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Distribution characteristics and community structure of picophytoplankton in the northern East China Sea in 2016-2017

2016~2017년 동중국해 북부해역의 초미소식물플랑크톤 분포 특성

  • Park, Kyung Woo (Oceanic Climate and Ecology Research Division, NIFS) ;
  • Yoo, Man Ho (Oceanic Climate and Ecology Research Division, NIFS) ;
  • Oh, Hyun Ju (Oceanic Climate and Ecology Research Division, NIFS) ;
  • Youn, Seok Hyun (Oceanic Climate and Ecology Research Division, NIFS) ;
  • Kwon, Kee Young (Research and Development Planning Division, NIFS) ;
  • Moon, Chang Ho (Department of Oceanography, Pukyung National University)
  • 박경우 (국립수산과학원 기후변화연구과) ;
  • 유만호 (국립수산과학원 기후변화연구과) ;
  • 오현주 (국립수산과학원 기후변화연구과) ;
  • 윤석현 (국립수산과학원 기후변화연구과) ;
  • 권기영 (국립수산과학원 연구기획과) ;
  • 문창호 (부경대학교 해양학과)
  • Received : 2019.03.06
  • Accepted : 2019.03.21
  • Published : 2019.03.31
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Abstract

To investigate the temporal-spatial distribution of picophytoplankton in relation to different water masses in the northern East China Sea (ECS), picophytoplankton abundance were investigated using flow cytometry with environmental factors in 2016-2017. The results from the analysis of flow cytometer data showed that Synechococcus appeared across all seasons, exhibiting its minimum abundance in winter and maximum abundance in summer. Furthermore, high abundance was detected in the surface mixed layer during spring and summer when vertical stratification occurs; in particular, Synechococcus exhibited maximum abundance in thermocline layer, indicating a close correlation to water temperature and thermocline formation. In addition, the abundance of Synechococcus indicated a decrease in the western seas in 2017 compared to 2016 under the strong influence of the Changjiang Diluted Water (CDW). This was determined by the significant influence of the CDW on the abundance of Synechococcus during summer in the northern waters of the ECS. In contrast, Prochlorococcus did not appear during winter and spring, and its distribution was limited during summer and autumn in the eastern seas under the influence of the Kuroshio current. The largest range of Prochlorococcus distribution was confirmed during autumn without the influence of the CDW. Thus, the distribution pattern of each picophytoplankton genus was found to be changing in accordance to the extension and reduction of sea current in different seasons and periods of time. This is anticipated to be a useful biological marker in understanding the distribution of sea currents and their influence in the northern waters of the ECS.

Synechococcus 속은 전 계절에 출현하였으며, 저수온기에 현존량이 가장 낮았고, 고수온기에 서쪽해역에서 최대 현존량을 나타내었다. 동중국해 북부해역의 서쪽해역에서 Synechococcus 속은 2017년에 비해 장강희석수의 유입량이 많았던 2016년에 현존량이 높게 나타나 고수온과 장강희 석수를 통한 영양염 유입이 Synechococcus 속 성장에 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 Synechococcus 속은 동중국해 북부해역의 서쪽해역과 동쪽해역에서 서로 다른 계통군이 존재함을 기존 연구에서도 알 수 있었다(Choi 2012). Picoeukaryotes은 계절적으로 춘계에 현존량이 가장 높았고, 조사시기 동안 Synechococcus 속에 비해서는 현존량이 낮았다. 그러나 picoeukaryotes은 Synechococcus와 Prochlorococcus 속보다 크기가 크고 생체량이 높기 때문에 동중국해 북부해역에서 일차생산자로써 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 판단된다. Prochlorococcus 속은 저수온기인 동계와 춘계에는 출현하지 않았으며, 하계와 추계에는 쿠로시오수의 영향을 받는 동쪽해역에서 제한적으로 분포하였고 수직적으로 유세포 분석기의 형광값 차이에 의해서 형광값이 낮았던 생태형 I과 형광값이 높았던 생태형 II로 구분되어 나타났다. 또한 Prochlorococcus 속은 쿠로시오수의 유입량이 많은 추계에 가장 넓은 범위에서 분포함에 따라 쿠로시오수의 유입량이 생장 및 분포 범위에 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단된다. 이와 같이 동중국해 북부해역에서 Synechococcus와 Prochlorococcus 속의 생장과 분포는 수괴의 영향에 따라 서로 다른 물리 화학적 환경에서 다양한 계통군이 출현하였다. 따라서 동중국해 북부해역의 수괴의 구조를 파악하는데 초미소식물플랑크톤이 유용한 생물학적 지표가 될 수 있으며, 동중국해의 환경 특성 및 이에 연동되는 생태계 특성을 파악하기 위한 유용한 정보를 제공하기 위해서는 분자생물학적 분석이 병행되어야 할 것으로 생각한다.

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