南海浮游植物生态学研究进展

(厦门大学海洋与地球学院,近海海洋环境科学国家重点实验室,福建 厦门 361102)

浮游植物; 南海; 群落结构; 环境调控因子

Research progresses of phytoplankton ecology in the South China Sea
LI Hongfei,LIN Senjie*

(State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science,College of Ocean and Earth Sciences,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361102,China)

phytoplankton; South China Sea; community structure; environmental regulatory factor

DOI: 10.6043/j.issn.0438-0479.201805038

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作为西太平洋最大的边缘海,南海位于热带-亚热带区域,其水文理化环境复杂,高度多样的浮游植物群落在丰度和生产力上均存在显著差异.迄今为止,人们对该海域浮游植物的时空分布及其影响的认识仍有限.通过收集历史资料,特别是近20年的研究成果,从浮游植物时空分布、环境调控因子以及受全球气候变化的影响三方面进行分析,总结南海浮游植物生态学研究的重要进展,进而针对研究现状的不完善之处探讨未来的研究方向,突出有待深入研究的领域,以促使南海浮游植物生态学的研究赶上世界同类海域的研究脚步.

Located in the tropical-subtropical region, the South China Sea is the largest marginal sea in the western Pasific Ocean. Due to the complexity of the hydrological,physical as well as chemical environment of the South China Sea ecosystem,significant variations exist in the abundance and productivity of the highly diverse phytoplankton community.So far,our understanding is still limited about the spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton and its regulating mechanism in this area.In this review,we gathered historical data,especially research results of the recent 20 years,summarizing and analyzing them in three perspectives,spatiotemporal distribution,environmental regulatory factor and the impact of global climate change.We emphasized the advances in the research methodology and important progresses in understanding phytoplankton ecology in the South China Sea.In addition,we proposed future research directions and highlighted areas where efforts should be invested to bring the South China Sea phytoplankton research up to speed with the equivalent ocean basins in the world.