Effect ofmariculture on ecological vulnerability in islands
WANG Yuan1,LIU Shu-xi2
1.College of Fisheries and Life Science,Dalian Ocean University,Dalian 116023,China;2.National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Dalian 116023,China
Abstract: The vulnerability of an island ecosystem is evaluated and mechanism of the effect ofmariculture on the vulnerability of the island ecosystem is discussed in order to investigate the impact of human activities including mariculture on the vulnerability of island ecological system.An island ecosystem is divided into the island land sub-system,intertidal subsystem and offshore subsystem based on the characteristics of the ecological system formed by the combination of land and sea.The vulnerability of island ecosystem,and the potential factors leading to the fur-ther development of island vulnerability are discussed.The evaluation index system and assessment of vulnerability in mariculture island are preliminarily explored using index evaluation method and establishment of the exposuresensitivity-adaptation model to provide some ideas for assessment of the vulnerability of the island caused by the mariculture impact in the future.
2017, Vol. 32 
