Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Mesozooplankton Community Structure off Tongyeong, Southeastern Coast of Korea, from 2011 to 2014 SCIE SCOPUS KCI

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Title
Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Mesozooplankton Community Structure off Tongyeong, Southeastern Coast of Korea, from 2011 to 2014
Author(s)
Kim, Garam; Kang, Hyung-Ku; Myoung, Jung-Goo
KIOST Author(s)
Kim, Garam(김가람)Kang, Hyung Ku(강형구)
Alternative Author(s)
김가람; 강형구; 명정구
Publication Year
2017-03
Abstract
Mesozooplankton community structure and environmental factors were monitored monthly at a fixed station off Tongyeong, southeastern coast of Korea, from 2011 to 2014 to better understand the variability of the mesozooplankton community in relation to changes in the marine environment. Total mesozooplankton density varied from 747 to 8,945 inds. m(-3) with peaks in summer. The surface water temperature (r=0.338, p <0.05) and chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration (r =0.505, p <0.001) were parts of the factors that may have induced the mesozooplankton peaks in summer. Copepods accounted for 71% of total mesozooplankton. Total copepod density, particularly cyclopoid copepods, increased during the study period. Cumulative sum plots and anomalies of the cyclopoid copepod density revealed a change of the cyclopoid density from negative to positive in June 2013. A positive relationship between cyclopoid copepods and the Chl-a concentration (r =0.327, p <0.05) appeared to be one of the reasons for the increase in cyclopoids. Dominant mesozooplankton species such as Paracalanus parvus s.l., Oikopleura spp., Evadne tergestina, Cirripedia larvae, Corycaeus affinis, Calanus sinicus, and Oithona similis accounted for 60% of total mesozooplankton density. Based on cluster analysis of the mesozooplankton community by year, the seasonal distinction among groups was different in 2014 compared to other years. P. parvus s.l. and its copepodites contributed most in all groups in all four years. Our results suggest that the high Chl-a concentration since 2013 may have caused the changes in mesozooplankton community structure in the study area.
ISSN
1738-5261
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/1278
DOI
10.1007/s12601-017-0005-8
Bibliographic Citation
OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNAL, v.52, no.1, pp.113 - 125, 2017
Publisher
KOREA OCEAN RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT INST
Subject
EGG-PRODUCTION; CALANUS-SINICUS; OITHONA-SIMILIS; YELLOW SEA; ZOOPLANKTON; COPEPODS; BIOMASS; FLUCTUATIONS; PREDATION; ABUNDANCE
Keywords
Tongyeong; southeastern coast of Korea; mesozooplankton community; copepods; Paracalanus parvus s.l.; cyclopoids; chlorophyll-a
Type
Article
Language
English
Document Type
Article
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