About the Authors

Siyuan Ye

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China, Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266061, China

Ken W. Krauss

kraussk@usgs.gov

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, 70506, United States of America

Hans Brix

Affiliation Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience and Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Aarhus, C 8000, Denmark

Mengjie Wei

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Linda Olsson

Affiliation Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience and Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research, Aarhus, C 8000, Denmark

Xueyang Yu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Xueying Ma

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Jin Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Hongming Yuan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Guangming Zhao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Xigui Ding

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, China Geological Survey, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

Rebecca F. Moss

Affiliation Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, 70506, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY KWK HB RFM. Performed the experiments: SY MW LO XY XM JW HY GZ XD. Analyzed the data: SY KWK LO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KWK HB RFM. Wrote the paper: KWK SY HB.