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1.Muping Coastal Environment Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai264100, China
2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
3.Research and Development Center for Efficient Utilization of Coastal Bioresources, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai264003, China
4.Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Ecological Restoration, Shandong Marine Resources and Environment Research Institute, Yantai264006, China
xtyuan@yic.ac.cn
Received:24 July 2023,
Published:01 November 2024
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HOU Chaowei,YUAN Xiutang,MA Yuanqing,et al.Research PaperZooplankton community variations in response to summer hypoxia in Sishili Bay, North Yellow Sea, China[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(06):1880-1894.
HOU Chaowei,YUAN Xiutang,MA Yuanqing,et al.Research PaperZooplankton community variations in response to summer hypoxia in Sishili Bay, North Yellow Sea, China[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(06):1880-1894. DOI: 10.1007/s00343-024-3142-9.
Hypoxia may cause severe disturbances to coastal ecosystems. The potential effects of summer hypoxia on zooplankton communities in Sishili Bay
China
was investigated in three cruises conducted during the summer from 2015 to 2017. Comparative analysis was performed on zooplankton communities at hypoxic and normoxic sites. Results show that the number and abundance of zooplankton species at hypoxic sites were lower than those at normoxic sites. Copepods exhibit
ed greater dominance at the hypoxic sites compared to the normoxic sites
suggesting a higher tolerance to low oxygen concentrations than other taxonomic groups. Specifically
Oithona
spp. was particularly prevalent at hypoxic sites and displayed a negative correlation with dissolved oxygen concentration at sea bottom. Additionally
the zooplankton community at hypoxic sites also exhibited lower Shannon-Wiener diversity and Margalef richness indices. The normalized biovolume size spectrum of the hypoxic sites showed steep slopes
suggesting a shift towards smaller species and lower transfer efficiency in pelagic food webs for the zooplankton community.
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