In situ growth rates of marine phytoplankton: approaches to measurement, community and species growth rates |
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Authors: | Furnas Miles J. |
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Affiliation: | Australian Institute of Marine Science P.M.B. No. 3, Townsville M.C. Qld 4810, Queensland, Australia |
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Abstract: | Taxonomic structure and biomass weighting are important determinantsof measurable marine phytoplankton community growth potential.Maximal diel-averaged growth rates of communities appear tofall between 3 and 3.6 doublings day1. Mean net growthrates are considerably lower. Ranges of community growth ratesmeasured in tropical, sub-tropical and (summer) temperate ecosystemsare similar. There appears to be a broad dichotomy between thegrowth potential of diatom species as compared to non-diatoms.Doubling rates of small diatoms frequently exceed communitybiomass doubling rates by wide margins. Diel-averaged growthrates of large diatoms, microflagellates and non-motile ultraplanktonpopulations are lower and similar in magnitude to communitygrowth estimates. Maximum growth rates of species measured insitu are in good agreement with maximum growth rates measuredin laboratory cultures. High specific productivity of sub-dominantor rare diatom species or assemblages will be diluted in thelower specific growth rates of microflagellate and non-motileultraplankton assemblages. Specific rates of grazing upon speciesand functional groups remain to be quantified, but stabilityof community size and taxonomic structure implies close linkagebetween growth and mortality rates at the species level overtime intervals of several generations. |
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