[Temporal and Spatial Variation Patterns of the Environmental Elements in the Sediments of the Liaohe Estuary and the Related Influencing Factors].

Remote sensing images, field survey data, and historical monitoring data are collected to analyze the historical change trend and spatial variation rules of sediment quality of the Liaohe Estuary and further investigate the effects of sea-area utilization type and vegetation succession stage on the variation patterns of environmental elements in the sediments. The results showed that the quality of the sediments in the Liaohe Estuary is overall favorable, and the average contents of various elements all satisfy the quality standards of first-grade sediments. The nutritive elements in the sediments exhibit obvious zonal distribution patterns, while heavy metals are randomly distributed and exhibit no obvious patterns. The effect of sea-area utilization type on the enrichment of pollutants in the sediments exhibits certain significant differences, suggesting that the distributions of heavy metals and pollutants are subject to human activities and exhibit certain randomness. The main control factors are significantly different at different vegetation succession stages. Specifically, the vegetation distribution in the initial succession stage is mainly affected by salinity; with the transition from halophytic vegetation to terrestrial vegetation, the inherent correlation between vegetation distribution characteristics and the contents of total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus increase gradually. Meanwhile, the content of heavy-metal pollutants exhibits no significantly inherent correlation between the distributions of the plant community.

Evaluation of comprehensive environmental effect about coastal zone development activities in Liaoning Province and management advice.

Using spatial analysis function of Arcgis software, the present study investigated the building environment impact evaluation index system of coastal development in Liaoning Province. The factors of it included of current state of environmental quality, environmental impact of marine development and marine environmental disaster. Weighted factor analysis and comprehensive index method were utilized. At the end, comprehensive environment effect of coastal development in Liaoning Province were evaluated successfully. The result showed that the environmental effect of development activity were most serious, along the Zhao Jiatun coast in north of Zhimao bay and coast of Mianhua island in Dalian bay.

[Vegetation landscape health assessment in Changshan Archipelago, North Yellow Sea].

Island vegetation is an important component of island ecosystem. Multi-targets of island ecosystem health integrated with landscape ecology theory were employed to construct the index system for island vegetation health assessment in terms of landscape vigor, landscape stressing intensity and landscape stability. The Changshan Archipelago in the North Yellow Sea was chosen as a case to apply the island vegetation health assessment index system. The results showed that the overall vegetation health status in Changshan Archipelago was good and had a big island variation. The vegetation health index for Haiyang Island and Zhangzi Island was above 0.80, belonging to first eco-health level area, whereas that for Dachangshan Island, Xiaochangshan Island and Dawangjia Island ranged from 0.70 to 0.80, which could be categorized as the second eco-health level area. Guanglu Island and Shichen Island could be termed as the third eco-health level area with the vegetation health index below 0.70. The distance of island to mainland, area of island together with industrial structure were the main driving forces for the variation of vegetation landscape heath between different islands.

[Spatiotemporal dynamic fuzzy evaluation of wetland environmental pollution risk in Dayang estuary of Liaoning Province, Northeast China based on remote sensing].

Based on the aerial image data of Dayang estuary in 2008, and by virtue of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) , remote sensing technology, and GIS spatial analysis, a spatiotemporal evaluation was made on the comprehensive level of wetland environmental pollution risk in Dayang estuary, with the impacts of typical human activities on the dynamic variation of this comprehensive level discussed. From 1958 to 2008, the comprehensive level of the environmental pollution risk in study area presented an increasing trend. Spatially, this comprehensive level declined from land to ocean, and showed a zonal distribution. Tourism development activities unlikely led to the increase of the comprehensive level, while human inhabitation, transportation, and aquaculture would exacerbate the risk of environmental pollution. This study could provide reference for the sea area use planning, ecological function planning, and pollutants control of estuary region.

[Ecological benefits of greening and related controlling factors in urban residential areas of Hangzhou: a quantitative analysis].

Based on the 1 m x 1 m high resolution aerial images in 2007 and the 30 m x 30 m Landsat 5 TM images in summer 2007, and with the help of GIS and remote sensing image interpretation, this paper calculated the normalized difference vegetation indices (NDVI) representing the overall ecological benefits of greening as well as the six controlling factors, i.e., multilayer structure height, area ratio of softness to hardness, greening rate, floor area ratio, greening area, and building density, in 30 typical urban residential quarters of west Hangzhou. The contributions of the controlling factors to the ecological benefits of greening as well as the quantitative relationships between the overall ecological benefits and the six controlling factors were analyzed by multiple linear regression and correspondence analysis, and some advises were given for the improvement of the ecological benefits. The contribution rate of the six factors was in the order of multilayer structure height > area ratio of softness to hardness > greening rate > floor area ratio > greening area > building density, and the contribution of multilayer structure height was far greater than that of the others whereas building density had the weakest effect on the ecological benefits. Correspondence analysis was effective in simplifying a complex data table into an intuitive two-dimensional chart, and thus, a potential powerful tool in decision-making for the improvement of ecological benefits of greening in urban residential quarters.

[Contribution rates of landscape driving factors in coastal reclamation zone based on CLUE-S model validation].

Based on the TM images, social-economic data, and field investigation data in 1990, 2000, and 2009, and by adopting redundancy analysis (RDA) and principal component analysis (PCA), this paper analyzed the contribution rates of landscape driving forces in coastal area of Fengxian reclamation zone at Yangtze Estuary. Kappa index was used to validate the simulation effectiveness of CLUE-S model. In the study area, anthropogenic landscape driving factors had a higher contribution rate than natural landscape driving factors (57.1% vs. 42.9%). The prediction accuracy rate of CLUE-S model was above 82%, the Kappa index of the main landscape types (farm land, unutilized land, and breeding ponds) was greater than 0.75, the simulation results were acceptable, and the landscape driving forces selected could better simulate the spatial distribution patterns of the abrupt transformation of the main landscape types.

[Spatiotemporal dynamics of land use and land cover changes in different reclamation zones of Yangtze Estuary].

Based on the TM and ETM remotely sensed images of Yangtze Estuary in 1987, 1995, 2000, and 2006, and by using RS, GIS, and mathematical statistical methods, this paper analyzed the dynamic changes of land use and land cover in different reclamation zones of the estuary. In terms of relative area occupied by each land use type, grassland showed significant spatial differences (P < 0.05) among the reclamation zones, while greenhouse land and paddy field showed significant temporal differences (P < 0.05). After eliminating the factor reclamation time, there was no significant difference in the land use diversity index among the reclamation zones. In terms of land use change rates, no significant spatial difference was observed among the reclamation zones, while greenhouse land and built-up area showed significant temporal differences. In terms of land use intensity and transformation direction, different reclamation zones had no significant differences. The land use dynamic changes in different reclamation zones of the estuary were mainly affected by reclamation time.