Abstract
Natural disturbance and human-caused disturbance of estuary wetland ecosystem were identified. The effects of natural disturbance such as sea level rise, typhoon and storm tide, and human-caused disturbance such as reclamation, coastal engineering, environmental pollution and natural conservation area construction, on the structure and function of estuary wetland ecosystem were analyzed. The results show that human-caused disturbance has become the main driving force for estuary wetland landscape evolution. The healthiness of estuary wetland ecosystem may be realized through regulating and controlling all types of disturbance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 107-111 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Zhongshan Daxue Xuebao/Acta Scientiarum Natralium Universitatis Sunyatseni |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Estuary
- Human-caused disturbance
- Natural disturbance
- Wetland ecosystem
