Several coastal regions in Korea have suffered from hypoxia since the 1970s. We present
the first review of Korean coastal hypoxia, focusing on its spatiotemporal variation …

The present review provides a historical overview of the macrozoobenthos that supports
Korean marine biodiversity set against a regional introduction to the oceanography and …

Blue carbon science requires the estimates of organic carbon stock and sequestration rate;
however, holistic data analysis remains limited in South Korea. The present study reports …

With the increasing impact of human activities on marine ecosystems, there is a growing
need to assess how the components of marine ecosystems (eg, macrobenthos) respond to …

Bays are extensively impacted by human activities, and an accurate assessment of
ecological quality is crucial for the environmental management and protection of bays. Most …

During economic growth, anthropogenic activities have exerted detrimental impacts on the
tidal flat ecosystems in South Korea. Although scholars have conducted extensive research …

Introduction The construction of coastal industrial zones has significantly impacted the
marine environment, with the extent of these effects varying based on the type of industrial …

To investigate benthic ecological quality associated with coastal pollution in the Bohai Sea
and northern Yellow Sea, a sediment quality triad (SQT) approach was applied. Chemical …

Coastal eutrophication, the over-enrichment of water with nutrients, has become a global
ecological problem. As coastal waters are subjected to great pressure due to anthropogenic …

Natural purification of pollutants is highly recognized as regulating ecosystem services;
however, the purification capacity of tidal flats remains largely unknown and/or unquantified …