Understanding the recurrent large-scale green tide in the Yellow Sea: Temporal and spatial correlations between multiple geographical, aquacultural and biological factors

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-47

  Liu, Feng ^a   Pang, Shaojun ^a   Chopin, Thierry ^b   Gao, Suqin ^a   Shan, Tifeng ^a   Zhao, Xiaobo ^a   Li, Jing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Coastal animal aquaculture ponds; Eutrophication; Radial shoals; Sediment; Ulva prolifera

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHICKEN MANURE; COASTAL ANIMAL AQUACULTURE PONDS; COASTAL WATERS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; JIANGSU PROVINCE; MUDFLATS; POND SYSTEMS; PROPAGULES; RADIAL SHOALS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CORRELATION; ULVA PROLIFERA; YELLOW SEA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; LAKES; MANURES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

EUTROPHICATION;

DNA; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; COASTAL WATER; EUTROPHICATION; GREEN ALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; POND CULTURE;

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; GREEN ALGA; GREEN TIDE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; SEA; SEDIMENT; ULVA PROLIFERA; WASTE WATER; YELLOW SEA;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHINA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANURE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; ULVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; JIANGSU; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; PORPHYRA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

EID: 84871771583     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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