'Green tides' are overwhelming the coastline of our blue planet: Taking the world's largest example

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 477-485

  Ye, Nai hao ^a   Zhang, Xiao wen ^a   Mao, Yu ze ^a   Liang, Cheng wei ^b   Xu, Dong ^a   Zou, Jian ^a   Zhuang, Zhi meng ^a   Wang, Qing yin ^a  

^a YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental fluctuation; Green tide

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GREEN ALGA; GREEN REVOLUTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MITIGATION; SEAWATER;

CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 79955924038     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0821-8     Document Type: Review

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