Chemotaxonomy-based mapping of phytoplankton communities in the subtropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with emphasis on the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
Chemotaxonomy-based mapping of phytoplankton communities in the subtropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with emphasis on the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
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基于化学分类学的亚热带西南大西洋浮游植物群落绘图,重点关注海洋蓝藻 Trichodesmium
DOI:
10.1016/j.pocean.2019.01.008
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
E. Secchi
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作者:
Camila Rodrigues Lima;C. R. Mendes;V. Tavano;A. Detoni;E. Secchi
The composition and distribution of the phytoplankton community on the southweastern Brazilian continental shelf and continental slope were evaluated through chemotaxonomic analyses (HPLC-CHEMTAX). The samples were collected during five oceanographic cruises from 2012 to 2014 in spring and autumn. Fourteen surface blooms ofTrichodesmium(slicks) were registered during the field surveys. TheTrichodesmiumbiomass was estimated by both pigment analyses and microscope counts, with significant correlation found between the methods, except in some slicks. However, myxoxanthophyll, aTrichodesmiumpigment biomarker generally used in CHEMTAX, was detectable only in seven samples from stations withTrichodesmiumslicks, indicating that their use in pigment chemotaxonomic approaches should be taken with caution, because it could lead to errors in the estimation ofTrichodesmiumbiomass. Four water masses were identified at the surface: Plata Plume Water (PPW), Subtropical Shelf Water (STSW), Shelf Water (SW) and Tropical Water (TW). The identified water masses seem to be the main driving factor influencing the composition, distribution and biomass of phytoplankton groups in the study region. The salty-warm oligotrophic TW, associated with the Brazil Current, was the dominant surface water mass in both autumn and spring. The surface waters in this work were generally associated with low values of both total chlorophylla(TChla) and nutrient concentration. In no slicks conditions, surface TChlaconcentration was low ranging between 0.04 and 2.44 mg m−3(mean 0.27 mg m−3) in almost all oceanographic stations. The highest biomass concentrations were recorded in stations under influence of both PPW and STSW. Overall,Prochlorococcus,haptophytes,Synechococcus, andTrichodesmiumdominated the phytoplankton community and their contributions were above 70% to total Chlain both spring and autumn. The other phytoplankton groups (prasinophytes, cryptophytes and dinoflagellates) represented a minor fraction, with values below 15% of the total biomass. A Canonical Correspondence Analysis showed thatProchlorococcus, haptophytes,SynechococcusandTrichodesmiumwere related with both TW and SW and were also positively associated with weaker water column stability, a deeper mixed layer, temperature and salinity. In turn, cryptophytes, dinoflagellates, prasynophytes and diatoms, mainly associated with STSW and PPW, were positively correlated with higher stability and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), and negatively associated with both temperature and salinity. Our results showed that the pigment analysis (HPLC-CHEMTAX) allowed a detailed mapping of phytoplankton communities' distribution in the south and southeastern Brazilian continental shelf and shelf-break, and that theTrichodesmiumbiomass, as currently estimated by this approach, should be carefully revised.
影响因子:
2.5
作者:
Hickman, A. E.;Dutkiewicz, S.;Follows, M. J.
通讯作者:
Follows, M. J.