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Spatial and temporal trends in order richness of marine phytoplankton as a tracer for the exchange zone between coastal and open waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2016

A.S. Jung Open the ORCID record for A.S. Jung [Opens in a new window] ,
R. Bijkerk ,
H.W. Van Der Veer  and
C.J.M. Philippart
A.S. Jung*
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Coastal Systems, and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
R. Bijkerk
Affiliation:
Koeman en Bijkerk, P.O. Box 111, 9750 AC Haren, the Netherlands
H.W. Van Der Veer
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Coastal Systems, and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
C.J.M. Philippart
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Coastal Systems, and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, the Netherlands Department of Physical Geography, University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Correspondence should be addressed to: A.S. Jung, Department of Coastal Systems and Utrecht University, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands Email: sarina.jung@nioz.nl
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Abstract

Quantifying exchange of particulate matter between coastal and open waters is an important and often unresolved issue. Here, we apply phytoplankton order richness as an innovative marine tracer to identify the geographic position of a coastal exchange zone in the SE North Sea, including its variability in time and space. Previous observations on dynamics of suspended particulate matter accumulation resulted in a hypothesized boundary between coastal waters (including the Wadden Sea) and open North Sea waters, the so-called ‘line-of-no-return’. Our study along two transects (Terschelling, Noordwijk) in the Dutch coastal zone showed seasonality patterns in phytoplankton order richness, both for diatoms and flagellates. The coastal Wadden Sea was found to be clearly different from the open North Sea, implying that seasonality in Wadden Sea phytoplankton is at least partly driven by local environmental conditions. Seasonality in flagellates was found to be more uniform than seasonality in diatoms. Stations in the coastal North Sea to a distance of 10 km (Terschelling) to 20 km (Noordwijk) from the shore appeared to be at the inside of the ‘line-of-no-return’. Our findings indicate that this approach is a useful aid in exploring mixing of particulate matter between coastal and open waters and to study the responses of phytoplankton communities to environmental drivers.

Keywords

Coastal mixingtracerphytoplanktonseasonalityorder richnessWadden SeaNorth SeaexchangeINLAline-of-no-return
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 97 , Special Issue 3: European Marine Biology Symposium , May 2017 , pp. 477 - 489
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2016 

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