Volume 35 Issue 2; March 6, 2023 Contents Three Gorges Reservoir Special Issue Editorial Xu Quanxi, Liu Defu, Xia Junqiang, Bi Yonghong & Li Zhe381 Reviews Research on hydrodynamic characteristics and its water ecoenvironment effects in Three Gorges Reservoir in recent 20 years: Review and prospect Long Lianghong, Huang Yubo, Xu Hui, Ji Daobin, Zhao Xingxing, Cui Yujie, Yang Zhengjian & Liu Defu383 Research progress on key processes of nitrogen cycling under soilplantmicrobial interactions in the water-level-fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Li Shanze, Wang Yuchun, Zhang Jiahui, Zhao Jianwei, Wen Jie, Bao Yufei & Chen Ming398 Water and sediment changes and the ecoenvironment response characteristics in Three Gorges Reservoir after the impoundment Lin Li, Dong Lei, Pan Xiong & Yang Wenjun411 Monitoring and analysis of CO2 and CH4 fluxes in the Three Gorges Reservoir Li Zhe, Yang Liu, Wu Xinghua, Chen Yongbo, Lu Lunhui & Wang Dianchang423 Research papers —Biogeochemistry and aquatic environment protection Flux and form of phosphorus in overlying water at the effluent section of the Three Gorges Reservoir from 1998 to 2019 Lou Baofeng, Ouyang Xuejiao & Yang Xia435 Prediction of CO2, CH4 diffusion fluxes at the water-air interface and analysis on its influencing factors using machine learning algorithms in the Three Gorges Reservoir Ouyang Changyue, Qin Yu, Liu Zhen & Liang Yue449 Distribution characteristics and controlling factors of reduced inorganic sulfur forms in Three Gorges Reservoir sediment and its influence on the release of endogenous phosphorus Wang Yao, Mao Changping, Jia Zhimin, Wang Shuai & Rao Wenbo460 Nitrogen and phosphorusas major factors shaping microbial community structures in surface sediments in Xiangxi River, Three Gorges Reservoir Zhu Zhijie, Chen Mo, Xue Simin, Zhou Shiwei, Jiao Yiying & Tian Xiaofang473 Nitrous oxide emission and its influencing factors at the cyanobacteriadominated lake Liao Yuanshan, Xiao Qitao, Liu Zhenjing, Hu Zhenghua, Zhang Mi, Xiao Wei & Duan Hongtao483 —Eutrophication, bloom prevention and control Phytoplankton community structure and water ecological assessment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Su Xinran, Yu Pan, You Qingmin, Pang Wanting & Wang Quanxi493 Nonlinear timeseries analysis on the causality response of phytoplankton in a tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir He Mengqi, Shan Kun, Wang Lan, Yang Liu, Li Zhe & Shang Mingsheng507 Rainfall impact on the disappearance of algal blooms in Xiangxi River of Three Gorges Reservoir under stratified density current Chen Yuqi, Cui Yujie, Huang Haosheng, Zhang Bihao, Cheng Zaiqiang, Ji Daobin, Long Lianghong & Tang Jing519 Characteristic of phytoplankton community structure and its driving factors along the cascade reservoirs in the Lancang River Zhang Qi, Chen Yuchen, Lin Yuqing, Chen Qiuwen, Zhang Jianyun, Ding Jue & Ma Honghai530 Spatio-temporal patterns of phytoplankton communities and their driving environmental factors in Lake Qinghai Sun Xing, Jiang Xiaoming, Song Gaofei, Zheng Peng, Zhang Kun, Gao Haipeng, Dou Xiaoyan & Ai Xue540 —Freshwater ecology and biodiversity conservation Evolutionary trend of plant community and adaptive strategies of dominant plants in the water-level-fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir Zhang Zhiyong, Xiang Lin, Wan Chengyan, Shi Fang, Zhang Daoxi, Zheng Zhiwei, Zhu Wen, Xu Pan, Yuan Yujie & Zhu Liming553 Comparison of plant diversity and community assembly between drawdown zone of Three Gorges Reservoir and its southwest reservoir area Jiang Weiwei, Yang Nan & Xiao Henglin564 Vegetation productivity of the Lake Poyang Wetland in the post Three Gorges Dam era Dai Xue, Yang Guishan, Wan Rongrong & Li Yanyan577 Fish resources of the early life history stages in the Fuling section of the Three Gorges Reservoir and their responses to hydrological and thermal characteristics Yang Zhi, Gong Yun, Hu Ting, Zhu Qiguang, Jin Yao, Cao Jun, Tang Huiyuan, Xu Wei & Chen Xiaojuan 586 Succession of macrozoobenthic communities and its drivers in Meiliang Bay of Lake Taihu during the past 40 years Wen Shuke, Peng Kai, Gong Zhijun, Qin Boqiang & Cai Yongjiu599 Community structure and driving factors of zooplankton in the littoral zone of Lake Hongze Pu Mengyuan, Xu Jinqian, Hu Kaiyuan, Peng Kai, Gong Zhijun, Cai Yongjiu & Xiang Xianling610 Upstream behavior of Schizothorax wangchiachii after crossing dams at Songxin Hydropower Station in Heishui River, a tributary of the Jinsha River Jiao Yilin, Shi Xiaotao, Xu Jiawei, Li Dongqing, Bai Tianxiang, Tao Yu, Wang Yongmong, Sun Gan, Zhu Dongzhou & Ke Senfan622 —Sediment flushingsiltation and riverbed evolution Sediment deposition of Three Gorges Reservoir and its impact on the reservoir area in recent 20 years Yuan Jing, Xu Quanxi, Dong Bingjiang, Wang Tao & Yang Chenggang632 Longitudinal variation of channel evolution along the middle Yangtze River after the operation of the Three Gorges Project Zhou Meirong, Xia Junqiang, Deng Shanshan & Mao Yu642 Scouring effect of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its impact after the impoundment of the Three Gorges Project Xu Quanxi, Dong Bingjiang, Yuan Jing & Zhu Lingling650 Characteristics of incoming runoff and sediment load in the Three Gorges Reservoir during high flood period after the operation of the cascade reservoirs in the lower Jinsha River Gao Yu, Ren Shi, Wang Hai, Lv Chaonan & Zhao Hanqing662 Evolution process and mechanism of midchannel bars composed of different bed materials in the Upper Jingjiang Reach after the Three Gorges Project operation Mao Yu, Xia Junqiang, Zhou Meirong & Deng Shanshan673 Water depth resources and driving mechanism of navigation hindrance of Jingjiang Reach watershed after Three Gorges Project operation Yang Yunping, Zhou Liangping, Zhang Huaqing, Feng Xiaoxiang, Zhu Lingling, Liu Wanli, Li Ming & Wang Jianjun684 —Catchment hydrology and water resources security Runoff variation in the middle and lower branches of Yangtze River and the two lakes (Dongting and Poyang Lake) before and after Three Gorges Reservoir's operation Zhou Jianyin, Gao Fei, Yuan Yuan, Huang Renyong & Yan Xia696 Simulated climate effect of the Three Gorges Reservoir after its completion：Within surface and local scope instead of regional Ai Ze, Chang Rui, Xiao Chan, Chen Xianyan, Zhang Qiang, Li Wei, Li Shuai & Gong Wenting709 Probability forecasting method of Three Gorges Reservoir inflow flood based on error distribution estimation Zhang Jun, Feng Baofei, Niu Wenjing, Wang Le, Xu Yuni, Tian Yifei & Yan Fangjia722 The air-water heat exchange and water vertical stability in the Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir Yang Zhongyong, Zhang Yachao, Tang Zhengyang, Ji Daobin, Cui Yujie, Li Changwen & Wu Jiayang730 Function applicability to class conditional probability density of hourly rainfall Shen Tieyuan, Xiang Yiheng, Liao Yishan, Qi Haixia, Wang Junchao & Yu Dekang743