Progress on shelf and slope circulation in the northern South China Sea

Y Shu, Q Wang, T Zu - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Influenced by the seasonally reversed monsoons, water exchange through straits, and
topography, the shelf and slope circulation in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is …

Pollution assessment and sources of dissolved heavy metals in coastal water of a highly urbanized coastal area: The role of groundwater discharge

M Luo, Y Zhang, H Li, W Hu, K Xiao, S Yu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal concentrations and physicochemical parameters in coastal waters were
measured to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics, pollution degrees, and sources …

Radium and nitrogen isotopes tracing fluxes and sources of submarine groundwater discharge driven nitrate in an urbanized coastal area

X Wang, Y Zhang, M Luo, K Xiao, Q Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The quantitative evaluations of nutrients delivered by submarine groundwater discharge
(SGD) have been widely conducted worldwide, but sources of nutrients in the discharged …

Current status of emerging hypoxia in a eutrophic estuary: The lower reach of the Pearl River Estuary, China

W Qian, J Gan, J Liu, B He, Z Lu, X Guo, D Wang… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
We examine the current status of dissolved oxygen (DO) and its trend over the past 25 years
in the lower Pearl River Estuary, a large eutrophic estuary located in Southern China and …

Vortex and biogeochemical dynamics for the hypoxia formation within the coastal transition zone off the Pearl River Estuary

D Li, J Gan, R Hui, Z Liu, L Yu, Z Lu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite‐derived chlorophyll data, in situ measurements, and time series buoy monitoring
revealed the persistent and deteriorating seasonal eutrophication and hypoxia with two …

Dissolved oxygen depletion in Chinese coastal waters

W Zhang, S Pan, L Yu, H Zhang, F Chen, G Song, J Hu… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Estuarine and coastal environments have experienced dissolved oxygen (DO hereafter)
depression and hypoxia due to increasingly intensified anthropogenic eutrophication and …

Controls of seasonal variability of phytoplankton blooms in the Pearl River Estuary

Z Lu, J Gan - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Based on both physical and biological data collected from cruises in different seasons
between 2010 and 2011, we found that the phytoplankton bloom was highly seasonally …

Joint effects of extrinsic biophysical fluxes and intrinsic hydrodynamics on the formation of hypoxia west off the Pearl River Estuary

Z Lu, J Gan, M Dai, H Liu, X Zhao - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Using field measurements and a process‐oriented three‐dimensional coupled physical‐
biogeochemical numerical model, we investigated the physical and biogeochemical …

Water exchange and transport pathways in estuary-shelf region of Pearl River Estuary under multiple forcings

L Cui, Z Cai, Z Liu - Continental Shelf Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Using the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) as an example, the exposure time (θ‾) was
calculated to investigate the dominant processes of three-dimensional water exchanges in …

The characteristics and causes of increasingly severe saltwater intrusion in Pearl River Estuary

B Liu, S Peng, Y Liao, H Wang - Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 2019 - Elsevier
Under the influences of both anthropogenic activities and natural forces, saltwater intrusion
has been a main issue in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), China, in recent decades. Using …