Advances in Earth Science ›› 2006, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (11): 1127-1133. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2006.11.1127

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Program for Service Evaluation of Marine Ecosystems in China Waters

Chen Shang 1,2,Zhang Zhaohui 1,2,Ma Yan 1,Shi Honghua 2,3,Ma Anqing 2,3,Zheng Wei 2,3,Wang Qixiang 2,3,Peng Yalin 2,3,Liu Jian 1,2   

  1. 1.Key Labortory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061,China;2.First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061,China;3.Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
  • Received:2006-06-20 Revised:2006-10-09 Online:2006-11-15 Published:2006-11-15

Chen Shang,Zhang Zhaohui,Ma Yan,Shi Honghua,Ma Anqing,Zheng Wei,Wang Qixiang. Program for Service Evaluation of Marine Ecosystems in China Waters[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2006, 21(11): 1127-1133.

    State Oceanic Administration of China (SOA) has already initiated a five-year program entitled“Service Evaluation of Marine Ecosystems in China Waters” in 2005. The principal investigator (PI) of this program is professor Chen Shang from First Institute of Oceanography, SOA. The co-PIs are professor Gao Huiwang from Ocean University of China, professor Liu Rongzi from China Institute for Marine Affairs and professor Ouyang Zhiyun from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The program is divided into 7 task packages: (1)Theory and assessment methods for marine ecosystem service in China waters; (2)Index system for service evaluation of marine ecosystem in China waters; (3)Evaluation methods for loss of marine ecosystem service caused by ecological disasters( red tide, pathogens and invasive species); (4)Development of software for marine ecosystem service evalution; (5)Service assessment practice of China's marine ecosystems; (6)Loss assessment of marine ecosystem service caused by ecological disasters, (7). Management plan to improve the utilization of marine ecosystem service. It aims to develop a set of service assessment system of marine ecosystem featured with local ecological and scocio-economic development characteristics to evaluate the service value of Bohai sea, Yellow sea, East China sea, South China sea and 11 coastal provinces and service loss of marine ecosystems caused by red tide, pathogens and invasive species, will be distributed to local governments and the public.
    The outcomes of the program will be applied to optimize the marine function zoning and development plan of sea area and to calculate the ecological compensation fee of pollntion accidents and ocean engineering. The program will contribute to optimize the exploitation modd of costal ecosystems and to faciliate ecosystem-based marine management and the sastainable services of Chinese marine ecosystems.

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