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Effects of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant on the Zooplankton Community in Summer of 2017

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To evaluate the effects of the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant on the zooplankton community in the surrounding seawater during summer, multiple environmental factors and zooplankton distribution along the east coast of Liaodong Bay were investigated in the summer of 2017. In particular, the influences of seawater temperature, salinity, and chlorophyll a (Chl a) on the zooplankton community were analyzed. Zooplankton abundances and Chl a concentrations along the east coast of Liaodong Bay showed an initial increase followed by a decrease from July to September. During the three months, the zooplankton abundance was the highest (8116.70 ind m−3) in August. The Shannon-Wiener index showed a downtrend from July to September, with the average value falling from 1.65 in July to 1.50 in September. Calanus sinicus, Paracalanus parvus, copepodid, and bivalve larvae were the dominant species/groups in the three months. The effects of the nuclear power plant’s outlet on the environment factors were mainly reflected in the increased seawater temperature. Redundancy analysis showed that the zooplankton community was jointly affected by seawater temperature, salinity and Chl a concentration, and the degree of this impact varied monthly. The impact of seawater temperature on the zooplankton community was stronger than that of salinity. The primary impact of the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant on the structure and distribution of the zooplankton community in the surrounding seawater during the summer was increased seawater temperature, which caused a reduction in the abundance of dominant species/groups.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2017YFC1404401, 2017YFC140 4402), the Science & Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China (No. 2017FY100803), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 4130 6155). We thank Dr. Natalie Kim for improving this manuscript.

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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Junjian Wang, Zhencheng Tao, Yantao Wang & Chaolun Li

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Junjian Wang & Chaolun Li

  3. Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China

    Zhencheng Tao, Yantao Wang & Chaolun Li

  4. Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Zhencheng Tao, Yantao Wang & Chaolun Li

  5. School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Hao Wei

  6. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

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Wang, J., Tao, Z., Wang, Y. et al. Effects of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant on the Zooplankton Community in Summer of 2017. J. Ocean Univ. China 19, 1140–1152 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-020-4420-6

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