Influences of sea ice on eastern Bering Sea phytoplankton  

作　　者：周茜茜 王鹏 陈长平 梁君荣 李炳乾 高亚辉 

机构地区：[1]School of Life Sciences and Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems,Xiamen University [2]Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology and Medicine [3]Salt Research Institute China National Salt Industry Corporation [4]State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science,Xiamen University

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology》2015年第2期458-467,共10页中国海洋湖沼学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41276128,41476116);the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2010CB428704)

摘　　要：The influence of sea ice on the species composition and cell density of phytoplankton was investigated in the eastern Bering Sea in spring 2008. Diatoms, particularly pennate diatoms, dominated the phytoplankton community. The dominant species were Grammonema islandica （Grunow in Van Heurck） Hasle, Fragilariopsis cylindrus （Grunow） Krieger, F. oceanica （Cleve） Hasle, Navicula vanhoeffenii Gran, Thalassiosira antarctica Comber, T. gravida Cleve, T. nordenskioeldii Cleve, and T. rotula Meunier. Phytoplankton cell densities varied from 0.08× 10^4 to 428.8× 10^4 cells/L, with an average of 30.3× 10^4 cells/L. Using cluster analysis, phytoplankton were grouped into three assemblages defined by ice-forming conditions： open wate.r, ice edge, and sea ice assemblages. In spring, when the sea ice melts, the phytoplankton dispersed from the sea ice to the ice edge and even into open waters. Thus, these phytoplankton in the sea ice may serve as a “seed bank” for phytoplankton population succession in the subarctic ecosystem. Moreover, historical studies combined with these results suggest that the sizes of diatom species have become smaller, shifting from microplankton to nannoplankton-dominated communities.The influence of sea ice on the species composition and cell density of phytoplankton was investigated in the eastern Bering Sea in spring 2008. Diatoms,particularly pennate diatoms,dominated the phytoplankton community. The dominant species were G rammonema islandica(Grunow in Van Heurck) Hasle,Fragilariopsis cylindrus(Grunow) Krieger,F. oceanica(Cleve) Hasle,Navicula vanhoeffenii Gran,Thalassiosira antarctica Comber,T. gravida Cleve,T. nordenskieldii Cleve,and T. rotula Meunier. Phytoplankton cell densities varied from 0.08×104 to 428.8×104 cells/L,with an average of 30.3×104 cells/L. Using cluster analysis,phytoplankton were grouped into three assemblages defined by ice-forming conditions: open water,ice edge,and sea ice assemblages. In spring,when the sea ice melts,the phytoplankton dispersed from the sea ice to the ice edge and even into open waters. Thus,these phytoplankton in the sea ice may serve as a "seed bank" for phytoplankton population succession in the subarctic ecosystem. Moreover,historical studies combined with these results suggest that the sizes of diatom species have become smaller,shifting from microplankton to nannoplankton-dominated communities.

关 键 词：PHYTOPLANKTON sea ice Bering Sea community structure 

分 类 号：Q948.8[生物学—植物学]