The paper has been published.

ScienceDirect

Below is the press release.

HU Web: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/news/88603

EurekAlert!: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072916

Asia Research News: https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/… /tracking-algae…

The study ranks in the top 5% of all research outputs tracked to date on the Altmetric (https://www.altmetric.com/details/172117618#score), which measures the impact of research, and is currently in the top 5% of 83 contemporaneous papers in the Marine Pollution Bulletin The journal is currently ranked #1 among 83 papers published in the same period by the journal.