dc.contributor.author | Lipsewers, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Spilling, K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-13T12:49:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-13T12:49:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lipsewers, T. and Spilling, K. (2018) Microzooplankton, the missing link in Finnish plankton monitoring programs. Boreal Environment Research, 23, pp.127–137. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-402 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 1797-2469 (online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11329/853 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-402 | |
dc.description.abstract | Finnish plankton monitoring is divided into phytoplankton and mesozooplankton sampling. Using the phytoplankton protocol, we included all organisms identified in samples
from the Baltic Sea during spring (n = 125). The plankton was converted to carbon, and
including all microscopy derived carbon (MDC), increased the carbon content by 22%, on
average, compared with only phytoplankton. Particulate organic carbon (POC) and chlorophyll a (Chl a) were also measured, and the general relationship between MDC and POC
was: slope = 1.04, intercept = 240 µg POC l–1, R2 = 0.66; for phytoplankton to Chl a: 0.037g Chl a (g MDC)–1, R2 = 0.68. Our results demonstrate that a variable fraction of the plankton biomass is not recorded in the monitoring programs. Most of the unaccounted biomass
was ciliates, which constituted 14.1% ± 3.7% (mean ± maximum error) of the plankton
biomass. Based on the results we recommend including microzooplankton in the existing
phytoplankton monitoring program. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sampling protocols | en_US |
dc.title | Microzooplankton, the missing link in Finnish plankton monitoring programs. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | en_US |
dc.format.pagerange | pp.127–137 | en_US |
dc.subject.parameterDiscipline | Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Phytoplankton | en_US |
dc.subject.parameterDiscipline | Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Zooplankton | en_US |
dc.bibliographicCitation.title | Boreal Environment Research | en_US |
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume | 23 | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Phytoplankton biomass and diversity | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Zooplankton biomass and diversity | en_US |
dc.description.bptype | Guide | en_US |
obps.contact.contactemail | kristian.spilling@environment.fi | |
obps.resourceurl.publisher | http://www.borenv.net/BER/pdfs/ber23/ber23-127-137.pdf | en_US |