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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2019.37.1.019

Seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in oligotriphic offshore water of Dokdo, 2018  

Lee, Minji (Ecological Risk Research Divisions, KIOST)
Kim, Yun-Bae (Ulleungdo/Dokdo Ocean Science Station, KIOST)
Kang, Jung Hoon (Ecological Risk Research Divisions, KIOST)
Park, Chan Hong (East Sea Research Institute, KIOST)
Baek, Seung Ho (Ecological Risk Research Divisions, KIOST)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.37, no.1, 2019 , pp. 19-30 More about this Journal
Abstract
To investigate the characteristics of seasonal environment and phytoplankton community structure in the coastal area of Dokdo, a survey of Dokdo around waters was conducted during the four seasons. Phytoplankton of 4 phylum 72 species in four seasons were collected in Dokdo around water. The seasonal mean abundance of phytoplankton were $3.32{\times}10^4cells\;L^{-1}$ in winter, $1.04{\times}10^4cells\;L^{-1}$ in spring, $0.28{\times}10^4cells\;L^{-1}$ in summer, and $4.86{\times}10^4cells\;L^{-1}$ in autumn in Dokdo around water. During winter, the diatoms Chaetoceros spp. had dominated. During spring, when the nutrients in the euphotic layer were depleted, the nano-flagellates and Cryptomonas appeared at surface layer. In summer, the abundance of phytoplankton was relatively low, which lead to occurrence of diatoms such as genus of Chaetoceros, Rhizosolenia, and Skeletonema. In autumn, Pseudo-nitzschia spp. was the most dominant species and tropical species such as Amphisolenia sp. and Ornithocercus magnificus were observed, implying that they may have introduced within warm water current such as Kurosiwo Current. Therefore, although natural phytoplankton communities in the vicinity water of Dokdo are mainly influenced by Tsushima Warm Current branched Kurosiwo Current, their population dynamics was affected on the spatio-temporal change of physicochemical factors by short-term wind events, namely "island effect". Long-term survey research is needed to facilitate food-web response in marine ecosystem associated with phytoplankton biomass and physicochemical factors including the warm water current in oligotrophic offshore water of Dokdo, which may have significant role for sustainable use of Dokdo.
Keywords
East Sea; Dokdo; phytoplankton; ecosystem; tropical species;
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