Small photosynthetic flagellates of the White Sea: seasonal dynamics and role in plankton and ice communities
Abstract
Abundance and biomass of small photosynthetic flagellates (SPF; 3–10 µm), chlorophyll a, and the contribution of SPF to total phytoplankton biomass in different stages of seasonal succession in ice and the surface water were studied in Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea in September 2016, February and July 2017. In summer SPF biomass in the photic layer averaged 38.36±9.77 mg С/м3, in autumn – 2.22±1.43 mg С/м3, in under-ice water – 2.6±1.72 mg С/м3, and in ice – 14.79±11.25 mg С/м3. The contribution of SPF to total phytoplankton biomass depends of the season and ranged from 29% to 95%, the contribution to sympagic communities averaged 66%. The size structure of photosynthetic flagellates varied by seasons. Flagellates with cell size 6–10 µm dominated in summer plankton and in the ice. Flagellates with cell size 3–6 µm prevailed in autumn and in the under-ice water. The obtained data of SPF abundance gave higher values of the total phytoplankton biomass of the White Sea in the autumn-winter period compared with the estimates obtained previously. Applying the method of epifluorescence microscopy confirms the assumption that photosynthetic flagellates are the main producers in the winter period, as well as in the summer when the biomass of planktonic algae with cell size more than 10 µm is low.more than 10 µm is low.
About the Authors
E. R. Nikishova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology, School of Biology
Leninskiye gory 1–12, Moscow, 119234
I. G. Radchenko
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology, School of Biology
Leninskiye gory 1–12, Moscow, 119234
T. A. Belevich
Lomonosov Moscow State University; A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology, School of Biology
Leninskiye gory 1–12, Moscow, 119234
Leninskiye gory 1–40, Moscow
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Nikishova E.R., Radchenko I.G., Belevich T.A. Small photosynthetic flagellates of the White Sea: seasonal dynamics and role in plankton and ice communities. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 16. Biologiya. 2020;75(3):176-181. (In Russ.)
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