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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2014.19.4.287

The Influences of Coastal Upwelling on Phytoplankton Community in the Southern Part of East Sea, Korea  

Kim, A-Ram (Fishery & Ocean Information Division, NFRDI)
Youn, Seok-Hyun (Fishery & Ocean Information Division, NFRDI)
Chung, Mi-Hee (Marine Micro Algae Research Institute)
Yoon, Sang-Chol (Fishery & Ocean Information Division, NFRDI)
Moon, Chang-Ho (Department of Oceanography, Pukyoung National University)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.19, no.4, 2014 , pp. 287-301 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to understand environment condition and phytoplankton community before and after coastal upwelling, the influences of upwelling events on phytoplankton community were studied at 18 stations located the Southern part of East Sea, Korea from May to August 2013. The surface water masses showed low temperature and high salinity due to upwelling events at coastal stations (A1, B1, C1). Correlation between temperature and nutrients (DIP, r=-0.218, p<0.01; DIN, r=-0.306, p<0.01; silicate, r=-0.274, p<0.01) was significantly negative. This result could be explained that nutrients were supplied to surface water by the upwelling of bottom water. Phytoplankton communities were composed of 186 species. Phytoplankton abundance were relatively high in May (C1, $726{\times}10^3cells\;L^{-1}$) and July (A1, $539{\times}10^3cells\;L^{-1}$). Total chlorophyll a and micro-size fraction ($&gt;20{\mu}m$) increased at coastal stations in July and August, while phytoplankton abundance and total chl. a was much low in June. Dominant species in June was Pseudo-nitzschia spp. of which the cell size was $309{\mu}m^3$. Cell size of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. was smaller than dominant species in other period. Therefore, the increase in total chloro-phyll a and the size of phytoplankton was resulted in the sufficient supply of nutrients. In contrast, these tendencies were not observed at outside stations. These results suggested that coastal upwelling was an important influencing factor to determine the species composition and standing stock of phytoplankton community in the coastal waters of the Southern part of East Sea, Korea.
Keywords
upwelling; phytoplankton; phytoplankton size; chlorophyll a; bio-volume; nutrients;
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