Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Spatial and temporal variations of macro- and mesozooplankton community in the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) and East China Sea in summer and winter

  • Published:
Acta Oceanologica Sinica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The study was conducted during two cruises of June–August 2006 (summer), and January–February 2007 (winter) in the Huanghai (Yellow) Sea and East China Sea. Spatial and temporal variations of zooplankton abundance, biomass and community structure and its relation to currents and water masses over the continental shelf were examined. A total of 584 zooplankton species/taxa and 28 planktonic larvae were identified during the two surveys. Copepods were the most abundant component among these identified groups. Zooplankton abundance and biomass fluctuated widely and showed distinct heterogeneity in the shelf waters. Five zooplankton assemblages were identified with hierarchical cluster analysis during this study, and they were Huanghai Sea Assemblage, Changjiang Estuary Assemblage, Coastal Assemblage, East China Sea Mixed-water Assemblage and East China Sea Offshore Assemblage. Seasonal changes of zooplankton community composition and its geographical distribution were detected, and the locations of the faunistic areas overlap quite well with water masses and current systems. So we suggest that the zooplankton community structure and its changes were determined by the water masses in the Huanghai Sea and East China Sea. The results of this research can provide fundamental information for the long-term monitoring of zooplankton ecology in the shelf of Huanghai Sea and East China Sea.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Chen Qingchao, Chen Yaqu, Hu Yazhu. 1980. Preliminary study on the plankton communities in the southern Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Acta Oceanol Sin (in Chinese), 2(2): 149–157

    Google Scholar 

  • Cheng Chung, Cheng Tsichung, Wang Rong, et al. 1965. Ecological investigations on the zooplankton of the Mackerel fishing ground off Yentai-Weihai and adjacent waters. Oceanol Limnol Sinica (in Chinese), 7(4): 329–354

    Google Scholar 

  • Cheng Tsichung. 1965. The structure of zooplankton communities and its seasonal variation in the Yellow Sea and in the western East China Sea. Oceanol Limnol Sinica (in Chinese), 7(3): 199–204

    Google Scholar 

  • Clarke K R, Gorley R N. 2001. PRIMER v5: User Manual/Tutorial. Plymouth: PRIMER-E Ltd, 91

    Google Scholar 

  • Clarke K R, Warwick R M. 2001. Change in Marine Communities: An Approach to Statistical Analysis and Interpretation. 2nd ed. Primer-E Ltd.

  • Feng Shizuo, Li Fengqi, Li Shaojing. 1999. An Introduction to Marine Science (in Chinese). Beijing: Higher Education Press, 470–484

    Google Scholar 

  • Froneman P W. 2004. Zooplankton community structure and biomass in a southern African temporarily open/closed estuary. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci, 60: 125–132

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gallienne C P, Robins D B. 2001. Is Oithona the most important copepod in the world’s ocean? J Plankton Res, 23(12): 1421–1432

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hitchcock G L, Lane P, Smith S, et al. 2002. Zooplankton spatial distributions in coastal waters of the northern Arabian Sea, August, 1995. Deep-Sea Res II, 49: 2403–2423

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ho Congpen, Wang Yuanxiang, Lei Zongyou, et al. 1959. A preliminary study of the formation of Yellow Sea Cold Mass and its properties. Oceanol Limnol Sinica (in Chinese), 2(1): 11–15

    Google Scholar 

  • Hong Xuguang, Zhang Xilie, Yu Jianluan, et al. 2001. Study on biodiversity of zooplankton in the Kuroshio in the north of the East China Sea. Acta Oceanol Sin (in Chinese), 23(1): 139–142

    Google Scholar 

  • Hsieh Chihhao, Chiu Taisheng, Shih Changtai. 2004. Copepod diversity and composition as indicators of intrusion of the Kuroshio branch current into the northern Taiwan Strait in spring 2000. Zool Stud, 43: 393–403

    Google Scholar 

  • Hur H B, Jacobs G A, Teague W J. 1999. Monthly variations of water masses in the Yellow and East China Seas. J Oceanogr, 55: 171–184

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kibirige I, Perissinotto R. 2003. The zooplankton community of the Mpenjati estuary, a South African temporarily open/closed system. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci, 58: 1–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li Kaizhi, Yin Jianqiang, Huang Liangmin, et al. 2006. Spatial and temporal variations of mesozooplankton in the Pearl River estuary, China. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci, 67: 543–552

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Liao Chenghsin, Chang Wanju, Lee Mingan, et al. 2006. Summer distribution and diversity of Copepods in upwelling waters of the southeastern East China Sea. Zool Stud, 45(3): 378–394

    Google Scholar 

  • Lin Jinghong, Chen Ruixiang, Guo Fengfei. 1998. Ecological of Ostracoda in large-scale range in near seas of China IV. Seasonal difference of geographic location community habitat of Ostracoda. Acta Oceanol Sin (in Chinese), 20(3): 109–113

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu Hongbin, He Dehua, Wang Chunsheng. 1991. Preliminary study on distributions and communities of zooplankton in the Kuroshio area of the middlesouthern East China Sea. In Essays on the investigation of Kuroshio, v 3 (in Chinese). Beijing: China Ocean Press, 305–313

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu Shuxun, Shen Xinqiang, Wang Youqin, et al. 1992. Preliminary analysis of distribution and variation of perennial monthly mean water masses in the Bohai Sea, the Huanghai Sea and the East China Sea. Acta Oceanol Sin, 11: 483–498

    Google Scholar 

  • Longhurst A, Harrison W. 1989. The biological pump: profiles of plankton production and consumption in the upper ocean. Prog Oceanogr, 22: 47–123

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mackas D L, Tsuda A. 1999. Mesozooplankton in the eastern and western subarctic Pacific: community structure, seasonal life histories, and interannual variability. Prog Oceanogr, 43: 335–363

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marrari M, Viňas M D, Martos P, et al. 2004. Spatial patterns of mesozooplankton distribution in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (34°–41°S) during austral spring: relationship with the hydrographic conditions. J Marine Sci, 61: 667–679

    Google Scholar 

  • McKinnon A D, Duggan S, Déath G. 2005. Mesozooplankton dynamics in nearshore waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci, 63: 497–511

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Meng Fan, Qiu Jianwen, Wu Baoling. 1993. Zooplankton of the Yellow Sea large marine ecosystem. J Oceanogr Huanghai & Bohai Seas (in Chinese), 11(3): 30–37

    Google Scholar 

  • Miao Yutian, Yu Honghua, He Dehua, et al. 1998. Characteristics of water type distribution and seasonal variation in the Southern East China Sea. Marine Sci Bull (in Chinese), 17(5): 1–9

    Google Scholar 

  • Nip T H M, Ho W, Wong C K. 2003. Feeding ecology of larval and juvenile black seabream (Acabthopagrus schlegeli) and Japanese seaperch (Lateolabrax japonicus) in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. Environ Biol Fish, 66: 197–209

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sánchez-Velasco L. 1998. Diet composition and feeding habits of fish larvae of two co-occurring species (Pisces; Callionymidae and Bothidae) in the Northwestern Mediterranean. J Marine Sci, 55: 299–308

    Google Scholar 

  • Shen Guoying, Shi Bingzhang. 2002. Marine Ecology. Beijing: Science Press, 78

    Google Scholar 

  • Shih Changtai, Chiu Taisheng. 1998. Copepod diversity in the water masses of the southern East China Sea north of Taiwan. J Marine Syst, 15: 533–542

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Su Yusong. 1989. A survey of geographical environment circulation system in the Huanghai Sea and East China Sea. J Ocean University Qingdao (in Chinese), 19(1): 145–158

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang Yunlong, Shen Xinqiang, Li Chunhou, et al. 2005. Zooplankton of China Continental Shelf and Its Adjacent Area (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, 118

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang Zhenliang, Xu Hanguang, Zhu Jiandong, et al. 1985. Zooplankton of the Yellow Sea. Marine Sci Bull (in Chinese), 4(5): 33–39

    Google Scholar 

  • Xu Zhaoli. 2007. Distribution patterns of pelagic euphausiids in the East China Sea. Acta Ecol Sin, 27(9): 3678–3686

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Xu Zhaoli, Chao Min, Chen Yaqu. 2004. Distribution characteristics of zooplankton biomass in the East China Sea. Acta Oceanol Sin (in Chinese), 26(3): 93–101

    Google Scholar 

  • Xu Zhaoli, Jiang Mei. 2006. Distribution pattern of pelagic amphipods and its affecting facors in the East China Sea. Acta Oceanol Sin, 25(5): 112–119

    Google Scholar 

  • Xu Zhaoli, Jiang Mei, Chao Min, et al. 2003. Quantitative distribution of pelagic copepods in the East China Sea. J Fish China (in Chinese), 27(3): 258–264

    Google Scholar 

  • Xu Zhaoli, Li Chunju. 2005. Horizontal distribution and dominant species of heteropods in the East China Sea. J Plankton Res, 27(4): 1–10

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Xue Ying, Jin Xianshi, Zhao Xianyong, et al. 2007. Food consumption by the fish community in the central and southern Yellow Sea in autumn. Periodical Ocean University China (in Chinese), 37(1): 75–82

    Google Scholar 

  • Zheng Zhong, Li Shaojing, Xu Zhenzu. 1989. Marine Planktology. Berlin Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: China Ocean Press & Springer-Verlag

    Google Scholar 

  • Zheng Zhong, Cao Wenqing. 1984. Studies on the marine Cladocera of China III. Acta Oceanol Sin (in Chinese), 6(3): 377–388

    Google Scholar 

  • Zuo Tao, Wang Rong, Chen Yaqu. 2005. Net macrozooplankton community classification on the shelf area of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea in spring and autumn. Acta Ecol Sin (in Chinese), 25(7): 1531–1540

    Google Scholar 

  • Zuo Tao, Wang Rong, Chen Yaqu, et al. 2006. Autumn net copepod abundance and assemblages in relation to water masses on the continental shelf of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. J Marine Syst, 59:159–172

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Yanping Qi

    Present address: North China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center of State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266033, China

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Hongju Chen, Yanping Qi & Guangxing Liu

Authors
  1. Hongju Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yanping Qi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Guangxing Liu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Guangxing Liu.

Additional information

Foundation item: The National Key Basic Research Project under contract No. 2005CB422306; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 40876066.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Chen, H., Qi, Y. & Liu, G. Spatial and temporal variations of macro- and mesozooplankton community in the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) and East China Sea in summer and winter. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 30, 84–95 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-011-0108-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-011-0108-5

Key words

Search

Navigation