The biodiversity management of a marine protected area with a geographic information system in China

Huaguo Zhang; Weigen Huang; Dongling li

doi:10.1117/12.800033

14 October 2008 The biodiversity management of a marine protected area with a geographic information system in China

Huaguo Zhang, Weigen Huang, Dongling li

Proceedings Volume 7110, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VIII; 711006 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800033
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2008, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Abstract

This paper focus a very representatively marine protected area (MPA), named Nanji Islands National Natural Reserve. The MPA is built for protecting shellfish, algae and their inhabit environment. The MPA is located at East China Sea with 7.6 square kilometers land area, composed of about 50 islands greater than 500 square meters. The waters support particularly high levels of diversity among shellfish, seaweeds, or macro benthic algae and micro-algae. The purpose of the paper is to develop a GIS to manage the biodiversity and to assess the threat. Base geographic data are collected. More than four times survey data are collected since 1992, including shellfish and macro benthic algae. A spatial database is created to store spatial data including base map, survey site and threat factor distribution. Other biodiversity attribute information is stored in database. Aquiculture, tourism, and human over collection are synthesized as threat factors. The condition of biodiversity and threats to biodiversity at Aquaculture, tourism, environment pollution are analyzed and assessed.

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Huaguo Zhang, Weigen Huang, and Dongling li "The biodiversity management of a marine protected area with a geographic information system in China", Proc. SPIE 7110, Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, GIS Applications, and Geology VIII, 711006 (14 October 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.800033

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