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Correlations between Cell Abundance, Bio-volume and Chlorophyll $a$ Concentration of Phytoplankton Communities in Coastal Waters of Incheon, Tongyeong and Ulsan of Korea  

Joo, Hyoung-Min (Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University)
Lee, Jin-Hwan (Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University)
Jung, Seung-Won (Library of Marine Samples, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.29, no.4, 2011 , pp. 312-320 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to estimate a better methodological factor to understand phytoplankton ecology between abundance and bio-volume of phytoplankton, each 1,160 phytoplankton data, including abundance, classification and chlorophyll $a$ concentration were collected in Korean coastal waters of Incheon (Yellow sea), Tongyeong (South sea), and Ulsan (East sea). Based on these data, phytoplankton bio-volume can be calculated through a geometric model. The correlation coefficient between abundance and chlorophyll $a$ concentration was higher than the coefficient between biovolume and chlorophyll $a$ concentration, because a small size phytoplankton has relatively dense chlorophyll contents compared with the proportion of chlorophyll in a large size phytoplankton. Thus, the interpretation using abundance to understand phytoplankton ecology in Korean coastal waters may be more effective than that using bio-volume.
Keywords
phytoplankton; cell abundance; bio-volume; chlorophyll a; Incheon-Tongyeong-Ulsan coastal waters;
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