Wetlands in a Climate-Changing World

Dr. Yuanchun Zou is a Professor of Wetland Ecosystem Management Group, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is one of the leading Talents of National Forestry and Grassland Science and Technology Innovation Program, Co-Vice Chair/Secretary General, China Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists, and the Committee member of ISO/TC331/WG2. He has published over sixty papers indexed in Web of science, as well as over 10 monographs in Chinese. Chun Wang is an associate researcher in Fujian Normal University and a core member of Fujian Minjiang Estuary Wetland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration. She has published over 40 papers. Xiaoyan Zhu is an Associate Professor of Northeast Normal University who has published over thirty articles.

• 1. Introduction2. Wetland distribution subjected to climate change: past impacts and future risks3. Wetland hydrological regime prediction under climate change scenarios4. Coastal wetland soil carbon and nitrogen cycling subjected to sea level elevation and salinity changes5. Lacustrine wetland methane oxidation responding to the climate change6. Lacustrine wetland phytoplankton responding to changing environment7. Palustrine wetland soil biogeochemical processes responding to climate change8. Palustrine wetland emergent plant performance under manipulated warming and precipitation along the surface water gradient9. Wetland fish responding to changing environment10. Peatland microbiological mediated carbon and nitrogen processes responding to climate change11. Wetland waterfowls’ behaviours influenced by climate change12. Climate change-adaptive management of wetlands: from theoretical principles to practices