Pigment characterization for the 2011 bloom in Qinhuangdao implicated “brown tide” events in China

Fanzhou Kong; Rencheng Yu; Qingchun Zhang; Tian Yan; Mingjiang Zhou

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Pigment characterization for the 2011 bloom in Qinhuangdao implicated “brown tide” events in China

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- Pigment characterization for the 2011 bloom in Qinhuangdao implicated “brown tide” events in China
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 30, Issue 3, Pages: 361-370(2012)
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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-012-1239-z
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- Online First：14 February 2012，
  
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Kong, F., Yu, R., Zhang, Q. et al. Pigment characterization for the 2011 bloom in Qinhuangdao implicated “brown tide” events in China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 361–370 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1239-z
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Kong, F., Yu, R., Zhang, Q. et al. Pigment characterization for the 2011 bloom in Qinhuangdao implicated “brown tide” events in China., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 361–370 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1239-z DOI：

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Abstract

A large-scale bloom occurred from May to June in 2011 in sea area near Qinhuangdao of the Bohai Sea

leading to huge damage of the scallop culture industry. Similar blooms have been observed in this region for three years. The causative species of the bloom

which dominated the phytoplankton community with the maximum cell density around 109 cell/L

could not be identified with morphological features due to the small cell size (∼2 m m). A pigment analytical method was then adopted to analyze the pigment profile of the phytoplankton samples collected from the blooming sea area. It was found that pico-sized (<2 m m)

nano-sized (2–20 m m)

and bulk phytoplankton samples had similar pigment profile

representing the pigment signature of the bloom-causative species. The major pigments detected included 19-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin (But-fuco)

fucoxanthin (Fuco)

diadinoxanthin (Diad) and chlorophyll a (Chl a)

and high content of But-fuco was the most significant characteristics of the phytoplankton samples. Based on the pigment composition and content

the bloom-causative species could be tentatively identified as pelagophyte

“type 8” group of haptophyte

or silicoflagellate. Some unique features of the bloom

such as the extremely high cell density

small-sized and But-fuco containing cells

occurring in early summer

and the feeding-cessation effects on scallops

suggest it be a “brown tide” event similar to those reported in the east coast of the United States of America. The recurrent “brown tide” events and their dramatic impacts on the shellfish mariculture industry in Qinhuangdao need close attention in the coming years.

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