Application of an integrated methodology for eutrophication assessment: a case study in the Bohai Sea

Zaixing Wu; Zhiming Yu; Xiuxian Song; Yongquan Yuan; Xihua Cao; Yubo Liang

doi:10.1007/s00343-013-2286-9

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Application of an integrated methodology for eutrophication assessment: a case study in the Bohai Sea

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- Application of an integrated methodology for eutrophication assessment: a case study in the Bohai Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 31, Issue 5, Pages: 1064-1078(2013)
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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-013-2286-9
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- Online First：07 September 2013，
  
  Published：2013
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Wu, Z., Yu, Z., Song, X. et al. Application of an integrated methodology for eutrophication assessment: a case study in the Bohai Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 1064–1078 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2286-9
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Wu, Z., Yu, Z., Song, X. et al. Application of an integrated methodology for eutrophication assessment: a case study in the Bohai Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 1064–1078 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2286-9 DOI：

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Abstract

An integrated methodology for eutrophication assessment

which integrates both water quality indicators (causative factors) and ecological response indicators (effect factors)

is described. It is then applied to rank the eutrophication status of the years 2007 and 2008 in the southwest Bohai Sea. The assessment model identified that north Bohai Bay and west Laizhou Bay were the two areas with the most serious eutrophication problems in the southwest Bohai Sea. In addition

compared to that in the west Laizhou Bay

the eutrophication conditions in the north Bohai Bay was more serious in both years. Eutrophication problems such as harmful algal blooms (HABs) and low dissolved oxygen (DO) events in north Bohai Bay were frequent. The integrated method outmatched the currently used Chinese nutrient index method by definitely identifying areas with the most serious eutrophication problems

while the nutrient index method gave ambiguous results between the two years. Inclusion of both causative factors and effect factors

combining concentration

spatial coverage and frequency of indicators

as well as use of multi-season monitoring datasets in the methodology result in a more accurate

representative and useful assessment.

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