Research on carrying capacity, aiming at maintaining the limited ability of the Earth＇s life supporting system to sustain human development, requires a comprehensive and ecosystem-based approach to monitor and assess...Research on carrying capacity, aiming at maintaining the limited ability of the Earth＇s life supporting system to sustain human development, requires a comprehensive and ecosystem-based approach to monitor and assess the localized sustainability of coupled social and ecological systems. A definition termed the ecosystem-based carrying capacity of island（EBCCI） was developed in this paper of which the indices of fundamental and realized carrying capacities of island（FCCI and RCCI） were highlighted to emphasize the inter-dependencies between social systems and ecological systems. In order to avoid the difficulties and uncertainties of direct assessment, the related assessment model was established on the basis of synthetic evaluation of inherent and external factors affecting the EBCCI. The southern Miaodao Archipelago（SMA） located in the intersection of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, China, was taken as a typical example to acquire integrated recognition of the island ecosystem and its carrying capacity so as to discuss its sustainable development. The index scores of FCCI and RCCI in the SMA were 0.818 5 and 0.712 9 out of 1.0, respectively, with acceptable uncertainties. The results showed a relatively well capacity to sustain progress and relatively well realization of the carrying capacity of island ecosystem, owing to a well capacity of ecologically regulating, general performance of both ecologically supporting and resource provisioning, and a relatively high level of social supporting system. The study implied that it was critical to optimize the inter-dependencies and to sustain the relative balance between social systems and ecological systems so as to improve the RCCI and further facilitate the sustainability of SMA. The approach proposed in this paper provides a powerful tool which is well applicative to the regional level of an oceanic island or archipelago to study the sustainable development and can be further popularized to the coastal zone.展开更多
近岸岛屿毗邻海域作为陆架边缘海中最具代表性的区域之一,是重要的海-陆过渡区域。在自然环境变动与人类活动的双重影响下,其生态系统具有多样性和复杂性。长岛毗邻海域具有典型的海岛生态环境特征,为渤黄海渔业种类的洄游通道和关键栖...近岸岛屿毗邻海域作为陆架边缘海中最具代表性的区域之一,是重要的海-陆过渡区域。在自然环境变动与人类活动的双重影响下,其生态系统具有多样性和复杂性。长岛毗邻海域具有典型的海岛生态环境特征,为渤黄海渔业种类的洄游通道和关键栖息地,对该海域生态系统食物网结构和能流过程具有重要意义。2021年3月至12月,山东长岛近海渔业资源国家野外科学观测研究站在长岛毗邻海域开展10航次,每航次10站的底层渔业生物逐月调查与样品测定。通过对渔获物的生物学测定数据进行计算,获得相对重要性指数(index of relative importance,IRI)、物种更替率、单位捕捞努力量渔获量(catch per unit effort,CPUE)以及包含Margalef丰富度指数(D)、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数(H′)和Pielou均匀度指数(J′)在内的生物多样性指数,构成了本数据集。基于多人全样本交叉复核完成审查与校对过程,确保数据集的规范性与准确性。本数据集可为渤黄海底层渔业生物时空格局和海岛生态系统研究提供数据支撑。展开更多
基金The Special Project of Science and Technology Fundamental Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under contract No.2012FY112500the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41206111
文摘Research on carrying capacity, aiming at maintaining the limited ability of the Earth＇s life supporting system to sustain human development, requires a comprehensive and ecosystem-based approach to monitor and assess the localized sustainability of coupled social and ecological systems. A definition termed the ecosystem-based carrying capacity of island（EBCCI） was developed in this paper of which the indices of fundamental and realized carrying capacities of island（FCCI and RCCI） were highlighted to emphasize the inter-dependencies between social systems and ecological systems. In order to avoid the difficulties and uncertainties of direct assessment, the related assessment model was established on the basis of synthetic evaluation of inherent and external factors affecting the EBCCI. The southern Miaodao Archipelago（SMA） located in the intersection of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, China, was taken as a typical example to acquire integrated recognition of the island ecosystem and its carrying capacity so as to discuss its sustainable development. The index scores of FCCI and RCCI in the SMA were 0.818 5 and 0.712 9 out of 1.0, respectively, with acceptable uncertainties. The results showed a relatively well capacity to sustain progress and relatively well realization of the carrying capacity of island ecosystem, owing to a well capacity of ecologically regulating, general performance of both ecologically supporting and resource provisioning, and a relatively high level of social supporting system. The study implied that it was critical to optimize the inter-dependencies and to sustain the relative balance between social systems and ecological systems so as to improve the RCCI and further facilitate the sustainability of SMA. The approach proposed in this paper provides a powerful tool which is well applicative to the regional level of an oceanic island or archipelago to study the sustainable development and can be further popularized to the coastal zone.
文摘近岸岛屿毗邻海域作为陆架边缘海中最具代表性的区域之一,是重要的海-陆过渡区域。在自然环境变动与人类活动的双重影响下,其生态系统具有多样性和复杂性。长岛毗邻海域具有典型的海岛生态环境特征,为渤黄海渔业种类的洄游通道和关键栖息地,对该海域生态系统食物网结构和能流过程具有重要意义。2021年3月至12月,山东长岛近海渔业资源国家野外科学观测研究站在长岛毗邻海域开展10航次,每航次10站的底层渔业生物逐月调查与样品测定。通过对渔获物的生物学测定数据进行计算,获得相对重要性指数(index of relative importance,IRI)、物种更替率、单位捕捞努力量渔获量(catch per unit effort,CPUE)以及包含Margalef丰富度指数(D)、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数(H′)和Pielou均匀度指数(J′)在内的生物多样性指数,构成了本数据集。基于多人全样本交叉复核完成审查与校对过程,确保数据集的规范性与准确性。本数据集可为渤黄海底层渔业生物时空格局和海岛生态系统研究提供数据支撑。
