Effects of Different Mixing Schedules on Phytoplankton. Zooplankton and Nutrients in Marine Microcosms
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Inter-Research Science Center in Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Vol. 4 (1) , 57-67
- https://doi.org/10.3354/meps004057
Abstract
Different mixing schedules in marine microcosms were studied. Continuous mixing resulted in higher chlorophyll concentrations, lower nutrient concentrations and lower zooplankton [flagellates, rotifers and copepods] 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.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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