Silicon limitation on primary production and its destiny in Jiaozhou Bay, China——Ⅶ： The complementary mechanism of the earth ecosystem

• Published in: Chinese journal of oceanology and limnology Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 401 - 412
• Main Author: 杨东方 高振会 杨应斌 孙培艳 王鑫平
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer-Verlag 01.12.2006; Springer Nature B.V; College of Fishery Science,Shanghai Fisheries University,Shanghai 200090,China; Beihai Monitoring Center,State Oceanic Administration,Qingdao 266033,China%Beihai Monitoring Center,State Oceanic Administration,Qingdao 266033,China
• Subjects: carbon; Earth; Ecosystems; El Nino; La Nina; Marine biology; Marine ecosystems; Nutrient balance; Phytoplankton; Plankton; Primary production; primary productivity; Silicon; Studies; Water temperature; Waterways; 浮游植物; 海洋生态; 胶洲湾; marine ecosystem; phytoplankton; nutrient Si; earth ecosystem; complementary mechanism
• ISSN: 0254-4059; 2096-5508; 1993-5005; 2523-3521
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02842857

In this paper, the phenomenon that the variation in nutrient and water temperature could cause changes in phytoplankton growth and structure is examined; and the question of how a marine ecosystem make up the earth ecosystem step by step to auto-sustain the balance between phytoplankton and nutrient supply especially Si is discussed. Three major complementary mechanisms of the earth ecosys- tem for nutrient Si, water temperature and carbon were put forward. Understanding the mechanisms nowadays would explain the why the El Nifio and La Nifia occurred, and forecast the trend of human-impacted the earth, which would alert us with proactive countermeasures.