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Title: | Nutrient dynamics and seasonal succession of phytoplankton assemblages in a Southern European Estuary: Ria de Aveiro, Portugal |
Author: | Lopes, C. B. Lillebo, A. I. Dias, J. M. Pereira, E. Vale, C. Duarte, A. C. |
Keywords: | Nutrients Estuaries Chlorophylla Portugal Aveiro Ria de Aveiro |
Issue Date: | Feb-2007 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | The spatial and temporal dynamics of dissolved inorganic nitrogen, dissolved phosphate, dissolved silica and chlorophyll a were measured seasonally at eight stations in the Ria de Aveiro. Between December 2000 and September 2001, the seasonal succession of phytoplankton assemblages, inferred after the spatial and seasonal variation of silica and of chlorophyll a concentrations, showed that diatoms (μmol Si L−1) dominated from late autumn until early spring, while chlorophytes (μg Chl a L−1) bloomed during late spring and summer. The Si:N:P ratios and Si concentrations indicated no seasonal depletion in dissolved silica, as in other temperate systems, possibly because of abnormal precipitation and flood events prolonging the supply of dissolved Si to the system. The Si:N:P ratios suggested P limitation at the system level. Despite the relative proportions of available nutrients, the mean phosphorus concentration (5.3 μmol L−1) was above the reported half-saturation constants for P uptake by phytoplankton. Thus, in Ria de Aveiro, the seasonal succession of phytoplankton assemblages may also be dependent on the grazing capacity of the pelagic community through top-down regulation. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13233 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.09.015 |
ISSN: | 0272-7714 |
Appears in Collections: | CESAM - Artigos Ria de Aveiro - Artigos |
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