Drivers and Changes of the Poyang Lake Wetland Ecosystem

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 39; no. Suppl 1; pp. 35 - 44
• Main Authors: Wang, Yuyu, Molinos, Jorge García, Shi, Linlu, Zhang, Min, Wu, Zhaoshi, Zhang, Huan, Xu, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptive management; Aquatic animals; Aquatic biota; Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biota; Canyons; China; Climate change; Coastal Sciences; Dams; Drought; Dry season; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental Management; fauna; Floodplains; Floods; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Freshwater lakes; Geomorphology; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; Literature reviews; migratory behavior; Migratory birds; Precipitation; Rain; River ecology; Sediments; Special Issue on Lake Poyang; vegetation; Water level fluctuations; Water levels; Water quality; Water shortages; Wetlands; Wildlife conservation; Three Gorges Dam; China; Poyang Lake; Yangtze River; Migratory birds; Hydrology; Ecosystem services; Waterfowl; Three Gorges Dam; Wetland vegetation

This paper serves as both a review of the latest science on the Poyang Lake wetland ecosystem and as an introduction to this Special Issue guest-edited by Jun Xu. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and one of the largest freshwater lake/wetland complexes in Asia. Poyang Lake’s assoc...