Spatial and temporal variations of Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes in the Taiwan Strait,China |
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Authors: | HUANG Bangqin LIN Xueju HONG Huasheng State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Environmental Science Research Center Xiamen University Xiamen China |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Environmental Scienz~e Research Center, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China |
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Abstract: | The size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass, and the spatial and temporal variations in abundance of Synechococcus (SYN) and picoeukaryotes (PEUK) were measured in the Taiwan Strait during three cruises (August 1997, February-March 1998, and August 1998). The results show that picophytoplankton and nanophytoplankton dominate the phytoplankton biomass, in average of 38% and 40%, respectively. SYN and PEUK varied over time in abundance and carbon biomass, greater in summer than in winter, in range of (7.70-209.2)×106 and (0.75-15.4)×106 cells/cm2 in the abundance, and 1.93-52.3 and 1.57-32.4 mgC/cm2 in the carbon biomass, for SYN and PEUK, respectively. The horizontal distributions of both groups were diurnal but heterogeneous in abundance, depending on the groups and layer of depths. Temperature is the key controlling factor for picophytoplankton distribution (especially in winter) in the Strait. |
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Keywords: | Synechococcus picoeukaryotes picophytoplankton spatial and temporal variations the Taiwan Strait |
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