About the Authors

Xiaoyan Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (OceanUniversity of China), Ministry of Education of China, Qingdao, China

Huiwang Gao

hwgao@ouc.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (OceanUniversity of China), Ministry of Education of China, Qingdao, China

Xiaohong Yao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (OceanUniversity of China), Ministry of Education of China, Qingdao, China

Zhenhua Chen

Affiliation College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Hongda Fang

Affiliation South China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center, South China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou, China

Shufeng Ye

Affiliation East China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center, East China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XC HG XY. Performed the experiments: HF. Analyzed the data: XC HG XY ZC SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HF. Wrote the paper: XC HG XY.