The world's largest macroalgal bloom in the Yellow Sea, China: Formation and implications

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 2-10

  Liu, Dongyan ^a   Keesing, John K ^a,b   He, Peimin ^c   Wang, Zongling ^d   Shi, Yajun ^a   Wang, Yujue ^a  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Aquaculture; Coastal oceanography; Eutrophication; Intertidal flats

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; AQUACULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

CHINA; JIANGSU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PORPHYRA; ULVA; ULVA PROLIFERA;

EID: 84881029313     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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