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The role of Luzon Strait transport in shallow meridional overturning circulation of South China Sea

Kun Jiang, Yu Wang, Yan Sun, Jian Lan

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2443-3

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The impacts of the Luzon Strait transport on shallow meridional overturning circulation (SMOC) in the South China Sea (SCS) have been pointed out by previous studies, but the issue whether the Luzon Strait transport dominates the SMOC formation still...

Seasonal dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae communities associated with nine coral species in Luhuitou coral reef, South China Sea

Yi Huang, Cheng Feng, Bohai Gao, Lijuan Long, Fangfang Yang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2366-z

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The symbiotic association between reef-building corals and Symbiodiniaceae is pivotal for coral reef ecosystems, yet remains susceptible to environmental factors. Currently, there is a dearth of research examining seasonal fluctuations in coral-assoc...

The evolution characteristics and causes of melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean

Xu Fang, Lujun Zhang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2390-z

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Melt ponds are significant physical features on the ice surface throughout the Arctic summer, and the scarcity of observational data has resulted in a vague understanding about it. This study employs satellite data and multi-model averaged outputs fr...

Spatial dynamics of phytoplankton assemblages and organic carbon stock in the highly productive Amundsen Sea Polynya and adjacent seasonal ice zone

Dong Li, Jun Zhao, Ji Hu, Jianming Pan, Jianfeng He, Yongming Sun, Peisong Yu, Xufeng Yang, Cai Zhang, Haifeng Zhang, Weiping Sun, Gaojin Fan

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-0001-4

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Polynyas and their adjacent seasonal ice zones (SIZs) represent the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean, supporting unique food webs that are highly sensitive to climate change. Understanding the dynamics of phytoplankton and the carbon poo...

Attention-enhanced deep learning approach for marine heatwave forecasting

Yiyun Liu, Le Gao, Shuguo Yang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-0001-3

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Marine Heatwave (MHW) events refer to periods of significantly elevated sea surface temperatures (SST), persisting from days to months, with significant impacts on marine ecosystems, including increased mortality among marine life and coral bleaching...

Spatial epifaunal variability partially masked the edge effects in patchy intertidal macroalgae from the Canary archipelago

Alejandro Espada-Pastor, Rodrigo Riera

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-0001-2

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Fragmentation entails the disruption of habitat continuity, leading to anticipated species mobility as a consequence of inter-patch connectivity. Variability in species richness and individual abundances is a natural outcome in such scenarios. Our ob...

The extension of the ~3500 km shallow shelf current along the South China Sea: A review

Afifi Johari, Mohd Fadzil Akhir, Zuraini Zainol, Yue Fang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-0001-1

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Using literature published from 2010 onwards, this study investigates the ~3500 km extension of the shallow shelf current in the South China Sea (SCS) during the winter and summer monsoons. This current is later acknowledged as the South China Sea Sh...

Comparative mitogenomes of Amblyopinae (Gobiiformes: Gobionellidae) and freshwater adaptation in Taenioides sp.

Li Gong, Kaixin Wang, Tianwei Liu, An Xu, Nannan Zhang, Wenchao Wu, Liqin Liu, Jing Liu, Fenghui Li, Zhenming Lü

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2402-z

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Despite most eel gobies (Gobionellidae: Amblyopinae) have inhabited brackish or marine waters, few species (such as Taenioides sp.) have been found to invade multiple inland freshwaters via artificial water transfer projects. The habitat transfers fr...

Photosynthetic physiology and stress-resistant biochemical properties reveal the invasive photo-adaptation strategy of marine green alga Codium fragile

Huang Bingxin, Li Boxi, Wang Xulei, Rao Liming, Chen Jie, Dai Yang, Wang Lichun, Wang Zhiying, Ding Lanping

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2382-z

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Biological invasions have become recognized as one of the greatest threats to ecosystems. Codium, a genus of invasive green algae, has frequent global outbreaks and damages local marine ecosystems. It is now generally accepted that light is one of th...

Progress on oceanic sediment dynamic processes induced by nonlinear internal waves

Weihan Ruan, Yanwei Zhang, Danni Lyu, Liuzhenyi Zhang, Zhiyuan Zhuang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2391-y

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Nonlinear internal waves (NLIWs) exhibit robust dynamic submesoscale motions, connecting large-scale tides to small-scale shear instabilities in the ocean. Previous studies have mainly focused on their generation mechanisms and evolution along their ...

Geochemical characteristics and genesis of the elements in ferromanganese nodules from the Northwest Pacific

Jingjing Gao, Jihua Liu, Shijuan Yan, Lianhua He, Xiangwen Ren, Quanshu Yan

doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-0000-9

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To explore the geochemical characteristics and genesis of the elements in ferromanganese nodules from the Northwest Pacific, this study analyses the mineral composition, elemental content, occurrence phase and genetic mechanisms of samples by X-ray d...

Temporal trend of organic carbon in East Siberian Arctic shelf sediments and its relation to the recent climate forcing.

Jialong Luo, Li Jiang, Limin Hu, Zenghui Yu, Weini Chong, Fudong Lin, Fenghua Su, Yanguang Liu, Kirill Aksentov, Alexander Bosin, Anatolii Astakhov, Xuefa Shi

doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-0000-0

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Arctic climate changes have profoundly influenced the polar environmental changes in recent years. Arctic Oscillation (AO), as a key component of the Arctic climate system’s internal variability, affects the source to sink processes and interactions ...

A study of the landforms and megafaunal characteristics of the Caiwei Guyot area by manned submersible image data-driven technology

Zhongjun Ding, Xingyu Wang, Chen Liu, Guangyang Ma, Chanjuan Cao

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2399-3

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Scientific and precise evaluations of the megafaunal and landform characteristics of seamounts are important guides for their protection and study. A series of manned and unmanned submersibles have provided invaluable observational imaging data for t...

Field observation of air-sea CO₂ and H₂O flux using the eddy covariance method based on 100 Hz gas analyzer in the Bohai and Yellow Seas

Tan Yu, Yuhan Xia, Zhengli Qiu, Bangyi Tao, Yan Bai, Xianqiang He, Bing Chen, Mingxing Li, Yu Wang, Qilan Zhang, Chao Liang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2393-9

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Air-sea water vapor and CO₂ flux observation experiments were carried out at the Yantai National Satellite Ocean Calibration Platform and the jetty at Monolithic Beach, Juehua Island, using a 100 Hz gas analyzer. The observations were corrected by em...

Population structure and genetic diversity of hairfin anchovy (Setipinna tenuifilis) revealed by microsatellite markers

Bingjian Liu, Shan Tong, Jiasheng Li, Xun Jin, Sixu Zheng, Yunpeng Wang, Luxiu Gao, Taobo Feng, Mingzhe Han, Yifan Liu

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2369-9

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Microsatellite markers with polymorphic advantages are widely used in the exploration and utilization of marine fishery resources. In this study, 16 polymorphic microsatellite markers were used to evaluate the diversity and population structure of Se...

Amphioxus endostyle and origin of vertebrate thyroid

Shicui Zhang, Mengmeng Yi

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All vertebrates have a definitive thyroid gland, or thyroid for short. As a critical organ for growth, development and metabolism, its origin and evolution have long received attention. On the basis of anatomical position, endodermal origination and ...

Detection and Analysis of Spartina alterniﬂora in Chongming East Beach Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and Image Texture Features

Xinyu Mei, Zhongbiao Chen, Runxia Sun, Yijun He

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2394-8

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Spartina alterniﬂora Loisel is now listed among the world’s 100 most dangerous invasive species, severely affecting the ecological balance of coastal wetlands. Remote sensing technologies based on deep learning enable large-scale monitoring of Sparti...

Sea ice volume variability and its influencing factors in the Greenland Sea during 1979–2022

Luo Manman, Zhou Chunxia, Li Mingci

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2389-5

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Arctic sea ice is an essential component of the climate system and plays an important role in global climate change. This study calculates the volume flux through Fram Strait (FS) and the sea ice volume in the Greenland Sea (GS) from 1979 to 2022, an...

Interannual variability of surface Indonesian Throughflow and its relationships with Pacific and Indian Oceans derived from satellite observation

Yang Yingyi, Xu Tengfei, Wei Zexun, Wang Dingqi, Cai Zhongrui, Zhang Yunzhuo, Ma Yongshun

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2396-6

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The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) plays important roles in global ocean circulation and climate systems. Previous studies suggested the ITF interannual variability is driven by both the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (...

A deep learning model for ocean surface latent heat flux based on Transformer and data assimilation

Yahui Liu, Hengxiao Li, Jichao Wang

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2392-x

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Efficient and accurate prediction of ocean surface latent heat fluxes is essential for understanding and modeling climate dynamics. Conventional estimation methods have low resolution and lack accuracy. The Transformer model, with its self-attention ...

Analysis of the distribution of sound velocity profiles and sound propagation laws based on a global high-resolution ocean reanalysis product

Tao Shiyuan, Yu Yi, Xiao Wenbin, Zhang Weimin, Zhao Yanlai

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Ocean reanalysis data, compared to traditional observational data, possess stronger continuity and higher data accuracy. The globally high-resolution ice–ocean coupled reanalysis product CORA v2.0 (China Ocean ReAnalysis, Version 2.0), independently ...

A new fixed-depth suspension control algorithm for mobile marine seismometer and its testing results

Fei Hou, Jiabiao Li, Xinke Zhu, Weiwei Ding, Zhiteng Yu

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A mobile marine seismometer (MMS) is a vertical underwater vehicle that detects ocean seismic waves. One of the critical operational requirements for an MMS is that it remains suspended at a desired depth. This article aimed to propose a fixed-depth ...

Overview of the studies on the interactions between atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean in the Arctic Ocean and its climatic effects: contributions from Chinese scientists

Ruibo Lei, Fanyi Zhang, Qinghua Yang, Ruonan Zhang, Wenli Zhong, Qi Shu, Minghu Ding, Fengming Hui, Chao Min

doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-0000-1

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The year, 2024, marks the 40th anniversary of Chinese research expeditions in the polar regions and the 25th anniversary of its Arctic research expeditions. China has conducted 14 national Arctic research expeditions. With the increase of understandi...

Simulation and analysis of the snow blowing on landfast sea ice, Antarctica

Guanghua Hao, Hui Shen, Yongming Sun

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Sea ice and snow are the most sensitive and important crucial components of the global climate system, affecting the global climate by modulating the energy exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere. The sea near Zhongshan Station in Antarctica i...

Spatial heterogeneity of copepod community structure and feeding guilds in the nearshore-estuarine waters of Mangalore, southwest coast of India

Praveena Sudheesh, Madhu Nikathithara Velappan, Anil Peariya, Vishal Chazhikulam Rajan, Jyothi Sukumaran, Arya Kannethu Satheesan, Gireeshkumar Thundiyil Raju, Muraleedharan Kallungal Ravunnikutty

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2301-3

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The spatial variability of mesozooplankton (MZ) community characteristics, with an emphasis on the predominant taxa, copepods, were evaluated between two distinct coastal water environments of Mangalore: the Netravati-Gurupura estuarine system (NGES)...

Deep gene exchange break among Konosirus punctatus populations across the Northwestern Pacific inferred from AFLP and ISSR markers

Na Song, Yiping Ying, Yang Zhang, Tianxiang Gao

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2383-y

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The correct understanding of fish population structure plays a positive role in their fishery management. The dotted gizzard shad, Konosirus punctatus, is widely distributed in the coastal waters of the Northwestern Pacific. With the over-exploitatio...

Organic matter determines the exchange of nutrients at sediment-water interface in coastal bays

Jiasen Zhong, Ehui Tan, Chunwei Fu, Guiyi Ma, Yongkai Chang, Jingchao Yin, Fengying Li, Zhixiong Huang, Jianzhong Su, Min Xu, Zhenzhen Zheng, Jianan Liu, Yu Han, Shuh-Ji Kao

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The exchange of inorganic nutrients at the coastal sediment-water interface (SWI) plays a crucial role in regulating the nutrient budget in overlying water. The related studies mainly focus on the mid to high-latitude regions, leaving a significant g...

Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of macrobenthic communities and their relationship with environmental factors in the Shengsi Archipelago (Zhejiang, China)

Lingxiang Jin, Yibo Liao, Peisong Yu, Yanbin Tang, Qinghe Liu, Rongliang Zhang, Lu Shou, Jiangning Zeng, Quanzhen Chen

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2303-1

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Macrobenthic organisms are commonly employed as biomonitors for environmental risk assessment. In this study, we aimed to investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of the macrobenthic community, which is influenced by environmental factors of sed...

Erratum to: Acta Oceanologica Sinica (2022) 41(10): 119–130DOI: 10.1007/s13131-022-2023-3The atmospheric hinder for intraseasonal sea-air interaction over the Bay of Bengal during Indian summer monsoon in CMIP6

Ze Meng, Lei Zhou, Baosheng Li, Jianhuang Qin, Juncheng Xie

doi: 10.1007/s13131-022-2131-0

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Forecasting the western Pacific subtropical high index during typhoon activity using a hybrid deep learning model

Jianyin Zhou, Jie Xiang, Huadong Du, Suhong Ma

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Seasonal location and intensity changes in the western Pacific subtropical high (WPSH) are important factors dominating the synoptic weather and the distribution and magnitude of precipitation in the rain belt over East Asia. Therefore, this article ...

Diversity of protease-producing bacteria in the Bohai Bay sediment and their extracellular enzymatic properties

Zhenpeng Zhang, Chaoya Wu, Shuai Shao, Wei Liu, En-Tao Wang, Yan Li

doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1589-x

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Protease-producing bacteria play key roles in the degradation of organic nitrogen materials in marine sediments. However, their diversity, production of proteases and other extracellular enzymes, even in situ ecological functions remain largely unkno...