Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on the Eco-environment : An Analysis of the Xisha Islands - Xu, Liqiang; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
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.
Keywords: Geobiology; Oceanography; Geochemistry; Environmental sciences; Climate change; Biogeosciences; Oceanography; Geochemistry; Environmental Science and Engineering; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts