Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on the Eco-environment An Analysis of the Xisha Islands /

• Main Author: Xu, Liqiang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Geochemistry.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This study describes the fundamentals of assessing the vulnerability of coral islands, as well as environmental management and resource exploitation. Using seabird subfossils, such as bones, guano, eggshells etc., which have been well preserved on the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, the author...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Research contents and methodology
• Study area and sample collection
• Chronology
• Geochemical evidence for the development of coral island ecosystem in the Xisha archipelago of the South China Sea
• A 2200-year record of seabird population on Ganquan Island, South China Sea.- Isotopic evidence for seabird diet changes over the past  2000 years in the Xisha Islands.- Evidence of human activities from the ornithogenic sediments of the Xisha Islands
• A preliminary study of ancient DNA in guano subfossils from the Xisha Islands
• Conclusions.