A dataset of harmful algal bloom occurrence regions in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea

The data included the location, area, occurrence month, duration and types of microalgae of these HABs. The data sources include China marine environment quality bulletin from 2005 to 2016, Zhejiang Province Marine Environment Bulletin 2006, East China Sea marine environment quality bulletin 2009, South China Sea marine environment quality bulletin 2009, China marine disaster bulletin, harmful Algal Blooms (excluding Enteromorpha prolifera) data mentioned in academic journals, and multiple cruises in June, July, August and October of the 2006 year.

During the cruises, the high value area of chlorophyll a concentration (ca. 10 μ g / L) was estimated as HABs regions. Among them, the voyage data in 2006 are from the support of 973 project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, "scientific basis for sustainable output and adaptive management of offshore ecosystem under multiple pressures", the third sub-project "response of offshore physical environment to multiple pressures and its impact on the supply of source factors" (No. 2011CB409803).