Effects of reclamation on tidal flat and land use on soil microbial community

Soil microbes play a vital role in nutrient cycling, especially in carbon and nitrogen cycling. Microbes are influenced and regulated by many factors, such as anthropogenic disturbances, environmental conditions and soil properties. Little has been reported on soil microbial response to long term cultivation after reclamation of estuary wetland. This research focused on a chronosequence of 6 soil ages under two different cultivation (paddy rice and upland cropping) systems, including 0 (unclaimed wetland soil), 16, 40, 75, 120 and 300 years old soils.