naa a22 4500 510754376 CHVBK 20180411083117.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0299-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0299-z Latitudinal changes (6°S-20°N) of summer ciliate abundance and species compositions in surface waters from the Java Sea to the South China Sea [Elektronische Daten] [Huaxue Liu, Gang Li, Yehui Tan, Zhixin Ke, Jianrong Huang, Liangmin Huang] Ciliates play a curial role in energy transfer from pico- and nano-phytoplankton to mesozooplankton in marine ecosystems. In order to visualize their geographical distributions from the Java Sea to the South China Sea (6°S to 20°N), the authors investigated the ciliate abundance and species composition in surface waters during May 18 to 27 of 2010. The ciliate abundance decreased latitudinally from 3 080 ind./L (∼6°S) to 40 ind./L (∼3°N), and then increased to 1 180 ind./L (∼16°N) at the end of the survey. A total of 22 ciliates belonging to 15 genera were identified with the tintinnids accounted for 50% (11 species); and the species number showed a same spatial change as the ciliate abundance. Moreover, the Strombidium occupied over 50% of total ciliate abundance in most stations and Mesodinium and Tintinnopsis contributed to about 18.7% and 11.4%, respectively. In particular, our results indicate that the geographical changes in ciliate abundance were positively regulated by larger nano- and micro-phytoplankton biomass, rather than smaller pico-phytoplankton in the investigated waters. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 spatial changes nationallicence ciliates nationallicence Java Sea nationallicence South China Sea nationallicence Liu Huaxue South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, 510300, Guangzhou, China aut Li Gang Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Tan Yehui Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Ke Zhixin Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Huang Jianrong School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China aut Huang Liangmin Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/4(2013-04-01), 66-70 0253-505X 32:4<66 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0299-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0299-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Huaxue South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, 510300, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Gang Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tan Yehui Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ke Zhixin Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Jianrong School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Liangmin Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Science, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/4(2013-04-01), 66-70 0253-505X 32:4<66 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer