WEST: A northern California study of the role of wind-driven transport in the productivity of coastal plankton communities   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

J.L. Largier  C.A. Lawrence  M. Roughan  D.M. Kaplan  E.P. Dever  C.E. Dorman  R.M. Kudela  S.M. Bollens  F.P. Wilkerson  R.C. Dugdale  L.W. Botsford  N. Garfield  B. Kuebel Cervantes  D. Kora in 《Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography》2006,53(25-26):2833

The “Wind Events and Shelf Transport” (WEST) program was an interdisciplinary study of coastal upwelling off northern California in 2000–03. WEST was comprised of modeling and field observations. The primary goal of WEST was to better describe and understand the competing influences of wind forcing on planktonic productivity in coastal waters. While increased upwelling-favorable winds lead to increased nutrient supply, they also result in reduced light exposure due to deeper surface mixed layers and increased advective loss of plankton from coastal waters. The key to understanding high levels of productivity, amidst these competing responses to wind forcing, is the temporal and spatial structure of upwelling. Temporal fluctuations and spatial patterns allow strong upwelling that favors nutrient delivery to be juxtaposed with less energetic conditions that favor stratification and plankton blooms. Observations of winds, ocean circulation, nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton off Bodega Bay and Point Reyes (38°N) were combined with model studies of winds, circulation and productivity. This overview of the WEST program provides an introduction to the WEST special issue of Deep-Sea Research, including the motivation for WEST, a summary of study components, an integrative synthesis of major research results to-date, and background on conditions during field studies in May–June 2001 (the upwelling period on which this special issue is focused).  相似文献   

Inorganic and organic nitrogen cycling in the Southern California Bight     

D.A. Bronk  B.B. Ward   《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2005,52(12):2285-2300

On the basis of mass balance calculations performed for nitrogen (N) uptake experiments in the Southern California Bight (SCB), it has been suggested that a significant portion of dissolved inorganic N (DIN) uptake results in the production of dissolved organic N (DON). To investigate this process, the fate of ammonium (NH₄⁺) and nitrate (NO₃⁻) uptake was quantified within the euphotic zone at three coastal stations in the SCB using ¹⁵N tracer techniques. Several trends in the fate of DIN and the production of DON were observed. First, production of particulate N (PN), from both NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻, was quantitatively more important in near surface waters, while DON release dominated within the nitracline. Second, the percentage of gross N uptake released as DON was generally higher when NO₃⁻, rather than NH₄⁺, was the substrate. Third, the percentage of N released as DON was higher at night, relative to the day. Fourth, rates of DON release were significantly correlated to NH₄⁺ regeneration, suggesting that similar mechanisms are responsible for both processes—presumably grazing. The results of this study indicate that the DON pool is a sink for DIN uptake on the time scale of hours. One implication of this finding is that new production estimates based on ¹⁵NO₃⁻ uptake rates will likely underestimate particle flux out of the surface layer because the rate of NO₃⁻ uptake is underestimated due to loss of DO¹⁵N during the incubation. On time scales of months to years, however, the N that is taken up as NO₃⁻ and released as DON will likely contribute to export flux via incorporation of the dissolved phase during seasonal mixing into sinking particles or transport. The export of DON on these time scales argues for the use of gross uptake rates to calculate f-ratios.  相似文献   

Variation of phytoplankton biomass and primary production in Daya Bay during spring and summer   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

Song X  Huang L  Zhang J  Huang X  Zhang J  Yin J  Tan Y  Liu S 《Marine pollution bulletin》2004,49(11-12):1036-1044

Environmental factors, phytoplankton biomass (Chl a) and primary production of two water areas in Daya Bay (Dapeng'ao Bay and Aotou Bay) were investigated during the transition period from spring to summer. Chl a ranged from 3.20 to 13.62 and 13.43 to 26.49 mg m(-3) in Dapeng'ao Bay and Aotou Bay respectively, if data obtained during red tides are excluded. Primary production varied between 239.7 and 1001.4 mg Cm(-2) d(-1) in Dapeng'ao Bay. The regional distribution of Chl a and primary production were mostly consistent from spring to summer in both bays. Seasonal transition characters have been found in Daya Bay from spring to summer, including high values of DO, nitrate and silicate. Size structures of phytoplankton and its primary production do not change very much from spring to summer, with micro-phytoplankton dominating and contributing about 50% of the whole. In Daya Bay, phytoplankton is limited by nitrogen in spring, and by phosphate in summer. Artificial impacts are evident from high temperature effluent from nuclear power stations, aquaculture and sewage. During the investigation, a red tide occurred in Aotou Bay, with a maximum Chl a of 103.23 mgm(-3) at surface and primary production of 2721.9 mg Cm(-2) d(-1) in the red tide center. Raised water temperature and nutrient supply from land-sources help to stimulate annual red tides.  相似文献   

Torn between extremes: the ups and downs of phytoplankton     

A.?BeckmannEmail author  I.?Hense 《Ocean Dynamics》2004,54(6):581-592

We present a model to investigate the success and resulting patterns of phytoplankton migration, based on motility which depends exclusively on the internal energy and nutrient state of the cells. The model consists of migrating and non-migrating sub compartments for phytoplankton, and migration is a function of the prescribed threshold values for internal quotas. The different modes of phytoplankton behavior are evaluated in the framework of a coupled physical–biological model that includes wind-driven up- and downwelling. The results show that (1) migration is almost always advantageous with respect to biomass, (2) a wide variety of migration patterns (e.g., subsurface maxima, surface-avoidance behavior) can be reproduced by a relatively simple treatment of motility, (3) multiple deep chlorophyll maxima can be explained as the result of certain threshold values in combination with negligible vertical movement of the water, and (4) descending tongues of high phytoplankton concentration may be caused by migratory behavior and not necessarily by subduction due to frontal convergence. Thus, our model offers explanations for a large variety of observed phytoplankton distributions and migration patterns.The comments of two anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.  相似文献   

Monsoon driven changes in phytoplankton populations in the eastern Arabian Sea as revealed by microscopy and HPLC pigment analysis   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Sushma G. Parab  S.G. Prabhu Matondkar  H. do R. Gomes  J.I. Goes 《Continental Shelf Research》2006,26(20):2538-2558

Like the rest of the Arabian Sea, the west coast of India is subject to semi-annual wind reversals associated with the monsoon cycle that result in two periods of elevated phytoplankton productivity, one during the northeast (NE) monsoon (November–February) and the other during the southwest (SW) monsoon (June–September). Although the seasonality of phytoplankton biomass in these coastal waters is well known, the abundance and composition of phytoplankton populations associated with this distinct and predictable seasonal cycle is poorly known. Here we present for the first time, the results of a study on the community structure of phytoplankton for this region, derived from HPLC pigment analysis and microscopic cell counts. Our sampling strategy allowed for large spatial and temporal coverage over regions representative of the coastal and offshore waters, and over seasons that included the NE and the SW monsoon. Monthly observations at a fixed coastal station in particular, allowed us to follow changes in phytoplankton community structure associated with the development of anoxia. Together these measurements helped establish a pattern of seasonal change of three major groups of phytoplankton: diatoms, dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria that appeared to be tightly coupled with hydrographic and chemical changes associated with the monsoonal cycle. During the SW monsoon when nitrate concentrations were high, diatoms were dominant but prymnesiophytes were present as well. By October, as nitrate fell to below detection levels and anoxic conditions began to develop on the shelf below the shallow pycnocline, both diatom and prymensiophytes declined sharply giving way to dinoflagellates. In the well oxygenated surface waters, where both nitrate and ammonium were below detection limits, pico-cyanobacterial populations became dominant.During the NE monsoon, a mixed diatom-dinoflagellate population was quickly replaced by blooms of Trichodesmium erythraeum and Noctiluca miliaris with higher amounts of zeaxanthin, β-carotene, Chl b and prasinoxanthin. Trichodesmium trichomes were noticed in the water column as early as December when nitrate concentrations became limiting. The low phytoplankton biomass and high ammonium concentrations argue that active grazing populations may be responsible for preventing diatom-dinoflagellate populations from establishing themselves to bloom proportions in the eastern Arabian Sea during the early NE monsoon. Trichodesmium continued its dominance well into May, when nutrient enrichment associated with its death and decay helped simulate the growth of both diatoms and dinoflagellates. Given that anoxic conditions are becoming more pervasive in the eastern Arabian Sea, our observations in particular, those of a shift towards dinoflagellate dominance during the development of anoxia assume particular importance.  相似文献   

山西晋阳湖浮游藻类分布的时空格局及水质分析   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：4  

郭春燕  冯佳  谢树莲 《湖泊科学》2010,22(2):251-255

对山西晋阳湖的浮游藻类进行了研究,共发现156种及11变种,隶属于5门,25科,67属.其中以绿藻门种类最多,达29属57种4变种;硅藻门次之,17属34种6变种;蓝藻门和裸藻门分别为15属32种1变种和5属31种,黄藻门最少,只有1属2种.秋季浮游藻类种类最多,冬季最少.浮游藻类细胞密度变化范围为2.84×10~6-2.30×10~9 cells/L,平均细胞密度为4.86×10~8 cells/L.每个季节水体的浮游植物细胞密度均已达到富营养化水平.多样性指数、均匀度指数均较低,而优势度很高,说明水体处于富营养状态,污染严重.  相似文献   

2008年太湖梅梁湾浮游植物群落周年变化   总被引：11，自引：3，他引：8  

孟顺龙  陈家长  胡庚东  瞿建宏  吴伟  范立民  马晓燕 《湖泊科学》2010,22(4):577-584

2008年对太湖梅梁湾浮游植物群落的生态学特征进行了调查.结果表明:梅梁湾共检出浮游植物6门35种,其中绿藻门(Chlorophyta)种数最多,共20种,占浮游植物总种数的57.1%;其次是硅藻门(Bacillariophyta),共7种,占浮游植物总种数的20.0%.浮游植物的数量和生物量分别在298.2×104-368006.8×104cells/L和0.298-184.202mg/L之间;浮游植物数量以夏季(6月5日)最高,春季(3月20日)最低.浮游植物相似性指数变化在0.11-1.00之间;其中1月8日-4月3日的相似性指数高,在0.54-1.00之间,均在中度相似以上;其他时间下的相似性指数低,变化在0.11-0.50之间,为极不相似或轻度相似.浮游植物多样性和均匀度分别在0.01-2.29和0.003-0.72之间,其中1月8日-4月3日的多样性和均匀度较好,其他时间下的多样性和均匀度较差,表明1月8日-4月3日梅梁湾浮游植物分布比较均匀,群落结构复杂,而4月23日-12月9日浮游植物分布不均匀,群落结构简单.  相似文献   

四种浮游植物生物量计算方法的比较分析   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

陈纯  李思嘉  胡韧  韩博平 《湖泊科学》2013,25(6):927-935

浮游植物是水生生态系统中重要的初级生产者,其生物量是反映其现存量的关键指标.本文利用具有3个处理组的围隔实验中的浮游植物数据,对文献中常见的计算浮游植物种群生物量和群落生物量的4种方法:标准法、细分法、粗分法和资料法进行比较,并分析采用这4种不同方法得到的浮游植物生物量与叶绿素a浓度的相关性.结果表明:粗分法是计算浮游植物生物量的高效方法,能够保证准确度和节省时间;提高浮游植物生物量计算准确度不是影响浮游植物生物量与叶绿素a浓度相关性显著程度的关键.通过比较剔除稀有种(生物量不超过群落生物量5%的种类)前后浮游植物生物量的差异,发现忽略稀有种会导致种类均匀度较高的浮游植物群落生物量严重偏低,建议浮游植物生物量的计算不能一概忽略稀有种.  相似文献   

冻融期包头南海湖浮游植物群落及优势种生态特征     

杨文焕  申涵  周明利  王志超  李卫平  潘彤 《湖泊科学》2020,32(2):450-461

为了探究包头南海湖浮游植物群落特征和物种与生境之间的关系,于2018年11月和2019年1月、3月分别对南海湖浮游植物群落结构进行调查分析,得出南海湖冻融期浮游植物群落结构为绿藻硅藻蓝藻型使用改进的Levins公式和Petraitis指数测定了南海湖冻融期优势种的生态位量度结果显示:在不同生境条件下,物种生态位宽度存在季节性变化,同样,生态位重叠也随季节变化而变化随着湖面冰冻,多数浮游植物生态位宽度有所下降;结冰期生态位重叠程度最高,融冰期生态位重叠程度最低综合冻融过程优势藻种生态特征,绿藻门的四尾栅藻(Scenedesmus quadricauda)是冻融过程中最主要优势种,优势度、密度、生态位量度均优于其他优势藻种,能充分利用环境资源,更具竞争力优势种与环境因子的灰关联分析显示,p H是影响浮游植物优势种数量的主要相关因子.  相似文献   

云南程海浮游植物初级生产力的时空变化及其影响因子   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

黄立成  周远洋  周起超  王玮璐  董云仙  李凯迪  常军军 《湖泊科学》2019,31(5):1424-1436

2016年4月-2017年2月,采用黑白瓶法研究了云南程海单点（码头点位）浮游植物初级生产力的垂直分布及其季节变化,同时基于全湖9个点位的现场调查和生产力垂向归纳模型（VGPM）估算并探讨了程海浮游植物初级生产力的时空变化及其主要影响因子.结果显示,码头点位的年均（均值±标准误）水柱（0~3 m）总初级生产力（GPP_C）、净初级生产力（NPP_C）和呼吸消耗量（R_C）分别为5.40×10³±0.64×10³、2.36×10³±0.63×10³和3.06×10³±0.82×10³ mg O₂/（m²·d）;不论春夏季（4-8月）、秋冬季（9月-次年2月）还是全年,码头点位的单位生物量GPP（GPP/Chl.a）和单位生物量NPP（NPP/Chl.a）的最大值和最小值均分别出现在水下0.5 m和3.0 m处.经VPGM估算,程海全湖的初级生产力（PP_eu）年均值为6.54×10³±0.30×10³ mg C/（m²·d）（2.74×10³~18.62×10³ mg C/（m²·d））.PP_eu的时空变化方面,春夏季是PP_eu快速上升的时节,秋冬季PP_eu的月变化则呈波动状态,春夏季与秋冬季PP_eu无显著性差异;PP_eu整体空间异质性较弱,仅在降水最为充沛的7、8月表现出南北向的异质性,这与降水条件和流域营养盐输入的空间异质性有关.回归分析发现,虽然程海PP_eu的主要影响因子具有季节异质性,但不论春夏季、秋冬季还是全年,浮游植物生物量均是重要的影响因子,水温亦是春夏季的重要影响因子.  相似文献