Feeding of dominant zooplankton in Prydz Bay, Antarctica, during austral spring/summer: food availability and species responses

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	Feeding of dominant zooplankton in Prydz Bay, Antarctica, during austral spring/summer: food availability and species responses
	Yang, Guang 1; Li, Chaolun1 ; Sun, Song1 ; Zhang, Cuixia 2; He, Qing 3; Li, CL
刊名	POLAR BIOLOGY
	2013-11-01
卷号	36 期号:11 页码:1701-1707
关键词	Zooplankton Feeding strategy Food availability Prydz Bay Antarctica
ISSN号	0722-4060
通讯作者	Li, CL
中文摘要	Information on the food and predation of zooplankton species is essential for an improved understanding of zooplankton community dynamics of the Southern Ocean. Feeding of dominant zooplankton species at locations across the neritic, slope and oceanic regions of Prydz Bay, Antarctica, was investigated with incubation experiments during austral spring/summer of 2009/2010 to identify the response of dominant copepods and krill to different feeding environments. Results showed distinct spatial and temporal variations in ingestion and filtration of predominant copepods and krill. In late spring, Calanoides acutus was inactive and the ingestion rate was only 1.30 mu gC/ind/day. During early summer, a diatom bloom was in progress at station IS21, showing a peak biomass of Thalassiosira spp. and Fragilaria spp. Daily ingestion rates of Euphausia crystallorophias, C. acutus, Metridia gerlachei and Ctenocalanus citer were relatively high. By contrast, copepod ate predominantly ciliates in slope and oceanic regions where microplankton biomass were lower (< 20 mu gC/L). During late summer, microplankton of neritic regions, mainly composed of nano-sized Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and ciliates, was less than 10 mu gC/L. C. acutus incubated in neritic regions mainly ate ciliates. The total microplankton biomass was lower (< 5 mu gC/L) and predominated by Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in slope regions north of Fram Bank, and daily ingestion rates of incubated copepods were less than 2.5 mu gC/ind. Our results clearly demonstrated that copepods and krill had flexible feeding strategies to cope with temporally and spatially changing food availability in Prydz Bay. Meanwhile, ciliates appeared to represent an important carbon source for zooplankton, especially in regions with lower food concentrations.
英文摘要	Information on the food and predation of zooplankton species is essential for an improved understanding of zooplankton community dynamics of the Southern Ocean. Feeding of dominant zooplankton species at locations across the neritic, slope and oceanic regions of Prydz Bay, Antarctica, was investigated with incubation experiments during austral spring/summer of 2009/2010 to identify the response of dominant copepods and krill to different feeding environments. Results showed distinct spatial and temporal variations in ingestion and filtration of predominant copepods and krill. In late spring, Calanoides acutus was inactive and the ingestion rate was only 1.30 mu gC/ind/day. During early summer, a diatom bloom was in progress at station IS21, showing a peak biomass of Thalassiosira spp. and Fragilaria spp. Daily ingestion rates of Euphausia crystallorophias, C. acutus, Metridia gerlachei and Ctenocalanus citer were relatively high. By contrast, copepod ate predominantly ciliates in slope and oceanic regions where microplankton biomass were lower (< 20 mu gC/L). During late summer, microplankton of neritic regions, mainly composed of nano-sized Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and ciliates, was less than 10 mu gC/L. C. acutus incubated in neritic regions mainly ate ciliates. The total microplankton biomass was lower (< 5 mu gC/L) and predominated by Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in slope regions north of Fram Bank, and daily ingestion rates of incubated copepods were less than 2.5 mu gC/ind. Our results clearly demonstrated that copepods and krill had flexible feeding strategies to cope with temporally and spatially changing food availability in Prydz Bay. Meanwhile, ciliates appeared to represent an important carbon source for zooplankton, especially in regions with lower food concentrations.
学科主题	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
类目[WOS]	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology
研究领域[WOS]	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
关键词[WOS]	PLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ; EUPHAUSIA-SUPERBA ; SOUTHERN-OCEAN ; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM ; COASTAL WATERS ; FATTY-ACIDS ; GUT CONTENT ; ICE-ZONE ; SUMMER ; COPEPODS
收录类别	SCI
原文出处	10.1007/s00300-013-1387-4
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000326049100016
公开日期	2014-07-17
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/16473]
专题	海洋研究所_海洋生态与环境科学重点实验室
通讯作者	Li, CL
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Marine Ecol & Environm Sci, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Tianjin Univ Sci & Technol, Tianjin Key Lab Marine Resource & Chem, Tianjin 300457, Peoples R China 3.Shanghai Ocean Univ, Coll Fisheries & Life Sci, Shanghai 201306, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Guang,Li, Chaolun,Sun, Song,et al. Feeding of dominant zooplankton in Prydz Bay, Antarctica, during austral spring/summer: food availability and species responses[J]. POLAR BIOLOGY,2013,36(11):1701-1707.
APA	Yang, Guang,Li, Chaolun,Sun, Song,Zhang, Cuixia,He, Qing,&Li, CL.(2013).Feeding of dominant zooplankton in Prydz Bay, Antarctica, during austral spring/summer: food availability and species responses.POLAR BIOLOGY,36(11),1701-1707.
MLA	Yang, Guang,et al."Feeding of dominant zooplankton in Prydz Bay, Antarctica, during austral spring/summer: food availability and species responses".POLAR BIOLOGY 36.11(2013):1701-1707.