Contrasting Photophysiological Characteristics of Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Northern South China Sea

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 5; p. e0153555
• Main Authors: Jin, Peng, Gao, Guang, Liu, Xin, Li, Futian, Tong, Shanying, Ding, Jiancheng, Zhong, Zhihai, Liu, Nana, Gao, Kunshan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.05.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Absorption; Absorption cross sections; Acclimation; Acclimatization; Acidification; Biology and Life Sciences; Calibration; Carbon; Carbon budget; China; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll - physiology; Chlorophyll A; Climate; Darkness; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Efficiency; Electrons; Environmental changes; Environmental conditions; Environmental science; Fluorometers; Fluorometry; Freshwater; Genotype; Geography; Hydrologic cycle; Laboratories; Oceans and Seas; Photochemical Processes; Photochemicals; Photosynthesis; Photosystem; Photosystem II; Photosystem II Protein Complex - physiology; Physical Sciences; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Phytoplankton; Phytoplankton - physiology; Plankton; Productivity; Properties; Regional climates; River plumes; Rivers; Stations; Water depth; China; South China Sea; ISEW, South China Sea

The growth of phytoplankton and thus marine primary productivity depend on photophysiological performance of phytoplankton cells that respond to changing environmental conditions. The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea of the western Pacific and plays important roles in modulating reg...