Winter bloom of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi and environmental conditions in the Dardanelles

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Turkoglu M.

HYDROLOGY RESEARCH, cilt.41, sa.2, ss.104-114, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2166/nh.2010.124
  • Dergi Adı: HYDROLOGY RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.104-114
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: algal blooms, Dardanelles, Emiliania huxleyi, environmental factors, winter, BLACK-SEA, ALGAL BLOOMS, PHYTOPLANKTON, VARIABILITY, CALCIFICATION, COMMUNITIES, ATLANTIC, STRAIT, WATERS
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Following a summer bloom of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) Hay & Mohler, 1967, in 2003, a winter bloom was observed for the first time between late December 2003 and early January 2004 in the Dardanelles. Microscopic observations showed that the cell dimensions of E. huxleyi (Ehux) varied from 9.85 to 13.50 mu m in diameter (mean: 11.20 +/- 1.38 mu m). While Ehux revealed a relatively small population density (1.60 x 10(4) cells L-1) in early December 2003, the bloom started in middle December 2003 (7.86 x 10(6) cells L-1) and then peaked in early January 2004 (5.03 x 10(7) cells L-1) in the superficial layer. The peak dramatically decreased in late January 2004 (7.50 x 10(6) cells L-1). Ehux was the dominant species and represented about 90.0% of the phytoplankton assemblage. The bloom started flourishing after the diatom and dinoflagellate blooms under nitrogen depletion and moderate light, temperature and salinity conditions. Water temperature (10.31 +/- 1.14 degrees C) and salinity values (27.05 +/- 0.88 ppt) were usually stabile. Surface chlorophyll-a concentrations ranged from 1.23 to 2.32 mu g L-1 during the bloom. The ratios of N:P (mean: 4.12 +/- 2.22) and Si:P (40.35 +/- 16.25) of the bloom period were lower than those of the non-bloom periods.

Following a summer bloom of coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann) Hay & Mohler, 1967, in 2003, a winter bloom was observed for the first time between late December 2003 and early January 2004 in the Dardanelles. Microscopic observations showed that the cell dimensions of E. huxleyi (Ehux) varied from 9.85 to 13.50 mm in diameter (mean: 11.20 ± 1.38 µm). While Ehux revealed a relatively small population density (1.60 x 104 cells L-1) in early December 2003, the bloom started in middle December 2003 (7.86 x 106 cells L-1) and then peaked in early January 2004 (5.03 x 107 cells L-1) in the superficial layer. The peak dramatically decreased in late January 2004 (7.50 x 106 cells L-1). Ehux was the dominant species and represented about 90.0% of the phytoplankton assemblage. The bloom started flourishing after the diatom and dinoflagellate blooms under nitrogen depletion and moderate light, temperature and salinity conditions. Water temperature (10.31 ± 1.148 oC) and salinity values (27.05 ± 0.88 ppt) were usually stabile. Surface chlorophyll-a concentrations ranged from 1.23 to 2.32 mg L-1 during the bloom. The ratios of N:P (mean: 4.12 ± 2.22) and Si:P (40.35 ± 16.25) of the bloom period were lower than those of the non-bloom periods.
Key words: algal blooms, Dardanelles, Emiliania huxleyi, environmental factors, winter