[Wetland ecosystems formation and its protection in Yellow River Delta]

Site investigation, satellite photo analysis and historic material analysis show that the vast neonatal wetlands in Yellow River Delta were created by high concentration sediment of the river and the land-sea evolution. Affected by the regional climate, landform, geological deposition, soil, vegetation and their interactions, the wetlands covered 4.5 x 10(5) hm2, 6.84 x 10(4) hm2 of which were artificial wetlands. The wetland ecosystems changed with the waving of the Yellow River Mouth and the land development in the Delta area. From ocean to land, the sublittoral aquatic wetland, eulittoral wetland, eplittoral salt wetland, bulrush-quitch wetland, meadow wetland and land agroecosystem were developed. The wetland ecosystems had abundant biological resources, including 1524 wild animals, 300 birds and 1040 fishes, which were changed recently by the oil development and affected by the interruption of Yellow River. Wetland protection should be strengthened in resources utilization.