Table 9 The comparisons in coastline classification system between GCL_FCS30, global muddy coasts in Hulskamp et al.10 and mainland China coastline in Hou et al.31.
GCL_FCS30 | Mainland China coastline in Hou et al. | IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology | Global muddy coasts in Hulskamp et al. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category I | Category II | Category I | Category II | Category I | Category II | Category |
Natural | Rocky | Natural | Rocky | Shorelines biome | Rocky | Rocky |
Boulder and cobble shores | ||||||
Sandy | Sandy | Sandy | Sandy | |||
Muddy | Muddy | Muddy | Muddy | |||
Biogenic | Biogenic | Supralittoral coastal biome | Coastal shrublands and grasslands | Vegetated | ||
Large seabird and pinniped colonies | ||||||
Estuary | ||||||
Artificial | Hardened | Harbor and Wharf Reclamation | Anthropogenic shorelines biome | Other | ||
Salt pan dike | ||||||
Traffic dike | ||||||
Sea wall | ||||||
Groin and Jetty | ||||||
Aquaculture dike | ||||||
