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Size-fractionated primary production in the south-eastern Black Sea

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العنوان: Size-fractionated primary production in the south-eastern Black Sea
المؤلفون: Ertugrul Agirbas, Mustafa Bakirci
المصدر: Oceanologia, Vol 64, Iss 2, Pp 244-266 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Oceanography
مصطلحات موضوعية: C-14, Phytoplankton, Primary production, Size-fractionated, South-Eastern Black Sea, Oceanography, GC1-1581
الوصف: Size-fractionated primary production (PP) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) with phytoplankton abundance and nutrients were investigated in the south-eastern Black Sea from November 2014 to August 2015. A 14C radio-tracing technique was used to estimate phytoplankton primary production. C-14 experiments revealed that total PP ranged from 295 mgC m−2 d−1 to 5931 mgC m−2 d−1 along the study area. Size-fractionated PP varied from 84 to 1848 mgC m−2 d−1, from 96 to 3156 mgC m−2 d−1 and from 56 to 3363 mgC m−2 d−1 for pico-, nano- and microphytoplankton, respectively. Overall, winter (4163 mgC m−2 d−1) and spring (5931 mgC m−2 d−1) were the most productive seasons, which coincided with high phytoplankton abundance. Contributions of microphytoplankton and nanophytoplankton were prominent in spring with maximum PP values. Winter was the second productive season with high contributions of nano- and microphytoplankton PP. Summer and autumn were less productive seasons, which were characterised by a high contribution of pico- and nanophytoplankton PP. Dinoflagellates were represented with the highest species richness (68 species, 53.54%) and diatoms were the second group along the area. Diatoms and other phytoplankton species (mainly Emiliania huxleyi) were the most abundant groups in terms of quantitative contribution. The results show that microphytoplankton along the study area are responsible for the majority of PP. However, the measured high Chl-a against low size-fractionated PP clearly indicates that smaller groups (i.e., pico- and nanophytoplankton) were dominant during these periods. Hence, the quantification of size-fractionated PP rates together with ecological indicators will allow for a more comprehensive assessment of the Black Sea ecosystem.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 0078-3234
14410648
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0078323421000956; https://doaj.org/toc/0078-3234
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceano.2021.11.002
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/16989c144106482d86113cec75f13ae5
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.16989c144106482d86113cec75f13ae5
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:00783234
14410648
DOI:10.1016/j.oceano.2021.11.002