Ecology articles for China Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), China

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026
Count: 111

Article ‘Count’ for Ecology.

Journal Count Share
1 0.07
Biotic Variability and Synchrony Across Hierarchical Levels and Freshwater Networks 0.07
15 5.55
Inferring irrigation regimes and sunshine duration from the distribution and spectral characteristics of farmland microplastics 0.11
Impact of microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on microbial community in marine sediments: A case study of the Bohai Sea 0.25
Radula-mediated feeding drives selective ingestion of elongated microfibers by a freshwater snail 0.20
Unveiling the co-occurrence of fluoride-arsenic and nitrate retention in Wujiang cascade reservoirs by a hybrid hydrochemical, PMF model and multi-isotopic method 0.33
Release mechanisms of plasticizers from emerging biodegradable plastics and their aging behavior 0.10
Combined toxicity of nanoplastics and microcystin-LR to sulfate-reducing bacteria and the underlying mechanisms 0.17
Developmental toxicity of carboxylated microplastics in zebrafish mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammatory activation 0.68
Unraveling profiles of organic ultraviolet filters in coastal waters of the East China Marginal Seas 0.56
From particle tracking modelling to species impact forecasting: a framework for microplastic exposure risk quantification in the largest freshwater lake of China 0.40
Size-dependent effects of polystyrene micro- and nanoplastics on the quality of rice grains and the metabolism mechanism 0.17
Risk identification of human health, ecotoxicity, and degradation products of azo dyes: development of a priority control list 0.17
Bioavailability of pyrene in soil affected by polylactic acid and polystyrene microplastics and their toxic effects on earthworms (Eisenia fetida) 0.75
Exposure to benzotriazole UV stabilizer-329 at environmental concentrations induces neurotoxicity by affecting neurotransmission in Caenorhabditis elegans 0.56
Differential aging processes of microplastics in paddy soil under wet-dry alternation: Insights into chemical structure alteration and dissolved organic matter formation 1.00
Seasonal changes-facilitated release of phosphorus and tungsten from the Lake Taihu sediments through reductive dissolution of Fe/Mn (hydr)oxides and competitive adsorption with dissolved organic matter 0.11
19 5.22
The Influence of Microplastic Polymer Characteristics on Estuarine Phosphorus Dynamics Through Microbial Mediation: A Field Study in the Pearl River Estuary 0.09
Nutrient pattern driven by water-sediment regulation favors cyanobacteria in yellow river ecosystems 0.20
Environmental Stress Drives Microbial Regime Shifts and Functional Reorganization in a Large Deep Reservoir 0.05
Composition and photodegradation transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter from microplastics versus natural sources: impacts on copper (Cu) and tetracycline (TC) binding behaviors 0.14
Molecular interaction of pristine and photoaged polylactic acid microplastics with extracellular polymeric substances from Microcystis aeruginosa 0.29
Co-exposure to Microplastics and Tire Particles Exacerbates Oxidative Stress and Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) 0.17
New Insights into the Microbial Succession and Health Risks of Atmospheric Plastispheres 0.60
Dry-season precipitation reshapes functional gene composition and modulates ecosystem functioning in the tropical eutrophic Mirongo river 0.06
Enhanced carbon–nitrogen coupling and reduced organic carbon stability in the Liaohe River Estuary wetland, China, induced by human activity 0.46
Assessing global patterns and health risks of vegetables as a dietary mercury exposure pathway 0.06
Integrated isotopic and molecular insights reveal agricultural legacy phosphorus driving Nanyihu Lake eutrophication 0.27
Nitrogen and phosphorus addition mitigates microplastic community impacts on coastal saline-alkaline wetland ecosystems 0.60
Deciphering ecological drivers and assembly mechanisms of sulfonamide-degrading bacteria in constructed wetlands 0.58
Multigenerational growth inhibition and oxidative stress of polystyrene micro(nano)plastics on earthworms (Eisenia fetida) 0.28
Integrated Assessment of Fibrous vs. Non-Fibrous Microplastic Deposition Patterns in Subtropical Urban Atmospheres: From Morphotypes to Risk Vectors 0.09
The soil plastisphere: A hotspot for arsenic methylation regulated by microplastic polymer types 0.03
Characterizing seasonal changes in perfluoroalkyl substances in lake sediment by environmental magnetism from a machine learning perspective 0.08
Effects of multiscale environmental variables on the taxonomic and functional structures of riverine microeukaryotic plankton communities: eDNA metabarcoding and metatranscriptomic perspectives 0.57
Multi-diversity dominates the response of ecosystem multifunctionality and stability to biogeochemical materials that exceed planetary boundaries 0.60
32 8.59
Mechanistic Insights into the Transient Reactions of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals on Common Microplastics: An Important Role of Air Humidity 0.06
Hydroxyl Radical-Driven Methanogenesis in Sunlit Surface Waters 0.25
River Diversity Outcomes at Different Trophic Levels Can Be Greater Than Expected When Land Use and Physical and Toxic Stressors Combine 0.67
Climate-Induced Thermal and Hypoxic Stress Exacerbate the Chronic Ecological Risks of Legacy PFAS in Freshwater Ecosystems 0.70
A Resilient In Situ Raman-Based Framework for Identifying Thermally Aged Microplastics: Validation in Waste-to-Energy Incineration 0.19
eDNA and AI Identification Reveal Complementary Signals in Phytoplankton Monitoring 0.60
Recycling of Sedimentary Phosphorus Pools in Two Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau Lakes, Southwest China 0.09
Size-Resolved Airborne Micro- and Nanoplastics in Beijing: Comparative Analysis of Heating and Non-Heating Seasons 1.00
AI-Driven Species Sensitivity Distribution (AI-4-SSD) Framework for Predicting Aquatic Ecological Risks of Chemical Pollutants in Global Near-Coastal Environments 0.07
Cation–π Interaction and Salinity Regulate the Bubble-Mediated Transport of Microplastics in the Presence of Aromatic Dissolved Organic Matter 0.08
Microbe-Mediated Degradation of Polyethylene and Release of Associated Pollutants under Simulated Dark Environments 0.04
Temporal Feedback Loop Drives the Coevolutionary Fate of Microplastics and Surface Biofilms in River Sediments 0.17
Eutrophic Lake Restoration Requires Multidimensional Approaches to Stressor Management 0.06
Decoupling of Biodiversity and Network Stability in Sediment-Laden Rivers: A Cross-Regional Analysis of Multitrophic Communities in the Yellow River 0.20
Nitrate Aggravates While Ammonium Mitigates Thermal Bleaching in Corals through Divergent Lipid-Mediated Pathways and Stress Response 0.22
From Promotion to Inhibition: A Holistic Perspective on the Biological Effects of Polylactic Acid Microplastics on Black Soldier Fly Larva in Food Waste Bioconversion 0.08
Dissolved Organic Matter Modulates Concentrations and Bacterial Preferences of Organophosphate Esters and Phthalates 0.50
An Accurate Size-Probability Distribution Method for Converting Microplastic Counts to Mass 0.10
Vertical Stratification and Driving Factors of Microplastics in the South China Sea: Distributions, Mechanisms, and Ecological Risks 0.38
Adaptive Transgenerational Effects Offset the Increased Toxicity of the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos under Heat Stress 0.20
Strengthen Mercury Control in Coal Use in the Perspective of Global Flows: From Input to Waste 0.14
Conventional and Biodegradable Microplastics Both Impair Soil Phosphorus Cycling and Availability via Microbial Suppression 0.25
Real-Time Monitoring of Dose Distribution and Simplified Indicators of Ultraviolet Reactors with a Buckingham-π Theorem-Based Dual MFSD System 0.05
Real-Time Detection of Urban Atmospheric Micro–Nanoplastics and Their Chemical Mixing State Using Bioaerosol Single-Particle Mass Spectrometry 0.03
Nanoplastics in Simulated Human Lung Fluids: Aggregation Kinetics, Theoretical Model Simulation, and Effects on Pulmonary Bacteria 0.42
Quantifying Critical Thresholds of Submerged Macrophyte Coverage to Buffer Climate-Amplified Ammonium Pulses and Stabilize Clear-water States 0.13
From Spat to Adult: Investigating Microplastic Accumulation in Crassostrea hongkongensis of Varying Sizes 0.14
Hormetic Effects of the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Counteract the Adverse Effects of a Heat Spike Both within and across Generations in a Freshwater Rotifer 0.20
Machine Learning-Assisted Tissue-Residue-Based Risk Assessment for Protecting Threatened and Endangered Fishes in the Yangtze River Basin 0.88
Unraveling Microbial Drivers of Lacustrine N2O Emissions under Synergistic Warming and Eutrophication: Community Dynamics and Functional Gene Responses 0.20
Predicting the Site-Specific Toxicity of Metals to Fishes Using a New Machine Learning-Based Approach 0.38
Microplastics Pose an Elevated Antimicrobial Resistance Risk Than Natural Surfaces via a Systematic Comparative Study of Surface Biofilms in Rivers 0.14
1 0.27
Radium and radon isotopes reveal multi-scale porewater and groundwater nutrient sources in a macrotidal embayment 0.27
2 0.20
Tropical Rainforests Exhibit Higher Multidimensional Stability Than Rubber Plantations Despite Lower Resistance to Temperature Anomalies 0.14
Elevated Temperatures Constrain Microbial Metabolism in Benthic and Underlying Sediments of Intermittent Streams 0.06
2 1.18
Cascading effects of microplastic-pollutant co-exposure in coastal wetland soil-plant-microbe systems: Mitigation potential through nutrient management 0.58
Variations in organic matter and microbial community responses to microplastic stress at different soil depths in landfills 0.60
1 0.36
Air Mass Transport and Marine Conditions Regulate the Optical Properties and Composition of Particulate Water‐Soluble Organic Carbon Over the East China Sea 0.36
2 0.32
Southern Ocean influence on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation across climate states 0.25
Episodic flooding causes sudden deoxygenation shocks in human-dominated rivers 0.07
1 0.02
Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves 0.02
35 9.83
Unraveling Contrasting Summer Endogenous Nutrient Release Regimes in Two Karst Plateau Lakes: Evidence from High-resolution Measurements 0.40
Nutrient fluxes are underestimated in the Qinghai Lake Basin, the largest endorheic basin of the Asian Water Tower 0.30
A fluorescence index-informed δ¹⁸Oₚ-based Bayesian mixing framework for quantifying riverine phosphorus sources 0.03
Independent physical role of plant morphology in oil retention: Evidence from bionic experiments and numerical simulation 0.13
Quantitative Apportionment of Multiple Water Sources and Their Implications for Coastal Nutrient Dynamics: A Mult-Tracer Framework of River-Dominated System 0.17
Habitat heterogeneity shapes the differences in composition and structure of phytoplankton functional groups in typical subtropical regions 0.33
Increased dissolved methane production driven by phosphorus enrichment in rivers draining from varied climate zones to eastern China's coastal waters 0.17
An integrated dual-model framework for microplastic flux estimation and source apportionment in tropical island river systems 0.82
An Attention Fusion of Fourier-Analysis-based Transformer and CNN-BiLSTM for Coastal Inorganic Nitrogen Concentration Forecasts 0.38
Manganese Oxide-mediated Inhibition of Microplastic Photodegradation: Insight into the Photoreduction Mechanism 0.10
Effects of microplastics on carbon and nitrogen cycling in coastal wetlands: A critical meta-analysis 0.08
Spatial heterogeneity in mechanisms of internal phosphorus loading from sediments in a subtropical plateau lake 0.30
Multi-omics profiling complements physicochemical monitoring by revealing functional signatures of dissolved oxygen status in the Xijiang River 0.11
Electroplating parks as hidden sources of novel plastic additives: Occurrence, migration pathways, and ecological risks 0.33
Beyond Abundance: Integrating Fragmentation, Toxicity, and Vulnerability into Coastal Microplastic Risk Assessment 0.72
Dissolved organic matter inhibit the degradation process of polystyrene nanoplastic under Utraviolet light 0.07
Nutrient regimes shaping the diatom-dinoflagellate interdecadal succession in coastal temperate waters of China 0.08
Altitude, land use and precipitation regimes drive key factors of lake nitrous oxide emission on large geographic scales 0.06
In situ biofilm development on microplastics and its impact on PFAS adsorption in aquatic environment 0.74
Photoreactivity of Microplastic-derived Dissolved Organic Matter Governed by Its Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups in Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Fractions rather than Molecular Weights 0.19
Characteristics of organic phosphorus in sediments from lakes: Regeneration for eutrophication or a geological record in the Anthropocene? 0.73
Are iron and manganese key factors in nitrate attenuation within the shallow groundwater of the nitrogen attenuation zone? 0.10
Microplastics-driven reconfiguration of organic carbon fractions in lake sediments: mineralization and stabilization dynamics of biodegradable polymers 0.20
Source identification and phosphorus transformation of suspended particulate matter in the eutrophic bays of a large lake (Lake Taihu, China) 0.20
Multi-trophic microbial communities drive nitrogen cycling in river ecosystems: Synergistic control of hydrological regime and nutrient input 0.18
Global measurement of surface water microplastics using a unified size threshold 0.93
Side-chain chlorine controls interfacial photoreacivity of aliphatic hydrocarbon microplastics by modulating production of persistent free radicals and reactive oxygen species 0.11
Interface processes of endogenous phosphorus during the freeze period: The driving role of iron dissimilation reduction and the unignorable organic phosphorus release 0.17
Hydrological regime mediates stoichiometry regime and source–sink alternation in shallow lakes 0.33
Formation and in-situ identification of unique microplastic-rock blends under anthropogenic thermal conditions 0.10
Threats of BaA-SM2 as Key Bioaccumulated PAH and Antibiotic Components to Coral Energy Dynamics and Symbiosis Stability 0.23
Seasonal variation enhances dissolved arsenic dynamics in aquaculture lake at the sediment-water interface 0.33
Dynamics and Driving Mechanisms of the Regime shifts from Clear-Grass to Turbid-Algae Stable State in a Shallow Lake Ecosystem 0.29
Assessing climate change impact on watershed hydrological processes and stream temperature by considering CO2 emissions 0.14
Seasonal water level fluctuations regulate the source, distribution, and risk of antibiotics in the largest floodplain-lake in China 0.30

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