Abstract The Tara Oceans expedition (2009–2013) sampled contrasting ecosystems of the
world oceans, collecting environmental data and plankton, from viruses to metazoans, for …

Microbial communities in the coastal Arctic Ocean experience extreme variability in organic
matter and inorganic nutrients driven by seasonal shifts in sea ice extent and freshwater …

Over the last few decades, the coastal regions throughout the world have experienced
incidences of algal blooms, which are harmful or otherwise toxic because of their potential …

Microzooplankton grazing rates on three phytoplankton size fractions (< 5, 5‐20, and> 20
µm) were measured during spring and summer 2001 in the northern coastal Gulf of Alaska …

The eastern China seas are some of the largest marginal seas in the world, where high
primary productivity and phytoplankton blooms are often observed. However, little is known …

As an environmental parameter, the chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl-a) is essential for
monitoring water quality and managing the marine ecosystem. However, current mainstream …

Abstract The Yellow Sea (YS) is a semi-enclosed marginal sea in the West Pacific. As part of
the China GLOBEC-IMBER program, the present study set out to investigate the …

Seasonal variability in satellite chlorophyll a concentrations (SCHL) in the Yellow Sea and
the East China Sea (YECS) was investigated using 10-year averages of monthly data …

Nutrient dynamics during spring phytoplankton bloom period in the Yellow Sea (YS) was
discussed based on field observations performed in February, March–April and June 2009 …

This study investigated the coupling of the spatial–temporal variations in nutrient
distributions and physical conditions in the southern Yellow Sea (SYS) using data compiled …