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Main Features and Problems of Modern Evolution Process of Coastal Wetlands in North Jiangsu, China

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Based on field monitoring and remote sensing extraction, this paper analyzed the landscape evolution, reclamation process and transformation characteristics in north Jiangsu coastal region since 1980 through landscape transfer analysis, landscape spatial conversion model, and landscape dynamicity model. Results indicated that natural wetland decreased while in contrast the artificial wetland increased. Natural wetland was mostly converted into mudflats, and large proportion of mudflats were subsequently exploited into aquaculture waters, and other man-made construction projects. Significant transformation ranking ahead were mudflat to aquaculture waters, Suaeda glauca to dry land, Suaeda glauca to aquaculture waters, Couch grass to aquaculture waters, respectively. The proportion of transformation caused by anthropogenic activities was up to 82%, much higher than natural succession. Coastal ecological systems were severely disturbed and destroyed largely due to wetland reclamation and resources exploitation. The results suggest that the impact of human activity on wetland ecology needs more attention.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under grant number 2012BAC21B01 and the Ministry of Land and Resources of Public Welfare Scientific Research under grant number 201511057, and the Effect of LUCC on Evapotranspiration in Chengdu Urban Agglomeration under grant number CRF201706. Many thanks go to the anonymous reviewers for the comments on the manuscript. We would also like to thank “Data Sharing Network of Earth System Science (http://www.geodata.cn)” and “China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System (http://cdc.cma.gov.cn)”.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 11 A Datun Road, Beijing, 100101, China

    Ninglei Ouyang, Guosheng Li & Huajun Liao

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Ninglei Ouyang

  3. College of Resources and Environment, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, Sichuan, China

    Linlin Cui

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Ouyang, N., Li, G., Cui, L. et al. Main Features and Problems of Modern Evolution Process of Coastal Wetlands in North Jiangsu, China. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 46, 655–666 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-017-0741-3

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