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Effects of Different Mixing Schedules on Phytoplankton. Zooplankton and Nutrients in Marine Microcosms

Year: 1981

Type: article

Abstract: An experiment was carried out with different mixing schedules in marine microcosms.Continuous mixing resulted in higher chlorophyll concentrations, lower nutrient concentrations and lower zooplankton biomass than no mixing.No mixing caused water-column stratifications of chlorophyll and nutrients, as well as of organisms such as flagellates and rotifers adapted to low-mixing regimes.The most dramatic result was the low biomass of zooplankton in the continuously mixed microcosms and the high biomass of zooplankton in the unmixed microcosm.

Source: Marine Ecology Progress Series

DOI: 10.3354/meps004057

Author: CA Oviatt

Institution: University of Rhode Island

Language: English

Topic: Marine Plankton and Biogeochemistry

Subfield: Oceanography

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy