Marine Development

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Xin Zhao, Ocean University of China, China

Associate Editors-in-Chief
Xiaojian Cui, National Marine Data and Information Service, China
Wensheng Jiang, Ocean University of China, China
Huirong Liu, Ocean University of China, China
Lei Wang, Ocean University of China, China
Qi Wang, Ocean University of China, China

Managing Editors
Yitong Chen, Ocean University of China, China
Zhengyan Li, Ocean University of China, China
Sujuan Xie, Ocean University of China, China
Yang Yang, Ocean University of China, China

Editorial Board Members
Chunjiang An, Concordia University, Canada
Giorgio Anfuso, Universidad de Cadiz, Spain
Giuseppe Cataldi, University of Naples "L'Orientale", Italy
Yang Chen, Ocean University of China, China
D'Maris Coffman, University College London, UK
Zhichao Dang, National Institute of Public Health and Environment, Netherlands
Lili Ding, Ocean University of China, China
Xiaofeng Duan, National Marine Data and Information Service, China
Hao Guo, National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, China
Xinyu Guo, Ehime University, Japan
Stephen Jay, University of Liverpool, UK
Jianyue Ji, Ocean University of China, China
Komali Kantamaneni, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Kee-hung Lai, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Jasmine Siu Lee Lam, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Chuan Liao, Cornell University, USA
Bingxuan Lin, University of Rhode Island, USA
Chengkun Liu, Macau University of Science and Technology, China
Dan Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Zhifu Mi, University College London, UK
David M Ong, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Nelson Rangel-Buitrago, University of Atlantico, Colombia
Jianye Tang, Shanghai Ocean University, China
Patrick HG Vrancken, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Xianquan Xiang, National Marine Data and Information Service, China
Zhenci Xu, The University of Hong Kong, China
Limin Yang, Ocean University of China, China
Haoran Zhang, University College London, UK
Wenyan Zhang, Institute of Coastal Systems - Analysis and Modeling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany
Rui Zhao, National Marine Data and Information Service, China
Shaorui Zhou, Sun Yat-sen University, China

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