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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6423-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-6423-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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15 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 15 Dec 2021
| 15 Dec 2021
Biophysical controls on seasonal changes in the structure, growth, and grazing of the size-fractionated phytoplankton community in the northern South China Sea
Yuan Dong
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
College of Marine Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Zhengchao Wu
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
Yiping Shuai
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
College of Marine Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Zijia Liu
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
College of Marine Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Zaiming Ge
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
College of Marine Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Weiwen Zhou
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
College of Marine Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yinchao Chen
State key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
College of Marine Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Temporal change of plankton size structure preserved by Lugol’s solution: a FlowCAM study Z. Liu et al. 10.1007/s00343-021-1155-1
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Short summary
Temporal change of plankton growth and grazing are less known in the coastal ocean, not to mention the relevant controlling mechanisms. Here, we performed monthly size-specific dilution experiments outside a eutrophic estuary over a 1-year cycle. Phytoplankton growth was correlated to nutrients and grazing mortality to total chlorophyll a. A selective grazing on small cells may be important for maintaining high abundance of large-chain-forming diatoms in this eutrophic system.
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