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篇目详细内容 |
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【篇名】 |
Role of Spartina alterniflora on sediment dynamics of coastal salt marshes - case study from central Jiangsu and middle Fujian coasts |
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【刊名】 |
Frontiers of Earth Science in China |
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【刊名缩写】 |
Front. Earth Sci. China |
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【ISSN】 |
1673-7385 |
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【EISSN】 |
1673-7490 |
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【DOI】 |
10.1007/s11707-008-0021-1 |
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【出版社】 |
Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag |
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【出版年】 |
2008 |
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【卷期】 |
2
卷3期 |
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【页码】 |
269-275
页,共
7
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【作者】 |
WANG Aijun;
WANG Yaping;
CHEN Jian;
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【关键词】 |
Spartina alterniflora; coastal salt marshes; sediment dynamics; current flow velocity; sedimentation rate |
【摘要】 |
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Coastal salt marshes represent an important coastal wetland system. In order to protect coastlines from erosion and rapid increase in accumulation rate, Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) was introduced into the Chinese coast. Two study areas (Wanggang and Quanzhou Bay) were selected that represent the plain type and embayment type of the coastal salt marshes. In situ measurements show that the tidal current velocities are stronger on the intertidal mudflat without S. alterniflora than that with S. alterniflora, and the velocity above the canopy surface is larger than that in the salt marsh canopy. The existence of S. alterniflora also influences the velocity structure above the bare flat during ebb tide. With the decrease in current flow velocity when seawater enters into the S. alterniflora marsh, suspended sediments are largely entrapped on the marsh surface, leading to increase in sedimentation rates and change in physical evolution processes of the coastal salt marshes. The highly developed root system of S. alterniflora induces sediment mixing and exchange between subsurface sediment strata and affects the vertical sediment distribution remarkably. The sedimentation rate of S. alterniflora marsh at the Wanggang area is much higher than the relative sea level rise rate, where rapid progradation of the Wanggang salt marshes that is protecting the coast from sea erosion is observed. |
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