Warm currents affecting the spring and winter distributions of living coccolithophores in the Yellow Sea, China
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jun Wang; Jianqiang Sun; Mingxiang Niu; Qingshan Luan
- Source
- Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 42:431-441
- Subject
- Biomass (ecology)
Oceanography
Water column
biology
Standing crop
Coccolithophore
fungi
Convective mixing
Gephyrocapsa oceanica
Spring bloom
biology.organism_classification
Emiliania huxleyi
- Language
- ISSN
- 1897-3191
Spring and winter distributions of living coccolithophores in the Yellow Sea were studied using a polarizing microscope based on two surveys in April 2010 and January 2011. Nine species were recorded, including Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica as the predominant forms. The cell abundance of all coccolithophores in the spring was significantly higher than in the winter (p