School of Ocean;
Yantai University;
Yantai 264003;
China;
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation;
Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research;
Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Yantai 264003;
China;
Center for Ocean Mega-Science;
Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Qingdao 266071;
China;
coastal zone; biotic interaction; high-throughput sequencing; northern Yellow Sea; protist diversity; seasonal dynamic;