The profound influence of Kuroshio intrusion on microphytoplankton community in the northeastern South China Sea

Xingzhou Wang; Yuqiu Wei; Chao Wu; Congcong Guo; Jun Sun

doi:10.1007/s13131-020-1608-y

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Xingzhou Wang, Yuqiu Wei, Chao Wu, Congcong Guo, Jun Sun. The profound influence of Kuroshio intrusion on microphytoplankton community in the northeastern South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020, 39(8): 79-87. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1608-y

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Xingzhou Wang, Yuqiu Wei, Chao Wu, Congcong Guo, Jun Sun. The profound influence of Kuroshio intrusion on microphytoplankton community in the northeastern South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020, 39(8): 79-87. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1608-y

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Xingzhou Wang, Yuqiu Wei, Chao Wu, Congcong Guo, Jun Sun. The profound influence of Kuroshio intrusion on microphytoplankton community in the northeastern South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020, 39(8): 79-87. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1608-y

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The profound influence of Kuroshio intrusion on microphytoplankton community in the northeastern South China Sea

doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1608-y

Xingzhou Wang^{1, 2},
Yuqiu Wei^{1, 3},
Chao Wu¹,
Congcong Guo³,
Jun Sun^{1
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,}

1.
Research Centre for Indian Ocean Ecosystem, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
2.
College of Food Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
3.
Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266200, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41876134, 41676112 and 41276124; the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation for Tianjin under contract No. 17JCZDJC40000; the University Innovation Team Training Program for Tianjin under contract No. TD12-5003; the Tianjin 131 Innovation Team Program under contract No. 20180314; the Changjiang Scholar Program of Chinese Ministry of Education under contract No. T2014253 to Jun Sun.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: phytoplankton@163.com
Received Date: 2019-04-02
Accepted Date: 2019-05-30

Available Online: 2020-12-28

Publish Date: 2020-08-25

Abstract

Abstract

To further understand the effect of Kuroshio intrusion on phytoplankton community structure in the northeastern South China Sea (NSCS, 14°–23°N, 114°–124°E), one targeted cruise was carried out from July to August, 2017. A total of 79 genera and 287 species were identified, mainly including Bacillariophyta (129 species), Pyrrophyta (150 species), Cyanophyta (4 species), Chrysophyta (3 species) and Haptophyta (1 species). The average abundance of phytoplankton was 2.14×10³ cells/L, and Cyanobacterium was dominant species accounting for 86.84% of total phytoplankton abundance. The abundance and distribution of dominant Cyanobacterium were obviously various along the flow of the Kuroshio, indicating the Cyanobacterium was profoundly influenced by the physical process of the Kuroshio. Therefore, Cyanobacterium could be used to indicate the influence of Kuroshio intrusion. In addition, the key controlling factors of the phytoplankton community were nitrogen, silicate, phosphate and temperature, according to Canonical Correspondence Analysis. However, the variability of these chemical parameters in the study water was similarly induced by the physical process of circulations. Based on the cluster analysis, the similarity of phytoplankton community is surprisingly divided by the regional influence of the Kuroshio intrusion, which indicated Kuroshio intrusion regulates phytoplankton community in the NSCS.
- phytoplankton,
- community,
- Kuroshio,
- South China Sea

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