Environmental changes and the responses of the ecosystems of the Yellow Sea during 1976–2000

Long-term variability of sea surface temperature in Taiwan Strait

“…2-3) found a 2°C warming between 1981 and 2001, which penetrated to the bottom (maximum depth, 60 m) in the study area. The same conclusion (surface-to-bottom penetration of warming signal) is evident from Lin et al (2005). Wang et al (2013) documented a sharp increase in warming rate (up to 2°C/10a) near the northern entrance to the Strait, especially in winter.…”

“…Lin et al (2005) 1957-76 and 1977-96 in the northern ECS. Wang et al (2013) extended this data set through 2001 and analyzed a broader area of 23°-41°N, 117°-130°E, where they found a significant warming after 1985.…”

Combined nutrient and macroalgae loads lead to response in seagrass indicator properties

“…In contrast, the competitive interaction is reversed under high nutrient concentrations in seawater because macroalgae can absorb nutrients more effectively through the thallus than seagrasses can through their leaves, almost irrespective of the form of nitrogen (N) (Burkholder et al, 2007;Vonk et al, 2008). In many developing countries, high levels of nutrients are discharged into coastal areas due to fertilizer use and untreated sewage or waste loading, either within catchment areas or directly into the seawater during mariculture (de Lacerda et al, 2006;Edinger et al, 1998;Lin et al, 2005).…”

“…For example, dissolved inorganic nitrogen in the Yellow Sea has been increasing since 1976 (Lin et al, 2005), and has exceeded 14 μmol/L in more than 50% of the areas sampled since 2003 (State Oceanic Administration, 2008. The world's largest macroalgae blooms during the period 2008-2012 occurred in the Yellow Sea, and over one million tons of wet macroalgae were removed from the coast in 2008 (Liu et al, 2013).…”

Long-term variation in the salinity of the Southern Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass, 1976–2006

“…An increase in the southern limit of the SYSCWM in summer was reported to occur after a decrease in the SST of the YS the previous winter (Yang et al 2014). Researchers found that the trend toward increasing SST in the YS was consistent with the climate warming in northern China and the adjacent seas (Lin et al 2005), and was related to the bathymetry and Arctic Oscillation signals (Park et al 2015).…”