Quantitative relationship between flagellate abundance and suspended particle density in Huanghai Sea and East China Sea in summer  

作　　者：HUANG Lingfeng PAN Ke GUO Feng 

机构地区：[1]Department of Oceanography ＆ Institute of Subtropical Oceanography, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China [2]State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

出　　处：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》2006年第2期109-118,共10页海洋学报（英文版）

摘　　要：An investigation was carried out in the Huanghai Sea and the East China Sea to study the quantitative relationship between the abundance of flagellates and the density of suspended particles in the summer of 2001. The results show that the abundance of flagellates varies from 44-12 600 cell/cm^3, and flagellates sometimes constitutes a significant part of suspended particles. The size-spectra of suspended particles can be divided into four categories： flat spectrum, humped spectrum, plankton spectrum and mixed spectrum. In general, the abundance of flagellates varies in proportion to the density of suspended particles. However, their quantitative relations reveal different characteristics in the seawater samples of different types of particle-size spectrum. This is only a preliminary study of the quantitative relationship between flagellates and suspended particles, which might lead to a potential convenient approach to the estimation of flagellate abundance in the sea.An investigation was carried out in the Huanghai Sea and the East China Sea to study the quantitative relationship between the abundance of flagellates and the density of suspended particles in the summer of 2001. The results show that the abundance of flagellates varies from 44-12 600 cell/cm^3, and flagellates sometimes constitutes a significant part of suspended particles. The size-spectra of suspended particles can be divided into four categories： flat spectrum, humped spectrum, plankton spectrum and mixed spectrum. In general, the abundance of flagellates varies in proportion to the density of suspended particles. However, their quantitative relations reveal different characteristics in the seawater samples of different types of particle-size spectrum. This is only a preliminary study of the quantitative relationship between flagellates and suspended particles, which might lead to a potential convenient approach to the estimation of flagellate abundance in the sea.

关 键 词：marine flagellates suspended particles particle-size spectra quantitative relationship 

分 类 号：Q958.8[生物学—动物学]