Fouling acorn barnacles in China a review

• Published in: Chinese journal of oceanology and limnology Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 699 - 711
• Main Author: 曹文浩 严涛 黎祖福 李静 程志强
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.07.2013; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Amaryllis; Amphitrite; Arthropods; autumn; Balanus amphitrite; Balanus trigonus; Biodiversity; Biology; China; coastal water; Coastal waters; Dispersal; Dominant species; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental factors; Fistulobalanus; Fouling; latitude; Marine; Megabalanus tintinnabulum; Oceanography; salinity; seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; Species composition; species diversity; summer; Yellow Sea; 中国南海; 中国海域; 季节性变化; 橡子; 污垢; 物种组成; 藤壶; 评论; China; INW, Huanghai Sea; ISEW, South China Sea; INW, Bohai Sea; Yellow Sea; acorn barnacles; fouling; distribution; species

We review the species composition, distribution, and seasonal variation of fouling acorn barnacles in Chinese waters--from Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea to East and South China Seas. Thirty-two species of acorn barnacles were found, of which, the dominant species are Amphibalanus amphitrite, A. reticulat...