Integrated ecosystem health assessment based on eco-exergy theory: A case study of the Jiangsu coastal area

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-119

  Tang, Dehao ^a   Zou, Xinqing ^a   Liu, Xingjian ^b   Liu, Peiting ^c   Zhamangulova, Nurmira ^d   Xu, Xinwanghao ^a   Zhao, Yifei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Marine Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Community structure; Eco exergy; Ecosystem health; Environmental stressors; Jiangsu coastal area

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; EXERGY; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); SOCIAL SCIENCES; WATER QUALITY;

COASTAL AREA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; ECO EXERGIES; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXERGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER QUALITY; BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

EID: 84906862134     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.027     Document Type: Article

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