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Fouling characteristics of cnidarians (Hydrozoa and Anthozoa) along the coast of China

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Hydrozoans and anthozoans are an important component of a great variety of marine communities, particularly abundant and ubiquitous as part of the fouling assemblages around the globe. Several negative impacts have been associated to their occurrence on artificial substrata. In the coastal waters of China, a total of 76 species of fouling cnidarians were observed and classified. According to the occurrence frequency or biomass, the major species in the Bohai and Yellow Seas were Ectopleura marina, Bougainvillia sp., and Eudendrium capillare; in the East China Sea Anthopleura nigrescens, Diadumene lineata, and Ectopleura crocea; and in the South China Sea Clytia sp., Obelia sp., and Actiniaria spp. The peak period of settlement of most species was mainly in summer and autumn. With the decrease of latitude, species number increased greatly and even cnidarian fouling was observed all year round in the East and South China Seas. Salinity was another factor affecting species distribution. Naturally, immersion time of substrata also directly affects the characteristics of cnidarians in fouling communities.

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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China

    Tao Yan, Mingqing Lin, Wenhao Cao & Shuaishuai Han

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    Tao Yan & Mingqing Lin

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Tao Yan & Wenhao Cao

  4. Guangzhou CAS Test Technical Services Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, 510650, China

    Shuaishuai Han

  5. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China

    Xikun Song

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Yan, T., Lin, M., Cao, W. et al. Fouling characteristics of cnidarians (Hydrozoa and Anthozoa) along the coast of China. J. Ocean. Limnol. 39, 2220–2236 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-021-0242-7

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