Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 38-47Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.10.007
Keywords
Ulva prolifera; Algal blooms; Sediment; Eutrophication; Radial shoals; Coastal animal aquaculture ponds
Funding
- Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Commission [10-4-1-14-hy, 11-3-1-3-hy]
- Science and Technology Commission of Qingdao Shinan District [2011-5-030-QT]
- Qingdao National Oceanographic Center (QNOC)
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [J50701]
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The coast of Jiangsu Province in China - where Ulva prolifera has always been firstly spotted before developing into green tides - is uniquely characterized by a huge intertidal radial mudflat. Results showed that: (1) propagules of U. prolifera have been consistently present in seawater and sediments of this mudflat and varied with locations and seasons; (2) over 50,000 tons of fermented chicken manure have been applied annually from March to May in coastal animal aquaculture ponds and thereafter the waste water has been discharged into the radial mudflat intensifying eutrophication; and (3) free-floating U. prolifera could be stranded in any floating infrastructures in coastal waters including large scale Porphyra farming rafts. For a truly integrated management of the coastal zone, reduction in nutrient inputs, and control of the effluents of the coastal pond systems, are needed to control eutrophication and prevent green tides in the future. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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