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Seasonal variations in plankton trophic structure under highly eutrophic conditions

Mariana Guenther A C , Alejandro E. S. F. Costa B , Valdylene T. Pessoa-Fidelis B and Sigrid Neumann-Leitão B
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A Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Rua Arnóbio Marques, 310 Santo Amaro, Recife, PE 50100-130, Brazil.

B Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-901, Brazil.

C Corresponding author. Email address: mariana.guenther@upe.br

Marine and Freshwater Research 71(6) 641-652 https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18449
Submitted: 23 November 2018  Accepted: 20 June 2019   Published: 26 September 2019

Abstract

The plankton trophic structure of a hypereutrophic tropical estuarine system was evaluated in the dry and wet seasons, as well as during the dry–wet transition period, over 1 year. Correlations between micro- and mesozooplankton abundance and composition and both size-fractioned phytoplankton biomass and abiotic variables were investigated in order to understand seasonal variations in plankton interactions and provide a conceptual trophic model for the plankton community. Rainfall is the main environmental forcing factor for this system, and the plankton community responded accordingly, with different structures during each season sampled. The resulting trophic model shows a multivorous food web, where both longer microbial and shorter herbivore food webs occur simultaneously. Microzooplankton play a crucial role in this ecosystem, linking both small and large phytoplankton to the mesozooplankton. These results have important implications for estuarine management practices, particularly under highly eutrophic conditions.

Additional keywords: estuaries, mesozooplankton, microzooplankton, size-fractioned phytoplankton, trophic models, tropical.


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