Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research

Behavior-Based Thresholds Support Screening-Level Prioritization of Caffeine as a Neuroactive Wastewater Micropollutant in Coastal Waters

Abstract Sensitive functional end points reveal early responses to neuroactive wastewater contaminants but are rarely translated into screening thresholds. Using caffeine as a sentinel, we evaluated a behavior-based framework for coastal waters. Systematic searches of Web of Scie...

How interannual hydrological variability governs thermal stratification and selective withdrawal efficacy: Insights from the lower Lancang River cascade reservoirs

Study region The cascade reservoirs in the lower Lancang River, southwestern China. Study focus Natural river ecosystems rely on specific thermal regimes, which are frequently disrupted by deep reservoirs releasing cold hypolimnetic water. This study investigated how interannual...

Development of Low-Carbon Coatings/Materials and Intelligent Construction Protection Technology

Global urbanization continues to accelerate, driving rapid growth in demand for new buildings and infrastructure, as well as further exacerbating natural resource consumption, ecological degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions [...]

Divergent Proton-Buffering Processes and Acidification Risks in Permanent and Variable-Charge Soils

Soil acidification threatens agroecosystems, yet the coupled, soil-specific proton-buffering mechanisms in permanent-charge soils (PCSs) and variable-charge soils (VCSs) remain insufficiently quantified. This study systematically investigated surface cation exchange, vacant site...

Monitoring the Concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorus at the Sea Surface Using a Hyperspectral Image—A Case Study of Sheyang Estuary, Yellow Sea

The concentrations of DIN and DIP are important indicators in an offshore ecosystem; although they do not have optical activity, their concentrations are affected by optically active substances, such as sediment, chlorophyll, and dissolved organic matter, an association that is e...

Decoupled Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Across Soil Particle-Size Fractions in Apple Orchards of the Jiaodong Peninsula, China

The coupled mechanisms governing carbon–nitrogen turnover across soil particle-size fractions remain unclear. This study investigated soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) dynamics across five particle-size fractions in Cambisols under conventional and organic orchard...