Nest Site Selection by Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) and Implications for Conservation on Qilianyu, Xisha Islands, South China Sea by Ting Zhang, Xiaoyu An, Chenglong Zhang, Yunteng Liu, Yupei Li, Yangfei Yu, Jichao Wang, Liu Lin, Hai‐Tao Shi

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Metals in Fishes from Yongshu Island, Southern South China Sea: Human Health Risk Assessment by Zhai Wu, Ye Xu, Minggang Cai, Sha-Yen Cheng, Huorong Chen, Dongren Huang, Kai Chen, Yan Lin, Tianyao Li, Mengyang Liu, Hengxiang Deng, Minjie Ni, Hongwei Ke

“…In order to assess the bioaccumulation of metals associated with gender, tissues, and their potential ecological risk, four species of fish were collected from the Yongshu Island in the Southern South China Sea. Metals and stable Pb isotopes in their tissues (muscle, gill, liver, intestine, and ovary) were determined. …”
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Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol over the South China Sea by Shih-Jen Huang, Chen-Chih Lin

“…The satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) data is used to investigate the distribution of aerosol over the South China Sea (SCS). High correlation coefficients are found between in situ AERONET data and satellite AOD measurements around the SCS with the highest coefficient of 0.9 on the Dongsha Island (i.e., Pratas Island). …”
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The Line of Beijing in Settlement of Problems in the Basin of the South China Sea by V. Y. Vorobyev, A. V. Ivanov

“…Not that long ago, the conflict in the region was understood as a clash between China and several countries in South-East Asia, the members of ASEAN (Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia in part), upon the right to own more than one group of uninhabited islands, reefs and shoals scattered throughout the South China Sea, and the limits of their exclusive economic zones and continental shelf. …”
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Effects of Urea Removal on the Stable Isotopes δ13C and δ15N in Rays from the Coastal Waters of Peninsular Malaysia by Maizah Mohd Abdullah, Wei Yien Lua, Roslanzairi Mostapha, Zalina Bashir, Mohd Naimullah, Sukree Hajisamae, Fazrul Hisam

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Study on shear creep model of calcareous sand in China South Sea by Bin Tang, Bin Tang, Xingyun Huang, Weitao Zhong

“…The creep characteristics of calcareous sand have an important impact on the stability of the structures on the coral islands in the South China Sea. Among the existing creep models for calcareous sand, fewer models consider the particle fragmentation of calcareous sand, which cannot accurately describe the shear creep of calcareous sand around the foundation of island structures. …”
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Three-Dimensional Seismic Response Analysis of Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea by Xin Bao, Jingbo Liu, Shutao Li, Fei Wang

“…This study takes Zhubi Reef in the South China Sea as the research object and establishes a three-dimensional (3D) reef-seawater model to investigate the seismic response of Zhubi Reef. …”
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Quantifying impacts of two ENSO patterns on South China sea summer monsoon onset by Lianyi Zhang, Junshu Lin, Zesheng Chen, Yanping Shi, Yan Du

“…Abstract The onset of the South China Sea (SCS) Summer Monsoon (SCSSM) is usually in May, strongly influencing the beginning of the wet season over the surrounding regions, such as South China and the Philippine Islands. …”
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Bio-Optical Response of Phytoplankton and Coloured Detrital Matter (CDM) to Coastal Upwelling in the Northwest South China Sea by Guifen Wang, Wenlong Xu, Shubha Sathyendranath, Wen Zhou, Wenxi Cao

“…To examine the bio-optical response to coastal upwelling, we measured inherent optical properties (IOPs) and biogeochemical parameters simultaneously off Hainan Island in the northwest part of the South China Sea (SCS) during late summer 2013. …”
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Spatial-temporal distribution of phytoplankton HAB species and contamination status of oyster toxins under intensive oyster farming in Jiangmen coasts, the South China Sea by Jian Zou, Yayuan Xiao, Jiaqi Su, Yang Liu, Peng Wu, Teng Wang, Lin Lin, Chunhou Li, Yu Liu, Yong Liu

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Safety Management in Sea Reclamation Construction: A Case Study of Sanya Airport, China by Jinchao Ma, Wei Zhong, Xiaoliu Zhu

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Characteristics of Traditional Human Settlement Landscapes on Bedrock Islands in Guangdong Based on the “Ao” Unit by Ying PAN, Linxi CHEN, Ying SHI

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Exploring the potential of an oyster (Saccostrea mordax) in oligotrophic seas: Effects of starvation on physiological and molecular regulation by Shuming Guo, Liqiang Zhao, Yuexin Zhao, Zohaib Noor, Xiaogang Yang, Shiwei Fu, Zhen Zhao, Weitao Wan, Jinkuan Wei, Yanping Qin, Haitao Ma, Ziniu Yu, Jun Li, Yuehuan Zhang

“…Starvation is the most common physiological challenge for marine bivalves, especially in oligotrophic seas like the South China Sea. Its dominant oyster species, Saccostrea mordax, remains unclear regarding starvation tolerance and underlying mechanisms. …”
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Application of wetPf2 Data for Investigating Characteristics of Temperature and Humidity of Air Masses over Paracel and Spratly Islands by Khuong Le Pham, Anh Xuan Nguyen, Hiep Van Nguyen, Son Hai Hoang, Vinh Nhu Nguyen, Thang Van Vu

“…This article uses data from the second-generation Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC-2) satellites (wetPf2) to study the temperature and humidity properties of the air masses over Paracel and Spratly Islands in the Vietnam East Sea (South China Sea). …”
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Good governance strategy in maintaining the national interest of state defense: a study in the North Natuna sea region by Theo L Sambuaga, Amarulla Octavian, Asep Adang Supriyadi, I. Gede Sumertha

“…The state defends the South China Sea using physical power and soft power diplomacy, which inspired this research (soft power). …”
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Evidence of Terrain-Induced Windshear Due to Lantau Island over the Third Runway of the Hong Kong International Airport—Examples and Numerical Simulations by Pak Wai Chan, Kai Kwong Lai

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Assessment of atmospheric correction methods in MSI imagery for deriving bathymetry and substrates of shallow-water coral reefs by Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Jun Zhao, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Quansheng Lou, Quansheng Lou, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Shaojie Sun

“…In this study, three commonly used AC processors—Dark Spectrum Fitting (DSF), Case 2 Regional Coast Color processor (C2RCC), and Polymer—were applied to evaluate their performance on Sentinel-2 MSI imagery of coral reef areas in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea. Since the latter two processors incorporate a sunglint removal approach, additional procedures were applied to DSF. …”
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Multimodel Combination Bathymetry Inversion Approach Based on Geomorphic Segmentation in Coral Reef Habitats Using ICESat-2 and Multispectral Satellite Images by Xiuling Zuo, Juncan Teng, Fenzhen Su, Zhengxian Duan, Kefu Yu

“…Taking 11 coral reefs of Xisha Islands (ocean area of 607 km²) in the South China Sea as the study area, a parametric multimodel combination approach based on geomorphic segmentation (PMCGS) for obtaining bathymetry was constructed by combining the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) data with Gaofen-1 (GF-1) medium- and Worldview-2/3 (WV-2/3) high-resolution multispectral images. …”
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Case report: Long-term GPS tracking throughout the breeding and non-breeding seasons of the streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas by Taito Kamata, Masaki Shirai, Kazuhiko Hirata, Takahiro Sato, Haruka Mukai, Maki Yamamoto, Tsuneo Sekijima

“…During the non-breeding season, one bird wintered in the South China Sea and the other off northern New Guinea. …”
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La mousson, pluie des agriculteurs et vent des marins by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…The monsoon is an arabic word (with its proper origin and history), which designates as well as winds, as marine streams, which go from indian Ocean to the china and japanese sea. That large zone of intense movements putt in contacts very diverse populations.The monsoon facilitated since a very long time the travels from east to west (China to India and persian gulf) and from west to east (South Arabia to Indonesia and China), travels which gave access to the islands and peninsulas of India and southeast Asia, rich in spices and fine products. …”
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