Authors:
Jian Zhang
1
;
Yi Yang
1
;
Zhaoyang Liu
1
;
Youquan Zhang
2
and
Xueding Li
2
Affiliations:
1
National Marine Data and Information Service,Tianjin, 300171, China
;
2
Fu Jian Marine Forecasts, Fujian, 350003, China
Keyword(s):
Living coccolithophores, Community and distribution, Yellow Sea and East China Sea, Summer and Winter
Abstract:
Based on the investigation and study on the community and distribution of Living coccolithophores (LC) in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea in summer and winter 2016. In summer, 21 species of LC were found in the survey area, and their dominant species were E. huxleyi, G. oceanica, U. tenuis and F. profunda. The cell abundance ranged from 0.023 to 1.762 × 104 cells/L, with an average of 0.284 × 104 cells/L. In winter, 20 species of LC were found in the survey area, and their dominant species were E. huxleyi, G. oceanica, F. profunda and U. tenuis. The abundance of LC ranged from 0.012 to 3.535×104 cells/L, with an average of 0.384×104 cells/L. This thesis investigated and analyzed the LC community and distribution in two seasons (summer and winter) of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, which enriched the LC studies in the coastal seas of China and also provided the basic data for understanding carbon cycle and carbon flux in China Sea waters.