title: [Spatial variation of soil moisture/salinity and the relationship with vegetation under natural conditions in Yancheng coastal wetland].
abstract: Taking the core part of Yancheng national nature reserve as the study area, according to soil sampling analysis of coastal wetlands in April and May 2011 land the 2011 ETM + remote sensing image, the spatial difference characteristic of coastal wetlands soil moisture and salinity, and the relationship with vegetation under natural conditions, were investigated with the model of correspondence analysis (CCA), linear regression simulation and geo-statistical method. The results showed: Firstly, the average level of the soil moisture was fluctuating between 36.820% and 46.333% , and the soil salinity was between 0.347% and 1.328% , in a more detailed sense, the Spartina swamp was the highest, followed by the mudflats swamp, the Suaeda salsa swamp, and the Reed marsh. Secondly, the spatial variation of soil moisture was consistent with that of the salinity, and the degree of variation in the east-west direction was greater than that in the north-south. The maximum soil moisture and salinity were found in the southwest Spartina swamp. The minimum was in the Reed swamp. The soil moisture and salinity were divided into 5 levels, from I to V. Level IV occupied the highest proportion, which were 36.156% and 28.531% , respectively. Finally, different landscape types with the combination of soil moisture and salinity showed a common feature that the moisture and salinity were from both high to low. The soil moisture value of Reed marshes was lower than 40.116% and the salinity value was lower than 0. 676% . The soil moisture value of Suaeda salsa marshes was between 38. 162% and 46. 403% and the salinity value was between 0.417% and 1.295%. The soil moisture value of Spartina swamp was higher than 43.214% and the salinity was higher than 1.090%. The soil moisture value of beach was higher than 43.214% and the salinity was higher than 0.677%.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Ecology Construction in Jiangsu Province, College of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, China. jszhbing@163.com
authors.forename: Hua-Bing
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Xing-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Ming-Hang
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D063245:Plant Development; D054712:Salinity; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D062206:Spatial Analysis; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D014867:Water