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2022 Vol. 41, No. 11

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2022, 41(11)
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Ecosystem and Environmental Baseline in COMRA’s Contract Area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Intra-seasonal variability of the abyssal currents in COMRA’s contract area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Fangfang Kuang, Jing Cha, Junpeng Zhang, Aijun Pan, Hangyu Chen, Xiwu Zhou, Chunsheng Jing, Xiaogang Guo
2022, 41(11): 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1945-5
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In this paper, the intra-seasonal variability of the abyssal currents in the China Ocean Mineral Resources Association (COMRA) polymetallic nodule contact area, located in the western part of the Clarion and Clipperton Fraction Zone in the tropical E...
Baseline establishment for metals in the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Cai Lin, Yang Liu, Ronggen Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Baohong Chen, Weili Wang, Kaiwen Zhou, Hui Lin
2022, 41(11): 12-22. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1908-x
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Resource exploitation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is of major research interest worldwide, but its influence on the environment is poorly understood, especially due to the lack of baseline values for metals in the surrounding sediment. This ...
Nutrient distributions and nitrogen-anomaly (N*) in the tropical North Pacific Ocean
Aiqin Han, Yu Wang, Yunlong Huo, Cai Lin, Kaiwen Zhou, Fangfang Kuang, Hui Lin
2022, 41(11): 23-33. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1918-8
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Based upon cruise observations broadly covering the tropical North Pacific during July−November 2017, together with data obtained from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment Hydrographic Program, this study examined the distribution of dissolved inor...
The particle fluxes in sediment traps from Niulang Guyot area in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
Xiuwu Sun, Jinmin Chen, Baohong Chen, Cai Lin, Yang Liu, Jiang Huang, Zhong Pan, Kaiwen Zhou, Qing He, Fangfang Kuang, Hui Lin
2022, 41(11): 34-44. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2106-1
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The flux of settling particles in the ocean has been widely explored since 1980s due to its important role in biogenic elements cycling, especially in the transport of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the deep sea. However, research in the seamoun...
Spatial patterns of phytoplankton communities in an International Seabed Authority licensed area (COMRA, Clarion-Clipperton Zone) in relation to upper ocean biogeochemistry
Yu Wang, Aiqin Han, Xuebao He, Fangfang Kuang, Feng Zhao, Peng Xiang, Kuidong Xu
2022, 41(11): 45-57. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1938-4
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The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) hosts one of the largest known oceanic nodule fields worldwide and is regulated by the International Seabed Authority. A baseline assessment of diversity and distribution patterns is essential for reliable prediction...
Articles$Physical Oceanography, Marine Meteorology and Marine Physics
Simulating the influence of various nutrient sources on hypoxia off the Changjiang River Estuary
Jingjing Zheng, Shan Gao, Guimei Liu, Yun Li, Zhijie Li, Xueming Zhu
2022, 41(11): 58-72. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1906-z
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Hypoxia is increasingly reported off the Changjiang River Estuary with the confluence of multiple high volume nutrient sources. The Regional Ocean Modeling System coupled with a biological model was used to analyze the effect of different nutrient so...
Articles$Marine Chemistry
Anthropogenic 129I in seawaters along the north-central part of the English Channel: Levels and tracer applications
Peng He, Zheng Yang, Hongying Pang, Ala Aldahan, Xiaolin Hou, Göran Possnert, Xiangjun Pei, Yi Huang
2022, 41(11): 73-80. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2040-2
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The English Channel (the Channel) represents a major sink and transport pathway of anthropogenic radioactive 129I. Despite this important role, data concerning the distribution of 129I in seawater of the Channel are scarce, and most of existing data ...
Using LA-ICP-MS to analysis elemental composition of statoliths of Scyphozoan jellyfish
Tiezhu Mi, Shibin Zhao, Minzhi Qiu, Bochao Xu, Qingzhen Yao, Yu Zhen, Zhiqing Lai, Fang Zhang, Zhigang Yu
2022, 41(11): 81-87. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2034-0
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Scyphozoan jellyfish outbreak events are drawing increasing attentions during the past decade. Elemental compositions of statoliths are helpful to understand jellyfish life history and blooming mechanisms, but very rare endeavor has been focused on t...
Articles$Marine Biology
Genetic variation of the small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) inferred from mitochondrial DNA provides novel insight into the fluctuation of resources
Jian Zheng, Tianxiang Gao, Yunrong Yan, Na Song
2022, 41(11): 88-95. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2039-8
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The small yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) belongs to the family Sciaenidae, which is an offshore warm fish species and widely distributed in the western Pacific. In this study, the variation of genetic diversity and genetic differentiation am...
Assessment of macrobenthic community function and ecological quality after reclamation in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary wetland
Yinying Huang, Yingying Huang, Xinglin Du, Yiming Li, Jiangtao Tian, Qiang Chen, Youhui Huang, Weiwei Lv, Ying Yang, Zhiquan Liu, Yunlong Zhao
2022, 41(11): 96-107. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2046-9
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An ecological optimization project (semi-closed reclamation project) was implemented to control the invasion of Spartina alterniflora, and optimize the habitat of the Chongming Dongtan wetland, in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary. After project...
Population differentiation in the dominant species (Ulva prolifera) of green tide in coastal waters of China
Hongbin Han, Yan Li, Xiaojun Ma, Wei Song, Zongling Wang, Mingzhu Fu, Xuelei Zhang
2022, 41(11): 108-114. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-1985-5
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Since 2015, green tides with Ulva prolifera as the dominant species in the Qinhuangdao coastal waters have continued to occur. In this study, the relationship between green tides in Qinhuangdao and the Yellow Sea (setting sites in Rudong and Qingdao)...
Molecular diversity and biogeography of benthic microeukaryotes in temperate seagrass (Zostera japonica) systems of northern China
Pengyuan Liu, Haikun Zhang, Yanyu Sun, Caixia Wang, Xiaoke Hu
2022, 41(11): 115-125. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1960-6
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The productivity and health of seagrass depend on the combined inputs of nutrients from the water and sediments in which they grow and the microbiota with which they live intimately. However, little is known about the composition and diversity patter...
Articles$Ocean Engineering
HY-1C Coastal Zone Imager observations of the suspended sediment content distribution details in the sea area near Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in China
Lina Cai, Minrui Zhou, Xiaojun Yan, Jianqiang Liu, Qiyan Ji, Yuxiang Chen, Juncheng Zuo
2022, 41(11): 126-138. doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2107-0
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The impacts of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HKZMB) on suspended sediment content (SSC) were analysed in the Zhujiang River Estuary based on data from HY-1C, which was launched in September 2018 in China, carrying Coastal Zone Imager (CZI) and C...