Liquan Zhang
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Salt marsh establishment in poorly consolidated muddy systems
Effects of surface drainage, elevation, and plant age
Conservation and restoration of salt marsh ecosystems are becoming increasingly important because of the many ecosystem services they provide. However, the processes controlling salt marsh establishment and persistence, especially on bare tidal flats in muddy areas, remain unc ...
Plant traits determining biogeomorphic landscape dynamics
A study on clonal expansion strategies driving cliff formation at marsh edges
Despite the well-recognized importance of plant traits for biogeomorphic development of landscapes, our understanding remains limited of how species-specific plant traits respond to and serve as drivers for the sedimentary dynamics within a biogeomorphic landscape. By manipula ...
Wave effects on seedling establishment of three pioneer marsh species
Survival, morphology and biomechanics
Effects of sediment disturbance regimes on Spartina seedling establishment
Implications for salt marsh creation and restoration
Zooming in and out
Scale dependence of extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting salt marsh erosion
Salt marshes are valuable ecosystems that provide important ecosystem services. Given the global scale of marsh loss due to climate change and coastal squeeze, there is a pressing need to identify the critical extrinsic (wind exposure and foreshore morphology) and intrinsic fa ...