Abstract

The influence of typhoon and Kuroshio intrusion process on the natural phytoplankton assemblages in the northeastern South China Sea (neSCS) was examined during a cruise in summer 2017. One hundred ninety-six seawater samples were collected and analyzed in the neSCS. In total, 299 species were identified belonging to 82 genera, mostly dominated by Bacillariophyta (159), followed by Dinophyta (132), Cyanophyta (4) and Chrysophyta (4). Among all, Thalassionema nitzschioides, Thalassionema frauenfeldii, Thalassiosira minima, in Bacillariophyta, Prorocentrum lenticulatum, Prorocentrum compressum in Dinophyta, and Trichodesmium thiebautii, in the Cyanophyta were the most dominated species, respectively. Correlation analysis shows compared with other groups Bacillariophyta was mostly influenced by silicate, whereas, Dinophyta and Cyanophyta showed significant correlation with temperature, salinity, phosphate, and nitrate. After the typhoon, the higher abundance of Dinophyta was observed, whereas it was lower in case of Bacillariophyta and Cyanophyta, shows typhoon “Roke“ and ”Haitang” had a significant influence on the phytoplankton assemblages, which could be manifested by the variations of total phytoplankton abundance in the surface water of neSCS. Overall, our present study provides the latest in-depth information about how the environmental factors influencing the phytoplankton density and diversity in the neSCS during summer.

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Title
Effects of typhoon Roke and Haitang on phytoplankton community structure in northeastern South China sea
Author
Mao, Yingjie 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sun, Jun 1 ; Guo, Congcong 1 ; Yuqiu Wei 2 ; Wang, Xingzhou 1 ; Yang, Shuang 1 ; Wu, Chao 2 

1  Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China; Research Centre for Indian Ocean Ecosystem, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China 
2  Research Centre for Indian Ocean Ecosystem, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China; Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China 
Pages
144-154
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jan 2019
Publisher
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
ISSN
20964129
e-ISSN
23328878
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2019.1639475
ProQuest document ID
2351041849
Copyright
© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of the Ecological Society of China. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons  Attribution – Non-Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.