Importance of picocyanobacteria biomass (unicellular,blue-green algae) in the phytoplankton population of the coastal waters off Japan |
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Authors: | M Takahashi K Kikuchi Y Hara |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, 305 Ibaraki, Japan;(2) Present address: Sanyo Hydrographic Survey Co., 1-3-17 Horidome, 103 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Picocyanobacteria, which specifically excited the phycobilin pigments by green light, were numerically counted under an epifluorescence microscope in the Kuroshio and the Oyashio between 1 and 9 July 1983, and in coastal waters between 10 and 12 August 1983 off Japan. The fluorescence, and the various morphological and chemical characters of the picocyanobacteria were evaluated by using monospecific strains isolated from the study area. Plasma volume determined on the epifluorescence microscopic photographs was converted into cellular organic carbon using a relation obtained from the isolates. Percentages of the picocyanobacteria biomass in terms of cellular carbon ranged between 8.3 to 79.4% of the total picophytoplankton (<3 m), and between 4.7 to 46.4% of the total phytoplankton. The larger percentages of the picocyanobacteria occurred consistently in low chlorophyll waters. |
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