TY - JOUR
T1 - Valuation of wetland ecosystem services in national nature reserves in China's Coastal Zones
AU - Li, Xiaowei
AU - Yu, Xiubo
AU - Hou, Xiyong
AU - Liu, Yubin
AU - Li, Hui
AU - Zhou, Yangming
AU - Xia, Shaoxia
AU - Liu, Yu
AU - Duan, Houlang
AU - Wang, Yuyu
AU - Dou, Yuehan
AU - Yang, Meng
AU - Zhang, Li
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Wetlands provide ecosystem services for regional development, and, thus, have considerable economic value. In this study, a combination of evaluation methods was carried out to evaluate the wetland ecosystem services provided by national nature reserves in 11 coastal provinces/municipalities in China. We constructed a literature database containing 808 observations (over 170 papers) on field-scale research for wetlands in China's coastal zones. Using this literature database, as well as land use (LU) data, net primary productivity (NPP), and statistical data, and digital elevation model (DEM) data, we established a valuation framework and database for nine important ecosystem services of the 13 wetland types in the study area. After the large-scale academic literature review, the ordinary kriging offered by Geostatistical Analyst tools was used to interpolate the physical dimensions of the unmeasured locations. The results showed that: (1) the wetland ecosystem services in 35 national nature reserves have a total value of 33.168 billion USD/year; (2) the values of wetland ecosystem services revealed considerable spatial variability along China's coastal zones; and (3) assessments provide additional insights into the trade-offs between different ecosystem services and wetland types. The valuation framework and database established in this study can contribute to the mapping of wetland ecosystem services in coastal zones.
AB - Wetlands provide ecosystem services for regional development, and, thus, have considerable economic value. In this study, a combination of evaluation methods was carried out to evaluate the wetland ecosystem services provided by national nature reserves in 11 coastal provinces/municipalities in China. We constructed a literature database containing 808 observations (over 170 papers) on field-scale research for wetlands in China's coastal zones. Using this literature database, as well as land use (LU) data, net primary productivity (NPP), and statistical data, and digital elevation model (DEM) data, we established a valuation framework and database for nine important ecosystem services of the 13 wetland types in the study area. After the large-scale academic literature review, the ordinary kriging offered by Geostatistical Analyst tools was used to interpolate the physical dimensions of the unmeasured locations. The results showed that: (1) the wetland ecosystem services in 35 national nature reserves have a total value of 33.168 billion USD/year; (2) the values of wetland ecosystem services revealed considerable spatial variability along China's coastal zones; and (3) assessments provide additional insights into the trade-offs between different ecosystem services and wetland types. The valuation framework and database established in this study can contribute to the mapping of wetland ecosystem services in coastal zones.
KW - Coastal national nature reserves
KW - Land use
KW - Spatial distribution
KW - Valuation
KW - Wetland ecosystem services
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U2 - 10.3390/SU12083131
DO - 10.3390/SU12083131
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084523469
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 8
M1 - 3131
ER -