supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB956503);the Ocean Public Welfare Special Project “Space Development and Utilization and Environmental Ecological Assessment Technology in South Yellow Sand Ridge” of the National Oceanic Administration, China (No. 2010418006);the Open Fund of the Marine Sediments and Environmental Geology Bureau National Key Laboratory, China (No. MASEG201205)
Spartina alterniflora is a foreign introduced species and has far-reaching effects on salt marsh ecosystems, particularly on the biogeochemical cycle of heavy metals. To ascertain whether the invasive plant Spartina a...