Effects of land use transitions due to underground coal mining on ecosystem services in high groundwater table areas: A case study in the Yanzhou coalfield

Xiao, Wu; Fu, Yanhua; Wang, Tao; Lv, Xuejiao

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.059

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“…320 Most of them belonged to the GC in the FFG classification, indicating that the newly formed 321 wetlands had sedimentary environmental conditions with fine sediment deposition and high 322 organic content. This result is consistent with the land use (i.e., farmland) before the formation of 323 the newly formed wetlands (Xiao et al, 2018). However, some taxa, such as Gastropoda, were 324 absent, and the presence of some taxa, such as Oligochaeta, showed low abundance, suggesting 325 they had not yet established during the IS.…”

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Peer Review #1 of "Biodiversity and temporal patterns of macrozoobenthos in a coal mining subsidence area in North China (v0.1)"

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Coal resources play a strategic role in the long-term development of China. Large-scale mining has a considerable impact on the landscape, and it is a long-term heritage of industrialization and unique to the Anthropocene. We investigated the macrozoobenthos and water in nine mining subsidence wetlands at different developmental stages (3-20 years) in North China. A total of 68 species were found, and the macrozoobenthos community in the newly formed wetlands showed high diversity. We believe that this high diversity is not random; rather, the high diversity was because of the special origin and development of the wetland. We used three time slices from the timeline of the development of the newly formed wetlands and compared them. It was found that the macrozoobenthos community was significantly affected by the change in the subsidence history. We emphasize that coal mining subsidence should not be merely identified as secondary man-made disasters, as they are often secondary habitats with high conservation value, and their conservation potential lies in the fact that these secondary habitats can replace rapidly decreasing natural wetlands.PeerJ reviewing PDF | (Abstract 19 Coal resources play a strategic role in the long-term development of China. Large-scale mining 20 has a considerable impact on the landscape, and it is a long-term heritage of industrialization and 21 unique to the Anthropocene. We investigated the macrozoobenthos and water in nine mining 22 subsidence wetlands at different developmental stages (3-20 years) in North China. A total of 68 23 species were found, and the macrozoobenthos community in the newly formed wetlands showed 24 high diversity. We believe that this high diversity is not random; rather, the high diversity was 25 because of the special origin and development of the wetland. We used three time slices from the 26 timeline of the development of the newly formed wetlands and compared them. It was found that PeerJ reviewing PDF | (

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“…Moreover, this region comprises of many coalmine areas, contributing around 70% of China's coal production. Coal-mining leads to serious ecological and environmental problems, such as removal of the earth-surface cover, damage of plant roots, destruction of vegetation and turning of coal-mining areas into deserts [6,7]. Thus, the coal-mined spoils of northwest-part of China could be an appropriate resource to explore the possibility of ecosystem restoration using particular plant species and appropriate doses of water and fertilizers.…”

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Improvement of growth performance of Amorpha fruticosa under contrasting regime of water and fertilizer in coal-contaminated spoils using response surface methodology

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Background: Water availability and nutrient-status of soils play crucial roles in seedling establishment and plant survival in coal-spoiled areas worldwide. Restoration of spoils pertains to the application of proper doses of nutrients and water, and selection of particular plant species for efficient revegetation. This study aimed at examining the potential effects of different combinations of soil-water and fertilizers (nitrogen, N and phosphorus, P) on morpho-physiological and biochemical attributes of Amorpha fruticosa grown in coal-mined spoils. Three factors five-level central-composite-design with optimization technique response surface methodology (rsm) was used to optimize water irrigation and fertilizer application strategies. Results: Our results revealed a strong correlation between experimental data and predicted values developed from the rsm model. The best responses of A. fruticosa in terms of plant height, stem diameter, root length, and dry biomass were observed under a high-water regime. Low-water regime caused a notable reduction in growth-associated parameters, and fertilization with either N or P did not show positive effects on those parameters, indicating that soil-water was the most influential factor for growth performance. Leaf water potential, gas-exchange parameters, and chlorophyll content significantly increased under high levels of soil-water, N and P, suggesting a synergistic effect of these factors for the improvement of photosynthesis-related parameters. At low soil-water contents and N-P fertilizer application levels, enhanced accumulation of malondialdehyde and proline indicated that A. fruticosa suffered from oxidative and osmotic stresses. Amorpha fruticosa also responded to oxidative stress by accelerating the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidase. The effects of both fertilizers relied on soilwater, and fertilization was most effective under well-watered conditions. The maximum growth of A. fruticosa was observed under the combination of soil-water, N-dose and P-dose at 76% field capacity, 52.0 mg kg − 1 and 49.0 mg kg − 1 , respectively.

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“…After more than 60 years of coal mining activities, the resources in the region have gradually dried up. Beginning around 2000, the focus of China's coal mining began to move westward and gradually concentrate in the areas of the Shanxi-Shaanxi-Inner Mongolia Autonomous (Xiao, Fu, Wang, & Lv, 2018). Within this region, the Shendong Mining Area (SMA) resembles the United States Appalachian coalfield, Pode River coalfield, German Ruhr coal field, Kuzbas coal field in Russia, Donbas coal field, and Silesia coalfield in Poland, that is, the seven primary coal fields in the world.…”

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Is underground coal mining causing land degradation and significantly damaging ecosystems in semi‐arid areas? A study from an Ecological Capital perspective

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Coal mining often brings negative impacts to land and eco‐environments. How to quantitatively evaluate this impact at a regional scale, and assess its related influences in mining and nonmining areas from an ecological viewpoint is important and a challenge. The Shendong Mining Area (SMA) at the junction region of Shaanxi Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous region in northern China is a typical semi‐arid region. Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) were used to construct an ecosystem service measurement and evaluation index system in a typical high‐intensity coal mining area. Ecological Capital was estimated using remote sensing and statistical data from 2005, 2010 and 2015. The results show that (a) EC distribution has gradually increased from southeast to northwest (with an average annual growth rate of 2.32%); (b) water and soil conservation are the largest among ecosystem service functions, and the EC per unit area for the shrub ecosystem is the highest; and (c) the EC within the SMA grew steadily with an average annual growth rate of 3.09%. We can conclude that under high‐intensity mining, EC has not decreased, and the EC growth rate in some mining areas were even greater than nonmining areas, indicating that underground mining impacts were under tolerable threshold in this region. Through the remote sensing quantitative evaluation model, this article reveals the impact of regional ecological assets under different mining intensity, and provides an important basis for evaluating regional sustainable development and ecological environment management.

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Effects of land use transitions due to underground coal mining on ecosystem services in high groundwater table areas: A case study in the Yanzhou coalfield

Cited by 90 publications

References 37 publications

Peer Review #1 of "Biodiversity and temporal patterns of macrozoobenthos in a coal mining subsidence area in North China (v0.1)"

Peer Review #1 of "Biodiversity and temporal patterns of macrozoobenthos in a coal mining subsidence area in North China (v0.1)"

Improvement of growth performance of Amorpha fruticosa under contrasting regime of water and fertilizer in coal-contaminated spoils using response surface methodology

Is underground coal mining causing land degradation and significantly damaging ecosystems in semi‐arid areas? A study from an Ecological Capital perspective

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