1. Seasonal and spatial variations of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea

   • Limin Zhou
   • Min Wang
   • Guipeng Yang

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 1 - 11

2. Distribution patterns of ²¹⁰Po, ²¹⁰Pb and the particle export in the Taiwan Strait during the winter

   • Lihao Zhang
   • Weifeng Yang
   • Yanhong Li

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 12 - 21

3. Dynamic genetic analysis for body weight and main length ratio in turbot Scophthalmus maximus

   • Xin’an Wang
   • Aijun Ma

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 22 - 27

4. Lack of mitochondrial genetic structure in the endangered giant clam populations of Tridacna maxima (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) across the Saudi Arabian coast

   • Abdelwaheb Ben Othmen
   • Mohamed Abhary
   • Lamjed Mansour

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 28 - 37

5. Macrobenthic communities on the continental shelf of the Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

   • Kun Liu
   • Heshan Lin
   • Jun Sun

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 38 - 48

6. Assessing benthic habitat quality using biotic indices in the Laizhou Bay, China

   • Li Wang
   • Xianxiang Luo
   • Jiayu Shen

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 49 - 58

7. Flexible feeding patterns of copepod Centropages tenuiremis in fluctuating conditions: a possible survival strategy to cope with disturbance

   • Cuilian Xu
   • Simin Hu
   • Sheng Liu

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 59 - 68

8. Spatial distribution characteristics of bacterial community structure and gene abundance in sediments of the Bohai Sea

   • Quanrui Chen
   • Jingfeng Fan
   • Bin Wang

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 69 - 78

9. Occurrence and transfer of heavy metals in sediments and plants of Aegiceras corniculatum community in the Qinzhou Bay, southwestern China

   • Xing Huang
   • Xueping Wang
   • Yongguang Sun

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 79 - 88

10. Physiological performance of three calcifying green macroalgae Halimeda species in response to altered seawater temperatures

    • Zhangliang Wei
    • Jiahao Mo
    • Lijuan Long

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 89 - 100

11. The contribution of attached Ulva prolifera on Pyropia aquaculture rafts to green tides in the Yellow Sea

    • Hongbin Han
    • Shiliang Fan
    • Dewen Ding

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 101 - 106

12. Specific oceanographic characteristics and phytoplankton responses influencing the primary production around the Ulleung Basin area in spring

    • Minji Lee
    • Jin Ho Kim
    • Seung Ho Baek

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 107 - 122

13. Carbon-to-chlorophyll ratio and carbon content of phytoplankton community at the surface in coastal waters adjacent to the Zhujiang River Estuary during summer

    • Xiaoyong Yu
    • Jie Xu
    • Qian P Li

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 123 - 131

14. Response of coralline algae Porolithon onkodes to elevated seawater temperature and reduced pH

    • Xinming Lei
    • Lei Jiang
    • Hui Huang

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2020 Pages: 132 - 137