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<p>While the marine ecosystem health is damaged by economic activities, pollution and reclamation projects, the assessment of marine ecosystem health is strongly required to facilitate its maintenance, improvement and management. In this study, the health of the Tianjin marine ecosystem was quantitatively assessed using the ocean health index in which ten public goals are considered. The results indicated that the ocean health index for the Tianjin marine ecosystem is 66, which is higher than the global ocean health index of 60. This indicated that the overall health of the Tianjin marine ecosystem is barely good and the suitable environmental management and measures should be implemented carefully and effectively in the future.</p>
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While the marine ecosystem health is damaged by economic activities, pollution and reclamation projects, the assessment of marine ecosystem health is strongly required to facilitate its maintenance, improvement and management. In this study, the health of the Tianjin marine ecosystem was quantitatively assessed using the ocean health index in which ten public goals are considered. The results indicated that the ocean health index for the Tianjin marine ecosystem is 66, which is higher than the global ocean health index of 60. This indicated that the overall health of the Tianjin marine ecosystem is barely good and the suitable environmental management and measures should be implemented carefully and effectively in the future.

Assessment of marine ecosystem health of Tianjin Offshore, China

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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While the marine ecosystem health is damaged by economic activities, pollution and reclamation projects, the assessment of marine ecosystem health is strongly...

Assessment of marine ecosystem health of Tianjin Offshore, China

Published Online: Jan 23, 2014

Page range: 442 - 450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0100-0

Keywords
Marine ecosystem health, ocean health index, Tianjin offshore

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessment of marine ecosystem health of Tianjin Offshore, China

Published Online: Jan 23, 2014

Page range: 442 - 450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0100-0

KeywordsMarine ecosystem health, ocean health index, Tianjin offshore

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Marine ecosystem health, ocean health index, Tianjin offshore