Figure 1
From: Land claim and loss of tidal flats in the Yangtze Estuary
The spatial and temporal dynamics of tidal flats and land claim in the Yangtze Estuary.
Processed by ArcGIS 10.1 and ENVI 5.2 (a) Location of the Yangtze Estuary (yellow box) in relation to the Yellow Sea. Basemap Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, Earthstar, Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGA, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo and the GIS User Community. Available at: http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer. (b) The encroachment of land claim onto barren mudflat and saltmarsh during the past three decades. Same legend as (c). (c) Change in the areas of barren mudflat, saltmarsh and claimed land. The estimated area of the three land classes and 95% confidence intervals. (d) Change in the area of enclosed habitats. ca. 8590: ca. 1985–1990, ca. 9095: ca. 1990–1995, ca. 9500: ca. 1995–2000, ca. 0005: ca. 2000–2005, ca. 0510: ca. 2005–2010, ca. 1014: ca. 2010–2014.
