Achieving the Kunming–Montreal global biodiversity targets for blue carbon ecosystems

C Fu, A Steckbauer, H Mann, CM Duarte - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) provides a major
impetus for the restoration and conservation of blue carbon ecosystems to address the …

[HTML][HTML] Achievements, challenges, and recommendations for waterbird conservation in China's coastal wetlands

Z Ma, CY Choi, X Gan, J Li, Y Liu, DS Melville, T Mu… - Avian Research, 2023‏ - Elsevier
China's coastal wetlands provide breeding, migration stopover, and wintering habitats for
about 230 waterbird species, which is more than a quarter of all waterbirds in the world …

Continual expansion of Spartina alterniflora in the temperate and subtropical coastal zones of China during 1985–2020

X Zhang, X **ao, X Wang, X Xu, S Qiu, L Pan… - International journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Biological invasions are considerably altering ecosystem structure and functions, especially
in coastal ecosystems that are subject to intensive anthropogenic disturbances. Spartina …

Spartina alterniflora invasion benefits blue carbon sequestration in China

J Zhang, D Mao, J Liu, Y Chen, M Kirwan, C Sanders… - Science Bulletin, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Spartina alterniflora has rapidly and extensively encroached on China's coastline over the
past decades. Among the coastal areas invaded by S. alterniflora, at most 93% are mudflats …

Shorebirds-driven trophic cascade helps restore coastal wetland multifunctionality

C Li, J Chen, X Liao, AP Ramus, C Angelini… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Ecosystem restoration has traditionally focused on re-establishing vegetation and other
foundation species at basal trophic levels, with mixed outcomes. Here, we show that …

Rapid and large changes in coastal wetland structure in China's four major river deltas

X Wang, X **ao, X Zhang, J Wu, B Li - Global Change Biology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coastal wetlands provide essential ecosystem goods and services but are extremely
vulnerable to sea‐level rise, extreme climate, and human activities, especially the coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Exotic Spartina alterniflora invasion enhances sediment N-loss while reducing N retention in mangrove wetland

B Wang, X Lin - Geoderma, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Wide and rapid Spartina alterniflora invasion has threatened the sustainability of coastal
wetlands of China, and has a significant impact on sediment biogeochemical cycle …

Long-distance facilitation of coastal ecosystem structure and resilience

B Wang, K Zhang, QX Liu, Q He… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Biotic interactions that hierarchically organize ecosystems by driving ecological and
evolutionary processes across spatial scales are ubiquitous in our biosphere. Biotic …

Self-organized mud cracking amplifies the resilience of an iconic “Red Beach” salt marsh

K Zhang, J Yan, Q He, C Xu, J van de Koppel… - Science …, 2023‏ - science.org
Self-organized patterning, resulting from the interplay of biological and physical processes,
is widespread in nature. Studies have suggested that biologically triggered self-organization …

An evaluating system for wetland ecological risk: Case study in coastal mainland China

H Duan, X Yu, L Zhang, S **a, Y Liu, D Mao… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Coastal wetland degradation and fragmentation contribute to habitat and biodiversity loss.
We construct wetland ecological risk assessment framework to evaluate the risk posed to 35 …