Distribution and environmental impact factors of picophytoplankton in the East China Sea during spring

Feng WANG; Yuqiu WEI; Jiaqi YUE; Congcong GUO; Jun SUN

doi:10.1007/s00343-020-0230-3

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Distribution and environmental impact factors of picophytoplankton in the East China Sea during spring

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- Distribution and environmental impact factors of picophytoplankton in the East China Sea during spring
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages: 1316-1327(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
  2.College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences(Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
  3.Research Centre for Indian Ocean Ecosystem, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
- Author bio：
  
  Jun SUN, E-mail:phytoplankton@163.com
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-020-0230-3
  CLC：
- Received：14 June 2020，
  
  Accepted：20 July 2020，
  
  Online First：03 September 2020，
  
  Published：2021-07
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Feng WANG, Yuqiu WEI, Jiaqi YUE, et al. Distribution and environmental impact factors of picophytoplankton in the East China Sea during spring[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(4): 1316-1327.
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Feng WANG, Yuqiu WEI, Jiaqi YUE, et al. Distribution and environmental impact factors of picophytoplankton in the East China Sea during spring[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(4): 1316-1327. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-020-0230-3.

摘要

Abstract

Marine picophytoplankton (Pico) as a major contributor to primary productivity in oligotrophic waters

play a very important role in marine material cycle and energy conversion

and their key role in the carbon cycle and global climate change is increasingly emphasized. To study the factors affecting the dynamic distribution of

Synechococcus

Prochlorococcus

and picoeukaryotes in the East China Sea (ECS)

a marginal sea of the Northwest Pacific

we investigated 27 stations in May 2017

and collected 148 samples of Pico and nutrients from the surface to the bottom. By means of flow cytometry

the abundance of Pico was measured

and then we estimated the carbon biomass and analyzed the distribution of Pico. Finally

combined with the ECS unique geographical situation and hydrological regime

we evaluated various factors affecting the Pico in the ECS. In Pico community

the picoeukaryotes cell abundance was between 0.49×10

-1.44×10

cells/mL.

Prochlorococcus

ranged from 1.36×10

-3.47×10

cells/mL and

Synechococcus

ranged from 0.69×10

-1.15×10

cells/mL.

Synechococcus

was the most

both in abundance and in carbon biomass.

Picoeukaryotes

were the least in abundance

but has larger contribution to carbon biomass than

Prochlorococcus

. Water temperature

salinity

and stability of water column influenced Pico distribution. Picoeukaryotes were abundant in the shelf sea

whereas

Synechococcus

and

Prochlorococcus

were detected in the northeast of Taiwan

China. This study provided basic information for the study of Pico communities in the ECS and its adjacent marine ecosystem.

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