undammed rivers remain poorly understood. Here, t...
Against the backdrop of hydropower development in the upper Yellow River, comprehending the spatiotemporal variation and ecological evaluation of macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups (FFGs) is paramount for the conservation and restoration of...
River system network (RSN) connectivity is important to maintain the environmental and ecological functions of wetlands. Quantitative evaluation of connectivity can provide crucial support for efforts to improve wetland connectivity and to restore an...
Rapid urbanization and industrialization have profoundly affected aquatic ecosystems in urban rivers, with phytoplankton taxa and functional group composition being particularly sensitive to environmental changes. Field surveys were conducted in the...
This study explored the characteristics of benthic animal communities in different water functional areas and the driving factors affecting changes in the community structure of four water functional zones of the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River:...
As a major water conservation region and ecological security barrier in China, the Three-River Source Region (TRSR) of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) is underlain by extensive permafrost. However, how permafrost degradation alters regional wat...
Long-term changes in land-use and water quality degradation are key pressures on riverine ecosystems, yet their effects on the functional structure of fish assemblages remain insufficiently quantified. We conducted a decadal assessment of fish assemb...
Dams are widely distributed in global water bodies and cause severe impacts on aquatic ecosystems. In this study, the Sizao River Basin was selected to explore the effects of dams on the macroinvertebrate community, including functional feeding group...
Fisheries and bottom seawater data were collected in July in 2022 and 2023 from 15 sampling stations in the Huanghe River estuary and adjacent seas in China. The patterns of functional alpha and beta diversity of fish communities in this area and the...
Several studies have revealed that urban rivers with relatively complete habitat structures can support a high level of biodiversity in urban areas. However, few studies have analyzed the impact of the plan, design, and management of multi-scale urba...
Conflicts among the “production–living–ecological” functions (PLEFs) of grasslands significantly constrain regional economic, social, and ecological security. Therefore, scientifically quantifying and clarifying the trade-offs...
In our research we analyzed a series of water quality parameters and conducted a metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in the Chishui River (in southwestern China), aiming to explore the microbial driving mechanisms of the phosphorus cycle...
Urban agglomerations are products of urban development, and their regional spaces and functions are more diverse than other cities, which have very high spatial and functional complexity. It is important to clarify the relationships between productio...
Leaves and roots perform assimilation, supporting plant growth and functionality. The variations in their functional traits reflect adaptive responses to environmental conditions, yet limited information is available regarding these trait variations...
4 January 2019
More attention has been paid to saltwater-intrusion-related problems in recent years. In this research study, a saltwater intrusion function in the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) was constructed based on the theory of the interactions between energy acc...
To investigate the effects of mixed forests on soil bacterial characteristics in the Yellow River Delta, pure forests of Ailanthus altissima, Ulmus pumila, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Fraxinus velutina (hereafter Aa, Up, Rp, and Fv, respectively) and m...
Water functional zoning plays a crucial role in water resource allocation, pollution prevention, and ecological protection. With the increasing intensity of human activities, there is a significant mismatch between current water functional zoning and...
With rapid urbanization, the interactions between human and land are becoming more and more intense, which leads to increasingly diversified land use and intensifies the conflicts among land use functions (LUFs). However, land use multi-functionality...
Optimizing the regional spatial pattern of land use and high-quality economic development requires an accurate understanding of the multifunctional evolution of land use. Based on remote sensing data and socio-economic data from 2000 to 2023, this st...
Ongoing urbanization continuously reshapes water quality, habitat structure, and biological communities in river ecosystems; however, its impacts on host-associated microbial communities remain poorly documented. The fish gut microbiota, a critical i...
Land use functions (LUFs) are crucial for achieving China’s low-carbon goals, yet their temporal impacts on carbon emissions (CE) remain insufficiently understood. To overcome the limitations of traditional explicit spatial classifications, thi...
Rivers of the Arctic will become ever more important for the global climate, since they carry a majority of continental dissolved organic carbon flux into the rapidly changing polar ocean. Aqueous organics comprise a wide array of functional groups,...
Regional-scale ecosystem service surpluses may mask expanding local deficits in rapidly urbanizing areas, weakening targeted ecological management in the basin. Taking the Pearl River Basin as a case study, we integrated the InVEST model, the ecosyst...
The imbalance in the “production–living–ecology” function (PLEF) has become a major issue for global cities due to the rapid advancement of urbanization and industrialization worldwide. The realization of PLEF coupling and coo...
Rapid urban expansion has increasingly reshaped the carbon budgets of urban agglomerations through land use change. However, the role of functional heterogeneity within construction land remains insufficiently considered when examining the spatial di...
With rapid industrialization and urbanization, the contradiction between the human exploitation of land production and living functions and natural ecosystem service functions has intensified. The issues of how to coordinate the exploitation and cons...
Fat deposition is a significant economic trait in livestock animals. Adipose tissues (ATs) developed in subcutaneous and visceral depots are considered waste whereas those within muscle are highly valued. In river buffaloes, lipogenesis is highly act...
The reservoir water level fluctuation zones (RWLFZs) and the natural riparian zones (NRZs) are two riparian ecosystems with dramatically opposite hydrological rhythms that notably influence the plant guilds. However, little is known about the discrep...
Agricultural non-point source pollution (ANPSP) presents a critical threat to water security in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (UYREB). Traditional export coefficient models (ECMs) often fail to capture the spatially heterogeneo...
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