China has the second greatest extent of intertidal zones in the world. The intertidal zone is the most dynamic environments in the biosphere and potentially supports high biodiversity. Marine yeasts show excellent performance in various industrial, environmental and medical applications, however, the marine yeast diversity has rarely been studied in China. In this study, we collected 1241 samples including marine sediments, ma...

Sciaenid fishes are usually associated with large freshwater inputs and are the most important economic fish on the coastal shelf off mainland China. To compare the differences in ecological niche and resource sharing among different populations of Sciaenidae species, we collected samples of Larimichthys polyactis , Collichthys lucidus , Johnius belangerii , Nibea albiflora , and Miichthys miiuy from Zhoushan Archipelago water...

The uptake of CH 4 by aerate soil plays a secondary role in the removal of tropospheric CH 4 , but it is still highly uncertain in terms of its magnitude, spatial, and temporal variation. In an attempt to quantify the sink of the vast alpine grasslands (1 400 000 km 2 ) of the Tibetan Plateau, we conducted in situ measurements in an alpine steppe (4730 m) and alpine meadow (4900 m) using the static chamber and gas chromatograp...