Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm experiment in the Taiwan Strait in the summer of the 2005

ZENG Xiang-bo; HUANG Bang-qin

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ZENG Xiang-bo, HUANG Bang-qin. Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm experiment in the Taiwan Strait in the summer of the 2005[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(6): 140-146.

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ZENG Xiang-bo, HUANG Bang-qin. Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm experiment in the Taiwan Strait in the summer of the 2005[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(6): 140-146.

ZENG Xiang-bo, HUANG Bang-qin. Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm experiment in the Taiwan Strait in the summer of the 2005[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(6): 140-146.

Citation:

ZENG Xiang-bo, HUANG Bang-qin. Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm experiment in the Taiwan Strait in the summer of the 2005[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(6): 140-146.

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Grazing impact of microzooplankton on a diatom bloom in a mesocosm experiment in the Taiwan Strait in the summer of the 2005

ZENG Xiang-bo¹,
HUANG Bang-qin^2
,

1.
Fishery College, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China;State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science(Xiamen University), Environmental Science Research Centre, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
2.
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science(Xiamen University), Environmental Science Research Centre, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

Received Date: 2007-12-05
Rev Recd Date: 2008-08-12

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Abstract

In order to study the role of microzooplnakton grazing on phytoplankt on bloom, daily changes of the microzooplankt on grazing rates and the growth rates of phytoplankton were investigated by using the dilution technique and HPLC pigment analysis in an mesocosm experiment conducted in Taiwan Strait, in July, 2005.The bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens were fast excitated in the mesocosm due to nutrient addition, ChlorophyⅡ a concentration increased from 1.45μg/dm³ on July 6 to 29.80μg/dm³ on July 8 and then declined.During the experiment, the bloom almost consisted of the diatoms according to light microscopy and HPLC pigment ananlysis.Before the peak of the bloom(on July 8), the growth rates of phytoplankton were consistently high (> 1.0/d^-1) and more than the grazing rates of microzooplankton, the grazing rates of microzooplankton also increased gradually, up to 0.86/don July 7, indicating that greater than 57% of the standing stock of phytoplankton was removed per day.After July 8, chloro phyⅡ a concentration began to decline remarkably and meanwhile microzoo plankton grazing rates were more than phytoplankton growth rates except July 13.Microzo oplankton were consisted of aloricate ciliates(Strombidium spp.and Strobilidium spp.), heterotrophic dinoflagellates(Gyrodinium spirale) and loricate ciliates, they showed a rapid response to the phytoplankton abundance after the nutrientenrichments and most of them almost increased to maximum on July 9 and two large-sized ciliates increased to maximum at post bloom (on July 11).This species composition of microzooplankton was one of the reasons of microzooplankton having high grazing rates and controlling and promoting diatom bloom decline.
- microzooplankton grazing,
- diatom bloom,
- mesocosm experiment,
- Taiwan Strait

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