Publications by authors named "Hongshuai Qi"
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- - Benthic diatoms are key primary producers on sandy coasts, playing a critical role in the micro-food web and marine ecosystems; changes in their structure and biomass can significantly affect these environments.
- - A study at four beaches in southern China found that factors like elevation, salinity, sediment composition, and hydrodynamics influence the distribution of benthic diatom communities, with elevation being the most crucial factor.
- - Results revealed that diatom abundance varies by tidal zones, with mid-tidal areas on certain beaches promoting higher growth, while low tidal terrace beaches have distinct patterns of abundance related to their specific landforms.
With the global rise in sea levels caused by climate change and frequent extreme weather processes, high-density population aggregation and human development activities to enhance coastal areas vulnerability, populations, resources, and the ecological environment are facing huge pressure. Natural coastlines are being destroyed, and increasingly serious problems, such as coastal erosion and ecological fragility, have become disasters in coastal zones. The coastal vulnerability changed by climatic variables has created a major concern at regional, national and global scales.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe data of the identification of diatoms in surface sediment samples from the inner shelf of the East China Sea, are presented here. This data were collected during three surveys: one in winter 2008 and two in summer 2009, i.e.
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