RECENT CASE NOTES

<p><i>Notes</i>: H-sites and L-sites refer to high-tide-zone sites and low-tide-zone sites, respectively.</p><p>Results of <i>t</i>-test for effects of different stands on aboveground net primary production (ANPP), soil pH, total carbon (TC), organic and inorganic carbon (SOC and SIC, 0–100 cm), and SMBC.</p

Locations of sampling transects and sites in the Dongtan wetland of Chongming Island, the Yangtze River estuary, China.

<p>The study area was drawn using ArcGIS software, with remote sensing data set MOD09Q1of 2009 downloaded from NASA Earth Observatory without copyright restrictions.</p

Soil microbial biomass carbon in different plant stands.

<p>Seasonal variations in soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) content (0–20 cm deep) in the <i>S</i>. <i>alterniflora</i> (<i>Spartina</i>) and <i>P</i>. <i>australis</i> (<i>Phragmites</i>) stands in the H-sites, and <i>S</i>. <i>alterniflora</i> and <i>S</i>. <i>mariqueter</i> (<i>Scirpus</i>) stands in the L-sites. Bars represent mean ± SE (n = 9), asterisks indicate significant differences (<i>P</i> < 0.05) between means of different stands.</p

Temporal variations in soil temperature and moisture in different plant stands.

<p>Temporal variations in soil temperature (a, b) and moisture (c, d) at 0–5 cm depth in the <i>S</i>. <i>alterniflora</i> (<i>Spartina</i>) and <i>P</i>. <i>australis</i> (<i>Phragmites</i>) stands in the H-sites, <i>S</i>. <i>alterniflora</i> and <i>S</i>. <i>mariqueter</i> (<i>Scirpus</i>) stands in the L-sites. Bars represent mean ± SE (n = 9), asterisks indicate significant differences (<i>P</i> < 0.05) between means of different stands.</p

Temporal variations in soil respiration in different plant stands.

<p>Temporal variations in soil respiration under <i>S</i>. <i>alterniflora</i> (<i>Spartina</i>) and <i>P</i>. <i>australis</i> (<i>Phragmites</i>) stands in the H-sites, and <i>S</i>. <i>alterniflora</i> and <i>S</i>. <i>mariqueter</i> (<i>Scirpus</i>) stands in the L-sites. Bars represent mean ± SE (n = 9), asterisks indicate significant differences (<i>P</i> < 0.05) between means of different stands.</p