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Diagnostic model construction and example analysis of habitat degradation in enclosed bay: III. Sansha Bay habitat restoration strategy

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Unbalanced inputs and outputs of material are the root cause of habitat degradation in Sansha Bay, Fujian Province, China. However, the cumulative pollution varies in different geographic locations and natural conditions in the enclosed bay. In this study, hydrodynamic conditions, sediment characteristics, and aquaculture methods were recognized as the underlying causes of spatial heterogeneity in the distribution of nitrogen and phosphorous pollutants, the two major controlling factors of habitat degradation in the bay area. In order to achieve the goal of balancing nutrient inputs and outputs in Sansha Bay, we developed a feasible and practical zone restoration strategy for reasonable adjustment and arrangement of aquaculture species and production scale in accordance with varying hydrodynamic conditions and sediment characteristics in six sub-bay areas (sub-systems). The proposed zone restoration strategy lays a solid foundation for habitat restoration and management in Sansha Bay.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Ecology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Peng Sun  (孙芃), Ge Yu  (于格), Guangxing Liu  (刘光兴) & Donghui Xu  (徐东晖)

  2. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean & Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China

    Zhaozhang Chen  (陈照章) & Jianyu Hu  (胡建宇)

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Supported by the Projects of Public Science and Technology Research Funds of Ocean Sector of China (No. 201205009) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41201569)

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Sun, P., Yu, G., Chen, Z. et al. Diagnostic model construction and example analysis of habitat degradation in enclosed bay: III. Sansha Bay habitat restoration strategy. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 33, 477–489 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-015-4169-8

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