Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton assemblages and its controlling factors in spring and summer in the Subei Shoal of Yellow Sea, China

HUO Yuanzi; SHI Honghua; ZHANG Jianheng; LIU Qiao; DUAN Yuanliang; HE Qing; YU Kefeng; BI Hongsheng; Fan Chunlei; HE Peimin

doi:10.1007/s13131-019-1345-2

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HUO Yuanzi, SHI Honghua, ZHANG Jianheng, LIU Qiao, DUAN Yuanliang, HE Qing, YU Kefeng, BI Hongsheng, Fan Chunlei, HE Peimin. Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton assemblages and its controlling factors in spring and summer in the Subei Shoal of Yellow Sea, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(10): 84-92. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1345-2

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HUO Yuanzi, SHI Honghua, ZHANG Jianheng, LIU Qiao, DUAN Yuanliang, HE Qing, YU Kefeng, BI Hongsheng, Fan Chunlei, HE Peimin. Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton assemblages and its controlling factors in spring and summer in the Subei Shoal of Yellow Sea, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(10): 84-92. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1345-2

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HUO Yuanzi, SHI Honghua, ZHANG Jianheng, LIU Qiao, DUAN Yuanliang, HE Qing, YU Kefeng, BI Hongsheng, Fan Chunlei, HE Peimin. Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton assemblages and its controlling factors in spring and summer in the Subei Shoal of Yellow Sea, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(10): 84-92. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1345-2

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Spatio-temporal variability of phytoplankton assemblages and its controlling factors in spring and summer in the Subei Shoal of Yellow Sea, China

doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1345-2

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College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China;Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, MD 20688, USA
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Biology Department, Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory, Morgan State University, Saint Leonard, MD 20685, USA

Received Date: 2018-06-21

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The Subei Shoal is a special coastal area with complex physical oceanographic properties in the Yellow Sea. In the present study, the distribution of phytoplankton and its correlation with environmental factors were studied during spring and summer of 2012 in the Subei Shoal of the Yellow Sea. Phytoplankton species composition and abundance data were accomplished by Utermöhl method. Diatoms represented the greatest cellular abundance during the study period. In spring, the phytoplankton cell abundance ranged from 1.59×10³ to 269.78×10³ cell/L with an average of 41.80×10³ cell/L, and Skeletonema sp. and Paralia sulcata was the most dominant species. In summer, the average phytoplankton cell abundance was 72.59×10³ cell/L with the range of 1.78×10³ to 574.96×10³ cell/L, and the main dominant species was Pseudo-nitzschia pungens, Skeletonema sp., Dactyliosolen fragilissima and Chaetoceros curvisetus. The results of a redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that turbidity, temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), the ratio of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to silicate and SiO₄-Si (DIN/SiO₄-Si) were the most important environmental factors controlling phytoplankton assemblages in spring or summer in the Subei Shoal of the Yellow Sea.
- phytoplankton|Subei Shoal|eutrophication|turbidity|harmful algae blooms|Yellow Sea

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