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| Titel: |
Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in anticyclonic eddies of the northern South China Sea |
| Auteur: |
X. Ning X. Peng F. Le Q. Hao J. Sun C. Liu Y. Cai |
| Verschenen in: |
Biogeosciences discussions |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 5 (2008) nr. 6 pagina's 4591-4619 |
| Jaar: |
2008 |
| Inhoud: |
Baroclinic instability modulated by topography leads to the formation of two anticyclonic eddies in the northern South China Sea: the Hong Kong Southeast Anticyclonic Eddy (HKSEACE) and the Hainan Island East Anticyclonic Eddy (HIEACE). In these eddies, downwelling caused by a depressed pycnocline leads to high temperature, low salinity, impoverished nutrients, reduced Chl-a concentrations, and picoplankton dominance of phytoplankton assemblages in the euphotic zone. We tested the hypothesis that experimental nutrient enrichment would relieve biomass limitation of phytoplankton by opportunistic response of taxa with low nutrient affinity. Our results confirm that phytoplankton samples incubated in vitro under nutrient enriched conditions attained higher biomass, change in taxonomic dominance from dinoflagellates to diatoms, and shift in size class dominance from picoplankton to nanoplankton and netplankton. These responses were evident only when limitation to more than one nutrient was relieved. Phytoplankton in HKSEACE appeared to be co-limited by nitrogen and phosphorus, whereas at HIEACE it was co-limited by nitrogen, phosphorus and also silicon. |
| Uitgever: |
Copernicus GmbH (provided by DOAJ) |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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