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Assessing ecological health of mangrove ecosystems along South China Coast by the pressure–state–response (PSR) model

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The pressure-state-response (PSR) model was applied to establish a mangrove ecosystem health evaluation system combined with analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in this paper. The mangrove wetlands are divided into five ecological levels: excellent health, good health, health, sub-health and morbidity, which is based on the comprehensive health index (CHI) value. Twelve representative sites were selected for sampling to assess the ecological health condition of mangroves. As a result, the ecological health level of Gaoqiao mangrove area is excellent health; the ecological health level of Taiping mangrove area is good health; the ecological health level of Huguang and Qi’ao mangrove area is health; the ecological health level of Techeng and He’an mangrove area is sub-health; the ecological health level of Huidong mangrove area is morbidity. These results will give some advises for ecological protection and biological resource sustainable development of mangrove ecosystem in China.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 133244KYSB20180012), the National Key Research and Development Plan (No. 2017FY100700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1901211, No. 41876126 and No. 41430966), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDA23050200, No.XDA13010500 and No. XDA13020503) and Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) (No. GML2019ZD0305).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China

    Yu-Tu Wang, You-Shao Wang, Mei-Lin Wu & Cui-Ci Sun

  2. Daya Bay Marine Biology Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 518121, Shenzhen, China

    Yu-Tu Wang, You-Shao Wang & Cui-Ci Sun

  3. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), 511458, Guangzhou, China

    Yu-Tu Wang, You-Shao Wang, Mei-Lin Wu & Cui-Ci Sun

  4. Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China

    Yu-Tu Wang, You-Shao Wang, Mei-Lin Wu & Cui-Ci Sun

  5. Environmental Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 241 Daxue Road, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, China

    Ji-Dong Gu

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Wang, YT., Wang, YS., Wu, ML. et al. Assessing ecological health of mangrove ecosystems along South China Coast by the pressure–state–response (PSR) model. Ecotoxicology 30, 622–631 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-021-02399-1

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