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Phytoplankton Interannual Variability at Cassino Beach, Southern Brazil (1992–2007), with Emphasis on the Surf Zone Diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis

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A long-term study (monthly sampling, 1992 to 2007) was conducted in the surf zone of Cassino Beach, Southern Brazil, in order to detect possible natural and/or anthropogenic disturbances. Surface water temperature (6–29°C) was the only parameter with predictable seasonal variation; salinity (14–38) was inversely related to rainfall (3.1–485.2 mm month−1) and low values followed extreme precipitation periods in 1997/1998 and 2002/2003 (El Niño years). Asterionellopsis glacialis and chlorophyll a presented high concentrations and peak frequency until 1998, when an intense mud deposition occurred with concomitant extreme rainfall. It affected the surf zone and beach, changing the hydrology and dissolved inorganic nutrient availability. Six phytoplankton species groups were recognized with distinct responses to this mud deposition. We conclude that large-scale climatic changes, like El Niño Southern Oscillation, in conjunction with human activities significantly altered the phytoplankton ecology of the highly dynamic Cassino Beach surf zone.

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We would like to thank Mr. Valnei Rodrigues and students for technical support in the field and laboratory all these years and to Dr. Juliano Marangoni for statistical consultancy and analysis. We are also grateful to the anonymous reviewers for many suggestions, which greatly improved the final manuscript. The study (1998–2007) was conducted in the framework of the Long-Term Ecological Research funded by CNPq-PELD-FURG project no. 520188/98-5. C. Odebrecht and P.C. Abreu are research fellows of CNPq-Ministry of Sciences, Brazil.

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Odebrecht, C., Bergesch, M., Rörig, L.R. et al. Phytoplankton Interannual Variability at Cassino Beach, Southern Brazil (1992–2007), with Emphasis on the Surf Zone Diatom Asterionellopsis glacialis . Estuaries and Coasts 33, 570–583 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9176-6

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