Based on plant specimen data,sediment samples,photos,and sketches from 45 coastal cross-sections,and materials from two recent countrywide comprehensive investigations on Chinese coasts and is-lands,this paper deals w...Based on plant specimen data,sediment samples,photos,and sketches from 45 coastal cross-sections,and materials from two recent countrywide comprehensive investigations on Chinese coasts and is-lands,this paper deals with China’s vegetative tidal-flats:salt marshes and mangrove swamps.Thereare now 141700 acres of salt marshes and 51000 acres of mangrove swamps which together cover about30% of the mud-coast area of the country and distribute between 18°N(Southem Hainan Island)and41°N(Liaodong Bay).Over the past 45 years.about 1750000 acres of salt marshes and 49400 acres ofmangrove swamps have been reclaimed.The2.0×10~9 tons of fine sediments input by rivers into the Chinese seas form extensive tidal flats,the soil basis of coastal helophytes.Different climates result inthe diversity of vegetation.The 3～8m tidal range favors intertidal zone development.Of over 20plant species in the salt marshes,native Suaeda salsa,Phragmites australis,Aeluropus littoralis,Zoysiamaerostachys,Imperata cylindrica and展开更多
Tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats (generalised) are a kind of speific peat-forming environments. Taking the Mangrove tidal flats and mangrove pets in Hainan island as a example, the authors deeply study and discuss th...Tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats (generalised) are a kind of speific peat-forming environments. Taking the Mangrove tidal flats and mangrove pets in Hainan island as a example, the authors deeply study and discuss the peat-forming mechanism of tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats. The conclusions are as follows: intrusion accretiou of plant organic matter is more important ; the organic matter has accumulated witk high productivity, high return rate and high decompeition rate ;anaerobic bacterin play a more important role during early peatification ; sea level change is the fundameutal factor controlling the formation and evolution of tidal flat peat-forming environments; lagoon peat-flat and delta peat-flat are main types of tidal flat peat-forming euvironments ;tidal flat peat-forming environments are remarkably characterized by low-level and rabe properties.展开更多
The Denglou Cape, southwest of the Leizhou Peninsula, is the most typical tropical coast in the continent of China.The coastal geomorphic development basics of the geology and Quaternary environment change are discus...The Denglou Cape, southwest of the Leizhou Peninsula, is the most typical tropical coast in the continent of China.The coastal geomorphic development basics of the geology and Quaternary environment change are discussed. Aerial photograph interpretation with fieldwork is applied to draw the outlines of geomorphic types. Based on the investigative data, the exogenic forces and marine organism conditions concerning tropical coast development in the area are expounded, and coastal dynamo-deposition geomorphic bodies are analysed, mainly with sea cliff-abrasion platform,barrier-lagoon system, modern beach, coral reef and mangrove tidal flat, and the general process of coastal evolution at this area, as well as coastline changes since middle Holocene transgression.展开更多
In the Nanliu River Estuary of Guangxi, China, the naturally expanding process of a mangrove swamp（primarily consist of Aegiceras corniculatum） over past decades is studied by satellite images. From 1988 to2013, the...In the Nanliu River Estuary of Guangxi, China, the naturally expanding process of a mangrove swamp（primarily consist of Aegiceras corniculatum） over past decades is studied by satellite images. From 1988 to2013, the area of studied mangrove swamp increased significantly from 60 hm2 to 134 hm2. The expanding process is not gradual and the significant expansion only took place in some special periods. To reveal the dynamic of mangrove swamp expansion, the evolution of tidal flat elevation and the climate change in past decades are studied respectively. The hydrodynamic condition and nutrient supply are also analysed. The study results show that the climate factors of typhoon intensity and annual minimum temperature are crucial for controlling mangrove expansion. A large number of mangrove seedlings on bare tidal flats can survive only in special climate optimum periods, which are continuous years of low typhoon intensity and high annual minimum temperature. In past decades, the scarcity of climate optimum periods resulted in a non-gradual process of mangrove expanding and a time lag of 30 years between the elevation reaching the low threshold for mangrove seedling survival and the eventual emergance of the mangrove. Compared with the climate factors,the hydrodynamic condition and nutrient supply are not important factors affecting mangrove expansion. In the future, combined with global warming, the enhanced frequency and energy of landing typhoons will most likely restrain the further expansion of this mangrove swamp.展开更多
基金The project was supported by the NSFC(No.49476281)
文摘Based on plant specimen data,sediment samples,photos,and sketches from 45 coastal cross-sections,and materials from two recent countrywide comprehensive investigations on Chinese coasts and is-lands,this paper deals with China’s vegetative tidal-flats:salt marshes and mangrove swamps.Thereare now 141700 acres of salt marshes and 51000 acres of mangrove swamps which together cover about30% of the mud-coast area of the country and distribute between 18°N(Southem Hainan Island)and41°N(Liaodong Bay).Over the past 45 years.about 1750000 acres of salt marshes and 49400 acres ofmangrove swamps have been reclaimed.The2.0×10~9 tons of fine sediments input by rivers into the Chinese seas form extensive tidal flats,the soil basis of coastal helophytes.Different climates result inthe diversity of vegetation.The 3～8m tidal range favors intertidal zone development.Of over 20plant species in the salt marshes,native Suaeda salsa,Phragmites australis,Aeluropus littoralis,Zoysiamaerostachys,Imperata cylindrica and
文摘Tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats (generalised) are a kind of speific peat-forming environments. Taking the Mangrove tidal flats and mangrove pets in Hainan island as a example, the authors deeply study and discuss the peat-forming mechanism of tropic and sub-tropic tidal flats. The conclusions are as follows: intrusion accretiou of plant organic matter is more important ; the organic matter has accumulated witk high productivity, high return rate and high decompeition rate ;anaerobic bacterin play a more important role during early peatification ; sea level change is the fundameutal factor controlling the formation and evolution of tidal flat peat-forming environments; lagoon peat-flat and delta peat-flat are main types of tidal flat peat-forming euvironments ;tidal flat peat-forming environments are remarkably characterized by low-level and rabe properties.
文摘The Denglou Cape, southwest of the Leizhou Peninsula, is the most typical tropical coast in the continent of China.The coastal geomorphic development basics of the geology and Quaternary environment change are discussed. Aerial photograph interpretation with fieldwork is applied to draw the outlines of geomorphic types. Based on the investigative data, the exogenic forces and marine organism conditions concerning tropical coast development in the area are expounded, and coastal dynamo-deposition geomorphic bodies are analysed, mainly with sea cliff-abrasion platform,barrier-lagoon system, modern beach, coral reef and mangrove tidal flat, and the general process of coastal evolution at this area, as well as coastline changes since middle Holocene transgression.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41306075the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province under contract No.2014GXNSFBA118222the Foundation of Guangxi Academy of Sciences under contract No.12YJ25HS16
文摘In the Nanliu River Estuary of Guangxi, China, the naturally expanding process of a mangrove swamp（primarily consist of Aegiceras corniculatum） over past decades is studied by satellite images. From 1988 to2013, the area of studied mangrove swamp increased significantly from 60 hm2 to 134 hm2. The expanding process is not gradual and the significant expansion only took place in some special periods. To reveal the dynamic of mangrove swamp expansion, the evolution of tidal flat elevation and the climate change in past decades are studied respectively. The hydrodynamic condition and nutrient supply are also analysed. The study results show that the climate factors of typhoon intensity and annual minimum temperature are crucial for controlling mangrove expansion. A large number of mangrove seedlings on bare tidal flats can survive only in special climate optimum periods, which are continuous years of low typhoon intensity and high annual minimum temperature. In past decades, the scarcity of climate optimum periods resulted in a non-gradual process of mangrove expanding and a time lag of 30 years between the elevation reaching the low threshold for mangrove seedling survival and the eventual emergance of the mangrove. Compared with the climate factors,the hydrodynamic condition and nutrient supply are not important factors affecting mangrove expansion. In the future, combined with global warming, the enhanced frequency and energy of landing typhoons will most likely restrain the further expansion of this mangrove swamp.
