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Seasonal and spatial variations in the phytoplankton community and their correlation with environmental factors in the Jinjiang River Estuary in Quanzhou, China

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The seasonal and spatial variation in the phytoplankton community structure and the environmental variables were investigated in December (the dry season) 2016 and July (the rainy season) 2017 in the Jinjiang River Estuary, China. We identified a total of 138 species of phytoplankton, which were mainly Chlorophyta, Bacillariophyta, and Cryptophyta in the dry season; however, in the rainy season, only Bacillariophyta were found. In the Jinjiang River Estuary, the species evenness and the biodiversity index were higher in the rainy season and that the species diversity was higher in the dry season. Redundancy analysis (RDA) revealed that the dominant species were statistically related to many of the environmental variables, including the water temperature (WT), pH, salinity (Sal), dissolved oxygen (DO), total phosphorus (TP), and total nitrogen (TN). Among the variables, the Sal, DO, TP, and TN had a significant influence on the dominant species distribution, and the WT and pH also affected the dominant species distribution to some extent.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20777021) and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (No. 2017J01018).

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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, China

    Yanmei Wu, Peiyong Guo, Haitao Su, Yuxuan Zhang, Jun Deng, Meixian Wang, Yinshi Sun & Yanqi Li

  2. Institute of Environmental and Resources Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Yanmei Wu, Peiyong Guo, Haitao Su, Yuxuan Zhang, Jun Deng, Meixian Wang, Yinshi Sun & Yanqi Li

  3. Nanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China, Nanjing, 210042, China

    Xiaoyan Zhang

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Wu, Y., Guo, P., Su, H. et al. Seasonal and spatial variations in the phytoplankton community and their correlation with environmental factors in the Jinjiang River Estuary in Quanzhou, China. Environ Monit Assess 194, 44 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09697-5

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