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CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
卷 31, 期 16, 页码 1663-1671出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.06.017
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Negative phytoplankton growth; Microzooplankton grazing; Northeastern South China Sea; Typhoon; Dilution technique
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZCX2-YW-Q07, KZCX2-YW-T001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41130855]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2008FY110100]
Dilution experiments were used to investigate the phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing in the continental shelf area of northeastern South China Sea during 30 June and 7 July, 2008, occurring about a week after Typhoon Fengshen. We detected negative phytoplankton growth rates (-0.03 to -2.02 d(-1)) and measured grazing rates of microzooplankton on phytoplankton in size-fractionations of 20-200 mu m (1.25 +/- 0.44 d(-1)), 3-20 mu m (1.48 +/- 0.63 d(-1)) and <3 mu m (1.02 +/- 0.42 d(-1)). Results showed significant correlations between phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing rates, between phytoplankton and ciliate abundance, and between the dominant phytoplankton Thalassionema nitzschioides and the dominant ciliate Helicostomella longa (p < 0.05). Phytoplankton decay, due to nutrient-limited conditions occurring with the fading of upwelling and spreading of freshwater plume after Typhoon Fengshen, may account for negative phytoplankton growth rates in this study. Synergism in the specific size-selective grazing of various species, including ciliates and heterotrophic dinoflagellates, may contribute to similar grazing rate on phytoplankton in different size-fractionations, at the integrated level. Interactions between phytoplankton and microzooplankton, including grazing selectivity, top-down and bottom-up control between phytoplankton and microzooplankton may contribute to these findings. Our results indicate that under conditions of negative phytoplankton growth microzooplankton grazing may reduce energy loss from the epipelagic waters by retrieving energy from the decaying phytoplankton community. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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