This research was a part of the project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(NO.30900196 and NO.51278281)to Three Georges University;It was also funded by Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province(2015CFC834);Provincial Department of Education Scientific research projects(Q20151209);the Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences,and Engineering Research Center of Eco-environment in Three Gorges Reservoir Region,Ministry of Education(KF2016-03).
Aims Riparian ecosystems play an important role in overall ecosystem function,including the global carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems,at both landscape and global scales.Yet few studies have reported in situ measu...