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Succession of phytoplankton assemblages in relation to estuarine hydrodynamics in the Ría de Vigo: a box-model approach

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dc.creator Martín Míguez, Belén
dc.creator Farina-Busto, L.
dc.creator Figueiras, F. G.
dc.creator Pérez, Fiz F.
dc.date 2008-06-25T11:26:14Z
dc.date 2008-06-25T11:26:14Z
dc.date 2001
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:49:22Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:49:22Z
dc.identifier Sci. Mar. 65(Suppl.1): 65-76
dc.identifier 0214 - 8358 (print edition)
dc.identifier 1886 - 8134 (online edition)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5320
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5320
dc.description Publicación online disponible en: http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php
dc.description Two phytoplankton succession events (September-October 1993 and March 1994) in the Ría de Vigo were studied in relation to their hydrodynamic context. By means of a circulation box model we calculated horizontal and vertical residual fluxes as well as budgets of phytoplankton associated with them. This allowed us to assess the importance of the two factors involved in the selection processes: one hydrodynamic (dependent upon physical dispersion) and one biogeochemical (involving all other processes such as growth, mortality and grazing). The first period was characterised by a downwelling event which produced a reversal of the estuarine circulation pattern (horizontal velocity = 4 km d-1 and downward velocities up to 9 m d-1). This provided suitable conditions for the blooming of Gymnodinium catenatum favoured by its capacity to swim, while the diatom community almost disappeared. The second period corresponded to an upwelling Æ relaxation sequence. During upwelling (horizontal velocity = 6 km d-1; upward velocities up to 12 m d-1), Thalassiosira spp. was dominant. It is suggested that the less energetic conditions associated with the relaxation event (horizontal velocity=1 km d-1; upward velocities < 1 m d-1) favoured the selection of Chatoceros spp. due to its lower sinking rate.
dc.description This work was supported by the Xunta de Galicia (project Xuga 40205 B 92) and the Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT, project AMB92-0165) B. M. Míguez was financed by an FPU studentship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture. We are grateful to the members of the Oceanography team at the Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas, Vigo, who participated in the sample and analysis of nutrients and hidrographic parameters.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Estuarine circulation
dc.subject Succession
dc.subject Box model
dc.subject Gymnodinium catenatum
dc.subject Chaetoceros spp.
dc.subject Thalassiosira spp.
dc.subject Ría de Vigo
dc.title Succession of phytoplankton assemblages in relation to estuarine hydrodynamics in the Ría de Vigo: a box-model approach
dc.type Artículo


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