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DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
Volume 143, Issue -, Pages 45-53Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.009
Keywords
East/Japan Sea; carbon uptake rates; small phytoplankton; chl-alpha concentration
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- Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea
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Korea-Russia joint expeditions have been conducted mainly in the less studied Russian sector of the East/Japan Sea to understand the physical and ecological structures. In this study, the carbon uptake rates of phytoplankton measured in 2012 (middle-late October) and 2015 (middle April-early May) were analyzed to understand seasonal and spatial distributions of phytoplankton production, using a C-13-N-15 dual isotope tracer technique. The water columns in the euphoric layers were well mixed during our cruise periods in both years. The water column-integrated chl-alpha concentrations (mean +/- S.D. = 2.28 +/- 1.47 mg m(-3)) in 2015 was significantly higher (t-test, p < 0.01) than in 2012 (mean +/- S.D. = 0.49 +/- 0.29 mg m(-3)) because of different sampling seasons. Small phytoplankton ( < 2 pm) were relatively dominant in 2012, whereas different sizes of phytoplankton were evenly distributed in 2015 although a spatial distribution of large phytoplankton (> 20 mu m) was observed near the Russian coast. The daily carbon uptake rates in this study were 180.5 and 441.6 mg C m(-2) d(-1) in 2012 and 2015, respectively which are significantly (t-test, p < 0.01) lower than the averaged values previously reported in the East/Japan Sea (863 +/- 679.6 mg C M-2 d(-1)). The potential reasons for the lower rate in this study are discussed. The small phytoplankton contribution (47.4%) averaged from the two different cruises in this study is consistent with the result (47%) reported in temperate regions. Moreover, a significantly (t-test, p < 0.01) lower contribution of small phytoplankton in total primary production than total phytoplankton biomass in this study is consistent with the results from other regions. Lower total primary production might be expected due to increasing contribution of small phytoplankton under warmer conditions.
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