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

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

The large green-tide events that occurred in the Yellow Sea in 2008 (3489 km2) and 2009 (4994 km2) are shown to be novel events preceded only once by a much smaller event in 2007 (82 km2). The blooms originated in the coastal area of Jiangsu province and spread north-east towards the Shandong Penins...

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Main Authors: Keesing, J., Liu, D., Fearns, Peter, Garcia, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2011
Subjects:
Yellow Sea
Macroalgal bloom
Porphyra aquaculture
Eutrophication
Green-tide
Ulva
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49144

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