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**aoxia Sun
Earth Sciences
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Distribution, abundance, and realized niches of meroplankton by two different mesh size nets during spring 2017 in the Southern Yellow Sea, China
Meroplankton play a crucial role in both benthic and pelagic ecosystems. Existing quantitative research on estimating the quantities of meroplankton groups is both underrepresented and inaccurate. To investiga...
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Spatial patterns of zooplankton abundance, biovolume, and size structure in response to environmental variables: a case study in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea
The Yellow Sea (YS) and East China Sea (ECS) are highly dynamic marginal seas of the northwestern Pacific Ocean. To gain an in-depth understanding of zooplankton community structure, zooplankton abundance, bio...
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Physical processes determining the distribution patterns of Nemopilema nomurai in the East China Sea
The giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai is the largest and most dangerous jellyfish species in East Asian waters, and the N. nomurai bloom causes serious problem in coastal industries, fisheries, and tourism. In t...
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The seas around China in a warming climate
Anthropogenic forcings have led to multifaceted changes in the seas around China, which include the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China Seas, affecting the functions and services they provide. In this Re...
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The Origin and Preservation of Suspended Barites near the 90°E Ridge in the Northeastern Indian Ocean
Suspended particulate barite crystals were detected in the water columns at four different stations near the 90°E ridge in the Indian Ocean. Four distinct morphological types of marine barites were distinguish...
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Diversity and seasonal variation of marine phytoplankton in Jiaozhou Bay, China revealed by morphological observation and metabarcoding
Phytoplankton are central components of marine environments, and are major players in the production and respiration budgeting. However, their diversity and distribution patterns are still poorly understood du...
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Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in shellfish from Jiaozhou Bay, China
As an emerging pollutant, the presence of microplastics in marine organisms has been concerned increasingly. Shellfish, which are both economically and ecologically important, are of particular concern. In thi...
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Carbon biomass, carbon-to-chlorophyll a ratio and the growth rate of phytoplankton in Jiaozhou Bay, China
Carbon biomass, carbon-to-chlorophyll a ratio (C:Chl a), and the growth rate of phytoplankton cells were studied during four seasonal cruises in 2017 and 2018 in Jiaozhou Bay, China. Water samples were collected ...
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Relationship Between Zooplankton Community Characteristics and Environmental Conditions in the Surface Waters of the Western Pacific Ocean During the Winter of 2014
Understanding the effects of environmental heterogeneity on zooplankton communities has been a hot topic for several decades. However, relatively little is known about the responses of zooplankton communities ...
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Using triple oxygen isotopes and oxygen-argon ratio to quantify ecosystem production in the mixed layer of northern South China Sea slope region
Quantifying the gross and net production is an essential component of carbon cycling and marine ecosystem studies. Triple oxygen isotope measurements and the O2/Ar ratio are powerful indices in quantifying the gr...
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An enhanced underwater camera apparatus for seabed observation of megabenthic epifauna in the northern Yellow Sea
Seabed photographing has been applied with various underwater camera apparatuses (UCAs) for observations of megabenthic epifauna, which reveals more details than traditional sampling tools do. In this study, w...
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Characteristics and Origins of Suspended Pyrite in the Mixing Zone of the Yangtze Estuary
for a long time, most studies about pyrite have focused on sediments while only a few have focused on pyrite in water. In this study, a method that combines the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the energ...
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The Mineral Composition and Sources of the Fine-Grained Sediments from the 49.6°E Hydrothermal Field at the SWIR
We used the X-ray diffraction method to determine systematically the mineral phases in bulk sediment samples and acid undissolved residuals of the fine-grained fraction of the surface sediments from the 49.6°E...
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Open AccessProgress on microplastics research in the Yellow Sea, China
Marine microplastics are a global problem and are causing considerable concern. As the largest marginal sea of the Western Pacific, the Yellow Sea is surrounded by China and the Korean Peninsula, and its coast...
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Spatial-temporal variation of phytoplankton community structure in Jiaozhou Bay, China
To better understand the spatial-temporal variation in phytoplankton community structure and its controlling factors in Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, North China, four seasonal sampling were carried out in 2017. The ...
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Grain size characteristics of the carbonate-free fraction of surface sediments from the Southwest Indian Ridge area and its geological significance
The carbonate-free fraction of 20 surface sediments collected from the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) was studied by grain size analysis and mineralogical analysis with X-ray powder diffract...
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Zooplankton community structure, abundance and biovolume in Jiaozhou Bay and the adjacent coastal Yellow Sea during summers of 2005–2012: relationships with increasing water temperature
Zooplankton abundance, biovolume and taxonomic composition in Jiaozhou Bay and the adjacent coastal Yellow Sea were evaluated using ZooScan measurement of samples collected by net towing every August from 2005...
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Seasonal phenology of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) in Jiaozhou Bay and adjacent coastal Yellow Sea, China
Seasonal variations in numerical abundance, cell diameter and population carbon biomass of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans were studied for 10 years from 2004 to 2013 in Jiaozhou Bay and ad...
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Carbon biomass, production rates and export flux of copepods fecal pellets in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River estuary
Copepod fecal pellets are ubiquitous throughout the oceans. Their production and export can represent a highly efficient pathway of carbon export. However, the role these fecal pellets play in carbon export in...
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Net-phytoplankton communities in the Western Boundary Currents and their environmental correlations
This study investigated net-phytoplankton biomass, species composition, the phytoplankton abundance horizontal distribution, and the correlations between net-phytoplankton communities and mesoscale structure t...
