Analysis of forty years long changes in coastal land use and land cover of the Yellow Sea: The gains or losses in ecosystem services

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 241, Issue , 2018, Pages 74-84

  Yim, Jongseo ^a   Kwon, Bong Oh ^a   Nam, Jungho ^b   Hwang, Jin Hwan ^a   Choi, Kyungsik ^a   Khim, Jong Seong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Maritime Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; East Asia; Intertidal flat; Land cover change; Land reclamation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; RECLAMATION; TIDES; WETLANDS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; COASTAL LANDS; COASTAL WETLANDS; EAST ASIA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTERTIDAL FLAT; LAND-COVER CHANGE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND COVER; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; TIDAL FLAT; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; LAND USE; NORTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLAND;

CHINA; NORTH KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH KOREA; YELLOW SEA;

CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLANDS;

EID: 85047381726     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.05.058     Document Type: Article

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