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Effect of Marine Environment Changes on the Abundance and Community Composition of Cyanobacteria in the South Sea of Korea

남해 해역의 해양환경변화가 시아노박테리아 개체수와 군집 조성에 미치는 영향

  • Won, JongSeok (Department of Convergence Study on the Ocean Science and Technology, Ocean Science and Technology School, Korea Maritime and Ocean University) ;
  • Lee, Yeonjung (Marine Ecosystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology) ;
  • Lee, Howon (Marine Ecosystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology) ;
  • Noh, Jae Hoon (Department of Convergence Study on the Ocean Science and Technology, Ocean Science and Technology School, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • 원종석 (한국해양대학교 해양과학기술전문대학원 해양과학기술융합학과) ;
  • 이연정 (한국해양과학기술원 해양생태연구센터) ;
  • 이호원 (한국해양과학기술원 해양생태연구센터) ;
  • 노재훈 (한국해양대학교 해양과학기술전문대학원 해양과학기술융합학과)
  • Received : 2021.10.21
  • Accepted : 2021.12.01
  • Published : 2021.12.30
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Abstract

To investigate the effect of seasonal marine environment conditions on the cyanobacteria abundance and diversity in the South Sea, four-seasonal surveys were conducted along the 127.5°E survey transect line in the central South Sea using flow cytometry and 16S-23S ITS on the Miseq platform from August 2016 to May 2017. The average abundance of Synechococcus varied from 3.3 × 103 to 7.4 × 104 cells ml-1. The abundance was the highest in the summer and the lowest in the winter, and the abundance fluctuated according to water temperature. The abundance was high in the outer sea affected by TWC. However, in summer, the Coastal areas affected by the Yangtze River were more populated than the outer sea. Prochlorococcus was rare and could not penetrate into coastal areas due to the fronts, but showed its dominance in the waters influenced by the TWC. Synechococcus clades II, VII, IX, CRD1, and CRD2 were predominant in the outer sea area affected by the TWC. In the coastal area, clades I and IV showed higher dominance whereas clades V, VI, WPC1, and 5.3-MS3 with euryhaline characteristics, showed a high dominance rate in the water masses affected by the low-salinity water of the Yangtze River in the summer. Clade XVI, XVII, CB1, CB5, and 5.3-I/II showed high dominance in nutrient-rich waters in the summer with increased water temperature. The abundance and community composition of cyanobacteria changed in the South Sea due to the influence of the TWC and stratification. In the summer, the abundance and the community composition differed, and were mainly affected by the general influence of the TWC in addition to the influence of the Yangtze River low-salinity water.

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본 연구는 한국해양과학기술원 주요 과제 '생지화학 순환 및 해양환경변동 연구(PE99912)'의 지원을 받아 수행되었습니다.

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