Longqin Li , Jingya Zhang , Zilin Shi , Binyue Kang , Zhibo Du , Mengxuan He , Yuanli Ning , Jiaxu Li , Xiaoqin Chen , Jing Hao , Hongyuan Li
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Soil seed bank characteristics and influencing factors of vegetation succession after 8–14 years reclamation projects in Tianjin, China
Sea reclamation projects have caused serious damage to coastal wetland ecosystems and natural coastlines. Nature-based solutions are critical for ecological restoration in reclaimed areas, especially in promoting vegetation recovery. However, current vegetation restoration in reclaimed areas mainly relies on artificial greening, without deep insights on the restoration of natural vegetation. This study assessed aboveground plant communities and soil seed banks (SSBs) over 8–14 years of natural ecological succession in the reclamation area, using field surveys and remote sensing analyses. Soil and seed characteristics were evaluated, and a plant-soil-seed bank quality index (QI) was calculated. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to explore relationships between vegetation, soil properties, seed bank, and QI. The results show that after 8–14 years of natural recovery, the diversity of aboveground plant species remained stable, indicating that woody plants play a key role in stabilizing community composition. However, the species richness of the SSBs decreased after 12 years, with wind and self-reproduction as dominant modes of seed dispersal. Moreover, the potential for natural vegetation recovery increased over time. Soil total salinity (TS), available nitrogen (AN), and available phosphorus (AP) were identified as the main drivers affecting the natural succession of SSBs and aboveground vegetation. Therefore, the potential for natural vegetation recovery in reclamation areas increases over time, remains stable in space, and was mainly driven by soil factors. This study can provide a typical case for the natural restoration of vegetation in sea reclamation areas.
期刊介绍:
Ecological engineering has been defined as the design of ecosystems for the mutual benefit of humans and nature. The journal is meant for ecologists who, because of their research interests or occupation, are involved in designing, monitoring, or restoring ecosystems, and can serve as a bridge between ecologists and engineers.
Specific topics covered in the journal include: habitat reconstruction; ecotechnology; synthetic ecology; bioengineering; restoration ecology; ecology conservation; ecosystem rehabilitation; stream and river restoration; reclamation ecology; non-renewable resource conservation. Descriptions of specific applications of ecological engineering are acceptable only when situated within context of adding novelty to current research and emphasizing ecosystem restoration. We do not accept purely descriptive reports on ecosystem structures (such as vegetation surveys), purely physical assessment of materials that can be used for ecological restoration, small-model studies carried out in the laboratory or greenhouse with artificial (waste)water or crop studies, or case studies on conventional wastewater treatment and eutrophication that do not offer an ecosystem restoration approach within the paper.