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Su, Qiang; Huang, Liangmin; Tan, Yehui; Xu, Runlin; Li, Tao; Xu, Zhanzhou; Zhang, Janlin; Qiu, Dajun. |
Microzooplankton community composition in the north of South China Sea was investigated during autumn (between September and October), 2004. Dilution technique using chlorophyll a (Chl a) was employed to estimate grazing rates and grazing pressure. The results showed that Polymenophorea Oligotrichida was the dominant group with 16 species, and there were 4 species in Oligotrichina and 11 species in Tintinnina. The ciliates abundance ranged from 9 to 102 ind/m3. Instantaneous growth rates of phytoplankton (k) varied from 0.03 / d to 2.13 / d. Grazing rates of microzooplankton(g) ranged between 0.01 / d and 1.06 / d. The grazing pressure on initial phytoplankton stock (Pi) and primary production (Pp) was 0.089 % - 65.23 % and 33.63 % - 86.04 %, respectively.... |
Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Grazing; Community composition; Dilution. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/5862 |
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