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Effects of landscape modification on coastal sediment nitrogen availability, microbial functional gene abundances and N2O production potential across the tropical-subtropical gradient

Ping Yang Orcid Logo, Kam Tang Orcid Logo, Linhai Zhang, Xiao Lin, Hong Yang, Chuan Tong, Yan Hong, Lishan Tan, Derrick Y.F. Lai Orcid Logo, Yalan Tian, Wanyi Zhu, Manjing Ruan, Yongxin Lin Orcid Logo

Environmental Research, Volume: 227, Start page: 115829

Swansea University Author: Kam Tang Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115829

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Wetland sediment is an important nitrogen pool and a source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). Modification of coastal wetland landscape due to plant invasion and aquaculture activities may drastically change this N pool and the related dynamics of N2O. This study measured the sediment prope...

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Published in: Environmental Research
ISSN: 0013-9351
Published: Elsevier BV 2023
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63057
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Abstract: Wetland sediment is an important nitrogen pool and a source of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). Modification of coastal wetland landscape due to plant invasion and aquaculture activities may drastically change this N pool and the related dynamics of N2O. This study measured the sediment properties, N2O production and relevant functional gene abundances in 21 coastal wetlands across five provinces along the tropical-subtropical gradient in China, which all had experienced the same sequence of habitat transformation from native mudflats (MFs) to invasive Spartina alterniflora marshes (SAs) and subsequently to aquaculture ponds (APs). Our results showed that change from MFs to SAs increased the availability of NH4+-N and NO3−-N and the abundance of functional genes related to N2O production (amoA, nirK, nosZ Ⅰ, and nosZ Ⅱ), whereas conversion of SAs to APs resulted in the opposite changes. Invasion of MFs by S. alterniflora increased N2O production potential by 127.9%, whereas converting SAs to APs decreased it by 30.4%. Based on structural equation modelling, nitrogen substrate availability and abundance of ammonia oxidizers were the key factors driving the change in sediment N2O production potential in these wetlands. This study revealed the main effect patterns of habitat modification on sediment biogeochemistry and N2O production across a broad geographical and climate gradient. These findings will help large-scale mapping and assessing landscape change effects on sediment properties and greenhouse gas emissions along the coast.
Keywords: Coastal wetland, Habitat change, Nitrogen remineralization, Nitrogen substrates, N2O production Potential, Ammonia oxidation
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (Grant No. 2020J01136, and 2022R1002006), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 41801070, and No. 41671088), and the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. CUHK 14122521).
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