Changes in the Ecological Environment of the Marginal Seas along the Eurasian Continent from 2003 to 2014
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Satellite Data Acquisition
2.2. Satellite Retrieval of the SDD
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Changes in SST
3.2. Changes in PAR
3.3. Changes in SDD
3.4. Changes in Chla
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Bai, Y.; He, X.; Yu, S.; Chen, C.-T.A. Changes in the Ecological Environment of the Marginal Seas along the Eurasian Continent from 2003 to 2014. Sustainability 2018, 10, 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030635
Bai Y, He X, Yu S, Chen C-TA. Changes in the Ecological Environment of the Marginal Seas along the Eurasian Continent from 2003 to 2014. Sustainability. 2018; 10(3):635. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030635
Chicago/Turabian StyleBai, Yan, Xianqiang He, Shujie Yu, and Chen-Tung Arthur Chen. 2018. "Changes in the Ecological Environment of the Marginal Seas along the Eurasian Continent from 2003 to 2014" Sustainability 10, no. 3: 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030635