Thermal bleaching in the northern South China Sea: impact of abnormal environment and climate on high-latitude coral reefs.

Extensive coral bleaching events can result in catastrophic degradation of coral reefs and reorganization of coral communities. In the present study, we analyzed the spatial differences in coral bleaching and possible reasons of large-scale coral bleaching, based on the results of a survey carried out in the northern South China Sea in 2020. In addition, we have continuously monitored the sea surface temperature (SST) of the northernmost Weizhou Island for more than six years.

Comparative Analysis of Four Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Epinephelidae (Perciformes).

Groupers are commercial, mainly reef-associated fishes, classified in the family Epinephelidae (Perciformes). This study first sequenced the complete mitogenomes of , , , and . The lengths of the four Epinephelidae mitogenomes ranged from 16,585 base pair (bp) to 16,872 bp with the typical gene order.

The phylogenomic position of the sabre squirrelfish (beryciformes: holocentridae) inferred from the mitochondrial genome.

In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of the sabre squirrelfish , one member of family Holocentridae, is determined. It is a circular molecule whose length reaches 16,548 bp, consisting of 37 genes with typical order to most Chinese vertebrates. The nucleotide composition is: 30.

Complete mitochondrial genome of the Yellow-spotted skate Okamejei hollandi (Rajiformes: Rajidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome of the Yellow-spotted skate Okamejei hollandi was determined in this study. It is 16,974 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and one putative control region. The overall base composition is 30.

Population genetic diversity of sesarmid crab (Perisesarma bidens) in China based on mitochondrial DNA.

The population genetic diversity of Perisesarma bidens in China was investigated using 627 bp fragment of mtDNA COI gene sequence. A total of 186 individuals were collected from ten localities over most of the species' range and 31 different haplotypes were obtained. The most frequent haplotype was Hap2, which was shared in all ten localities (132 individuals), whereas most haplotypes were rare and existed in only one or two individuals.

[Seagrass ecosystems: contributions to and mechanisms of carbon sequestration].

The ocean's vegetated habitats, in particular seagrasses, mangroves and salt marshes, each capture and store a comparable amount of carbon per year, forming the Earth's blue carbon sinks, the most intense carbon sinks on the planet. Seagrass meadows, characterized by high primary productivity, efficient water column filtration and sediment stability, have a pronounced capacity for carbon sequestration. This is enhanced by low decomposition rates in anaerobic seagrass sediments.

[Assessment of marine environmental stress based on the integrated biomarker response index model: a case study in west coast of Guangxi].

Meretrix meretrix were collected for 3 times from 2011 to 2012, at 5 stations along west coast of Guangxi and wild and used as a biological indicator for assessing the marine environmental stress. Six biomarkers at individual, cellular and molecular levels were selected, including time required to drill the sand, phagocytic ability, stability of lysosomal membrane, ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE), and comet rate. Utilizing the Integrated Biological Response Index (IBR) model, the above biomarkers were integratedly analyzed and the data were displayed by intuitionistic star plots to evaluate the environmental situation of the 5 stations.

Natural and human influences on nutrient transport through a small subtropical Chinese estuary.

Global understanding of land-ocean nutrient fluxes increasingly recognizes the disproportionate importance of small rivers. We studied nutrient fluxes from a small catchment in fast developing southern China to uncover effects of land-use. Water was sampled in the macro-tidal estuary of Nanliu River and adjacent Lianzhou Bay in spring and summer of investigate spatial and temporal variations of dissolved nutrients.