Frontiers in Plant Science (May 2021)
Can the Non-native Salt Marsh Halophyte Spartina alterniflora Threaten Native Seagrass (Zostera japonica) Habitats? A Case Study in the Yellow River Delta, China
- Shidong Yue,
- Shidong Yue,
- Shidong Yue,
- Shidong Yue,
- Shidong Yue,
- Shidong Yue,
- Yi Zhou,
- Yi Zhou,
- Yi Zhou,
- Yi Zhou,
- Yi Zhou,
- Yi Zhou,
- Shaochun Xu,
- Shaochun Xu,
- Shaochun Xu,
- Shaochun Xu,
- Shaochun Xu,
- Shaochun Xu,
- Xiaomei Zhang,
- Xiaomei Zhang,
- Xiaomei Zhang,
- Xiaomei Zhang,
- Xiaomei Zhang,
- Xiaomei Zhang,
- Mingjie Liu,
- Mingjie Liu,
- Mingjie Liu,
- Mingjie Liu,
- Mingjie Liu,
- Mingjie Liu,
- Yongliang Qiao,
- Yongliang Qiao,
- Yongliang Qiao,
- Yongliang Qiao,
- Yongliang Qiao,
- Yongliang Qiao,
- Ruiting Gu,
- Ruiting Gu,
- Ruiting Gu,
- Ruiting Gu,
- Ruiting Gu,
- Ruiting Gu,
- Shuai Xu,
- Shuai Xu,
- Shuai Xu,
- Shuai Xu,
- Shuai Xu,
- Shuai Xu,
- Yu Zhang,
- Yu Zhang,
- Yu Zhang,
- Yu Zhang,
- Yu Zhang,
- Yu Zhang
Affiliations
- Shidong Yue
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shidong Yue
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Shidong Yue
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shidong Yue
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shidong Yue
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shidong Yue
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Yi Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yi Zhou
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Yi Zhou
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yi Zhou
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yi Zhou
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Yi Zhou
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Shaochun Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shaochun Xu
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Shaochun Xu
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shaochun Xu
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shaochun Xu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shaochun Xu
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Xiaomei Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Xiaomei Zhang
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Xiaomei Zhang
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Xiaomei Zhang
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Xiaomei Zhang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Xiaomei Zhang
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Mingjie Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Mingjie Liu
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Mingjie Liu
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Mingjie Liu
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Mingjie Liu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Mingjie Liu
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Yongliang Qiao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yongliang Qiao
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Yongliang Qiao
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yongliang Qiao
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yongliang Qiao
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Yongliang Qiao
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Ruiting Gu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Ruiting Gu
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Ruiting Gu
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Ruiting Gu
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Ruiting Gu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Ruiting Gu
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Shuai Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shuai Xu
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Shuai Xu
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shuai Xu
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Shuai Xu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shuai Xu
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- Yu Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yu Zhang
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Yu Zhang
- Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yu Zhang
- CAS Engineering Laboratory for Marine Ranching, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- Yu Zhang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Yu Zhang
- Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Qingdao, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.643425
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
Abstract
Seagrass meadows are critical ecosystems, and they are among the most threatened habitats on the planet. As an anthropogenic biotic invader, Spartina alterniflora Loisel. competes with native plants, threatens native ecosystems and coastal aquaculture, and may cause local biodiversity to decline. The distribution area of the exotic species S. alterniflora in the Yellow River Delta had been expanding to ca.4,000 ha from 1990 to 2018. In this study, we reported, for the first time, the competitive effects of the exotic plant (S. alterniflora) on seagrass (Zostera japonica Asch. & Graebn.) by field investigation and a transplant experiment in the Yellow River Delta. Within the first 3 months of the field experiment, S. alterniflora had pushed forward 14 m into the Z. japonica distribution region. In the study region, the area of S. alterniflora in 2019 increased by 516 times compared with its initial area in 2015. Inhibition of Z. japonica growth increased with the invasion of S. alterniflora. Z. japonica had been degrading significantly under the pressure of S. alterniflora invasion. S. alterniflora propagates sexually via seeds for long distance invasion and asexually by tillers and rhizomes for short distance invasion. Our results describe the invasion pattern of S. alterniflora and can be used to develop strategies for prevention and control of S. alterniflora invasion.
Keywords
- biological invasion
- anthropogenic introduction
- Spartina alterniflora
- seagrass
- Zostera japonica
- intertidal zone
