Inter- and intra-annual patterns of Ulva prolifera green tides in the Yellow Sea during 2007-2009, their origin and relationship to the expansion of coastal seaweed aquaculture in China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1169-1182

  Keesing, John K ^a,b   Liu, Dongyan ^b   Fearns, Peter ^c   Garcia, Rodrigo ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Green tide; Macroalgal bloom; Porphyra aquaculture; Ulva; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

GREEN-TIDE; MACROALGAL BLOOMS; PORPHYRA AQUACULTURE; ULVA; YELLOW SEA;

BLOOMS (METAL); COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUACULTURE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOACCUMULATION; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; SEAWEED;

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRA; SEA; SEASHORE; SEAWEED; ULVA PROLIFERA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WIND;

AQUACULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; PORPHYRA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; ULVA; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANTONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANCHENG; YELLOW SEA;

PORPHYRA; ULVA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

EID: 79958768846     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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