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Smolders, S., Y. Plancke, S. Ides, P. Meire, and S. Temmerman. "Role of intertidal wetlands for tidal and storm tide attenuation along a confined estuary: a model study." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15, no. 7 (July 30, 2015): 1659–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-1659-2015.
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Abstract. Coastal lowlands and estuaries are subjected to increasing flood risks during storm surges due to global and regional changes. Tidal wetlands are increasingly valued as effective natural buffers for storm surges by dissipating wave energy and providing flood water storage. While previous studies focused on flood wave attenuation within and behind wetlands, this study focuses on the effects of estuarine wetland properties on the attenuation of a storm tide that propagates along the length of an estuary. Wetland properties including elevation, surface area, and location within the estuary were investigated using a numerical model of the Scheldt estuary (Belgium, SW Netherlands). For a spring tide lower wetland elevations result in more attenuation of high water levels along the estuary, while for a higher storm tide higher elevations provide more attenuation compared to lower wetland elevations. For spring and storm tide a larger wetland surface area results in a better attenuation along the estuary up to a threshold wetland size for which larger wetlands do not further contribute to more attenuation. Finally a wetland of the same size and elevation, but located more upstream in the estuary, can store a larger proportion of the local flood volume and therefore has a larger attenuating effect on upstream high water levels. With this paper we aim to contribute towards a better understanding and wider implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation to increasing estuarine flood risks associated with storms.
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Smolders, S., Y. Plancke, S. Ides, P. Meire, and S. Temmerman. "Role of intertidal wetlands for tidal and storm tide attenuation along a confined estuary: a model study." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 3, no. 5 (May 8, 2015): 3181–224. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-3-3181-2015.
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Abstract. Coastal lowlands and estuaries are subjected to increasing flood risks during storm surges due to global and regional changes. Tidal wetlands are increasingly valued as effective natural buffers for storm surges by dissipating wave energy and providing flood water storage. While previous studies focused on flood wave attenuation within and behind wetlands, this study focuses on the effects of estuarine wetland properties on the attenuation of a storm tide that propagates along the length of an estuary. Wetland properties including elevation, surface area, and location within the estuary were investigated using a numerical model of the Scheldt estuary (Belgium, SW Netherlands). For a spring tide lower wetland elevations result in more attenuation of high water levels along the estuary, while for a higher storm tide higher elevations provide more attenuation compared to lower wetland elevations. For spring and storm tide a arger wetland surface area results in a better attenuation along the estuary up to a threshold wetland size for which larger wetlands do not further contribute to more attenuation. Finally a wetland of the same size and elevation, but located more upstream in the estuary, can store a larger proportion of the local flood volume and therefore has a larger attenuating effect on upstream high water levels. With this paper we aim to contribute towards a better understanding and wider implementation of ecosystem-based adaptation to increasing estuarine flood risks associated with storms.
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Cheng, Qian, Lin Fei Zhou, and Yu Long Zhang. "Monetary Value Evaluation of Liaohe River Estuarine Wetland’s Ecosystem Service Function." Advanced Materials Research 518-523 (May 2012): 1180–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.1180.
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In order to achieve sustainable use of Liaohe River estuarine wetland ecosystems resources, this article calculated and analysed the monetary value of service functions for Liaohe River estuarine wetland. The wetland’s monetary value of service functions equals to direct use value plus indirect use value and non-use value. Using method of map data visual interpretation and the classification of functional zones, we identified nine main functions of wetland ecosystem services, classified the wetland’s functional zones. And the monetary value is calculated based on the functional zones with map data after visual interpretation. Conclusions can be made that the ecosystem service function's monetary value of Liaohe River estuarine wetland is a large amount, increasingly awareness on scientific conservation and development of resources should be taken into account.
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Peng, Yan Dong, and Jing Yue Wang. "Study on the Loss and Degradation and Sustainable Development Countermeasures of the Coastal Wetlands in Qinhuangdao." Applied Mechanics and Materials 361-363 (August 2013): 1016–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.361-363.1016.
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Qinhuangdao coastal wetland is the distribution of China's most representative of the sandy coastal wetlands, and its main wetland types are sandy coast wetland, rocky coast wetland, estuarine wetland, lake wetland, shallow sea wetland and artificial wetland. Under the influence of natural factors and human factors, coastal wetlands degradation constantly. Land reclamation, city and port development, pollution, coastal erosion and excessive use of coastal biologic resource are considered as the main factors to the degradation of the coastal wetlands. Based on the analysis the main factors contributing to the loss and degradation of the coastal wetlands and the characteristics of wetland degradation, sustainable development countermeasures are suggested in this paper.
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Lei, Zhi Yi, and Chang Xin Xu. "Wetland Area Holdings in the Yangtze River Estuary." Advanced Materials Research 518-523 (May 2012): 6103–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.6103.
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Wetland resource in Shanghai city is very abundant, and the contradiction between human development and land limit is very violent, so that the development and utilization of wetlands is inevitable. It’s an important way to reclaim wetland to solve the contradiction in Shanghai. Protection can not only take the natural state of wetlands to maintain, and should not be only one habitat model. This paper proposes wetland area balance principle. Then the feasibility of wetland area balance is studied, and wetland area-holdings is proposed as a new concept. Select Jiuduansha wetland, East Chongming wetland and Nanhui beach wetland as examples, the processes of estuarine wetlands development and silting up are studied, research shows that the principle of area balance can be achieved in Yangtze River Estuary.
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Sun, Jiajun, Yangyang Han, Yuping Li, Panyue Zhang, Ling Liu, Yajing Cai, Mengxiang Li, and Hongjie Wang. "Construction of a Near-Natural Estuarine Wetland Evaluation Index System Based on Analytical Hierarchy Process and Its Application." Water 13, no. 15 (July 31, 2021): 2116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13152116.
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Nutrients carried in upstream rivers to lakes are the main cause of eutrophication. Building near-natural estuarine wetlands between rivers and lakes is an effective way to remove pollutants and restore the ecology of estuarine areas. However, for the existing estuarine wetland ecological restoration projects, there is a lack of corresponding evaluation methods and index systems to make a comprehensive assessment of their restoration effects. By summarizing a large amount of literature and doing field research, an index system was constructed by combining the characteristics of the near-natural estuarine wetlands themselves. It covered environmental benefits, technical management and maintenance, and socio-economic functions, and contained 3 systems, 7 criteria, and 16 indicators. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was used to determine the weights of each indicator. The top 5 indicators in order of importance were habitat diversity, total phosphorus (TP), coverage of aquatic plants, ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), and adaptation to the surrounding landscape. The above evaluation system was used for the comprehensive evaluation of the water purification project in the Fuhe estuarine wetland, Hebei Province, as an example. The results showed that the comprehensive score of the Fuhe estuarine wetland at this stage was 4.1492, and the evaluation grade was excellent. The effect of water purification and ecological restoration was good, and the selected technology was suitable and stable in operation. It had a greater positive impact on the surrounding economy and society and can be promoted and applied. The research results were important for clarifying the advantages and defects of the project and developing efficient and advanced restoration technologies.
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Li, Mingyue, Tiezhu Mi, Zhigang Yu, Manman Ma, and Yu Zhen. "Planktonic Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in an Artificially Irrigated Estuarine Wetland: Diversity, Distribution, and Responses to Environmental Parameters." Microorganisms 8, no. 2 (January 31, 2020): 198. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020198.
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Bacterial and archaeal communities play important roles in wetland ecosystems. Although the microbial communities in the soils and sediments of wetlands have been studied extensively, the comprehensive distributions of planktonic bacterial and archaeal communities and their responses to environmental variables in wetlands remain poorly understood. The present study investigated the spatiotemporal characteristics of the bacterial and archaeal communities in the water of an artificially irrigated estuarine wetland of the Liaohe River, China, explored whether the wetland effluent changed the bacterial and archaeal communities in the Liaohe River, and evaluated the driving environmental factors. Within the study, 16S rRNA quantitative PCR methods and MiSeq high-throughput sequencing were used. The bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene abundances showed significant temporal variation. Meanwhile, the bacterial and archaeal structures showed temporal but not spatial variation in the wetland and did not change in the Liaohe River after wetland drainage. Moreover, the bacterial communities tended to have higher diversity in the wetland water in summer and in the scarce zone, while a relatively higher diversity of archaeal communities was found in autumn and in the intensive zone. DO, pH and PO4-P were proven to be the essential environmental parameters shaping the planktonic bacterial and archaeal community structures in the Liaohe River estuarine wetland (LEW). The LEW had a high potential for methanogenesis, which could be reflected by the composition of the microbial communities.
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Yin, Hongyan, Yuanman Hu, Miao Liu, Chunlin Li, and Jiujun Lv. "Ecological and Environmental Effects of Estuarine Wetland Loss Using Keyhole and Landsat Data in Liao River Delta, China." Remote Sensing 13, no. 2 (January 18, 2021): 311. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13020311.
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An estuarine wetland is an area of high ecological productivity and biodiversity, and it is also an anthropic activity hotspot area, which is of concern. The wetlands in estuarine areas have suffered declines, which have had remarkable ecological impacts. The land use changes, especially wetland loss, were studied based on Keyhole and Landsat images in the Liao River delta from 1962 to 2016. The dynamics of the ecosystem service values (ESVs), suitable habitat for birds, and soil heavy metal potential ecological risk were chosen to estimate the ecological effects with the benefit transfer method, synthetic overlaying method, and potential ecological risk index (RI) method, respectively. The driving factors of land use change and ecological effects were analyzed with redundancy analysis (RDA). The results showed that the built-up area increased from 95.98 km2 in 1962 to 591.49 km2 in 2016, and this large change was followed by changes in paddy fields (1351.30 to 1522.39 km2) and dry farmland (189.5 to 294.14 km2). The area of wetlands declined from 1823.16 km2 in 1962 to 1153.52 km2 in 2016, and this change was followed by a decrease in the water area (546.2 to 428.96 km2). The land use change was characterized by increasing built-up (516.25%), paddy fields (12.66%) and dry farmland (55.22%) areas and a decline in the wetland (36.73%) and water areas (21.47%) from 1962–2016. Wetlands decreased by 669.64 km2. The ESV values declined from 6.24 billion US$ to 4.46 billion US$ from 1962 to 2016, which means the ESVs were reduced by 19.26% due to wetlands being cultivated and the urbanization process. The area of suitable habitat for birds decreased by 1449.49 km2, or 61.42% of the total area available in 1962. Cd was the primary soil heavy metal pollutant based on its concentration, accumulation, and potential ecological risk contribution. The RDA showed that the driving factors of comprehensive ecological effects include wetland area, Cd and Cr concentration, river and oil well distributions. This study provides a comprehensive approach for estuarine wetland cultivation and scientific support for wetland conservation.
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Li, Lifeng, Fangli Su, Mark T. Brown, Haisheng Liu, and Tieliang Wang. "Assessment of Ecosystem Service Value of the Liaohe Estuarine Wetland." Applied Sciences 8, no. 12 (December 10, 2018): 2561. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8122561.
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The functions and services of wetland ecosystems to human society have been generally recognized. Currently, most evaluations of wetlands are a comprehensive evaluation of their ultimate value. It is rare to discuss for energy and matter lost and transferred. In this study, emergy theory was used to assess the ultimate and intermediate service values of the Liaohe estuarine wetland ecosystem. Results show that its ultimate service value was $28.2 million, and its intermediate service value was $35,614.03 million. The 1263 time difference between intermediate and ultimate value shows that much server value was dissipated in the form of energy. In the ultimate service value, the value of adjusting the atmosphere was $8.02 million, accounting for 28.45% of the total value, and flood diversion and storage value was $6.98 million, accounting for 24.75%. These results illustrate that the most important service value of the Liaohe estuarine wetland ecosystem is to adjust the atmosphere and divert and store floods. In intermediate service value, maintaining-biodiversity value was $34,182 million, accounting for 95.98% of total value, showing that the Liaohe estuarine wetland plays an important role in species resources and regional seed banks.
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Carter, Virginia. "An overview of the hydrologic concerns related to wetlands in the United States." Canadian Journal of Botany 64, no. 2 (February 1, 1986): 364–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b86-053.
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There is a tremendous diversity in wetland types and wetland vegetation in the United States, caused primarily by regional, geologic, topographic, and climatic differences. Wetland hydrology, a primary driving force influencing wetland ecology, development, and persistence, is as yet poorly understood. The interaction between groundwater and surface water and the discharge–recharge relationships in wetlands affect water quality and nutrient budgets as well as vegetative composition. Hydrologic considerations necessary for an improved understanding of wetland ecology include detailed water budgets, water chemistry, water regime, and boundary conditions. Wetland values are often based on perceived wetland functions. These hydrologic functions include (i) flood storage and flood-peak desynchronization, (ii) recharge and discharge, (iii) base flow and estuarine water balance, and (iv) water-quality regulation. Expanded research and basic data collection focussed on wetland hydrology and its relation to wetland ecology are needed to identify and quantify the hydrologic functions of wetlands.
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C. Paton, David, Daniel J. Rogers, Kane Aldridge, Brian Deegan, and Justin Brookes. "A future for the Coorong and Lower Lakes." Pacific Conservation Biology 15, no. 1 (2009): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc090007.
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The Coorong and Lower Lakes are listed as a Wetland of International Significance under the Ramsar Convention. This wetland system was nominated because of the diversity of wetlands that were supported: fresh, estuarine and hypermarine; and because of the importance of the area to vast numbers of water birds: ducks, swans, pelicans, terns, grebes, and migratory sandpipers and endemic shorebirds (stilts, avocets).
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Cheng, Qian, Lin Fei Zhou, Yu Long Zhang, and Tie Liang Wang. "Construction of Ecological Function Evaluation Index System for Linghe Estuarine Wetland Natural Reserve." Applied Mechanics and Materials 513-517 (February 2014): 4269–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.513-517.4269.
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Based on the structural characteristics of the wetland ecological environment, we analyzed and evaluated the ecological functions of Linghe estuarine wetland quantitatively with methods of AHP and index judgment. The results showed, functions of regulating floods, biological products and soil conservation played relatively important role. The complex function of Ling estuarine wetland is in common level; the ecosystem is relatively stable to play fundamental ecological functions. AHP method made the ecological function indicators that are difficult to quantify more simple and intuitive. The article developed a new way of planning, management and conservation of the wetland with AHP method in sustainable development of Linghe Estuarine wetland.
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Shreffler, David K., Charles A. Simenstad, and Ronald M. Thom. "Temporary Residence by Juvenile Salmon in a Restored Estuarine Wetland." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47, no. 11 (November 1, 1990): 2079–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f90-232.
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Juvenile Pacific salmon utilizing the recently restored Lincoln Avenue wetland system in the Puyallup River estuary, Tacoma, Washington, were studied during their spring seaward migration in 1987 and 1988. Mark/recapture experiments indicated that 0.06% of the outmigrating juvenile chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) and 0.59% of the outmigrating juvenile chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) entered the wetland. Estimated residence times of individual juvenile chum salmon averaged approximately 2 d (range 1–9 d) and juvenile chinook salmon approximately 5 d (volitional) and 38 d (spray-marked) (total range 1–43 d). The restored wetland system currently provides habitat for the temporary residence of migrating juvenile chum and fall chinook salmon, but rigorous evaluation of the benefit of residency is constrained by the lack of data from comparable natural wetlands.
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Hanford, J. K., D. F. Hochuli, and C. E. Webb. "Observations of an unexpected abundance of estuarine mosquitoes associated with an urban freshwater wetland." Australian Zoologist 41, no. 1 (October 1, 2020): 80–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.7882/az.2020.014.
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ABSTRACT Urban freshwater wetlands have been identified as a potential source of mosquitoes of pest and public health concern in Australia. Mosquitoes most commonly associated with these habitats include Anopheles annulipes, Culex annulirostris, Culex quinquefasciatus, Coquillettidia linealis and Mansonia uniformis. However, adaptive management of freshwater wetlands for wildlife conservation or vegetation management can alter the local environmental conditions and may provide opportunities for other mosquito species to exploit these habitats. A series of small wetlands at Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, were drained in spring 2016 and allowed to refill via rainfall to improve conditions for the endangered green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea. Below-average rainfall was experienced that summer and the wetlands did not fully refill until early autumn. Surprisingly, immature stages of the estuarine mosquito, Aedes vigilax, were observed in the freshwater wetlands in exceptional abundances during this period. Adjacent to these freshwater wetlands there are extensive saltmarsh and mangrove habitats where highly abundant populations of Ae. vigilax are common. Observations of use of freshwater habitats by this estuarine mosquito have implications for urban freshwater wetland management and rehabilitation strategies, which currently do not consider the potential pest and public health issues associated with estuarine mosquitoes.
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Lu, Yan, and Hongwen Xu. "Distribution Characteristic of Soil Organic Carbon Fraction in Different Types of Wetland in Hongze Lake of China." Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/487961.
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Soil organic carbon fractions included microbial biomass carbon (MBC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and labile organic carbon (LOC), which was investigated over a 0–20 cm depth profile in three types of wetland in Hongze Lake of China. Their ecoenvironmental effect and the relationships with soil organic carbon (SOC) were analyzed in present experiment. The results showed that both active and SOC contents were in order reduced by estuarine wetland, flood plain, and out-of-lake wetland. Pearson correlative analysis indicated that MBC and DOC were positively related to SOC. The lowest ratios of MBC and DOC to SOC in the estuarine wetland suggested that the turnover rate of microbial active carbon pool was fairly low in this kind of wetland. Our results showed that estuarine wetland had a strong carbon sink function, which played important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; besides, changes of water condition might affect the accumulation and decomposition of organic carbon in the wetland soils.
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Mazumder, Debashish, Neil Saintilan, Robert J. Williams, and Ron Szymczak. "Trophic importance of a temperate intertidal wetland to resident and itinerant taxa: evidence from multiple stable isotope analyses." Marine and Freshwater Research 62, no. 1 (2011): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf10076.
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Juveniles of commercially important fish species congregate in shallow vegetated estuarine habitats during high tides. Considerable debate has centred on whether the significance of these habitats lies in their provision of greater feeding opportunities, or shelter from predation afforded by greater structural complexity. We tested the hypothesis that an inundated mangrove and saltmarsh wetland provided feeding opportunities for itinerant species, and that the contribution of wetland primary producers and grazing herbivores could be identified in their diet, using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Potential sources of dietary carbon included mangrove, saltmarsh, seagrass, seagrass epiphytic material and benthic organic material. Saltmarsh plants (mostly Sporobolus virginicus and Juncus kraussii) and fine benthic organic material appeared to be the primary sources of dietary carbon for the resident grazing herbivores in the wetlands, based on IsoSource mixing models. During high tide, species of itinerant fish enter the mangrove and, when inundated, the saltmarsh, and feed primarily on crab larvae and copepods. Fine benthic organic matter, seagrass epiphyte, and C3 and C4 plant materials also supplement the diet of some fish. The crab larvae therefore provide a significant source of nutrition and an important link between the intertidal wetlands and the adjacent estuarine ecosystem. The carnivorous fish Acanthopagrus australis, at the highest trophic level, hunted within or adjacent to the mangrove–saltmarsh wetland and fed on several lower-order consumers within the wetland. The present study highlights the significance of mangrove and saltmarsh wetlands as a feeding habitat for resident grazers and itinerant nekton.
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Abrantes, Kátya, and Marcus Sheaves. "Sources of nutrition supporting juvenile penaeid prawns in an Australian dry tropics estuary." Marine and Freshwater Research 60, no. 9 (2009): 949. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08269.
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Prawn fisheries are among the main sources of income in several tropical countries, where juveniles of many species inhabit estuarine wetlands. Although plants in these wetlands are considered to be essential food sources for juvenile prawns, some studies suggest that wetland producers are of limited importance. In the present study, δ13C and δ15N were used to identify differences in diet between penaeid species and size classes, and to determine if terrestrial wetland producers are important for nutrition. Two estuarine floodplain pools were sampled: one surrounded by mangroves and one surrounded by salt marsh. There were differences in diet between species and size classes. As mangrove δ13C (–29.7 to –26.3‰) was very different from salt marsh δ13C (–16.3 to –15.4‰), the importance of these producers was examined by comparing the isotopic composition of the prawns between sites and by using the IsoSource model. Although aquatic sources were the most important, salt marsh grass was also a significant contributor, supporting the hypothesis that these wetland producers are important for juvenile prawn nutrition. There was no evidence that mangrove material was of major importance for any species, suggesting that mangrove productivity is not the primary reason for the occurrence of penaeid prawns in mangrove habitats.
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Kingsford, R. T., K. Brandis, R. F. Thomas, P. Crighton, E. Knowles, and E. Gale. "Classifying landform at broad spatial scales: the distribution and conservation of wetlands in New South Wales, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 55, no. 1 (2004): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf03075.
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Relatively few large-scale inventories of the world's wetlands exist because of the difficulties of spatial scale, associated cost and multiple objectives, often temporally confounded, that drive classification. The extent of wetlands across a large part of Australia (New South Wales, 80.6 million ha) was determined using satellite image analyses. These data allowed analyses of the distribution of wetlands, their conservation status and potential threats at different spatial scales; that is, State, coastal and inland, and catchment. Approximately 5.6% of New South Wales is wetland (4.5 million ha), mostly (96%) in inland river catchments. Broad classification allowed identification of the extent of wetland types: (i) floodplains (89%); (ii) freshwater lakes (6.6%); (iii) saline lakes (< 1%); (iv) estuarine wetlands (2.5%); and (v) coastal lagoons and lakes (1.5%). Conservation reserves protect only 3% of wetland area. The analyses identified the north-west as the key area for wetland conservation as most other catchments have lower wetland extent and more potential threatening processes. The first stage of a large-scale inventory is to determine the extent and location of wetlands, with immediate benefits for strategic conservation and management. Other objectives (e.g. classification, biotic composition, hydrology and threats) seldom have sufficient data available for large-scale inventories but can be completed later with resources.
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Gao, Yin, Lijuan Cui, Jianjun Liu, Wei Li, and Yinru Lei. "China's coastal-wetland change analysis based on high-resolution remote sensing." Marine and Freshwater Research 71, no. 9 (2020): 1161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf19062.
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Coastal wetlands not only have abundant biodiversity and high productivity, but they also play an irreplaceable and important role in regional ecosystems. Because of the complex structure and dynamic characteristics of coastal wetlands, it is difficult to observe the spatial changes of coastal wetlands on a large scale and improve data reliability. In this study, a spatially constrained manual-interpretation method based on nationwide high-resolution images in 2017 was adopted to extract China’s coastal wetland distribution, and, then, the second national wetland-survey data from 2011 were used as a baseline for change analysis. The results showed that under the influence of natural conditions and human activities, China’s coastal wetlands have decreased in distribution in the past 6 years. The situation of coastal wetland reclamation is critical, and the hotspot regions are mainly distributed in Bohai Bay, middle of Jiangsu province and Hangzhou Bay. Farming reclamation is another factor that occupies coastal wetlands in China, and main occupied wetlands are mudflats, shallow sea, tidal flats, intertidal salt marshes and estuarine waters. Tide is the main factor affecting extraction of wetlands, the spatially constrained method had a positive effect on wetland detection, and has potential to improve automatic algorithms of complex coastal wetlands.
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Sun, Jiajun, Panyue Zhang, Jinsong Liang, Yajing Cai, Yangyang Han, Mengxiang Li, Zhi Wang, and Yuping Li. "Study on water purification effects and microbial community compositions of the estuarine wetland buffer zones during a low-temperature period." E3S Web of Conferences 300 (2021): 02009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202130002009.
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The estuarine wetland buffer zone of the Fuhe river plays an important role in terms of improving water quality of Baiyangdian lake. In this study, the water purification effect and microbial community composition of an estuarine wetland buffer zone during a low-temperature period were investigated (March, 2021). The results indicated that the pre-sedimentation ecological pond (Pep), the subsurface flow wetland (Sfw), and the aquatic plant pond (App) exhibited good removal effects on total phosphorus (TP) and NH3-N. In contrast, the removal effects on chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total nitrogen (TN) was unsatisfied. Various phosphorus removal bacteria were detected in the water samples from the Pep and the Sfw, such as Arthrobacter, Flavobacterium, and Planococcus. These findings indicated the water purification performance and the microbial community composition in an estuarine wetland buffer zone during a low-temperature period.
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Sheaves, Marcus, Ross Johnston, and Kátya Abrantes. "Fish fauna of dry tropical and subtropical estuarine floodplain wetlands." Marine and Freshwater Research 58, no. 10 (2007): 931. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf06246.
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Estuarine floodplain wetland pools occur adjacent to marine coasts and estuaries throughout the world. In Australia’s dry tropics and sub-tropics, low and irregular rainfall means estuarine wetland pools are isolated for much of the time, resulting in varied within-pool conditions, with chemistry ranging from fresh to hypersaline, depending on the balance between freshwater and marine inputs and the time between connections. Varied physical conditions and irregular connectivity provide the potential for substantial faunal difference among pools. The present study compares the compositions and structures of the fish fauna of a broad cross section of estuarine wetland pools adjacent to the estuary of the Fitzroy River, one of the largest rivers in Australia’s dry tropical/subtropical zone. Ten pools were sampled between February 2004 and May 2005. The total species richness was low, with the 6123 fish recorded over the study, comprising only 44 species. This low species richness was reflected at the individual pool level, with a maximum total richness of 25 species in a single pool. Different pools had faunas that differed as a function of the proportion of the community comprised of marine spawned, compared with freshwater spawned, species. This was a reflection of the extent of connectivity to freshwater and marine systems, which determined both the physical nature of pools and the sources of faunal supply. Despite faunal differences among pools, at a functional level pool fish faunas were dominated by detritivores, regardless of pool type, size, season or connectedness.
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Cheng, Qian, Lin Fei Zhou, and Yu Long Zhang. "Ecological Environment Evaluation of Liaohe Delta Wetland Based on PSR Model." Advanced Materials Research 518-523 (May 2012): 1133–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.1133.
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Liaohe Delta estuarine wetland is the largest estuarine wetland in northeast China, the article proposed eco-environmental evaluation indicators system for the wetland based on PSR model. By selecting indicators of pressure, state and response, we analyzed dynamic variations of the ecological environment and fragmentation status of the wetland. The results showed that the main pressure of the wetland is from agricultural production and urban expansion since 1988, which resulted in large-scale land reclamation, expansion of rice planting area and reduction of tidal flat areas. The internal structure and status of the wetland had experienced significant variations and the trend of fragmentation was evident. With negative effects of dwindling wetland resources, human-being’s reasonable response to the variations of wetland status should be in three aspects: scientific classification of functional zones, conversion of appropriate economic model and adjustment of the industrial structure. Thus achieve the coordination of ecological protection and industrial economic development.
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Gell, Peter. "Wetland management: preparing for climate and coastal change using adaptation pathways." E3S Web of Conferences 202 (2020): 01004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202020201004.
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Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened in the world. The list of threatened species in freshwater ecosystems is greater than that in terrestrial or marine systems and freshwater vertebrates are particularly at risk. Freshwater wetlands have evolved in coastal zones protected from tidal influence by barrier dune systems. Similarly, estuaries have supported zones of low salinity diluted by flows from land, but water resource development has limited these flows and driven ecological change in estuarine systems. These historical uses of river flows, and the impacts of catchment development on water quality and yields, have combined to threaten coastal wetland ecosystems. They are now under increasing threat through climate change driven alterations to hydroclimatic conditions, as well an rising sea levels which risk inundation of low lying coastal regions, including wetlands. Coastal freshwater systems offer considerable ecosystem services to human systems and host significant biodiversity assets. These have been subjected to increased risk through catchment and coastal development, but are now acutely threatened through changed river flows and elevated sea levels that result from climate change. Managing these systems requires an adaptation pathways approach that accommodates human needs, and society’s obligations to global biodiversity.
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Wang, Dongqi, Zhenlou Chen, and Shiyuan Xu. "Methane emission from Yangtze estuarine wetland, China." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 114, G2 (May 15, 2009): n/a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008jg000857.
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Zhu, Changming, Xin Zhang, and Qiaohua Huang. "Four Decades of Estuarine Wetland Changes in the Yellow River Delta Based on Landsat Observations Between 1973 and 2013." Water 10, no. 7 (July 13, 2018): 933. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10070933.
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Yellow River Delta wetlands are essential for the migration of endangered birds and breeding. The wetlands, however, have been severely damaged during recent decades, partly due to the lack of wetland ecosystem protection by authorities. To have a better historical understanding of the spatio-temporal dynamics of the wetlands, this study aims to map and characterize patterns of the loss and degradation of wetlands in the Yellow River Delta using a time series of remotely sensed images (at nine points in time) based on object-based image analysis and knowledge transfer learning technology. Spatio-temporal analysis was conducted to document the long-term changes taking place in different wetlands over the four decades. The results showed that the Yellow River Delta wetlands have experienced significant changes between 1973 and 2013. The total area of wetlands has been reduced by 683.12 km2 during the overall period and the trend of loss continues. However, the rates and trends of change for the different types of wetlands were not the same. The natural wetlands showed a statistically significant decrease in area during the overall period (36.04 km2·year−1). Meanwhile, the artificial wetlands had the opposite trend and showed a statistically significant increase in area during the past four decades (18.96 km2·year−1). According to the change characteristics revealed by the time series wetland classification maps, the evolution process of the Yellow River Delta wetlands could be divided into three stages: (1) From 1973–1984, basically stable, but with little increase; (2) from 1984–1995, rapid loss; and (3) from 1995–2013, slow loss. The area of the wetlands reached a low point around 1995, and then with a little improvement, the regional wetlands entered a slow loss stage. It is believed that interference by human activities (e.g., urban construction, cropland creation, and oil exploitation) was the main reason for wetland degradation in the Yellow River Delta over the past four decades. Climate change also has long-term impacts on regional wetlands. In addition, due to the special geographical environment, the hydrological and sediment conditions and the location of the Yellow River mouth also have a significant influence on the evolution process of the wetlands.
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Wang, Yan, Jie Bai, and Yang Guo Zhao. "Influence of Salinity on Distribution of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Laohe Estuarine Wetland, China." Advanced Materials Research 726-731 (August 2013): 1332–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.726-731.1332.
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Soil salinization in Laohe estuarine wetland is becoming more serious, thus the characteristics of AOB in different salt salinity have drawn more attention. Our study investigated the spatial and temporal distribution of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in different salinity soils in Laohe estuarine wetland. Results show that the largest amount of AOB appeared when salinity was 10g/kg, and decrease when salinity was higher (15g/kg, 20g/kg) or lower (2g/kg, 5g/kg). The distribution of AOB shows that the AOB amount is larger in surface layer (0-20cm) than middle layer (20-40cm) or the bottom layer (40-60cm); the AOB is more abundant in summer than autumn. Results indicate that salinity is a key factor on the AOB abundance, but not an influencer on the vertical and temporal distribution of AOB in estuarine wetland. Temperature and organic content are the related factors of the vertical distribution of AOB abundance, and the growth of reed is also an important influence factor on the variation of AOB during different seasons.
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White, Eric D., Ehab Meselhe, Denise Reed, Alisha Renfro, Natalie Peyronnin Snider, and Yushi Wang. "Mitigating the Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Estuaries of the Mississippi Delta Plain Using River Diversions." Water 11, no. 10 (September 28, 2019): 2028. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11102028.
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Using the Mississippi River as a tool for restoration has been a key element of restoration planning in Louisiana for decades. The results of allowing river water and sediment back into the coastal system are manifested in a number of places in present day Louisiana, with additional plans for large scale sediment and water diversions from the Mississippi River. Many previous numerical modeling studies have focused on sediment delivery to Louisiana estuaries. This study examines the effects of river diversions on salinity gradients in receiving estuarine basins. The Integrated Compartment Model, a planning-level model that simulates multi-decadal change in estuarine hydrodynamics and wetland systems under assumed sea-level rise scenarios, was used to assess the estuarine salinity gradient under potential management regimes. The simulations for current conditions are compared to a future 50-year simulation with additional diversions, as well as cases with a variety of diversion options. This modeling analysis shows that without additional action, 50-years of sea-level rise could result in substantial increases in salinity throughout the Mississippi Delta Plain estuaries. This can be largely offset with additional large river diversions which can maintain variable salinity gradients throughout the estuary basins.
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Howe, Alice J., José F. Rodríguez, Jennifer Spencer, Geoff R. MacFarlane, and Neil Saintilan. "Response of estuarine wetlands to reinstatement of tidal flows." Marine and Freshwater Research 61, no. 6 (2010): 702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf09171.
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The importance of estuarine wetlands to ecosystem services such as primary productivity and flood attenuation, as well as their function as habitat for threatened species has prompted efforts to restore tidal flows to degraded wetlands. We tracked the response of estuarine vegetation to tidal-flow reinstatement over 12 years (1995–2007) in a wetland of the Hunter estuary, Australia. This site provides important habitat for migratory shorebird species, which favour shallow tidal pools and saltmarsh over mangrove forest. Increased tidal flows following culvert removal reduced shorebird roost habitat by 17% because of mangrove encroachment on saltmarsh and shallow tidal pools. Saltmarsh occurred in areas with a spring tidal range <0.3 m, hydroperiod <1.0 and elevation >0.4 above the Australian height datum (mAHD), whereas mangrove occupied areas with spring tidal range >0.3 m, hydroperiod <0.45 and elevation <0.4 mAHD. By using these parameters, it is possible to exclude mangrove from saltmarsh areas and to establish saltmarsh at lower elevations in the tidal frame than would occur under natural conditions, effectively expanding saltmarsh area. These measures can be useful where landward migration of estuarine communities is restricted by infrastructure; however, they should not be considered a substitute for conservation of remnant saltmarsh or establishment of landward buffer zones.
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Chamberlain, Debbie A., Stuart R. Phinn, and Hugh P. Possingham. "Mangrove Forest Cover and Phenology with Landsat Dense Time Series in Central Queensland, Australia." Remote Sensing 13, no. 15 (August 2, 2021): 3032. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13153032.
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Wetlands are one of the most biologically productive ecosystems. Wetland ecosystem services, ranging from provision of food security to climate change mitigation, are enormous, far outweighing those of dryland ecosystems per hectare. However, land use change and water regulation infrastructure have reduced connectivity in many river systems and with floodplain and estuarine wetlands. Mangrove forests are critical communities for carbon uptake and storage, pollution control and detoxification, and regulation of natural hazards. Although the clearing of mangroves in Australia is strictly regulated, Great Barrier Reef catchments have suffered landscape modifications and hydrological alterations that can kill mangroves. We used remote sensing datasets to investigate land cover change and both intra- and inter-annual seasonality in mangrove forests in a large estuarine region of Central Queensland, Australia, which encompasses a national park and Ramsar Wetland, and is adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage site. We built a time series using spectral, auxiliary, and phenology variables with Landsat surface reflectance products, accessed in Google Earth Engine. Two land cover classes were generated (mangrove versus non-mangrove) in a Random Forest classification. Mangroves decreased by 1480 hectares (−2.31%) from 2009 to 2019. The overall classification accuracies and Kappa coefficient for 2008–2010 and 2018–2020 land cover maps were 95% and 95%, respectively. Using an NDVI-based time series we examined intra- and inter-annual seasonality with linear and harmonic regression models, and second with TIMESAT metrics of mangrove forests in three sections of our study region. Our findings suggest a relationship between mangrove growth phenology along with precipitation anomalies and severe tropical cyclone occurrence over the time series. The detection of responses to extreme events is important to improve understanding of the connections between climate, extreme weather events, and biodiversity in estuarine and mangrove ecosystems.
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Hughes, Catherine E., Philip Binning, and Garry R. Willgoose. "Characterisation of the hydrology of an estuarine wetland." Journal of Hydrology 211, no. 1-4 (November 1998): 34–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-1694(98)00194-2.
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Hsu, Ming‐Hsi, Albert Y. Kuo, Jan‐Tai Kuo, and Wen‐Cheng Liu. "Modeling estuarine hydrodynamics and salinity for wetland restoration." Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A 33, no. 5 (July 1998): 891–921. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10934529809376768.
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Chamberlain, Debbie, Stuart Phinn, and Hugh Possingham. "Remote Sensing of Mangroves and Estuarine Communities in Central Queensland, Australia." Remote Sensing 12, no. 1 (January 6, 2020): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12010197.
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Great Barrier Reef catchments are under pressure from the effects of climate change, landscape modifications, and hydrology alterations. With the use of remote sensing datasets covering large areas, conventional methods of change detection can expose broad transitions, whereas workflows that excerpt data for time-series trends divulge more subtle transformations of land cover modification. Here, we combine both these approaches to investigate change and trends in a large estuarine region of Central Queensland, Australia, that encompasses a national park and is adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage site. Nine information classes were compiled in a maximum likelihood post classification change analysis in 2004–2017. Mangroves decreased (1146 hectares), as was the case with estuarine wetland (1495 hectares), and saltmarsh grass (1546 hectares). The overall classification accuracies and Kappa coefficient for 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, and 2017 land cover maps were 85%, 88%, 88%, 89%, 81%, and 92%, respectively. The cumulative area of open forest, estuarine wetland, and saltmarsh grass (1628 hectares) was converted to pasture in a thematic change analysis showing the “from–to” change. We generated linear regression relationships to examine trends in pixel values across the time series. Our findings from a trend analysis showed a decreasing trend (p value range = 0.001–0.099) in the vegetation extent of open forest, fringing mangroves, estuarine wetlands, saltmarsh grass, and grazing areas, but this was inconsistent across the study site. Similar to reports from tropical regions elsewhere, saltmarsh grass is poorly represented in the national park. A severe tropical cyclone preceding the capture of the 2017 Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) image was likely the main driver for reduced areas of shoreline and stream vegetation. Our research contributes to the body of knowledge on coastal ecosystem dynamics to enable planning to achieve more effective conservation outcomes.
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Zhang, Xiao Lei, and Feng Ran Zhang. "Preliminary Analysis on Protection an Ecological Evaluation System of Yellow River Delta Wetland." Applied Mechanics and Materials 178-181 (May 2012): 1065–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.178-181.1065.
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Wetland ecosystem is listed as one of three supreme ecosystems, which has various ecological functions of resisting flood, regulating runoff, improving the climate, controlling pollution, beautifying the environment and maintaining the regional ecological balance. The health of estuarine wetland ecosystem is very important for the river to maintain its healthy life and to achieve the sustainable development of resources and the environment. Based on the analysis of the Yellow River Delta wetland resources, the authors established a series of ecological evaluation systems and put forward countermeasures of wetland conservation and sustainable utilization.
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Shapiro, Karen, Patricia A. Conrad, Jonna A. K. Mazet, Wesley W. Wallender, Woutrina A. Miller, and John L. Largier. "Effect of Estuarine Wetland Degradation on Transport of Toxoplasma gondii Surrogates from Land to Sea." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76, no. 20 (August 27, 2010): 6821–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01435-10.
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ABSTRACT The flux of terrestrially derived pathogens to coastal waters presents a significant health risk to marine wildlife, as well as to humans who utilize the nearshore for recreation and seafood harvest. Anthropogenic changes in natural habitats may result in increased transmission of zoonotic pathogens to coastal waters. The objective of our work was to evaluate how human-caused alterations of coastal landscapes in California affect the transport of Toxoplasma gondii to estuarine waters. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that is excreted in the feces of infected felids and is thought to reach coastal waters in contaminated runoff. This zoonotic pathogen causes waterborne toxoplasmosis in humans and is a significant cause of death in threatened California sea otters. Surrogate particles that mimic the behavior of T. gondii oocysts in water were released in transport studies to evaluate if the loss of estuarine wetlands is contributing to an increased flux of oocysts into coastal waters. Compared to vegetated sites, more surrogates were recovered from unvegetated mudflat habitats, which represent degraded wetlands. Specifically, in Elkhorn Slough, where a large proportion of otters are infected with T. gondii, erosion of 36% of vegetated wetlands to mudflats may increase the flux of oocysts by more than 2 orders of magnitude. Total degradation of wetlands may result in increased Toxoplasma transport of 6 orders of magnitude or more. Destruction of wetland habitats along central coastal California may thus facilitate pathogen pollution in coastal waters with detrimental health impacts to wildlife and humans.
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Greenway, Margaret, and John S. Simpson. "Artificial wetlands for wastewater treatment, water reuse and wildlife in Queensland, Australia." Water Science and Technology 33, no. 10-11 (May 1, 1996): 221–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1996.0678.
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Queensland, Australia has a subtropical-tropical climate with dry winters and wet monsoonal summers. Arid climatic conditions prevail inland with hot dry days and cold nights. The climatic conditions are conducive to high plant growth rates and hence offer great potential for constructed wetlands for water pollution control. The water (a scarce resource during the dry season and in arid regions) can also be used to irrigate crops, playing fields, parks and gardens or golf courses. The water discharged from the wetlands is also of an acceptable quality to flow into estuarine and riverine environments. Many natural wetlands are only seasonally inundated and during the dry season wildlife has to seek alternative refuges. Artificial wetlands receiving sewage effluent provide permanent wildlife habitats and improve the landscape amenity. The Queensland government's Department of Primary Industries has initiated an Artificial Wetlands for Water Pollution Research Program. Under this scheme 10 experimental pilot artificial wetlands have been established and a further 6 university research projects are being conducted on various aspects of artificial wetlands including nutrient and heavy metal uptake and bioavailability in wetland plants, sediment biogeochemistry and mass balances. One gold mine rehabilitation project has an artificial wetland to treat mine leachate. This paper presents 3 case studies which include significant results with respect to wastewater polishing and re-use.
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Manzano C., Mario, Eduardo Jaramillo L., and Mario Pino Q. "Tidal flats of recent origin: distribution and sedimentological characterization in the estuarine Cruces River wetland, Chile." Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 48, no. 4 (September 1, 2020): 662–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3856/vol48-issue4-fulltext-2381.
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The sedimentary intertidal surfaces (tidal flats from here on) in coastal wetlands are globally recognized by their biological diversity and available ecosystem services. In Chile, these environments are mainly distributed between 30 and 41°S and associated with micro-tidal estuaries. The estuarine Cruces River Wetland (CRW) was formed by tectonic subsidence caused by the giant 9.5 MW Valdivia earthquake in May 1960. The CRW is characterized by relatively uniform water quality conditions and tidal ranges and a significant increase of discharge and elevation of the water table concurrent with intense winter precipitations. The present study focuses on the presence and distribution of tidal flats in the CRW. It evaluates the spatio-temporal variability (April vs. December 2016) of texture and geochemical parameters (pH and ORP (oxidation/reduction potential, ORP)) of surface sediments in six particular tidal flats located along the main channel of the Cruces River. Most of the tidal flats are located in the northern and southern sectors of the CRW. Those located in the middle and southern sectors of the study area exhibit denser coverage with vestigial tree trunks that evidence the former presence of marsh forests along the flooded shores. The texture of the studied sediments is dominated by sand (0.063-2 mm), followed by mud grain size fractions (<0.063 mm). The mud fraction is the only grain size showing significant differences between the studied tidal flats. Both the pH and ORP values vary significantly between sites and sampling periods. In general, ORP values were lower or negative in samples with higher mud and total organic matter contents collected mainly during both sampling times. These results set the first baseline for textural and basic geochemical characteristics of surface sediments from tidal flats in the Cruces River wetland. The database provides a primary tool for evaluating potential effects of possible alterations along the margins of the wetland, which is located in an area of the rapid development of forestry and industrial activities as well as urban expansion.
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Hong, Hualong, Binghuang Zhang, and Haoliang Lu. "Seasonal Variation and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal in an Estuarine Mangrove Wetland." Water 13, no. 15 (July 29, 2021): 2064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13152064.
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Potential toxic metal pollution in mangroves has attracted extensive attention globally; however, the seasonal variation of potential toxic metals in mangrove wetlands is still poorly understood. Herein, we investigated the variation of content as well as chemical speciation of typical metals (Pb, Cr, Zn and Cu) in the sediments from the Zhangjiang Estuary mangrove wetland, China. The potential risk of metal contamination was also investigated. Compared to the wet season, we found that sediment metal content was higher in the dry season. Mangrove sites show accumulated significant metals than does the mudflat both in wet and dry seasons. Geo-accumulation (Igeo) shows moderate pollution, probably because of the dilution as result of runoff and tidal hydrodynamics in the wet season. Increased concentrations of all metals in the acid-soluble fraction and decreased metal contents in the residue fraction were found in the dry season. Risk assessment indicated that the concentrations of Pb poses a higher environmental risk in the dry season. These results can increase awareness of metal pollution in the dry season and provide information for potential toxic metal management in mangrove wetlands.
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Abrantes, Kátya, and Marcus Sheaves. "Incorporation of terrestrial wetland material into aquatic food webs in a tropical estuarine wetland." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 80, no. 3 (November 2008): 401–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.09.009.
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Saintilan, Neil. "Relationships between estuarine geomorphology, wetland extent and fish landings in New South Wales estuaries." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 61, no. 4 (December 2004): 591–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.07.002.
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Shreffler, David K., Charles A. Simenstad, and Ronald M. Thom. "Foraging by Juvenile Salmon in a Restored Estuarine Wetland." Estuaries 15, no. 2 (June 1992): 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1352693.
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Grenfell, S. E., R. M. Callaway, M. C. Grenfell, C. M. Bertelli, A. F. Mendzil, and I. Tew. "Will a rising sea sink some estuarine wetland ecosystems?" Science of The Total Environment 554-555 (June 2016): 276–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.196.
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Park, Sung-Joon, Jung-Hye Choi, and Chang-Jun Cha. "Chryseobacterium rigui sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine wetland." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63, Pt_3 (March 1, 2013): 1062–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.040519-0.
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A bacterium, designated strain CJ16T, was isolated from the estuarine wetland of the Han River. Cells of the isolate were yellow-pigmented, Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and rod-shaped. Growth of strain CJ16T was observed in TSB at 5–37 °C (optimum 30 °C), at pH 5.0–9.0 (optimum pH 6.0) and with 0–3 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum 0 %). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain CJ16T was most closely related to Chryseobacterium hagamense KCTC 22545T (97.2 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity). Genomic relatedness based on DNA–DNA hybridization between strain CJ16T and C. hagamense KCTC 22545T was 23 % (strain CJ16T as probe) and 19 % (strain KCTC 22545T as probe). Chemotaxonomic analysis revealed that strain CJ16T possessed MK-6 as the major isoprenoid quinone and sym-homospermidine as the predominant polyamine. The predominant fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (26.9 %), iso-C17 : 0 3-OH (16.8 %) and summed feature 9 (comprising C16 : 0 10-methyl and/or iso-C17 : 1ω9c; 10.5 %). The DNA G+C content of strain CJ16T was 37.9 mol%. Based on phenotypic, genotypic and phylogenetic studies, strain CJ16T represents a novel species of the genus Chryseobacterium , for which the name Chryseobacterium rigui sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CJ16T ( = KACC 16560T = JCM 18078T).
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Bae, Jee-Yeon, Ki-Yeon Kim, Ju-Hyoung Kim, Kangseok Lee, Jang-Cheon Cho, and Chang-Jun Cha. "Paenibacillus aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from an estuarine wetland." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60, no. 3 (March 1, 2010): 644–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.011544-0.
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A novel bacterial strain designated CJ25T was isolated from the estuarine wetland of the Han river in Korea. Identification of this strain was carried out on the basis of polyphasic taxonomy. The isolate was Gram-staining-positive, rod-shaped, non-pigmented and motile. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that the isolate was closely related to Paenibacillus chondroitinus DSM 5051T with 96.1 % similarity. The predominant fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 (50.25 %), iso-C16 : 0 (18.54 %) and iso-C15 : 0 (10.00 %). The major isoprenoid quinone was MK-7. The G+C content of genomic DNA was 50 mol%. According to physiological data and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, the isolate was discriminated from related members of the genus Paenibacillus. Therefore, strain CJ25T represents a novel species of the genus Paenibacillus, for which the name Paenibacillus aestuarii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CJ25T (=KACC 13125T =JCM 15521T).
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Mueller, D. C., J. S. Bonner, S. J. McDonald, and R. L. Autenrieth. "Acute Toxicity of Estuarine Wetland Sediments Contaminated by Petroleum." Environmental Technology 20, no. 8 (August 1999): 875–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593332008616882.
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Ki, Bo-Min, and Jung-Hyun Choi. "Effects of Global Warming on the Estuarine Wetland Biogeochemistry." Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers 33, no. 8 (August 31, 2011): 553–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/ksee.2011.33.8.553.
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Weilhoefer, C. L. "A review of indicators of estuarine tidal wetland condition." Ecological Indicators 11, no. 2 (March 2011): 514–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.007.
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Zhang, W., X. Li, and W. Xiao. "DECISION TREE REPOSITORY AND RULE SET BASED MINGJIANG RIVER ESTUARINE WETLANDS CLASSIFACTION." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-3 (May 2, 2018): 2635–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-3-2635-2018.
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The increasing urbanization and industrialization have led to wetland losses in estuarine area of Mingjiang River over past three decades. There has been increasing attention given to produce wetland inventories using remote sensing and GIS technology. Due to inconsistency training site and training sample, traditionally pixel-based image classification methods can’t achieve a comparable result within different organizations. Meanwhile, object-oriented image classification technique shows grate potential to solve this problem and Landsat moderate resolution remote sensing images are widely used to fulfill this requirement.<br> Firstly, the standardized atmospheric correct, spectrally high fidelity texture feature enhancement was conducted before implementing the object-oriented wetland classification method in eCognition. Secondly, we performed the multi-scale segmentation procedure, taking the scale, hue, shape, compactness and smoothness of the image into account to get the appropriate parameters, using the top and down region merge algorithm from single pixel level, the optimal texture segmentation scale for different types of features is confirmed. Then, the segmented object is used as the classification unit to calculate the spectral information such as Mean value, Maximum value, Minimum value, Brightness value and the Normalized value. The Area, length, Tightness and the Shape rule of the image object Spatial features and texture features such as Mean, Variance and Entropy of image objects are used as classification features of training samples. Based on the reference images and the sampling points of on-the-spot investigation, typical training samples are selected uniformly and randomly for each type of ground objects. The spectral, texture and spatial characteristics of each type of feature in each feature layer corresponding to the range of values are used to create the decision tree repository. Finally, with the help of high resolution reference images, the random sampling method is used to conduct the field investigation, achieve an overall accuracy of 90.31&thinsp;%, and the Kappa coefficient is 0.88. The classification method based on decision tree threshold values and rule set developed by the repository, outperforms the results obtained from the traditional methodology. Our decision tree repository and rule set based object-oriented classification technique was an effective method for producing comparable and consistency wetlands data set.
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Wang, Tieliang, Linfei Zhou, Bo Zhao, and Peiqi Yang. "Study of Panjin wetlands along Bohai coast (II): Ecological water requirement of Shuangtaizi estuarine wetland." Journal of Ocean University of China 8, no. 2 (April 24, 2009): 197–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11802-009-0197-3.
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Muñoz, David, Jordan Cissell, and Hamed Moftakhari. "Adjusting Emergent Herbaceous Wetland Elevation with Object-Based Image Analysis, Random Forest and the 2016 NLCD." Remote Sensing 11, no. 20 (October 10, 2019): 2346. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11202346.
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Emergent herbaceous wetlands are characterized by complex salt marsh ecosystems that play a key role in diverse coastal processes including carbon storage, nutrient cycling, flood attenuation and shoreline protection. Surface elevation characterization and spatiotemporal distribution of these ecosystems are commonly obtained from LiDAR measurements as this low-cost airborne technique has a wide range of applicability and usefulness in coastal environments. LiDAR techniques, despite significant advantages, show poor performance in generation of digital elevation models (DEMs) in tidal salt marshes due to large vertical errors. In this study, we present a methodology to (i) update emergent herbaceous wetlands (i.e., the ones delineated in the 2016 National Land Cover Database) to present-day conditions; and (ii) automate salt marsh elevation correction in estuarine systems. We integrate object-based image analysis and random forest technique with surface reflectance Landsat imagery to map three emergent U.S. wetlands in Weeks Bay, Alabama, Savannah Estuary, Georgia and Fire Island, New York. Conducting a hyperparameter tuning of random forest and following a hierarchical approach with three nomenclature levels for land cover classification, we are able to better map wetlands and improve overall accuracies in Weeks Bay (0.91), Savannah Estuary (0.97) and Fire Island (0.95). We then develop a tool in ArcGIS to automate salt marsh elevation correction. We use this ‘DEM-correction’ tool to modify an existing DEM (model input) with the calculated elevation correction over salt marsh regions. Our method and tool are validated with real-time kinematic elevation data and helps correct overestimated salt marsh elevation up to 0.50 m in the studied estuaries. The proposed tool can be easily adapted to different vegetation species in wetlands, and thus help provide accurate DEMs for flood inundation mapping in estuarine systems.
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Zhang, Mingliang, Tianping Xu, and Hengzhi Jiang. "The impacts of runoff decrease and shoreline change on the salinity distribution in the wetlands of Liao River estuary, China." Ocean Science 17, no. 1 (January 27, 2021): 187–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-17-187-2021.
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Abstract. The wetland of Liao River estuary (LRE) in northeastern China is one of the best-preserved wetlands across the globe. However, it is extremely vulnerable to hydrological changes as well as other disturbances, particularly upstream river discharges and the reclamation from anthropogenic activities. In this study, a 3D hydrodynamic model was used to reproduce the flow patterns of the LRE and to explore the variation in salinity under different scenarios. Furthermore, the impact of river discharge and shoreline changes on the salinity distribution in the LRE was quantitatively analyzed and discussed through several simulation experiments. The model reasonably reconstructed the spatiotemporal variability and distribution of salinity in the Liao River estuary and the wetlands across intertidal areas. Increases in runoff were demonstrated to significantly decrease the mean salinity values of the estuary, with changes in salinity negatively correlated to the longitudinal distance from the estuary mouth. Moreover, the shoreline change caused by the construction of Panjin Port was observed to have an obvious influence on the salinity distribution of the LRE, particularly in the lower reaches of the Pink Beach wetland. Comparisons of the Liao River estuary residual flow fields under different shorelines revealed that the establishment of the port resulted in the diffusion of the runoff from the Daliao River due to the obstruction of the port body, which enhanced the tidal mixing effect and consequently weakened the dilution effect of freshwater entering the Pink Beach wetland. Overall, the current study should be helpful for offering a greater understanding of Suaeda heteroptera vegetation degradation in the LRE, China, and also provides a new perspective in investigating the degradation mechanism in other estuarine wetlands.