Size-fractionated chlorophyll a biomass and picophytoplankton cell density along a longitudinal axis of a temperate estuary (Southampton Water) |
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Authors: | Iriarte Arantza |
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Institution: | Department of Oceanography, University of Southampton Southampton S09 5NH, UK |
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Abstract: | Size-fractionated chlorophyll a biomass and picophytoplanktoncell number distributions were investigated along a longitudinalaxis of Southampton Water estuary during autumn. Chlorophylla concentration in the >5µm and the 15 µmsize fractions was highest midway down the estuary, and decreasedboth in the landward and seaward directions. In contrast, chlorophylla biomass in the 0.21 µm size fraction showed nodecline towards the seaward end of the estuary. In agreementwith this observation, phycoerythrin-containing picocyanobacteriacell concentration showed a positive exponential-like relationshipwith salinity and eukaryotic picophytoplankton were also highestat high salinities. Expressed as a percentage of total, chlorophylla standing stock in both the 15 µ.m (4.428.7%)and the 0.21 µm size fractions (1.78.6%)was inversely correlated with total chlorophyll a concentration.Both these two fractions made a greater input to the total phaeopigmentconcentration than to the total pool of active chlorophyll a. |
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