Author’s Accepted Manuscript Factors driving the spatiotemporal variability in phytoplankton in the Northern South China Sea Na Wei, Thangaraj Satheeswaran, Ian R. Jenkinson, Bing Xue, Yuqiu Wei, Haijiao Liu, Jun Sun PII: S0278-4343(17)30495-8 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.04.009 Reference: CSR3755 To appear in: Continental Shelf Research Received date: 21 September 2017 Revised date: 9 April 2018 Accepted date: 17 April 2018 Cite this article as: Na Wei, Thangaraj Satheeswaran, Ian R. Jenkinson, Bing Xue, Yuqiu Wei, Haijiao Liu and Jun Sun, Factors driving the spatiotemporal variability in phytoplankton in the Northern South China Sea, Continental Shelf Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2018.04.009 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting galley proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. www.elsevier.com/locate/csr