Impact of tropical cyclones on the evolution of the monsoon-driven upwelling system in the coastal waters of the northern South China Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-237
Author(s):  
Binxin Zheng ◽  
Yunhai Li ◽  
Jiufa Li ◽  
Fangfang Shu ◽  
Jia He
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
South China ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Upwelling System

scholarly journals Oxygen isotopes of individual planktic foraminifers reveal Pliocene-Pleistocene change of seasonal upper ocean stratification in the northern South China Sea

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Zhao ◽  
Hubert Vonhof ◽  
Liviu Giosan ◽  
Ralf Schiebel ◽  
Gerald Haug
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
South China ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Planktic Foraminifera ◽  
Ocean Stratification ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Seasonal Signals

<p>Most paleoceanographic studies using planktic foraminifera focus on annual means, but seasonal signals buried by the analyses of lumped specimens could be very valuable. Surface ocean feedbacks on climate change may be more significant in the seasonal realm than annual mean in the northern South China Sea, a region being strongly affected by Asian monsoons and tropical cyclones. Here we use oxygen isotope measurements on individual specimens of surface and subsurface planktic foraminiferal species to reconstruct surface seasonality and seasonal upper ocean stratification in this region. Many studies have shown that the thermocline was deeper in the tropical Pacific during the Pliocene than the Pleistocene, but the mechanism remains unclear. Several processes could lead to changes in the upper ocean stratification, such as changes in sea surface temperature and upper ocean mixing by tropical cyclones. Our results show that the upper ocean stratification was weaker during the Late Pliocene than the Early Pleistocene, with the change more significant in summer than winter, while no systematic offset is observed in the surface seasonality. The observations suggest that enhanced mixing by tropical cyclones might be the major cause of the deeper thermocline during the Pliocene.</p>

scholarly journals First records of the seamoth, Pegasus nanhaiensis (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), from the southern South China Sea, with notes on fresh coloration

2022 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Takahiro Akaike ◽  
Sirikanya Chungthanawong ◽  
Hiroyuki Motomura
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
Southern South China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Fish Market ◽  
First Time

Three seamoth specimens (45.5–56.9 mm standard length; SL) (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), originally identified as Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1829, but now recognized as representing P. nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang et Lin, 2020, a species recently described from the northern South China Sea off Yangjiang and Beihai, China, were obtained at a local fish market in Maha Chai, Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand on 6 July 2012, having been caught in the northern Gulf of Thailand. In addition, single specimens, reported as P. laternarius or Spinipegasus laternarius from Bidong Island, South China Sea off the Malay Peninsula (46.1 mm SL) and from Ko Kradat, Trat Province, eastern Gulf of Thailand (66.1 mm SL), were re-identified here as P. nanhaiensis. Thai specimens and Malaysian record represent the first records of P. nanhaiensis from Thailand and Malaysia, respectively, and from outside Chinese coastal waters. Additionally, the Bidong specimen is the southernmost record for the species. The fresh coloration of P. nanhaiensis is described for the first time.

Dimethylsulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate production along coastal waters of the northern South China Sea

2016 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 118-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Ping Shen ◽  
Ya-Nan Tang ◽  
Hua-Jian Liu ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
China Sea

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Eulepethus (Annelida, Eulepethidae) from the northern South China Sea, and comments on the phylogeny of the family

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4226 (4) ◽  
pp. 581 ◽  
Author(s):  
JINGHUAI ZHANG ◽  
YANJIE ZHANG ◽  
KAREN OSBORN ◽  
JIAN-WEN QIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Posterior Segment ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Sister Clade ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Eulepethidae is a family of scale-bearing polychaetes. Although members of this family are common inhabitants of tropical and subtropical coastal waters, their diversity is low, with only 22 recognized species in six genera. Here we describe Eulepethus nanhaiensis sp. nov. based on 12 specimens collected from the coastal waters of the northern South China Sea. This new species can be distinguished from Eulepethus hamifer, the only previously described species in this genus, by having up to two spade-shaped lateral processes in some of the anterior elytrae, a blunt-tipped acicular chaeta in the neuropodia of segment 3, and a pair of non-overlapping elytrae in each posterior segment. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Grubeulepis and Mexieulepis are sister genera, and these two genera form the sister clade of Eulepethus.  

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