Tidal flats of the Yellow Sea: A review of ecosystem status and anthropogenic threats

• Published in: Austral ecology Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 472 - 481
• Main Authors: Murray, Nicholas J., Ma, Zhijun, Fuller, Richard A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Richmond Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Algae; Algal blooms; Anthropogenic factors; Bird populations; birds; China; Coastal ecosystems; coastal wetland; coasts; conservation areas; ecosystem decline; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Endangered & extinct species; Eutrophication; fauna; fisheries; habitats; Hypoxia; invertebrates; IUCN Red List of Ecosystem; Land reclamation; land restoration; migratory behavior; Migratory birds; monitoring; Nature conservation; North Korea; people; planning; pollution; Protected areas; remote sensing; risk assessment habitat loss; Scyphozoa; South Korea; Tidal flats; Topographic mapping; wetland status; Yellow Sea; Yellow Sea; South Korea; China; North Korea

Tidal flats provide ecosystem services to billions of people worldwide, yet their changing status is largely unknown. In the Yellow Sea region of East Asia, tidal flats are the principal coastal ecosystem fringing more than 4000 km of the coastlines of China, North Korea and South Korea. However, wi...