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12th International Conference on Harmful Algae

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HARMFUL ALGAE12 th <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Harmful</strong> <strong>Algae</strong>, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September 2006species can reach in bi-culturingexperiments.PO.07-15The role of nutrients <strong>on</strong> springand summer algal blooms in theEast China SeaSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.07 - Ecology andoceanographyJiangtao Wang, Chuans<strong>on</strong>g Zhang,Xiaoy<strong>on</strong>g Shi, Xiulin WangOcean University of China, QINGDAO,ChinaDiatom and dinoflagellate bloomswere investigated in the East ChinaSea 2002-2005. When diatomblooms started in spring, thephosphate c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> decreasedfrom about 0.6 μM to 0.2 μM, whichsuggests that phosphate mighthave been the limiting factor for thediatom blooms. At the succeedingdinoflagellate bloom, the phosphatec<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> decreased to 0-0.1μM. Prorocentrum d<strong>on</strong>ghaiense Luwas capable of growing even atphosphate c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s below 0.2μM.Nitrate c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> showed agradual decrease, c<strong>on</strong>comitant withthe algal bloom development. At theend of Prorocentrum d<strong>on</strong>ghaiensebloom, the average nitratec<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> was about 1.5 μM inthe surface water. We hypothesizedthat dinoflagellate blooms could notbe maintained when nitratec<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s were lower than theabove-menti<strong>on</strong>ed level.It was c<strong>on</strong>cluded that phosphatec<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s are essential fortriggering the blooms, nitratec<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s determine thedurati<strong>on</strong> and scale of the bloom,and silicate c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> and Si/Nratios influence which species willbe dominant. By determiningnutrient c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s, algalblooms in the East China Sea canbe forecasted relatively accurately.PO.15-22Applicati<strong>on</strong> of a MultiparameterM<strong>on</strong>itoring System (YSI) instudies of large-scale red tidesin the East China SeaSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.15 - M<strong>on</strong>itoringYF Wang 1 , DD Zhu 2 , MJ Zhou 1 , RC Yu 11 Institute of Oceanology, CAS, QINGDAO,China2 Sec<strong>on</strong>d Institute of Oceanography, SOA,HANGZHOU, ChinaThe multiparameter m<strong>on</strong>itoringsystem (from YSI), coupled with aglobal positi<strong>on</strong>ing system (GPS)and an automatic meteorologicalstati<strong>on</strong>, has been used in fieldcruises to study the large-scale redtides in the East China Sea,supported by the <strong>on</strong>-goingCEOHAB project. Parametersincluding chl.a, temperature,salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen,pH, and depth were recorded withthe YSI system during the cruisesduring the last five years. Theresults suggested that there weregood correlati<strong>on</strong>s between themeasured chl.a levels by thesystem and the analytical results ofchl.a from fluorescencespectrometer and cell counting bymicroscopy, during the red tides ofProrocentrum d<strong>on</strong>ghaiense, Kareniamikimotoi, Skelet<strong>on</strong>ema costatum,and Thalassiosira sp. The spatialand temporal distributi<strong>on</strong> pattern ofthe red tides, even the subsurfacethin layer distributi<strong>on</strong> of highc<strong>on</strong>centrated microalgae, could bedepicted with the system. Data <strong>on</strong>chl.a, temperature, salinity anddepth derived from the system wereused successfully to elucidate thehydrological effects of watermasses and ocean currents <strong>on</strong> thedynamics of large scale red tides.303

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