Monsoon-driven dynamics of environmental factors and phytoplankton in tropical Sanya Bay, South China sea

[1] Brogueira, M. J., Oliveira, M. D. R. & Cabecadas, G. (2007). Phytoplankton community structure defined by key environmental variables in Tagus estuary, Portugal. Marine Environmental Research, 64, 616–628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.06.00710.1016/j.marenvres.2007.06.007 Search in Google Scholar

[2] Brzezinski, M. A. (1985). The Si:C:N ratio of marine diatoms: interspecific variability and the effect of some environmental variables. Journal of Phycology, 21, 347–357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1985.00347.x10.1111/j.0022-3646.1985.00347.x Search in Google Scholar

[3] Capone, D. G., Zehr, J. P., Paerl, H. W., Bergman, B. & Carpenter, E. J. (1997). Trichodesmium, a globally significant marine cyanobacterium. Science, 276, 1221–1229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5316.122110.1126/science.276.5316.1221 Search in Google Scholar

[4] Carpenter, E. J. & Mccarthy, J. J. (1975). Nitrogen fixation and uptake of combined nitrogenous nutrients by Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium) thiebautii in the western Sargasso Sea. Limnology and Oceanography, 20, 389–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1975.20.3.038910.4319/lo.1975.20.3.0389 Search in Google Scholar

[5] Cetinic, I., Vilicic, D., Buric, Z. & Olujic, G. (2006). Phytoplankton seasonality in a highly stratified karstic estuary (Krka, Adriatic Sea). Hydrobiologia, 555, 31–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-005-1103-710.1007/s10750-005-1103-7 Search in Google Scholar

[6] Chen, C. C., Shiah, F. K., Chung, S. W. & Liu, K. K. (2006). Winter phytoplankton blooms in the shallow mixed layer of the South China Sea enhanced by upwelling. Journal of Marine Systems, 59, 97–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.00210.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.002 Search in Google Scholar

[7] Chen, Y. L. L., Chen, H. Y. & Lin, Y. H. (2003). Distribution and downward flux of Trichodesmium in the South China Sea as influenced by the transport from the Kuroshio Current. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 259, 47–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps25904710.3354/meps259047 Search in Google Scholar

[8] Dong, J. D., Wang, H. K., Zhang, S. & Huang M. L. (2002). Vertical distribution characteristic of seawater temperature and DIN in Sanya Bay. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 21, 40–47. Search in Google Scholar

[9] Dong, J. D., Zhang, Y. Y., Wang, Y. S., Zhang, S. & Wang, H. K. (2008). Spatial and seasonal variations of Cyanobacteria and their nitrogen fixation rates in Sanya Bay, South China Sea. Scientia Marina, 72, 239–251. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n223910.3989/scimar.2008.72n2239 Search in Google Scholar

[10] Dong, J. D., Zhang, Y. Y., Zhang, S., Wang, Y. S., Yang, Z. H. & Wu, M. L. (2010). Identification of temporal and spatial variations of water quality in Sanya Bay, China by three-way principal component analysis. Environmental Earth Sciences, 60, 1673–1682. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0301-410.1007/s12665-009-0301-4 Search in Google Scholar

[11] Dortch, Q. & Whitledge, T. E. (1992). Does nitrogen or silicon limit phytoplankton production in the Mississippi River plume and nearby regions? Continental Shelf Research, 12, 1293–1309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(92)90065-R10.1016/0278-4343(92)90065-R Search in Google Scholar

[12] Han, W. Y. (1998). Marine Chemistry in South China Sea. Beijing, China: Science Publishing House. Search in Google Scholar

[13] Hecky, R. E. & Kilham, P. (1988). Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton in freshwater and marine environments: a review of recent evidence on the effects of enrichment. Limnology and Oceanography, 33, 796–822. http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1988.33.4_part_2.079610.4319/lo.1988.33.4_part_2.0796 Search in Google Scholar

[14] Huang, L. M., Tan, Y. H., Song, X. Y., Huang, X. P., Wang, H. K., Zhang, S., Dong, J. D. & Chen, R. Y. (2003). The status of the ecological environment and a proposed protection strategy in Sanya Bay, Hainan Island, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 47, 180–186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00070-510.1016/S0025-326X(03)00070-5 Search in Google Scholar

[15] Lugomela, C., Lyimo, T. J., Bryceson, I., Semesi, A. K. & Bergman, B. (2002). Trichodesmium in coastal waters of Tanzania: diversity, seasonality, nitrogen and carbon fixation. Hydrobiologia, 477, 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:102101712537610.1023/A:1021017125376 Search in Google Scholar

[16] Mulholland, M. R., Floge, S., Carpenter, E. J. & Capone, D. G. (2002). Phosphorus dynamics in cultures and natural populations of Trichodesmium spp. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 239, 45–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps23904510.3354/meps239045 Search in Google Scholar

[17] Ning, X., Chai, F., Xue, H., Cai, Y., Liu, C. & Shi, J. (2004). Physical-biological oceanographic coupling influencing phytoplankton and primary production in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109. 10.1029/2004JC002365 Search in Google Scholar

[18] Ohki, K., Rueter, J. G. & Fujita, Y. (1986). Cultures of the pelagic cyanophytes Trichodesmium erythraeum and T. thiebautii in synthetic medium. Marine Biology, 91, 9–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF0039756510.1007/BF00397565 Search in Google Scholar

[19] Redfield, A. C., Ketchum, B. H. & Richards, F. A. (1963). The influence of organisms on the composition of seawater. In Hill, M. N. (Ed.), The Sea. New York: John Wiley. Search in Google Scholar

[20] Saino, T. & Hattori, A. (1978). Diel variation in nitrogen fixation by a marine blue-green alga, Trichodesmium thiebautii. Deep-Sea Research, 25, 1259–1263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0146-6291(78)90019-X10.1016/0146-6291(78)90019-X Search in Google Scholar

[21] Wang, H. K., Dong, J. D., Zhang, S. & Huang, L. M. (2002). Distribution of N/P ratio and its limitation to growth of phytoplankton in Sanya Bay. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 21, 33–39. Search in Google Scholar

[22] Wang, H. K., Dong, J. D., Zhang, S. & Huang, L. M. (2003). A study on release of phosphorus from sediments in Sanya Bay. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 22, 1–8. Search in Google Scholar

[23] Wang, Y. S., Lou, Z. P., Sun, C. C., Wu, M. L. & Han, S. H. (2006). Multivariate statistical analysis of water quality and phytoplankton characteristics in Daya Bay, China, from 1999 to 2002. Oceanologia, 48, 193–211. Search in Google Scholar

[24] Yang, Z. H., Dong, J. D., Wu, M. L., Zhang, Y. Y., Wang, H. K., Zhang, S., Wang, Y. S., Sun, C. C. & Zhou, W. H. (2007). Structure characteristics of phytoplankton community at Sanya Bay. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 26, 62–66. Search in Google Scholar

[25] Zhou, W. H., Li, T., Cai, C. H., Huang, L. M., Wang, H. K., Xu, J. R., Dong, J. D. & Zhang, S. (2009). Spatial and temporal dynamics of phytoplankton and bacterioplankton biomass in Sanya Bay, northern South China Sea. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 21, 595–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62313-X10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62313-X Search in Google Scholar