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Seasonal and spatial variation in abundance of the copepod Calanus sinicus: Effects of decreasing dissolved oxygen and small jellyfish bloom in northern Yellow Sea, China, nearshore waters.

Abstract：

:A hypoxia event occurred in the nearshore of the northern Yellow Sea in summer 2016, and a bloom of small jellyfish occurred in June of this year. As a key copepod species in the Yellow Sea, Calanus sinicus exhibits early recruitment mainly in this nearshore area. Therefore, this study assessed the effects of these two phenomena on C. sinicus especially on their early recruitment. Sampling in nearshore waters was performed every month from May to December, except for October 2016. The numerical abundance of eggs and nauplii (E + N), copepodites and adults (C + A) of C. sinicus was determined in relation to environmental factors. Results showed that dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations decreased from June on, attaining a minimum in August, and showed a significant positive relationship with C. sinicus E + N abundance. This suggested that decreasing DO had potential negative effects on early recruitment of C. sinicus. The abundance of small jellyfish, dominated by Sugiura chengshanense (Hydromedusa), also showed a significant positive relationship with C. sinicus E + N abundance, indicating a potential predator-prey relationship between them. Spatial relationships were also examined between E + N abundance and DO concentration in July and with small jellyfish abundance in June. Both bottom DO (B-DO) and E + N abundance in inshore waters were significantly lower than those in offshore water in July, indicating a potential negative effect of low B-DO (<6 mg L-1) in nearshore water. Spatial variation of small jellyfish abundance showed no correlation with C. sinicus abundance in June, but the non-overlapping patchy distribution also suggested their potential predator-prey relationship. Together, both the seasonal and spatial results indicated that low DO and a small jellyfish bloom in nearshore waters had detrimental effects on early recruitment of C. sinicus. These negative effects thus have the potential to indirectly impact the trophodynamics of fishery resources in the northern Yellow Sea.

journal_name

Mar Pollut Bull

journal_title

Marine pollution bulletin

authors

Sun X,Sun X,Zhu L,Li X,Sun S

doi

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111653

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-01 00:00:00

pages

111653

issue

Pt B

eissn

0025-326X

issn

1879-3363

pii

S0025-326X(20)30771-2

journal_volume

161

pub_type

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Seasonal and spatial variation in abundance of the copepod Calanus sinicus: Effects of decreasing dissolved oxygen and small jellyfish bloom in northern Yellow Sea, China, nearshore waters.