Water transparency (Zsd) is an important optical parameter for evaluating water quality. This paper tuned a remote sensing model for estimating Zsd from MODIS (moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer) data in the South Yellow Sea. This model was then used to analyze the spatial and temporal variations of Zsd in the South Yellow Sea based long-term MODIS data in the past 20 years (2002–2020), and their driving factors were examined. The results show that the Zsd estimation model has good accuracy with R2, root mean square error and mean absolute percent error values of 0.91, 1.69 m and 25.1%, respectively. The Zsd levels are generally high in the offshore but low in the coastal area. Meanwhile, Zsd indicates high values in summer but low values in winter. In the past 20 years, Zsd in the central South Yellow Sea, the southern South Yellow Sea and the Changjiang River Estuary showed slowly increase trends, while Zsd in the Jiangsu coast was decreasing slowly. In general, the Zsd is negatively driven by the concentration of suspended particulate matter, of which the influence is the greatest. In addition, sea surface temperature and solar radiation have positive driving effects on Zsd, while wind speed has negative driving effect.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |