Salt Marshes: Ecosystem, Vegetation and Restoration Strategies

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Series: Environmental Research Advances
BISAC: SCI020000

This book is written by internationally-famous biologists, ecologists, soil biologists and environmental scientists and managers who have been engaged in related fields for many years, which is the extension and supplement of the book: Shao HB(ed), Metal Contamination: Sources, Detection and Environmental Impact, NOVA Science Publishers, New York 2012, USA.

This book consists of 13 chapters, four of which are review papers covering important aspects in regards to marshes ecology, plant abio-stress physiological and molecular mechanisms for sustainable marshes agriculture, heavy metals pollution status for water ecosystems and management in China, and the rest of which are research papers focusing on various topics, such as nitrogen and phosphorus release in coastal agricultural ecosystems in China; photosynthetic characterization of three dominant plant species in the Salt Marshes of the Yellow River Delta, China; A comparative study of salt resistance between two soybean species associated with osmotic and ionic stresses for cultivating soybean resources; Fluxes of CO2 and CH4 under different types of coastal salt marshes of the Yellow River Delta: Dynamic changes and driving factors across different seasons; A meta-analysis of the bacterial and archaeal diversity in wetland soils for sustainable management and the Alkali marshes of Central-Europe – Ecology, management and nature conservation.

This is an excellent book on the processes and environmental factors that influence marsh soil in the ecosystem. The case studies of different ecosystems contribute to a better understanding of the marshes performance and will be useful to those planning to restore contaminated lands. The publication will also serve as a valuable reference textbook to soil biologists, ecologists, agricultural scientists, environmental scientists, managers and students who are interested in marshes environmental sciences and affairs.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Alkali Marshes of Central-Europe – Ecology, Management and Nature Conservation (pp. 1-12)
Balázs Deák, Orsolya Valkó, Béla Tóthmérész and Péter Török (MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group, Debrecen, and University of Debrecen, Department of Ecology, Debrecen, Hungary)

Chapter 2 – A Meta-Analysis of the Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity Observed in Wetland Soils (pp. 13-32)
Junbao Yu, Xiaofei Lv, Bin Ma, Fanzhu Qu, Kai Ning and Huifeng Wu (Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China)

Chapter 3 – Fluxes of CO2 and CH4 under different Types of Coastal Salt Marshes of the Yellow River Delta: Dynamic Changes and Driving Factors across Different Seasons (pp. 33-50)
Luping Song, Lihua Zhang, Hongbo Shao, Liwen Zhang and Bingchen Wang (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Bioresources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai; Institute for Life Science, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Chapter 4 – Physiological Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants Grown in Saline Soil and Implications for Sustainable Environmental Development in a Coastal Zone (pp. 51-72)
Kun Yan, Hongbo Shao, Chuyang Shao, Shijie Zhao and Marian Brestic (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Bioresources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai, China)

Chapter 5 – Effects of Organic Acids on Nutrients Mobilization of Soils with Different Soil Acidity in the Coastal Zone, Shandong, China (pp. 73-86)
Gang Xu, Junna Sun, Yingchun Lv and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Bioresources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai, P. R. China; Institute for Life Sciences, Qingdao University of Science & Technology (QUST), Qingdao, and Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, P.R. China)

Chapter 6 – Phosphorus Release from the Soils in the Yellow River Delta: Dynamic Factors and Implications for Eco-restoration (pp. 87-98)
Gang Xu, Junna Sun, Yu Wu and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Bioresources Utilization,Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research （YIC）, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai, and Institute for Life Science, Qingdao University of Science & Technology(QUST), Qingdao, China)

Chapter 7 – Comparative Physiological Study between Cultivated and Wild Soybean Species under Salt Stress (pp. 99-110)
Peng Chen, Hongyan Wang, Xiaoli Tang, Marian Brestic and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Bioresources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai, China)

Chapter 8 – Comparative Study of Salt Physiology for Soybean Species: Osmotic and Ionic Stresses (pp. 111-130)
Peng Chen, Xiaoli Tang, Hongyan Wang and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology and Bioresources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai; Institute for Life Science, Qingdao University of Science and Technology(QUST), Qingdao, and The Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Chapter 9 – Global Plant-Responding Mechanisms to Salt Stress: Physiological and Molecular Aspects (pp. 131-154)
Xiaoli Tang, Xingmin Mu, Hongbo Shao, Hongyan Wang and Marian Brestic (Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China and others)

Chapter 10 – Photosynthetic Characterization of Three Dominant Plant Species in the Salt Marshes of the Yellow River Delta, China (pp. 155-168)
Lihua Zhang, Kun Yan, Liye Chu and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation and Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Bioresources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Yantai, and Institute for Life Sciences, Qingdao University of Science & Technology (QUST), Qingdao, China)

Chapter 11 – Progress in Plant-Plant Facilitation in Coastal Wetlands Ecosystem (pp. 169-184)
Liwen Zhang and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Resources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai and Institute of Life Sciences, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China)

Chapter 12 – A Survey on Serious Heavy Metal Pollution in Water Ecosystems of China (pp. 185-200)
Liwen Zhang and Hongbo Shao (Key Laboratory of Coastal Biology & Resources Utilization, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Yantai and Institute of Life Sciences, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China)

Chapter 13 – An Assessment of Hydropedological Factors of the Salt Marsh Environment of Chittagong Coastal Area in Bangladesh (pp. 201-246)
Md. Shafiqul Islam, Hossain Zamal and Muhammad Shah Alam (Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, and Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh)

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