Changes of soil microbial biomass and bacterial community structure in Dongting Lake: Impacts of 50,000 dams of Yangtze River

Application of weight method based on canonical correspondence analysis for assessment of Anatidae habitat suitability: A case study in East Dongting Lake, Middle China

“…1), which is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, Hunan Province, Middle China (approximately 28 59 0 -29 38 0 N, 112 43 0 -113 15 0 E) . The climate of East Dongting Lake is subtropical monsoon, with an annual rainfall of 1.2-1.33 m per annum and mean temperature of 17 C, with frequent sub-zero temperatures in winter (Li et al, 2011;Wu et al, 2013). East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve was designated as a wetland of international importance by the Chinese Government in the Ramsar Convention in 1992, and the wetlands as well as surrounding areas were designated as a National Nature Reserve in December 1984.…”

Effect of early dry season induced by the Three Gorges Dam on the soil microbial biomass and bacterial community structure in the Dongting Lake wetland

“…The damming of rivers has a global impact on natural wetlands (Chai et al, 2009;Wu et al, 2013). Dams inevitably change river flow regimes (Wu et al, 2013).…”

Carbon sequestration potential change after marshlands conversion to croplands in the Northeast China between 1982 and 2010

“…And the soil organic matter was increased after the damming of river (Zhang et al, 2012;Wu et al, 2013). So the carbon sequestration is highly sensitive to the land use Table 2 Research results of marshlands conversion to croplands in this study (×10 6 t CO2eq/yr).…”