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[Structural characteristics of phytoplankton community during harmful algae bloom in Jiaozhou Bay]
Dongyan Liu1, Jun Sun, Liyong Zhang
1College of Marine Life Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
Abstract:
Based on two days survey in August, 2001 in Jiaozhou Bay, the structural characteristics of phytoplankton community during harmful algae bloom was studied. The results showed that phytoplankton community was composed mainly by the coastal warm species, which were dominated by the diatom including 37 species. Only 7 Pyrrorophya and 1 Chlorophyta species were identified. The highest value of species number appeared in the central of Jiaozhou Bay, which included 37 species, but the lowest value in the edge of Jiaozhou Bay was only 10 species. The highest value of cell abundance appeared in the eastern waters of Jiaozhou Bay, being 6.96 x 10(3) cell.m-3, and the lowest value appeared in the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay, being 3.18 x 10(6) cell.m-3. The diversity and eveness of phytoplankton was the lowest in the eastern waters of Jiaozhou bay, but was higher in the mouth and the central of Jiaozhou Bay. Water mass movement and eutrophication were the main factors affecting the distribution of phytoplankton community in Jiaozhou Bay.
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