简介：AsoneofthedevelopingcountriesChinahasanarablelandpercapitafarbelowtheworld'saveragelevel.Withahigh-densitypopulationanthequickdevelopmentofeconomyandurbaniztion,theYangtzeRiverDeltashowsthetypicalcharacteristicsoflanduseindevelopedregionsofChina,whichare:highlandreclamationrateandlowarablelandpercapita;intensivelanduseandhighoutputvalue;andrapidincreasingofconstructionlandareaandfastdiminishingofarableland.TheanalysisindicatesthattheprocessofthearablelandchangesintheYangtzeRiverDeltacouldbedividedintofourdifferentchangestagesoverthepast50years.

简介：ThereasonsfortheYangtzeRiverfloodcalamityin1998arebrieflyintroduced.Theauthorsbelievethatusinga'soilreservoir'conceptisanimportantmeanstohelpcontrolfloodingoftheYangtzeRiver.A'soilreservoir'hasalargepotentialstoragecapacityanditswatercanberapidly'discharged'intotheundergroundwaterinatimelyfashion.Theeroded,infertilesoilsoftheYangtzeRiverWatershedarecurrentlyanobstacletoefficientoperationofthe'soilreservoir'.Thestoragecapacityofthis'soilreservoir'hasbeenseverelyhamperedduetointensivesoilerosionandtheformationofsoilcrusts.Therefore,possiblemeasurestocontrolfloodsintheYangtzeRiverWatershedinclude:rehabilitatingthevegetationtopreservesoilandwaterontheerodedinfertilesoils,enhancinginfiltrationofthedifferentsoiltypes,andutilizingthelarge'soilreservoir'oftheupperreachesoftheYangtzeRiver.

简介：Thirteensedimentcoresamples(0-10cm)weretakenfromthesevenlakesinthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheYangtzeRivertodeterminethecontentsanddistributionsoforganicphosphorus(P)fractionsinthesedimentsoftheshallowlakesinthearea.TheorganicPfractionsinthesedimentswereintheorderofmoderatelylabileorganicP(MLOP)>moderatelyresistantorganicP(MROP)>highlyresistantorganicP(HROP)>labileorganicP(LOP),withaverageproportionalratiosof13.2:2.8:1.3:1.0.LOP,MLOP,andMROPweresignificantlyrelatedtothecontentsoftotalorganiccarbon(TOC),water-solubleP(WSP),algal-availableP(AAP),NaHCO3-extractableP(Olsen-P),totalP(TP),organicP(OP),andinorganicP(IP).However,HROPwassignificantlyrelatedtoOPandweaklycorrelatedwithTOC,WSP,AAP,Olsen-P,TPorIP.ThissuggestedthatorganicP,especiallyLOPandMLOPinsediments,deservedevengreaterattentionthanIPinregardstolakeeutrophication.IntermsoforganicP,sedimentsweremorehazardousthansoilsinlakeeutrophication.AlthoughOPconcentrationswerehigherinmoderatelypollutedsedimentthanthoseinheavilypollutedsediment,LOPandMLOPwerehigherintheheavilypollutedsediment,whichindicatedthatheavilypollutedsedimentwasmorehazardousthanmoderatelypollutedsedimentinlakeeutrophication.

简介：ThedeforestationonlargescaleintheupperreachesofYangtzeRiverhascausedseriousproblemsofecosystemandenvironment.Restorationofthedegeneratedforestecosystemsisoneofthemainresearchfields.TakingGonggaMountainasanexample,degenerationfeaturesandexistingproblemsofforestecosystemsareanalyzedinthispaper,andthemeasuresarealsoproposed.

简介：本文研究了长江三峡花岗岩地区林地土壤流失特性．结果表明由鳞片状面蚀导致的土壤流失量月分布与月降雨量的分布趋势基本一致，二者呈现出较为明显的线性相关关系．植物盖度≥０．７０的林地土壤流失多集中发生在６～９月份，土壤流失量在５０００ｔ·ｋｍ－２·ａ－１以下．盖度＜０．７的林地土壤流失年内分布时间多在３～１０月份，土壤流失量为５００～６０００ｔ·ｋｍ－２·ａ－１．