Although climate warming affects photosynthetic carbon sequestration in coastal wetland plants, the seasonality of this effect has not been assessed. We investigated the growth traits and photosynthetic properties of Phragmites australis by using open-top chambers (OTCs) to conduct a warming experiment in the coastal wetlands of the Yellow River Delta during a single growing season. The OTCs significantly elevated temperatures...

Climate model projections suggest a significant increase in global mean temperature by the end of the 21 st century. Elevated temperature affects plant physiology within coastal wetlands, thereby affecting carbon sequestration processes. There is, however, limited knowledge about how native and invasive coastal wetland plants differ in their physiological responses to climate warming; warming may further promote invasive plant...

The burial efficiency of biogenic silica (BSi) in deltaic sediments is associated both with the nutrient balance in estuarine ecosystems and with the carbon cycle and climate change. To explore these relationships, foraminifera data, physical and chemical parameters, and ages determined by accelerator mass spectrometry 14 C and optically stimulated luminescence from a core drilled at the southwestern edge of the Lower Liaohe P...