In this study, we conducted two surveys in the central and southern parts of the South China Sea, in autumn 2012 and spring 2013. Six juvenile tuna species were caught in each survey. Gradient forest analysis (GFA) and a generalized additive model (GAM) were used to analyze the relationship between the catch per unit effort (CPUE) for the juvenile tuna species and six sea temperature indices for the South China Sea. In the GFA...

Rising sea level caused by global climate change may increase extreme sea level events, flood low-lying coastal areas, change the ecological and hydrological environment of coastal areas, and bring severe challenges to the survival and development of coastal cities. Hong Kong is a typical economically and socially developed coastal area. However, in such an important coastal city, the mechanisms of local sea-level dynamics and...