Response of reed community to the environment
gradient-water depth in the Yellow River Delta, China

doi:10.1007/s11515-008-0025-y

Front. Biol.

2008, Vol. 3

Issue (2) : 194-202 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-008-0025-y

Response of reed community to the environment gradient-water depth in the Yellow River Delta, China

CUI Baoshan, ZHAO Xinsheng, YANG Zhifeng, CHEN Bin, TANG Na, TAN Xuejie

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University

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Abstract We investigated and monitored a reed community in the fields. Data on the bio-ecological characteristics and beta-diversity of reed communities in different environmental gradients (mainly based on water depth) of the Yellow River Delta were collected through multi-analysis, extremum analysis and beta-diversity index analysis. In accordance with the square sum of deviations (Ward) cluster analysis, 10 sampling plots were divided into six types with the dominant plants in different plots varying according to the change in environmental gradients. The dominant plants in these plots varied from aquatic plants to xerophytes and salt tolerant plants as water depth decreased. The average height and diameter of the reeds at breast level were significantly correlated with the average water depth. The fitness curves of average density and coverage with average water depth were nonlinear. When the average water depth was 0.3 m, the average density and coverage of reeds reached the apex value, while the height and diameter of the reeds at breast level increased with the water depth. There were obvious changes to the environmental gradient in the Yellow River Delta. The transitional communities were also found to exist in the Yellow River Delta by beta-diversity analysis. Vicarious species appeared with the change in water depth. The occurrence of substitute species is determined by the function of common species between adjacent belts. The different functions of common species led to differences in community structure and function and differences in dominant plants. The result reflects the variations of species present in different habitats and directly reflects environmental heterogeneity. The values of beta-diversity indices of adjacent plots were higher than those of nonadjacent plots. There are transition zones between the xerophytes and aquatic plants in the Yellow River Delta. In an aquatic environment, the similarity of reed community is higher than that of xeromorphic plants. The beta-diversity index can reflect plant succession trends caused by the change in environmental gradients in the Yellow River Delta. The beta-diversity index reveals plant responses to changes in environmental gradient and is helpful in observing changes in patterns of species diversity in relation to environmental gradient change and evolving trends in the future, which in turn plays a prominent role when environmental water requirements of wetland are discussed.

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CUI Baoshan,ZHAO Xinsheng,TANG Na, et al. Response of reed community to the environment gradient-water depth in the Yellow River Delta, China[J]. Front. Biol., 2008, 3(2): 194-202.

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