Evaluation of the combined threat from sea-level rise and sedimentation reduction to the coastal wetlands in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 346-354

  Wang, Heng ^a   Ge, Zhenming ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a   Zhang, Liquan ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland; Mitigation measures; Scenario analysis; Sea level rise; Sedimentation reduction; SLAMM model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; WETLANDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CHONGMING DONGTAN WETLANDS; COASTAL WETLANDS; MITIGATION MEASURES; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; YANGTZE ESTUARY , CHINA;

LOADING;

COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; MITIGATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CHONGMING DONGTAN NATURE RESERVE; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84905692385     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.058     Document Type: Article

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