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Regional ecological risk assessment: Its research progress and prospect.

YIN He1,2;WANG Yang-lin1;CAI Jia-liang3;LÜ Xiao-fang1,2;LIU Xiao-qian1,2   

  1. 1College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;2Key Laboratory for Environmental and Urban Sciences, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China;3College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2008-09-15 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-05-10 Published:2009-05-10

Abstract: Ecological risk assessment is a key measure of ecological environment management. To assess the ecological risk at regional scale is of practical significance in strengthening ecosystem management and regional ecological safety. This paper reviewed the concept, definition, main contents, and development process of regional ecological risk assessment, and discussed the key issues in related researches, e.g., region, scale, model, and uncertainty. In the meanwhile, the further research directions on regional ecological risk assessment were prospected.

Key words: Urease inhibitor, Nitrification inhibitor, NH4+-N, NO3--N, NO3-leaching