Esuarine phytoplankton responses to climate change: Gyeonggi Bay long term surveys

초록

Although global warming is responsible for a strong decline in oceanic phytoplankton biomass by thermal stratification,estuarine phytoplankton response to climate change remains enigmatic. Evaluation of a 50 year climatic data set , a 12 year data set of nutrients, a 10-year data set of phytoplankton biomass and species composition in the macrotidal Gyeonggi Bay shows an increase of dinoflagellates and decrease of diatoms, which accordingly coincided with the increasing air temperature,sea surface temperature,nitrate concenteation and decreased wind speed pattern.