Flora characteristics of Chenier Wetland in Bohai Bay and biogeographic relations with adjacent wetlands

doi:10.1007/s11707-016-0599-7

Front. Earth Sci.

2017, Vol. 11

Issue (4) : 620-628 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-016-0599-7

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Flora characteristics of Chenier Wetland in Bohai Bay and biogeographic relations with adjacent wetlands

Yanyun ZHAO¹, Zhaohua LU^2,³(

), Jingtao LIU², Shugang HU¹

¹. College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
². Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta, Binzhou University, Binzhou 256603, China
³. Institute of Restoration Ecology, School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing) , Beijing 100083, China

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Abstract

A key step towards the restoration of heavily disturbed fragile coastal wetland ecosystems is determining the composition and characteristics of the plant communities involved. This study determined and characterized the community of higher plants in the Chenier wetland of Bohai Bay using a combination of field surveys, quadrat approaches, and multivariate statistical analyses. This community was then compared to other adjacent wetlands (Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Laizhouwan, Jiaozhouwan, and Yellow River Delta wetland) located near the Huanghai and Bohai Seas using principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). Results showed a total of 56 higher plant species belonging to 52 genera from 20 families in Chenier wetland, the majority of which were dicotyledons. Single-species families were predominant, while larger families, including Gramineae, Compositae, Leguminosae, and Chenopodiaceae contained a higher number of species (each≥6 species). Cosmopolitan species were also dominant with apparent intrazonality. Abundance (number of species) of temperate species was twice that of tropical taxa. Species number of perennial herbs, such as Gramineae and Compositae, was generally higher. Plant diversity in the Chenier wetland, based on the Shannon-Wiener index, was observed to be between the Qinhuangdao and Laizhouwan indices, while no significant difference was found in other wetlands using the Simpson index. Despite these slight differences in diversity, PCoA based on species abundance and composition of the wetland flora suggest that the Bohai Chenier community was highly similar to the coastal wetlands in Tianjin and Laizhouwan, further suggesting that these two wetlands could be important breeding grounds and resources for the restoration of the plant ecosystem in the Chenier wetland.

Keywords Bohai Bay Chenier coastal wetland floristic geography restoration

Corresponding Author(s): Zhaohua LU

Just Accepted Date: 07 December 2016 Online First Date: 11 January 2017 Issue Date: 10 November 2017

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Yanyun ZHAO,Zhaohua LU,Jingtao LIU, et al. Flora characteristics of Chenier Wetland in Bohai Bay and biogeographic relations with adjacent wetlands[J]. Front. Earth Sci., 2017, 11(4): 620-628.

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Fig.1 Study area.

Tab.1 Floristic composition and plant diversity of 6 coastal wetlands around Huanghai and Bohai Sea in China

Fig.2 The amounts of families, genera, and species of the higher plants in Chenier of Bohai Bay (genera/species).

Tab.2 Statistic of plants in Chenier wetland in Bohai Bay

Fig.3 Number of species for each family and genera.

Fig.4 Species number, frequency, and percentage of different life forms including trees (Th), shrubs (Sh), perennial herbaceous (Ph), annual (Ah), and biennial herbs (Bh).

Tab.3 Species frequency of different family plants in Chenier wetland in Bohai Bay

Fig.5 Number of families and genera per areal type.

Fig.6 Diversity indices of genus geographical flora.

Tab.4 Flora spectrum variance proportion and cumulative variance of two principal coordinates

Fig.7 PCoA of six typical representative coastal wetlands in Huanghai and Bohai Bays.

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