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Year 2017, , 49 - 70, 23.01.2017
https://doi.org/10.18864/TJAS201705

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  • Yucel, N. (2008). Phytoplankton pigment distribution in the Cilician basin (northeastern Mediterranean). MSc Thesis, Institute of Marine Science, Middle East Technical University, Mersin, Turkey, 175 pp, unpublished.

VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY

Year 2017, , 49 - 70, 23.01.2017
https://doi.org/10.18864/TJAS201705

Abstract

Phytoplankton
pigment composition and associated biochemical (chlorophyll a,
nitrate+nitrite, ammonia, phosphate,
silicate
) and physical (temperature, salinity) parameters were studied
seasonally in the river-fed eutrophic coastal and oligotrophic offshore waters
of the Mersin Bay located on NE Mediterranean. Total chlorophyll a
concentrations varied seasonally between
0.023 - 7.73 µg/l in the river
fed coastal zone (salinity: 36.54-39.68), exhibiting less seasonality in the
offshore station (0.01 – 0.91 µg/l). Seven
different phytoplankton taxa (namely diatoms,
cyanobacteria, prymnesiophytes, dinoflagellates, chlorophytes, chrysophytes,
prochlorophytes), determined by
High
Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), were consistently present in the
coastal waters during 2008-2011.
The predominant diatom and
coccolithophorid taxa in the river-fed coastal waters were replaced by
prokaryotic picoplankters (cyanobacteria & prochlorophytes) and
prymnesiophytes in the offshore. Contribution of prokaryotic picoplankton and
eukaryotic nanoflagellates to total chlorophyll (% 23 to 47 and % 28 to 43,
respectively) increased by about 50% from the coastal to the offshore station.
Contribution of large cells to total chlorophyll decreased from 49% to 10%
towards offshore. Prochlorophytes were observed as the dominant group in
relatively colder and darker deep waters. 

References

  • Yucel, N. (2008). Phytoplankton pigment distribution in the Cilician basin (northeastern Mediterranean). MSc Thesis, Institute of Marine Science, Middle East Technical University, Mersin, Turkey, 175 pp, unpublished.
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Nebil Yücel

Zahit Uysal This is me

Süleyman Tuğrul

Publication Date January 23, 2017
Submission Date November 24, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2017

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APA Yücel, N., Uysal, Z., & Tuğrul, S. (2017). VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering, 32(1), 49-70. https://doi.org/10.18864/TJAS201705
AMA Yücel N, Uysal Z, Tuğrul S. VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY. Aqua Sci Eng. January 2017;32(1):49-70. doi:10.18864/TJAS201705
Chicago Yücel, Nebil, Zahit Uysal, and Süleyman Tuğrul. “VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY”. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 32, no. 1 (January 2017): 49-70. https://doi.org/10.18864/TJAS201705.
EndNote Yücel N, Uysal Z, Tuğrul S (January 1, 2017) VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 32 1 49–70.
IEEE N. Yücel, Z. Uysal, and S. Tuğrul, “VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY”, Aqua Sci Eng, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 49–70, 2017, doi: 10.18864/TJAS201705.
ISNAD Yücel, Nebil et al. “VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY”. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering 32/1 (January 2017), 49-70. https://doi.org/10.18864/TJAS201705.
JAMA Yücel N, Uysal Z, Tuğrul S. VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY. Aqua Sci Eng. 2017;32:49–70.
MLA Yücel, Nebil et al. “VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY”. Aquatic Sciences and Engineering, vol. 32, no. 1, 2017, pp. 49-70, doi:10.18864/TJAS201705.
Vancouver Yücel N, Uysal Z, Tuğrul S. VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY. Aqua Sci Eng. 2017;32(1):49-70.

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