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SUBMITTER: Chen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4817514 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Ying Y Dong Jinwei J Xiao Xiangming X Zhang Min M Tian Bo B Zhou Yunxuan Y Li Bo B Ma Zhijun Z
Scientific reports 20160401
Tidal flats play a critical role in supporting biodiversity and in providing ecosystem services but are rapidly disappearing because of human activities. The Yangtze Estuary is one of the world's largest alluvial estuaries and is adjacent to the most developed economic zone in China. Using the Yangtze Estuary as a study region, we developed an automatic algorithm to estimate tidal flat areas based on the Land Surface Water Index and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. The total area of t ...[more]