Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 66 No. 2, 2007.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Phytoplankton seasonality and composition along the coastal NE Adriatic Sea during the extremely low Po River discharge in 2006
Damir Viličić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-4755
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Division of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sunčica Bosak
orcid.org/0000-0002-4604-2324
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Division of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zrinka Burić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Division of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Katarina Caput Mihalić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Division of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Phytoplankton composition and abundance were analyzed in the period January–September 2006, along the NE coastal Adriatic. In 2006, the Po River discharge was twice as low as the 90 year average. The maximum riverine water inflow did not appear in spring but in September, resulting in a shift of phytoplankton maximum from spring to autumn. Diatoms provided most abundant phytoplankton with an annual maximum of 6 x 105 cells L–1 in the west Istrian coastal region (in September–October). The annual average abundance of diatoms was low (5.1 x 104 cells L–1), but bigger than that of dinoflagellates (28x), coccolithophorids (13x), cryptophytes (6x) and green nanoflagellates (9x), respectively. Acomparison was made between phytoplankton seasonality in the dry year 2006, and the year 2001 characterized by greater freshwater inputs. The drought period was characterised by the small cell size diatoms Cyclotella and Thalassiosira. Po River discharge from the west, the north-westerly ingoing current (Eastern Adriatic current) and oligotrophic karstic waters discharging along the eastern coast, strongly influence phytoplankton dynamics in the NE coastal Adriatic Sea.
Ključne riječi
Phytoplankton; seasonality; abundance; Po River; discharge; Adriatic Sea
Hrčak ID:
17178
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Datum izdavanja:
20.10.2007.
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