Analysis of Coupling Co-Ordination between Intensive Sea Use and the Marine Economy in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt of China

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Introduction of data and data sources.

Data	Data sources
Marine utilization type and ocean area data	Based on confirmation data from Liaoning provincial department of marine and fishery, and some data is obtained from remote sensing
Socioeconomic data	China Ocean Statistical Yearbook, Liaoning Statistical Yearbook, Bulletin of Liaoning’s Marine Environmental Status, and statistical yearbooks and statistical bulletins on national economic and social development for the relevant cities
Investment in fixed assets in coastal areas, gross product per unit sea area, and marine GDP	Calculation is based on index data from the China Marine Statistical Yearbook
Diversity index of sea area use types, sea area use equilibrium index, sea area utilization rate, shoreline development intensity, and economic density of coastline	The department of oceanography and fisheries of Liaoning province extracted information from remote sensing images based on relevant confirmation data
Marine economy contribution rate, port cargo throughput, technology investment intensity, return on investment for fixed assets, and coefficient of labor elasticity	Based on the statistical yearbook of Liaoning province and the statistical yearbook and bulletin on national economic and social development of the cities
Marine water quality composite index and marine function zoning compliance	Liaoning bulletin on the state of the marine environment and reports on the quality of the marine environment in the cities concerned

Note. all data used in this study were from 2005 to 2017