| Plankton abundance, biovolume, and normalized biovolume size spectra in the northern slope of the South China Sea in autumn 2014 and summer 2015 | |
Zhang, Wenjing1,2,3; Sun, Xiaoxia1,3,4 ; Zheng, Shan1; Zhu, Mingliang1; Liang, Junhua1; Du, Juan1; Yang, Chenghao5
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| 2019-09-01 | |
| Source Publication | DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
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| ISSN | 0967-0645 |
| Volume | 167Pages:79-92 |
| Corresponding Author | Sun, Xiaoxia(xsun@qdio.ac.cn) |
| Abstract | Plankton abundance, biovolume and distribution in the northern slope of the South China Sea in summer 2015 and autumn 2014 were assessed by using flow cytometry and microscopy (FlowCAM) and ZooScan methods. Copepoda was the most dominant zooplankton in both seasons. Rhizosolenia dominated the phytoplankton community in autumn. In summer, the dominant phytoplankton were Chaetoceros and Thalassionema. In autumn, the abundances of phytoplankton and zooplankton ranged from 0.66 x 10(3)-7.83 x 10(3) ind. m(-3) and 0.34 x 10(3) 0.88 x 10(3) ind. m(-3), respectively, whereas the biovolumes of phytoplankton and zooplankton ranged from 41.67 to 204.66 mm(3)m(-3) and 56.19-157.24 mm(3)m(-3), respectively. A wide range of normalized biovolume size spectra (NBSS), consisting of phytoplankton, mesozooplankton and macrozooplankton, were built, and the resulting NBSS slopes were flatter than the single zooplankton NBSS slope. The NBSS slopes were steeper in summer (mean +/- SE = - 0.93 +/- 0.04) than in autumn (mean +/- SE = - 0.69 +/- 0.05). Based on the biovolume (0.00024mm(3)-131.07mm(3)) of plankton in 19 size classes and the taxonomic groups in each size class, Bray-Curtis cluster analysis divided the plankton into five groups. The distributions of the five plankton groups coincided with changes in currents during autumn and summer. Groups A and B were distributed in a region with an anticyclonic and a cyclonic eddy, respectively. Group A was affected by SCSW (South China Sea Water) and KW (Kuroshio Water) and had a NBSS slope of nearly -1. Group B was influenced by SCSW, KW and SHW (Shelf Water), and the NBSS slope of group B showed a higher ecological transfer efficiency than that of group A. Group C and group D were influenced by westward currents. The sea surface temperature (SST) (r = -0.52, P < 0.01), chlorophyll a concentration at the depth of the chlorophyll maximum (SMChl-a) (r= -0.61, P < 0.01), and average chlorophyll a concentration (SAChl-a) (r = -0.59, P < 0.01) were negatively correlated with the NBSS slope. |
| Keyword | Plankton Size spectra Mesoscale currents South China Sea |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.07.006 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Funding Project | National Basic Research Program of China[2014CB441504] ; National Basic Research Program of China[2014CB441501] ; Aoshan Science and Technology Innovation Project, China[2016ASKJ02-4] ; Strategic Priority Research Program-Western Pacific Ocean System of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA11030204] ; NSFCShandong Province Joint fund project, China[U1406403] |
| WOS Research Area | Oceanography |
| WOS Subject | Oceanography |
| WOS ID | WOS:000484651600010 |
| Publisher | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/162859 |
| Collection | 胶州湾海洋生态系统国家野外研究站 |
| Corresponding Author | Sun, Xiaoxia |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Jiaozhou Bay Marine Ecosyst Res Stn, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Yantai Inst Coastal Zone Res, Muping Coastal Environm Res Stn, Yantai 264003, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Ecol & Environm Sci, Qingdao, Shandong, Peoples R China 5.Minist Nat Resources, State Key Lab Satellite Ocean Environm Dynam, Inst Oceanog 2, Hangzhou 310012, Zhejiang, Peoples R China |
| First Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Corresponding Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Wenjing,Sun, Xiaoxia,Zheng, Shan,et al. Plankton abundance, biovolume, and normalized biovolume size spectra in the northern slope of the South China Sea in autumn 2014 and summer 2015[J]. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY,2019,167:79-92. |
| APA | Zhang, Wenjing.,Sun, Xiaoxia.,Zheng, Shan.,Zhu, Mingliang.,Liang, Junhua.,...&Yang, Chenghao.(2019).Plankton abundance, biovolume, and normalized biovolume size spectra in the northern slope of the South China Sea in autumn 2014 and summer 2015.DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY,167,79-92. |
| MLA | Zhang, Wenjing,et al."Plankton abundance, biovolume, and normalized biovolume size spectra in the northern slope of the South China Sea in autumn 2014 and summer 2015".DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 167(2019):79-92. |
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