Phytoplankton composition and its ecological effect in subsurface cold pool of the northern Bering Sea in summer as revealed by HPLC derived pigment signatures

ZHUANG Yanpei; JIN Haiyan; LI Hongliang; CHEN Jianfang; WANG Bin; CHEN Fajin; BAI Youcheng; LU Yong; TIAN Shichao

doi:10.1007/s13131-014-0495-5

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ZHUANG Yanpei, JIN Haiyan, LI Hongliang, CHEN Jianfang, WANG Bin, CHEN Fajin, BAI Youcheng, LU Yong, TIAN Shichao. Phytoplankton composition and its ecological effect in subsurface cold pool of the northern Bering Sea in summer as revealed by HPLC derived pigment signatures[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(6): 103-111. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0495-5

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ZHUANG Yanpei, JIN Haiyan, LI Hongliang, CHEN Jianfang, WANG Bin, CHEN Fajin, BAI Youcheng, LU Yong, TIAN Shichao. Phytoplankton composition and its ecological effect in subsurface cold pool of the northern Bering Sea in summer as revealed by HPLC derived pigment signatures[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(6): 103-111. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0495-5

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ZHUANG Yanpei, JIN Haiyan, LI Hongliang, CHEN Jianfang, WANG Bin, CHEN Fajin, BAI Youcheng, LU Yong, TIAN Shichao. Phytoplankton composition and its ecological effect in subsurface cold pool of the northern Bering Sea in summer as revealed by HPLC derived pigment signatures[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(6): 103-111. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0495-5

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Phytoplankton composition and its ecological effect in subsurface cold pool of the northern Bering Sea in summer as revealed by HPLC derived pigment signatures

doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0495-5

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Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China
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Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China;State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China
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College of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China

Received Date: 2013-03-08
Rev Recd Date: 2013-07-22

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Abstract

CHEMTAX analysis of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) pigment was conducted to study phytoplankton community structure in the northern Bering Sea shelf, where a seasonal subsurface cold pool emerges. The results showed that fucoxanthin (Fuco) and chlorophyll a (Chl a) were the most abundant diagnostic pigments, with the integrated water column values ranging from 141 to 2 160 μg/m² and 477 to 5 535 μg/m², respectively. Moreover, a diatom bloom was identified at Sta. BB06 with the standing stock of Fuco up to 9 214 μg/m³. The results of CHEMTAX suggested that the phytoplankton community in the northern Bering Sea shelf was dominated by diatoms and chrysophytes with an average relative contribution to Chl a of 80% and 12%, respectively, followed by chlorophytes, dinoflagellates, and cryptophytes. Diatoms were the absolutely dominant algae in the subsurface cold pool with a relative contribution exceeding 90%, while the contribution of chrysophytes was generally higher in oligotrophic upper water. Additionally, the presence of a cold pool would tend to favor accumulation of diatom biomass and a bloom that occurred beneath the halocline would be beneficial to organic matter sinks, which suggests that a large part of the phytoplankton biomass would settle to the seabed and support a rich benthic biomass.
- pigment,
- phytoplankton community structure,
- CHEMTAX,
- northern Bering Sea shelf,
- subsurface cold pool

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