Changes of nutrient concentrations and N: P: Si ratios and their possible impacts on the Huanghai Sea ecosystem |
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Authors: | FU Mingzhu WANG Zongling PU Xinming XU Zongjun and ZHU Mingyuan |
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Institution: | Key Laboratory of Science and Engineering for Marine Ecological Environment, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China;Marine Ecology Research Centre, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China |
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Abstract: | To investigate the impacts of nutrient concentrations and N:P:Si ratios on the ecosystem of the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea), the current status and long-term variation of nutrients concentrations and ratios as well as phytoplankton community structure in the Huanghai Sea were collected and analyzed. The results reveal great annual and seasonal fluctuations in the nutrient concentrations and N:P:Si ratios during 1998-2008 with no clear pattern observed in the whole region. Yet on a seasonal scale of spring and in the coastal regions such as the Jiaozhou Bay and Sanggou Bay, the increase of DIN concentration and N:P ratio as well as the decrease of phosphate and silicate concentrations and Si:N ratios were relatively significant. Many pelagic ecosystem changes have occurred concurrent with these changes of the nutrient regime, such as the recent increase of primary production, changes of phytoplankton chlorophyll a biomass and abundance, an increase of eutrophication, and occurrence of HABs. In addition, new trends in the variation of nutrients seem to be developing in some particular transect such as 36°N, which suggests that long-term and systematic ecosystem monitoring in the Huanghai Sea is necessary. |
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Keywords: | nutrient concentration and ratio long-term variation Huanghai Sea ecosystem response |
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