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Silica supply and diatom blooms in the Jiaozhou Bay, China

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The variations in nutrients (molar ratios) and chlorophyll a in the Jiaozhou Bay were examined before and after a diatom bloom in a period that lasted from November 2003 to March 2004. Negative relationships between nutrient concentrations, Si/P, Si/N ratios and chlorophyll a content were found during the bloom, which reflected the relationship between nutrient concentrations, phytoplankton biomass and growth. Large increase in nutrient concentrations, particularly SiO3-Si after the late autumn, is one of major reasons inducing the diatom bloom in winter, and the bloom was finally controlled due to SiO3-Si depletion by phytoplankton. The bloom was mainly controlled by SiO3-Si. Before 1998, relatively low level of SiO3-Si kept ecological balance of eutrophication waters in the Jiaozhou Bay. In recent years, however, human activities have increased SiO3-Si concentration, which is likely one of the primary cause for the increased diatom blooms in the Jiaozhou Bay. Therefore, it is necessary to control SiO3-Si concentration in the Jiaozhou Bay.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Zhiliang Shen & Yulin Wu

  2. Research Center for the Computer and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China

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Shen, Z., Yao, Y. & Wu, Y. Silica supply and diatom blooms in the Jiaozhou Bay, China. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 35, 20–27 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-016-0917-7

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