Soil properties and distribution in the riparian zone: the effects of fluctuations in water and anthropogenic disturbances

China's Three Gorges Dam has generated a large riparian zone around the reservoir that has changed the natural fluctuation in water level (FWL) and intensity of anthropogenic disturbance (AD, i.e. human activities triggering pollutant input). Knowledge about how riparian soil properties respond to such changes remains limited. The aims of this study were to identify the distribution of soil properties in the riparian zone and to determine which...