In Saint-Louis, Senegal, a constructed wetland with horizontal flow reed beds (FHa and FHb) has demonstrated significant efficacy in treating municipal wastewater. Analyzing various treatment stages, the system showed...
jointly funded by the Marine S&T Fund of Shandong Province for the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)(2022QNLM 040003-3);the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFE0109600);National Natural Science Foundation of China (U22A20558, 41240022, 41876057, 40872167, 41602143);China Geological Survey (1212010611402, GZH201200503, and DD20160144);by in-kind support from the Land Carbon Program;Land Change Science R&D Program of the United States Geological Survey。
Passive-warming, open-top chambers(OTCs) are widely applied for studying the effects of future climate warming on coastal wetlands. In this study, a set of six OTCs were established at a Phragmites wetland located in ...
Ladakh’s cropped and non-cropped areas suffer greatly from weedy invasion under subsistence agricultural system where weeding is not a priority but total crop + weed biomass together contribute to livestock feeding s...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51778603);the Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDY-SSW-DQC004)
As widespread wetland plants,Phragmites play a vital role in water purification and are widely utilized in constructed wetlands(accounting for 15.5%of applied wetland plants)as a natural alternative to wastewater trea...
Salt marshes are key coastal ecosystems that provide habitats for wildlife,including invertebrates,fishes,and birds.They provide ecosystem services such as protection from storm surges and waves,attenuation of floodin...
This study was conducted under the auspices of the Pakistan and German Collaborative Project(No.1-308/ILPU/HEC/2009)"Biochemical,Eco-Physiological,Anato-mical,and Morphological Stress Responses of Cash-Crop Halophytes"funded by the Higher Education Comission,Pakistan.Zainul Abideen would like to thank the Institute of Plant Ecology,Justus-Liebig University and the Institute of Botany,Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Germany for the use of their facilities.
Soil water and nutrient status are both of major importance for plant appearance and growth performance.The objective of this study was to understand the effect of biochar(1.5%)and a biochar-compost mixture(1.5%biocha...
Under the auspices of National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFA0602303);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41501105,41620104005);Open Fund of the State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration in Northeast Normal University(No.130028627)
Rising sea levels threaten the sustainability of coastal wetlands around the globe. The ability of coastal marshes to maintain their position in the intertidal zone depends on the accumulation of both organic and inor...
The levels and compartmentalization of Na, Mg, Al, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Mo, Sb, I, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Hf, Ta, Au, Th, and U in Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex...
The biosorption of phosphorus in the form of orthophosphate(Po) from wastewater using biomass as the sorbent is of potential importance because the Po-loaded biomass could be applied in the agricultural sector as fe...