Water ecological security assessment and spatial autocorrelation analysis of prefectural regions involved in the Yellow River Basin

M Qiu, Q Zuo, Q Wu, Z Yang, J Zhang - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
To have a more comprehensive understanding of the water ecological security status of the
Yellow River Basin, this paper constructs a water ecological security evaluation index …

Iberian halophytes as agroecological solutions for degraded lands and biosaline agriculture

B Duarte, I Caçador - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research on biosaline agriculture has been increasing worldwide in recent years. In this
respect, the Iberian halophyte diversity present a high-value ecological solution to be …

Quantifying the role of saltmarsh as a vulnerable carbon sink: a case study from northern Portugal

J Cunha, E Cabecinha, S Villasante… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Saltmarshes play a crucial role in carbon sequestration and storage, although they are
increasingly threatened by climate change-induced sea level rise (SLR). This study …

'Blue carbon'and nutrient stocks of salt marshes at a temperate coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

AI Sousa, DB Santos, EF Silva, LP Sousa… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Ria de Aveiro is a mesotidal coastal lagoon with one of the largest continuous salt marshes
in Europe. The objective of this work was to assess C, N and P stocks of Spartina maritima …

Nutritional valuation and food safety of endemic mediterranean halophytes species cultivated in abandoned salt pans under a natural irrigation scheme

B Duarte, E Feijao, MV Pinto, AR Matos, A Silva… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent global changes have contributed to water scarcity and land degradation, urging for
the development of alternative solutions in agriculture. Halophytes biosaline agriculture has …

Potential of Sample Migration and Explainable Machine Learning Model for Monitoring Spatiotemporal Changes of Wetland Plant Communities

K Feng, D Mao, J Zhen, H Pu, H Yan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The composition and dynamics of wetland plant communities play a critical role in
maintaining the functionality of wetland ecosystems and serve as important indicators of …

Invasion and Extirpation Potential of Native and Invasive Spartina Species Under Climate Change

FO Borges, CP Santos, JR Paula… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coastal areas host some of the planet's most productive ecosystems, providing life-
sustaining ecological services and several benefits to humankind, while also being some of …

Modelling sea level rise (SLR) impacts on salt marsh detrital outwelling C and N exports from an estuarine coastal lagoon to the ocean (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

B Duarte, JM Valentim, JM Dias, H Silva… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Salt marshes are well-known sinks of carbon and nitrogen, incorporating them both into
sediment and in the halophyte biomass, being key players in the estuarine biogeochemical …

Mercury mobility and effects in the salt-marsh plant Halimione portulacoides: Uptake, transport, and toxicity and tolerance mechanisms

MT Cabrita, B Duarte, R Cesário, R Mendes… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The plant Halimione portulacoides, an abundant species widely distributed in temperate salt-
marshes, has been previously assessed as bioindicator and biomonitor of mercury …

Zostera noltii development probing using chlorophyll a transient analysis (JIP-test) under field conditions: Integrating physiological insights into a photochemical stress …

B Duarte, S Pedro, JC Marques, H Adão, I Caçador - Ecological Indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
Beyond their undeniable role, nowadays we also must look to seagrass beds as
endangered environments with urgent monitoring and conservation needs. In the present …