Cochlodinium polykrikoides blooms and eco-physical conditions in the South Sea of Korea |
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Authors: | Dong-Kyu Lee |
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Affiliation: | aMarine Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Eco-physical conditions for the initiation and termination of Cochlodinium polykrikoides blooms in the South Sea of Korea are examined in this paper. The C. polykrikoides blooms generally occur in the sea near Naro-Do in late August every year. The submarine canyon near Naro-Do plays an important role in surface water intrusion from the open ocean driven by northeasterly winds. In late August, the monsoonal wind system in Korea changes from southwesterly to northeasterly winds, causing Ekman transport of warm, fresh Changjiang Diluted Water (CDW) into the sea near Naro-Do and creating a front between inland sea water and CDW. Along the front, aggregation of single C. polykrikoides cells in the CDW and downwelling yield favorable eco-physical conditions for development of C. polykrikoides blooms. When typhoons and strong northeasterly winds bring vertically well-mixed East China Sea water into the sea near Naro-Do again in September, the eco-physical conditions favor diatom growth and lead to the termination of C. polykrikoides blooms. |
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Keywords: | Cochlodinium polykrikoides Eco-physical conditions Harmful algae Changjiang diluted water |
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