Assessing ecological health of mangrove ecosystems along South China Coast by the pressure–state–response (PSR) model

TY - JOUR

T1 - Assessing ecological health of mangrove ecosystems along South China Coast by the pressure–state–response (PSR) model

AU - Wang, Yu Tu

AU - Wang, You Shao

AU - Wu, Mei Lin

AU - Sun, Cui Ci

AU - Gu, Ji Dong

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

PY - 2021/5

Y1 - 2021/5

N2 - The pressure-state-response (PSR) model was applied to establish a mangrove ecosystem health evaluation system combined with analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in this paper. The mangrove wetlands are divided into five ecological levels: excellent health, good health, health, sub-health and morbidity, which is based on the comprehensive health index (CHI) value. Twelve representative sites were selected for sampling to assess the ecological health condition of mangroves. As a result, the ecological health level of Gaoqiao mangrove area is excellent health; the ecological health level of Taiping mangrove area is good health; the ecological health level of Huguang and Qi’ao mangrove area is health; the ecological health level of Techeng and He’an mangrove area is sub-health; the ecological health level of Huidong mangrove area is morbidity. These results will give some advises for ecological protection and biological resource sustainable development of mangrove ecosystem in China.

AB - The pressure-state-response (PSR) model was applied to establish a mangrove ecosystem health evaluation system combined with analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in this paper. The mangrove wetlands are divided into five ecological levels: excellent health, good health, health, sub-health and morbidity, which is based on the comprehensive health index (CHI) value. Twelve representative sites were selected for sampling to assess the ecological health condition of mangroves. As a result, the ecological health level of Gaoqiao mangrove area is excellent health; the ecological health level of Taiping mangrove area is good health; the ecological health level of Huguang and Qi’ao mangrove area is health; the ecological health level of Techeng and He’an mangrove area is sub-health; the ecological health level of Huidong mangrove area is morbidity. These results will give some advises for ecological protection and biological resource sustainable development of mangrove ecosystem in China.

KW - Analytical hierarchy process (AHP)

KW - Comprehensive health index (CHI)

KW - Health assessing

KW - Mangrove ecosystem

KW - Pressure–state–response (PSR) model

KW - South China Coast

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104052857&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10646-021-02399-1

DO - 10.1007/s10646-021-02399-1

M3 - 文章

C2 - 33830384

AN - SCOPUS:85104052857

SN - 0963-9292

VL - 30

SP - 622

EP - 631

JO - Ecotoxicology

JF - Ecotoxicology

IS - 4

ER -