Green algae blooms caused by Ulva prolifera in the southern Yellow Sea: Identification of the original bloom location and evaluation of biological processes occurring during the early northward floating period

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2206-2218

  Huo, Yuanzi ^a,b   Zhang, Jianheng ^a   Chen, Liping ^a   Hu, Ming ^a   Yu, Kefeng ^a   Chen, Qunfang ^a   He, Qing ^a   He, Peimin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84887419195     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2206     Document Type: Article

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