Impacts of inland pollution input on coastal water quality of the Bohai Sea.

Inland pollutants input is a key impact factor for the coastal water quality of the Bohai Sea. The coastal and inland water pollutant inputs were analyzed by using monitoring data of recent years from the State Oceanic Administration. The results showed that more than 56% of the Bohai Sea area was unclean seawater in 2012, although the water quality improved gradually after that time.

Environmental threats induced heavy ecological burdens on the coastal zone of the Bohai Sea, China.

The environment of the Bohai Sea is under enormous pressure because of rapid economic and urban development associated with increased population inhabiting the coastal zone. Environmental threats to the coastal ecosystem were analyzed using 2006-2017 statistical/monitoring data from the State Oceanic Administration, China. The results showed that harmful algal blooms occurred a total of 104 times during the period of 2006-2017, for a cumulative area of more than 21,275 km.

Elemental stoichiometry (C, N, P) of soil in the Yellow River Delta nature reserve: Understanding N and P status of soil in the coastal estuary.

The Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve (YNR), which includes two separated regions: part of the old Yellow River Delta (OYD) and part of the current Yellow River Delta (CYD), was established to protect coastal wetlands in the coastal estuary. A total of 120 plots were sampled in the YNR in April 2016, and the spatial patterns of soil C, N and P contents and their stoichiometric ratios (C:N (R), C:P (R) and N:P (R)) were studied and interpolated using the Ordinary Kriging method. Results indicated that the soil elemental contents and stoichiometric ratios showed high spatial heterogeneity and large variations.

Transport characteristics of salt ions in soil columns planted with Tamarix chinensis under different groundwater levels.

The groundwater level is the main factor affecting the distribution of soil salinity and vegetation in the Yellow River Delta (YRD), China, but the response relationship between the spatial distribution of soil salt ions and the groundwater level in the soil-Tamarix chinensis system remains unclear. In order to investigate the patterns of soil salt ions responding to groundwater levels, in the 'groundwater-soil-T. chinensis' system.

Isolation, identification of a laccase-producing fungal strain and enzymatic properties of the laccase.

A new type of thermostable laccase was isolated from sp. GZS18, and its partial enzymatic properties were determined. A strain GZS18 of laccase with high yield was screened from forest soil and identified as sp.

Influences of micro-geomorphology on the stoichiometry of C, N and P in Chenier Island soils and plants in the Yellow River Delta, China.

Studies have indicated that consistent or well-constrained (relatively low variability) carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus (C:N:P) ratios exist in large-scale ecosystems, including both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Little is known about the C, N and P stoichiometric ratios that exist in the soils and plants of Chenier Island in the Yellow River Delta (YRD). We examined the distribution patterns and relationships of C, N and P stoichiometry in the soils and plants of Chenier Island, as well as the potential influences of the island's micro-geomorphology.

Ecological effects of roads on the plant diversity of coastal wetland in the Yellow River Delta.

The 26 sample sites in 7 study plots adjacent to asphalt road and earth road in coastal wetland in the Yellow River Delta were selected to quantify plant diversity using quadrat sampling method in plant bloom phase of July and August 2012. The indice of β T and Jaccard's coefficient were applied to evaluate the species diversity. The results showed that the plant diversities and alien plants were high in the range of 0-20 m to the road verge.

N2O emissions from an apple orchard in the coastal area of Bohai Bay, China.

Using static chambers and gas chromatography, nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from an apple orchard soil in the Bohai Bay region of China were measured from February 2010 to February 2011. In this study, two nitrogen (N) fertilizer treatments were designed--without (CK) or with (SN) synthetic N fertilizers (800 kg N ha(-1)). The annual cumulative N2O emissions from CK and SN were 34.

A meta-analysis of the bacterial and archaeal diversity observed in wetland soils.

This study examined the bacterial and archaeal diversity from a worldwide range of wetlands soils and sediments using a meta-analysis approach. All available 16S rRNA gene sequences recovered from wetlands in public databases were retrieved. In November 2012, a total of 12677 bacterial and 1747 archaeal sequences were collected in GenBank.

Soil phosphorus forms and profile distributions in the tidal river network region in the Yellow River Delta estuary.

Modified Hedley fraction method was used to study the forms and profile distribution in the tidal river network region subjected to rapid deposition and hydrologic disturbance in the Yellow River Delta (YRD) estuary, eastern China. The results showed that the total P (Pt) ranged from 612.1 to 657.