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Based on ERA-Interim reanalysis wave field data for the 36 years from 1979 to 2014, the temporal and spatial distributions and development potential of wave energy are studied in detail in the offshore and relatively nearshore waters adjacent to the...

Islands are the confluence of terrestrial ecology and marine ecology. With urban expansion and economic development, the ecological environment of islands is facing serious threats. In order to study the island area land use change/cover (LUCC) and i...

The summer upwelling around the Zhoushan Islands is well-known. The previous concise review of (mostly) observational studies reveals that the present knowledge of the Zhoushan upwelling is unsatisfactory and has focused on seasonal variations. In th...

Due to the geographical location and resource characteristics of island region, it is important to make its strategic position in the country and even the world. In order to realize the sustainable development of island region, it is necessary to con...

The fish catch in natural upwelling areas, which accounts for only 0.1% of the ocean surface, accounts for more than 40% of the world’s catch. The Zhoushan fishery, which is the largest fishery in China, is mainly formed by a coastal upwelling...

Owing to limited land resources and unique ecosystems, islands face more serious ecological risks under the interference of climate change and human activities. In this study, selecting Zhoushan Island as the study area, a landscape ecological risk i...

Rapid development of the economy increased marine litter around Zhoushan Island. Social-ecological scenario studies can help to develop strategies to adapt to such change. To investigate the present situation of marine litter pollution, a stratified...

Tidal current asymmetry (TCA) often occurs in coastal regions. It can significantly influence bedload sediment transport. Recently, the statistical skewness of the tidal current velocity was calculated to represent the TCA. In archipelagic region, th...

We analyzed the impacts of islands on suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in Zhoushan Coastal waters based on data from HY-1C, which was launched in September 2018 in China, carrying Coastal Zone Imager (CZI) and Chinese Ocean Color and Temperatur...

Continued sea-level rise and coastal development have led to considerable concerns on coastline changes along inhabited islands. Analysis of long-term coastline changes of islands is however limited due to unavailable data and the cost of field wo...

In this study, the numerical wave model Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN), which resolves nearshore wave processes, and a hydrodynamic model, the Finite-Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM), were coupled to simulate waves and currents during Typhoon...

Coastal changes in China, notably in the Zhoushan Islands, have primarily been driven by coastal reclamation since the establishment of New China. This study conducted a comprehensive analysis of the Zhoushan Archipelago shoreline spanning four decad...

Understanding the genetic diversity patterns of endangered species is crucial for biodiversity conservation. The endangered salamander Hynobius yiwuensis, endemic to the mainland and Zhoushan Island in Zhejiang, China, has suffered from sharp populat...

Vegetation is an important type of land cover. Long-term, large-scale, and high-precision vegetation monitoring is of great significance for ecological environment investigation and regional sustainable development in protected areas. This paper deve...

Measuring the landscape pattern from a three-dimensional perspective is of great significance for comprehensively revealing the complex spatial characteristics of island ecosystems. However, the archipelago composed of rocky islands has received litt...

Based on the theories of industrial structure and settlement environment, this paper conducts a quantitative and qualitative study to investigate how the evolution in the industrial structure of the island affects the settlement environment with rele...

Due to the rapid rise of China’s coastal economic zone, the urbanization of the surrounding islands has accelerated. Intensive disturbance caused by human activities and frequent changes in land types have resulted in the continuous erosion of...

The need for valuable land has encouraged reclamation in coastal areas worldwide in the past decades. Land reclamation can alter the groundwater quality in coastal aquifers. The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of land reclamation on g...

Waves are one of the most important factors affecting offshore marine engineering. Accurate calculation of wave distribution is an important prerequisite to ensure the safety of coastal engineering construction. Due to the influence of complex topogr...

This study investigated the distribution of sedimentary phosphorus (P) species along an area of a rapid current at the southern coast of Zhoushan Island. The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of P cycling in a zone of rapid wat...

Island ecosystems are vulnerable, as natural disasters and inappropriate anthropogenic activities can easily disrupt the ecological balance, posing significant challenges to the delivery of ecosystem services. In order to evaluate the ecosystem servi...

Upwelling, which mixes deep and surface waters, significantly enhances the productivity of surface waters and plays a critical role in marine ecosystems, especially in key fishing areas like Zhoushan. This study utilized merged sea surface temperatur...

Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) change details derived from HY-1C/D images in the waters of the Zhoushan archipelago were analyzed. A new Chl-a inverse model was built based on the relationship between the in situ Chl-a and the combination of red, blue and gre...

Quantifying and estimating shipping emissions is a critical component of global emission reduction research and has become a growing area of interest in recent years. However, emissions from short-distance passenger ships operating on inter-island ro...

The oceanic fronts play an important role in marine ecosystems and fisheries. This study investigates the seasonal variability of sea surface temperature (SST) fronts in Zhoushan and its adjacent seas for the period 1982–2021. The influences of...

Urban air pollution has become a regional environmental problem. In order to explore whether island areas were affected by the urban development of surrounding areas, in this paper, we systematically study the vertical distribution characteristics of...

Due to the difference of industrialization degree and meteorological conditions, there are obvious differences in the composition of air pollution between islands and inland areas. With Zhoushan (ZS) and Nanjing (NJ) representing islands and inland c...

Accurately analyzing the water system’s status in a region is crucial for mitigating water resource constraints on the development of island areas. This study centers on Zhoushan, an archipelago city, and employs the water footprint theory (WFT...

The species–area relationship is important for understanding species diversity patterns at spatial scales, but few studies have examined the relationship using environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques. We investigated amphibian diversity on 21 islan...

In recent years, with the rapid advancement of China’s urbanization, the contradiction between urban development and the ecological environment has become increasingly prominent, and the urban ecological system now faces severe challenges. In t...

The genetic effects of habitat fragmentation are complex and are influenced by both species traits and landscape features. For plants with strong seed or pollen dispersal capabilities, the question of whether the genetic erosion of an isolated popula...

Hangzhou Bay is a world-famous strong tidal estuary with an irregular coastline, unique topography, numerous human activities, and complex hydro-sedimentological environment. The Daishan-Yangshan Sea-Crossing Transport Corridor (DSTC) project is loca...

Iridoviruses are an important pathogen of ectothermic vertebrates and are considered a significant threat to aquacultural fish production. Recently, one of the most economically important marine species in China, the large yellow croaker (Larimichthy...

Assessments of the ecosystem service value (ESV) and the social cost of carbon (SCC) inform national and government management decisions in the areas of human well-being and climate change mitigation and adaptation, respectively. Studying the correla...

Typically, the shortage of freshwater will limit the social and economic development of island regions. As a non-conventional, high-quality water source, desalinated seawater can be incorporated into the urban water supply system. The genotoxicity of...

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) can be utilized in a submarine cable landing operation to solve the problems of a deficient buried depth and a limited route. In this study, a numerical model of the pullback process of a submarine cable using HD...

The enhancement of the durability of sulfoaluminate cement (CSA) in marine environments is of great importance. To this end, an investigation was carried out involving the placement of CSA concrete in the tidal zone of Zhairuoshan Island, Zhoushan, C...

Typhoons bring great damages to transmission line systems located in coastal areas. Strong wind and extreme precipitation are the main sources of damaging effects. Transmission lines suffered from wind-driven rain exhibit more susceptibility to damag...

In November 2023, surface sediments were collected at 46 sites around the main islands of the Zhoushan Archipelago (Dinghai, Daishan, Qushan, and Shengsi) in the East China Sea. The concentrations of Cu, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cd, Hg, and As were determined, to...

Based on the long series of gauge rainfall data from 1979 to 2015, the performance of Multi-Source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation (MSWEP) precipitation dataset in the Zhoushan Archipelago and its surrounding sea area in Southeast China was evaluated...

Freshwater plume at the Changjiang River (CR) mouth are essential to the coastal water quality and ecosystem because they can cause estuary stratification and hypoxia, potentially deteriorating the water environment. Furthermore, the advection heat t...

The response of typical environmental factors in Zhoushan Fishery, including sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface salinity (SSS), and chlorophyll a (Chl-a), before and after Typhoon In-fa was analyzed using satellite data and reanalysis data in...

Microplastics (MPs), a new type of pollutant, pose a significant threat to the environment at high concentrations. One of the primary sources of MPs in the ocean is river runoff, highlighting the need to investigate the spatial and temporal variation...

Elucidating the compositions, sources and mixing processes of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is crucial for a gaining deeper understanding of the coastal carbon cycle and global carbon budget. Hangzhou Bay (HZB), a vital estuary in China, receives fr...

Uroteuthis edulis (U. edulis) is an important economic loliginid resource in the East China Sea (ECS). Its flexible life history traits enable the population to quickly adapt to changes in habitat. Understanding the early transport process helps us t...

Larimichthys crocea and Larimichthys polyactis, two commercially and ecologically important sciaenid species, are often morphologically confused (especially at the juvenile stage or for incomplete specimens), leading to limitations in traditional mor...