Physics

1. Internal solitary wave generation by the tidal flows beneath ice keel in the Arctic Ocean*
2. Geographical inhomogeneity and temporal variability of mixing property and driving mechanism in the Arctic Ocean*
3. Examination of seasonal variation of the equatorial undercurrent termination in the Eastern Pacific diagnosed by ECCO2*
4. Deviation of the Lagrangian particle tracing method in the evaluation of the Southern Hemisphere annual subduction rate*
5. Coastal buoy observation of air-sea net heat flux in the East China Sea in summer 2020*
6. Impact of typhoon Lekima (2019) on material transport in Laizhou Bay using Lagrangian coherent structures*
7. Typhoon-induced wind waves in the northern East China Sea during two typhoon events: the impact of wind field and wave-current interaction*
8. Effect of subsea dispersant application on deepwater oil spill in the South China Sea*

Geology

1. Geochemical characteristics of cold-seep carbonates in Shenhu area, South China Sea*

Chemistry

1. A low-cost in-situ CO 2 sensor based on a membrane and NDIR for long-term measurement in seawater*

Ecology

1. The ecological response of natural phytoplankton population and related metabolic rates to future ocean acidification*
2. Effects of phytoplankton community and interaction between environmental variables on nitrogen uptake and transformations in an urban river*
3. Microbial community coexisting with harmful alga Karenia mikimotoi and microbial control of algal bloom in laboratory＊
4. Community structure and assembly of denitrifying bacteria in epiphytic biofilms in a freshwater lake ecosystem*

Continued from the back cover

1. Archaeal diversity in the seawater of Changjiang River estuary reveals its adaptability to bottom seawaters*
2. Spatiotemporal distribution and influencing factors of Ulva prolifera and Sargassum and their coexistence in the South Yellow Sea, China*
3. Dietary preferences and potential ecological impact on the zooplankton community of Nemopilema nomurai based on stable isotope and fatty acid analyses*
4. Microsatellite marker development and population genetic analysis revealed high connectivity between populations of a periwinkle Littoraria sinensis (Philippi, 1847)*
5. Accelerated biogenic silica dissolution by marine invertebrate digestion: in comparison with phosphorus and iron*

Biology

1. Carnosine concentration and expression profiles of carnosine related genes in Mytilus after beta-alanine injection*
2. The role of Smad6 in immunity of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii*
3. Cytological and transcriptional analysis reveal phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway plays key role in mitotic division of Pyropia yezoensis*
4. Immunostimulatory effect of quaternary degree and acetyl group of quaternized chitosan on macrophages RAW 264.7*
5. Taxonomy and toxin profile of harmful benthic Prorocentrum(Dinophyceae) species from the Xisha Islands, South China Se a*
6. Characterization of Amphidinium (Amphidiniales,Dinophyceae) species from the China Sea based on morphological, molecular, and pigment data*
7. Chinia gen. nov.—the second diatom genus simonsenioid raphe from mangroves in Fujian, China*
8. Description of two new species of Pseudoaliinostoc(Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from China based on the polyphasic approach*
9. Pauciramus yunnanensis, gen. et sp. nov., a novel freshwater red alga from China with proposal of the Ottiales ord. nov.(Nemaliophycidae, Rhodophyta)*
10. Morphological analysis of Rhynchospio aff. asiatica(Annelida: Spionidae) and comments on the phylogeny and reproduction of the family Spionidae*

Aquaculture and Fisheries

1. Music stimulus has a positive effect on survival and development of the larvae in swimming crab P ortunus trituberculatus*

1. Erratum to: Chinia gen. nov.—the second diatom genus simonsenioid raphe from mangroves in Fujian, China*
2. Erratum to: Impact of typhoon Lekima (2019) on material transport in Laizhou Bay using Lagrangian coherent structures*