Offshore ecosystem health assessment: A case study of Jiangsu offshore area, China

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1598-1610

  Hua, Zulin ^a   Dai, Benlin ^a   Gu, Li ^a   Chu, Kejian ^a   He, Yulong ^b   Li, Yunzhen ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absolute diagnosis; Assessment indicator; Jiangsu offshore ecosystem health; Pressure; Projection pursuit cluster model Principal component analysis method (PPCM PCAM); Relative comparison

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 80051750904     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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