Comparisons of ecosystem services among three conversion systems in Yancheng National Nature Reserve

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 609-629

  Liu, Jin'e ^a,b   Zhou, Hongxia ^b   Qin, Pei ^b   Zhou, Jun ^b   Wang, Guoxiang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering evaluation; Ecosystem services; Emergy analysis; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS; BUFFER ZONES; COASTAL WETLANDS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONVERSION SYSTEMS; CORE ZONES; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING EVALUATION; ECONOMIC MANAGEMENTS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMERGY ANALYSIS; EMERGY YIELD RATIOS; EXPERIMENTAL ZONES; JIANGSU PROVINCES; NATURE RESERVES; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; STUDY CASE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL PANELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AQUACULTURE; COASTAL WETLAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURE RESERVE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; YANCHENG NATURE RESERVE;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 64649102285     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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