黄海冷水团海域浮游植物磷胁迫的季节变动

The Yellow Sea is located between the China Mainland and the Korean Peninsula, representing a typical shallow epicontinental sea. The Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass（YSCWM） is one of the most important physical features in the Yellow Sea. The characteristics of vertical profiles and seasonal variations of biogenic elements in the YSCWM may lead the variations of nutrient availability（e.g., phosphorus） and phosphorus stress of phytoplankton. In this study, the authors surveyed the seasonal variations of phytoplankton phosphorus stress with emphasis on the effect of the YSCWM during the four cruises in April and October 2006, March and August 2007. Using both bulk and single-cell alkaline phosphatase activity（APA） assays, this study evaluated phosphorus status of phytoplankton community, succession of phytoplankton community and ecophysiological responses of phytoplankton to phosphorus in the typical region of the YSCWM. With the occurrence of the YSCWM, especially the variations of concentration of dissolved inorganic phosphorus（DIP）, the results of bulk APA appeared corresponding seasonal variations. Along Transects A and B, the mean APA in August was the highest, and that in March was the lowest. According to the ELF-labeled assay＇s results, seasonal variations of the ELF-labeled percentages within dominant species indicated that diatoms were dominant in March, April and October, while dinoflagellates were dominant in August. During the four cruises, the ELF-labeled percentages of diatoms except Paralia sulcata showed that diatoms were not phosphorus deficient in April 2006 at all, but suffered from severe phosphorus stress in August 2007. In comparison, the ELF-labeled percentages of dinoflagellates were all above 50% during the four time series, which meant dinoflagellates such as Alexandrium and Scrippsiella, sustained perennial phosphorus stress.     

夏季南海东北部和东海陆架浮游植物群落结构昼夜变化的比较研究

于2008年和2009年夏季分别对南海东北部和东海陆架区浮游植物生物量和群落结构的昼夜变化进行了24 h时间序列连续观测和研究。通过高效液相色谱法分析浮游植物特征光合色素可以看出3个测站的叶绿素a浓度均呈现出明显的昼夜变化,最高值出现在夜间,而在中午至午后达到最低值,而这种昼夜变化主要是由于光照和潮汐作用所导致。各站均以硅藻为最主要的优势类群,受上升流影响的S702站硅藻生物量超过80%,S305和DH04站硅藻也占据了35%~50%,且3个测站硅藻生物量昼夜变化与叶绿素a一致,但所占生物量百分比却在叶绿素a高值的时间段较低,表明高生物量对应着更为丰富的浮游植物类群组成多样性。除硅藻外,S305站青绿藻也表现出与叶绿素a同步的昼夜变化规律。而在东海DH04站,由于存在明显层化特征,聚球藻是上混合层的主要优势类群,且表现出与叶绿素a一致的变化。黎明前后,甲藻出现了暴发式的生物量升高,所占生物量超过30%,由于其昼夜变化并不明显,分析可能由于水团的侧向输送所致。     

黄海冷水团水域浮游植物群落粒级结构的季节变化

根据2006—2007年度4个季节航次的实测资料,分析了黄海冷水团水域浮游植物叶绿素及其粒级结构的时空分布特征及季节变化规律,结果表明,在研究海域30 m以浅叶绿素总量的平均含量从高到低的顺序为:春季的(1.01 mg/m3)、夏季的(0.81 mg/m3)、秋季(0.72 mg/m3)、冬季(0.68 mg/m3);在叶绿素浓度大于1 mg/m3和小于1 mg/m3的区域浮游植物粒级结构差异较大,在整个研究海域,粒径较小的微型和微微型浮游植物对总生物量的贡献始终占主导(65%),粒径较大的小型浮游植物在冬季和春季贡献率相对较高;从季节尺度看,浮游植物的平均粒级指数从大到小的顺序为:春季的(15.47μm),冬季的(11.08μm),秋季的(8.61μm),夏季的(6.52μm);尽管不同季节水文和化学环境差异显著,但是不同粒径浮游植物的贡献率随总生物量的变化表现出一致性的规律。对环境因子与叶绿素分布的相关分析表明,浮游植物的生长在夏季主要受到营养盐来源的限制,冬季主要受到水体混合引起的光照限制,秋季可能受到磷酸盐和水体混合的共同限制。浮游植物粒级结构的分布格局主要是由各组分在不同环境中的资源竞争优势决定的。     

Spatial and temporal variations of macro-and mesozooplankton community in the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) and East China Sea in summer and winter

The study was conducted during two cruises of June–August 2006 (summer),and January–February 2007 (winter) in the Huanghai (Yellow) Sea and East China Sea.Spatial and temporal variations of zooplankton abundance,biomass and community structure and its relation to currents and water masses over the continental shelf were examined.A total of 584 zooplankton species/taxa and 28 planktonic larvae were identified during the two surveys.Copepods were the most abundant component among these identified groups.Zooplankton abundance and biomass fluctuated widely and showed distinct heterogeneity in the shelf waters.Five zooplankton assemblages were identified with hierarchical cluster analysis during this study,and they were Huanghai Sea Assemblage,Changjiang Estuary Assemblage,Coastal Assemblage,East China Sea Mixed-water Assemblage and East China Sea Offshore Assemblage.Seasonal changes of zooplankton community composition and its geographical distribution were detected,and the locations of the faunistic areas overlap quite well with water masses and current systems.So we suggest that the zooplankton community structure and its changes were determined by the water masses in the Huanghai Sea and East China Sea.The results of this research can provide fundamental information for the long-term monitoring of zooplankton ecology in the shelf of Huanghai Sea and East China Sea.     

2013年夏季北黄海浮游植物群集

利用Utermöhl方法,对2013年夏季取得的北黄海浮游植物样品进行鉴定分析,共鉴定出浮游植物3门60属114种(不包括未定名种),其中,硅藻42属75种,甲藻16属37种,金藻2属2种。群落组成以硅藻为主,其次是甲藻,然后是金藻。调查海区浮游植物的生态类型以温带近岸性为主,主要优势种为:小等刺硅鞭藻 Dictyocha fibula、裸甲藻 Gymnodinium sp.、螺旋环沟藻 Gyrodinium spirale、蜂腰双壁藻 Diploneis bombus 和具槽帕拉藻 Paralia sulcata。浮游植物细胞丰度介于0.037 0 × 10³ ～ 32.3 × 10³ cells·L^-1,平均值为2.04 × 10³ cells·L^-1;浮游植物细胞丰度大致从近岸到外海呈逐步降低趋势,在北黄海西部近岸的表层水体达到最高值32.3 × 10³ cells·L^-1,调查区东南部靠近外海区域也出现了丰度高值区;浮游植物垂直分布总体特征是随水深的增加而减少,由近岸向外海逐步降低。香农-威纳多样性指数在调查区西南部较高,而Pielou均匀度指数则在东部呈现高值区域。典范对应分析(CCA)显示,影响浮游植物优势种丰度分布的主要因素是营养盐,而跟盐度和温度的相关性不明显。     

2009 年晚春黄海南部浮游植物群落

在2009 年6 月对黄海南部及中部海域30 个站位进行综合调查, 对获得的131 个浮游植物样品用Uterm?hl 方法进行初步分析, 共鉴定浮游植物4 门51 属73 种(不包括未定名种), 其中硅藻32 属47种(不包括未定名种), 甲藻17 属24 种(不包括未定名种), 定鞭藻1 门1 种, 蓝藻1 门1 种, 硅藻在物种丰富度上占有优势。浮游植物的生态类型主要以温带近岸种为主, 优势物种为具齿原甲藻(Prorocentrum dentatum)、柔弱伪菱形藻(Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima)、具槽帕拉藻(Paralia sulcata)等。调查区浮游植物细胞丰度介于0.089 × 10³～1 045.200 × 10³ 个/L, 平均为15.941 × 10³ 个/L, 甲藻的细胞丰度要高于硅藻。细胞丰度高值区位于调查区的南部海域, 以具齿原甲藻为主, 垂向上在10 m 层出现最大值, 随着深度的增加丰度降低。调查区的Shannon-winner 多样性指数和Pielou 均匀度指数的平面分布基本一致, 并且与细胞丰度的分布呈相嵌形式, 即在细胞丰度高的区域多样性指数较低。     

Long-term changes in summer phytoplankton communities of the open northern Baltic Sea

Changes in the biomass and species composition of phytoplankton may reflect major shifts in environmental conditions. We investigated relationships between the late summer biomass of different phytoplankton taxa and environmental factors, and their long-term (1979–2003) trends in two areas of the Baltic Sea, the northern Baltic proper (NBP) and the Gulf of Finland (GF), with statistical analyses. An increasing trend was found in late summer temperature and chlorophyll a of the surface water layer (0–10 m) in both areas. There was also a significant decrease in summer salinity and an increase in winter dissolved inorganic nitrogen to phosphorus (DIN:DIP) ratio in the NBP, as well as increases in winter DIN concentrations and DIN:SiO₄ ratio in the GF. Simultaneously, the biomass of chrysophytes and chlorophytes increased in both areas. In the NBP, also the biomass of dinophytes increased and that of euglenophytes decreased, whereas in the GF, cyanobacteria increased and cryptophytes decreased. Redundancy analysis (RDA) indicated that summer temperature and winter DIN concentration were the most important factors with respect to changes in the phytoplankton community structure. Thus, the phytoplankton communities seem to reflect both hydrographic changes and the ongoing eutrophication process in the northern Baltic Sea.     

2009年晚春黄海南部浮游植物群落

在2009年6月对黄海南部及中部海域30个站位进行综合调查,对获得的131个浮游植物样品用Utermohl方法进行初步分析,共鉴定浮游植物4门51属73种（不包括未定名种）,其中硅藻32属47种（不包括未定名种）,甲藻17属24种（不包括未定名种）,定鞭藻1门1种,蓝藻1门1种,硅藻在物种丰富度上占有优势。浮游植物的生...     

Iron nutritional status of the phytoplankton assemblage in the Okhotsk Sea during summer

To clarify the iron (Fe) nutritional status of the phytoplankton assemblage in the Okhotsk Sea, we conducted incubation experiments in summer 2006. Replicate surface seawater samples with the natural plankton community were incubated with three treatments: Fe enrichment; addition of the strong Fe chelator siderophore desferriferrioxime B (DFB) which strips Fe from the biologically accessible pool; and as a control, no addition. To prevent macronutrient limitation, we added surplus nutrients to all treatments. At all 4 stations in Sakhalin Bay near the mouth of the Amur River and around the east of Sakhalin Island, net specific growth rate showed no significant difference between the control and +Fe treatment, and was repressed in +DFB treatment both in large- and small-sized phytoplankton. These findings indicate that these waters contain sufficient bioavailable Fe and that the Amur River plume which is transported by the east Sakhalin current is a major source of the Fe. In the Bussol’ Strait, net specific growth rate in the control was significantly higher than +DFB treatment, suggesting a supply of bioavailable Fe through intense vertical mixing at this site. Iron enrichment treatment stimulated the net specific growth rate of large-sized phytoplankton, indicating that Fe still limits the growth for the large-sized phytoplankton assemblage, but not for small-sized phytoplankton, in this area. An index of Fe availability was defined to quantify the degree of ambient Fe availability in each station, and it revealed the spatial variability of ambient Fe availabilities among the sites.     

黄海苏北浅滩海域春夏季浮游植物时空分布及其控制生态因子

The Subei Shoal is a special coastal area with complex physical oceanographic properties in the Yellow Sea. In the present study, the distribution of phytoplankton and its correlation with environmental factors were studied during spring and summer of 2012 in the Subei Shoal of the Yellow Sea. Phytoplankton species composition and abundance data were accomplished by Uterm?hl method. Diatoms represented the greatest cellular abundance during the study period. In spring, the phytoplankton cell abundance ranged from 1.59×10~3 to 269.78×10~3 cell/L with an average of 41.80×10~3 cell/L, and Skeletonema sp. and Paralia sulcata was the most dominant species. In summer, the average phytoplankton cell abundance was 72.59×10~3 cell/L with the range of 1.78×10~3 to 574.96×10~3 cell/L, and the main dominant species was Pseudo-nitzschia pungens, Skeletonema sp., Dactyliosolen fragilissima and Chaetoceros curvisetus. The results of a redundancy analysis(RDA) showed that turbidity,temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen(DO), the ratio of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to silicate and SiO_4-Si(DIN/SiO_4-Si) were the most important environmental factors controlling phytoplankton assemblages in spring or summer in the Subei Shoal of the Yellow Sea.     

春季黄海浮游植物生态分区:物种组成

Phytoplanktonic ecological provinces of the Yellow Sea(31.20°–39.23°N, 121.00°–125.16°E) is derived in terms of species composition and hydrological factors(temperature and salinity). 173 samples were collected from 40 stations from April 28 to May 18, 2014, and a total of 185 phytoplanktonic algal species belonging to 81 genera of 7phyla were identified by Uterm?hl method. Phytoplankton abundance in surface waters is concentrated in the west coast of Korean Peninsula and Korea Bay, and communities in those areas are mainly composed of diatoms and cyanobacteria with dominant species of Cylindrotheca closterium, Synechocystis pevalekii, Chroomonas acuta,Paralia sulcata, Thalassiosira pacifica and Karenia mikimotoi, etc. The first ten dominant species of the investigation area are analyzed by multidimensional scaling(MDS) and cluster analysis, then the Yellow Sea is divided into five provinces from Province I(P-I) to Province V(P-V). P-I includes the coastal areas near southern Liaodong Peninsula, with phytoplankton abundance of 35 420×10~3–36 163×10~3 cells/L and an average of 35 791×10~3 cells/L, and 99.84% of biomass is contributed by cyanobacteria. P-II is from Shandong Peninsula to Subei coastal area. Phytoplankton abundance is in a range of 2×10~3–48×10~3 cells/L with an average of 24×10~3cells/L, and 63.69% of biomass is contributed by diatoms. P-III represents the Changjiang(Yangtze River) Diluted Water. Phytoplankton abundance is 10×10~3–37×10~3 cells/L with an average of 24×10~3 cells/L, and 73.14% of biomass is contributed by diatoms. P-IV represents the area affected by the Yellow Sea Warm Current.Phytoplankton abundance ranges from 6×10~3 to 82×10~3 cells/L with an average of 28×10~3 cells/L, and 64.17% of biomass is contributed by diatoms. P-V represents the cold water mass of northern Yellow Sea. Phytoplankton abundance is in a range of 41×10~3–8 912×10~3 cells/L with an average of 1 763×10~3 cells/L, and 89.96% of biomass is contributed by diatoms. Overall, structures of phytoplankton community in spring are quite heterogeneous in different provinces. Canonical correspondence analysis(CCA) result illustrates the relationship between dominant species and environmental factors, and demonstrates that the main environmental factors that affect phytoplankton distribution are nitrate, temperature and salinity.     

黄东海夏、冬季颗石藻群落及其分布研究

2009年作者对中国黄东海海域夏季(7月20日至9月1日)与冬季(12月23日至2月5日)的两个季度月的颗石藻群落与分布进行调查研究。2009年夏季,中国黄东海海域调查区共发现21种颗石藻,其优势物种分别为赫氏艾密里藻(Emiliania huxleyi)、大洋桥石藻(Gephyrocapsa oceanica)、纤细伞球藻(Umbellosphaera tenuis)和深水花球藻(Florisphaera profunda)。颗石藻细胞丰度为0.23×103~17.62×103个/L,平均值为2.84×103个/L。2009年冬季,中国黄东海海域调查区共发现20种颗石藻,其优势物种分别为赫氏艾密里藻(E.huxleyi)、大洋桥石藻(G.oceanica)、深水花球藻(F.profunda)和纤细伞球藻(U.tenuis)。颗石藻的细胞丰度为0.12×103~35.35×103个/L,平均值为3.84×103个/L。本文系统地研究了颗石藻在我国黄、东海陆架海域的分布(特别是垂直分布),并对其作出了描述与分析,以期为关于中国海颗石藻群落分布等基础性研究提供可靠资料。     

2012年夏季楚科奇海浮游动物垂直迁移及上升流对其生物量的影响

The diel vertical migration(DVM) of zooplankton and the influence of upwelling on zooplankton biomass were examined using water column data of current velocity and mean volume backscattering strength(MVBS)collected by moored acoustic Doppler current profilers(ADCPs) deployed in the southeastern Chukchi Sea during the 5th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition(CHINARE) in summer 2012, combined with the satellite observational data such as sea surface temperature(SST), wind, and chlorophyll a(Chl a). Hourly acoustic data were continuously collected for 49-d in the mooring site. Spectral analysis indicated that there were different migrating patterns of zooplankton, even though precisely classifying the zooplankton taxa was not available. The prevailing 24-h cycle corresponded to the normal DVM with zooplankton swimming upwards at sunrise and returning to deep waters at sunset. There was a clear DVM in the upper 17 m of the water column during the period with distinct day-night cycles, and no active DVM throughout the water column when the sun above the horizon(polar day), suggesting that light intensity was the trigger for DVM. Also there was a second migrating pattern with 12-h cycle. The upwelling event occurring in the northwest of Alaskan coastal area had important influence on zooplankton biomass at the mooring site. During the upwelling, the SST close to the mooring site dropped significantly from maximal 6.35°C to minimal 1.31°C within five days. Simultaneously, there was a rapid increase in the MVBS and Chl a level, suggesting the aggregation of zooplankton related to upwelling.     

西南黄海夏季环流数值模拟研究

本文采用Regional Ocean Modeling System（ROMS）来研究西南黄海夏季环流,模拟的结果与浮标和锚定观测符合的很好。表层的海流流向东北,离岸一侧的流速大于近岸的流速,表层以下为约沿着25米等深线的气旋式流动。我们通过一系列过程导向实验研究海表风应力和底层温度锋面对环流的影响,结果表明,东南风驱动了表层东北向流动,底层温度锋面驱动了表层以下气旋式流动。底层温度锋面形成于近岸垂向混合充分水体和离岸层化水体之间。     

南黄海近岸海域初夏浮游动物的群落特征

采用2016年7月和2017年6—7月在南黄海近岸海域获取的浮游动物样品,研究了种类组成、丰度、生物量、优势种和生物多样性的变化,并分析其与环境因子的相关性关系。结果显示,两个航次的温盐及浮游动物群落特征差异较大。2016年7月表层平均温度为(22.8±1.8)℃,表层平均盐度为30.0±1.6; 2017年6—7月表层平均温度为(25.7±3.6)℃,表层平均盐度为(27.8±4.3)℃。2016年浮游动物的种类数为70种(含浮游幼虫24类), 2017年种类数为56种(含浮游幼虫18类)。2016年浮游动物平均丰度(4 838.2±5 186.7 ind·m^–3)和平均湿重生物量(324.9±481.5mg·m^–3)均高于2017年(2652.4±3 507.5 ind·m^–3, 216.6±245.2 mg·m^–3)。两个航次共同的优势种为小拟哲水蚤(Paracalanus parvus)、近缘大眼剑水蚤(Corycaeus affinis)和双毛纺锤水蚤(Acartia bifilosa)。...     

Northern Adriatic phytoplankton response to short Po River discharge pulses during summer stratified conditions

A 275‐km‐long transversel Northern Adriatic profile from the mouth of the Po River (Italian Adriatic coast) to the Kvarner region (Croatian coastal island area) was investigated in three successive case studies in August 2008, 2009 and 2010. The short Po River pulses in August result in the surface advection of riverine water, nutrients and phytoplankton from the western to the eastern side of the Adriatic. This surface spreading exhibits inter‐annual variability depending on the riverine discharge in the preceding period. The Po River discharge pulse in August 2010 in particular resulted in an extraordinary tongue‐like advection of riverine water, nutrients, and phytoplankton towards the Eastern Adriatic coast. The phenomenon was detected using both satellite imagery and classical oceanographic measurements. In the advective water, toxic dinoflagellates were most abundant in August 2010, when the influence of the Po was greatest.     

Bacterioplankton and phytoplankton biomass and production during summer stratification in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

We examined bacterioplankton biomass and heterotrophic production (BHP) during summer stratification in the northwestern Mediterranean in four successive stratification seasons (June–July of 1993–1996). Values of phytoplankton biomass and primary production were determined simultaneously so that the data sets for autotrophic and heterotrophic microbial plankton could be compared. Three standard stations were set along a transect from Barcelona to the channel between Mallorca and Menorca, representing coastally influenced shelf waters, frontal waters over the slope front, and open sea waters. Conversion factors from ³H-leucine incorporation to BHP were empirically determined and varied between 0.29 and 3.25 kg C mol^-1. Bacterial biomass values were among the lowest found in any marine environment. BHP values (between 0.02 and 2.5 μg C L^-1 d^-1) were larger than those of low nutrient low chlorophyll areas such as the Sargasso Sea and lower than those from high nutrient low chlorophyll areas such as the equatorial Pacific. Growth rates of bacterioplankton were highest at the slope front (0.20 d^-1) and lowest at the open sea station (0.04 d^-1). Phytoplankton growth rates were similar at the three stations (∼0.50 d^-1). Integrated values of bacterioplankton biomass, BHP and bacterial growth rates did not show significant differences among years, but differences between the three stations were clearly significant. Phytoplankton biomass, primary production, and phytoplankton growth rates did not show significant differences either with year or with station. As a consequence the bacterioplankton to phytoplankton biomass (BB/BPHY) and production (BHP/PP) ratios varied from the coastal to the open sea stations. The BB/BPHY ratio was 0.98 at the coast and ∼0.70 at the other two stations. These ratios are similar to those found in other oligotrophic marine environments. The BHP/PP ratio was 0.83 at the coast, 0.36 at the slope and 0.09 at the open sea station. The last value is also similar to values found in other oligotrophic marine environments. Vertical distribution of these ratios was also examined.The comparison of microbial parameters at the three stations indicates a different kind of relationship between bacterioplankton and phytoplankton in oligotrophic open sea waters and in coastal, nutrient-richer waters. According to such parameters and to the values of the BB/BPHY and BHP/PP ratios, open waters in the northwestern Mediterranean (despite their relatively short distance from the shore) were intermediate between the extremely oligotrophic waters of the eastern Mediterranean or the Sargasso Sea and the more productive waters of the equatorial Pacific.     

Water characteristics and movements of the Yellow Sea Warm Current in summer

Water characteristics of the Yellow Sea Warm Current and its movement in summer are examined from the analysis of the recent hydrographic data collected in adjacent seas of Cheju Island. It is suggested that the Yellow Sea Warm Current water in the northeastern China Sea is a mixture of Western North Pacific Central Water and the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water in the ratio of 7 to 3. It is characterized by salinities of 34.2 < S < 34.5% and temperatures of 13 < T < 15°C at depths below 50 m. The Yellow Sea Warm Current does not seem to extend into the Yellow Sea as previously believed, at least in summer, but instead it turns eastward around Cheju.     

南黄海中华哲水蚤昼夜垂直分布

在南黄海定点研究了中华哲水蚤（Calanus sinicus）各个发育期的昼夜垂直分布，分析了该种2000年6月的昼夜垂直分布规律。结果表明，中华哲水蚤雌体在后半夜上升到表层产卵，形成卵的高密集区；随后，卵在大约20h内边沉降边孵化成NI期无节幼体，导致相应时间内卵的密度减少；NIII到CV期幼体的垂直分布规律基本相同，其密集群的平均深度主要分布在30m的温、盐跃层。讨论了温、盐跃层，叶绿素a，捕食者等因素对它们垂直分布的影响。     

2007年夏季南海北部浮游植物的物种组成及丰度分布

2007年8月10-29日对南海北部41个站位进行了浮游植物群落结构的调查.调查结果表明,共发现浮游植物5门80属216种(包括变种、变形、未定种),调查期间南海浮游植物以硅藻为主,占所有物种数的64.81%,占总浮游植物细胞丰度的89.11%:甲藻次之,占所有物种数的30.56%,占总浮游植物细胞丰度的10.62%;蓝藻门的红海束毛藻Trichodesmium erythraeum在许多站位也占有相当的比例.绿藻和一些淡水的蓝藻只在珠江口附近的站位才被检出.主要优势种为海链藻Thalassiosira sp.、菱形海线藻Thalassionema nitzschioides、中肋骨条藻Skeletonema costatum、微小原甲藻Prorocentrum minimum和裸甲藻Gymnodinium sp..从平面分布来看,南海北部在珠江口外围和台湾浅滩海域存在2个浮游植物丰度高值区.表层和次表层浮游植物的平面分布格局差异很大,表层浮游植物的丰度平均为25.21×10<'3>个·L<'-1>,高值区在珠江口附近海域;次表层浮游植物丰度平均为9×10<'3>个·L<'-1>,高值区在台湾浅滩海域.调查区域的浅水站位(<200m)的浮游植物丰度远高于深水站位(>200m).从垂直分布来看,浮游植物的细胞丰度基本上自上而下随水深的增加而逐渐降低,最大丰度在10m水层.深水站位与浅水站位的浮游植物垂直分布结构有很大的差异.硅藻类在浅水站位中基本随深度的增加而减少,但在10m处出现最大值;而在深水站位则存在次表层(75m)最大值的现象.甲藻类在浅水站位中随深度增加显著减少,而在深水站位的75m以上其分布比较均匀.越靠近外海,浮游植物中硅藻所占的比例越小,硅甲藻比率大的海区一般具有高的生产力和较高的浮游植物丰度.调查海区表层和次表层的浮游植物Shannon-Wiener指数的平均分别为2.8和3.0,生物多样性高的区域分别位于珠江口、粤东近海和海南的东部近海,浅水站位的浮游植物多样性指数远高于深水站位.