期刊
JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS
卷 74, 期 3-4, 页码 978-993出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.01.004
关键词
Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie River; Water masses; Picophytoplankton; Nanophytoplankton; Fv/Fm, Chlorophyll fluorescence
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
The distribution of picophytoplankton (0.2-2 mu m) and nanophytoplankton (2-20 mu m) in the Beaufort Sea-Mackenzie Shelf and Amundsen Gulf regions during autumn, 2002 is examined relative to their ambient water mass properties (salinity, temperature and nutrients: nitrate + nitrite, phosphate, and silicate) and to the ratio of variable to maximum fluorescence, Fv/Fm. Total phytoplankton and cell abundances (<20 mu m) were mainly correlated with salinity. Significant differences in picophytoplankton cell numbers were found among waters near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, ice melt waters and the underlying halocline water masses of Pacific origin. Picophytoplankton was the most abundant phytoplankton fraction during the autumnal season, probably reflecting low nitrate concentrations (surface waters average similar to 0.65 mu M). The ratio Fv/Fm averaged 0.44, indicating that cells were still physiologically active, even though their concentrations were low (max Chl a = 0.9 mg m(-3)). No significant differences in Fv/Fm were evident in the different water masses, indicating that rate limiting conditions for photosynthesis and growth were uniform across the whole system, which was in a pre-winter stage, and was probably already experiencing light limitation as a result of shortening day lengths. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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