Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021

The most massive outbreak on record of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> green tides in the southwestern Yellow Sea occurred in summer of 2021. The environmental factors were investigated based on observations and simulations. The results suggested that the significantly enhanced discharge of th...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fd63d3bdee6145ac879bac01fc690a412021-11-25T18:03:51ZNumerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 202110.3390/jmse91111672077-1312https://doaj.org/article/fd63d3bdee6145ac879bac01fc690a412021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1167https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1312The most massive outbreak on record of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> green tides in the southwestern Yellow Sea occurred in summer of 2021. The environmental factors were investigated based on observations and simulations. The results suggested that the significantly enhanced discharge of the Changjiang River since winter 2020–2021 was crucial for the outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> green tides in the southwestern Yellow Sea, which could significantly have contributed to the nutrient enrichment off the Subei coast. Additionally, the southerly wind stress anomaly during winter 2020–2021 favored the upwind transport of Changjiang water. Numerical experiments showed that the remaining winter freshwater coming from the Changjiang River, which persisted in the Subei coast’s upper layer until spring 2021, exceeded the long-term average value by 20%. We demonstrated that these large amount of nutrient inputs, as an effective supplement, were the reason the green tides sharply emerged as an extensive outbreak in 2021. The easterly wind anomaly during spring 2021 contributed to the landing of <i>Ulva prolifera</i> off the Lunan coast.Bin WangLei WuMDPI AGarticle<i>Ulva prolifera</i>Changjiangsouthwestern Yellow Seaoutbreak mechanismswind anomalyNaval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineeringVM1-989OceanographyGC1-1581ENJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 9, Iss 1167, p 1167 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic <i>Ulva prolifera</i>
Changjiang
southwestern Yellow Sea
outbreak mechanisms
wind anomaly
Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
VM1-989
Oceanography
GC1-1581
spellingShingle <i>Ulva prolifera</i>
Changjiang
southwestern Yellow Sea
outbreak mechanisms
wind anomaly
Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
VM1-989
Oceanography
GC1-1581
Bin Wang
Lei Wu
Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021
description The most massive outbreak on record of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> green tides in the southwestern Yellow Sea occurred in summer of 2021. The environmental factors were investigated based on observations and simulations. The results suggested that the significantly enhanced discharge of the Changjiang River since winter 2020–2021 was crucial for the outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> green tides in the southwestern Yellow Sea, which could significantly have contributed to the nutrient enrichment off the Subei coast. Additionally, the southerly wind stress anomaly during winter 2020–2021 favored the upwind transport of Changjiang water. Numerical experiments showed that the remaining winter freshwater coming from the Changjiang River, which persisted in the Subei coast’s upper layer until spring 2021, exceeded the long-term average value by 20%. We demonstrated that these large amount of nutrient inputs, as an effective supplement, were the reason the green tides sharply emerged as an extensive outbreak in 2021. The easterly wind anomaly during spring 2021 contributed to the landing of <i>Ulva prolifera</i> off the Lunan coast.
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author Bin Wang
Lei Wu
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Lei Wu
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title Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021
title_short Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021
title_full Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021
title_fullStr Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Study on the Massive Outbreak of the <i>Ulva prolifera</i> Green Tides in the Southwestern Yellow Sea in 2021
title_sort numerical study on the massive outbreak of the <i>ulva prolifera</i> green tides in the southwestern yellow sea in 2021
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/fd63d3bdee6145ac879bac01fc690a41
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