A healthy habitat is of great significance for the fish-stock recovery. But the habitat condition of large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), which is suffering from wide stock degradation, has no
The protection of fish nurseries has been recognized as a useful tool to efficiently manage fisheries given that protected areas enhance the recruitment of target species. To identify and locate poten
Different habitat types of migratory fish were contained in the southern East China Sea, which were still poorly studied. In view of the important function of bacterioplankton to the environment and f
Nursery habitats provide increased survival and growth and are a crucial early life-stage component for many fish and invertebrate populations. The biogenic structures that provide this nursery functi
Zooplankton plays an essential role in marine ecosystems as the link between primary producers (phytoplankton) and higher trophic levels in food webs, and as a dynamic pool of recruits for invertebra