Seasonal horizontal and vertical variability in primary production and standing stocks of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Cretan Sea and the Straits of the Cretan Arc (March 1994-January 1995)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 625-649

  Gotsis Skretas, Olympia ^a   Pagou, Kalliopi ^a   Moraitou Apostolopoulou, Maria ^b   Ignatiades, Lydia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPHOTIC ZONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDING STOCK; ZOOPLANKTON;

CRETAN ARC; CRETAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033501713     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00048-8     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. Becacos-Kontos, T. (1977). Primary production and environmental factors in an oligotrophic biome in the Aegean Sea. Marine Biology, 42, 93-98.
2. Berland, B. R., Benzhitski, A. G., Burlakova, Z. P., Georgieva, L. V., Izmestieva, M. A., Kholodov, V. I., & Maestrini, S. Y. (1988). Conditions hydrologiques estivales en Mediterranee, repartition du phytoplankton et de la matiere organique. Oceanologica Acta, 9, 163-177.
3. Berman, T., Azov, Y., Scheneller, A., Walline, P., & Townsend, D. W. (1986). Extent, transparency, and phytoplankton distribution of the neritic waters overlying the Israeli coastal shelf. Oceanologica Acta, 9, 439-447.
4. Bethoux, J. P. (1989). Oxygen consumption, new production, vertical advection and environmental evolution in Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 36, 769-781.
5. Cullen, J. J. (1982). The deep chlorophyll maximum, comparing vertical profiles of chlorophyll a. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 39, 791-803.
6. Delalo, E. P. (1966). The zooplankton of the eastern Mediterranean (Levantine Sea and Gulf of Sirte). Investigation of Plankton in the South Seas, 7, 62-81. Okeanograf Komite Akademiya Nauk SSR, Moscow (in Russian).
7. Denisenko, V. V. (1964). On the phytoplankton of Adriatic, Aegean and Ionian Sea, during August 1958. Trudy Sevastopol' skoi Biologicheskoi stantsii, 17, 13-20 (in Russian).
8. Dowidar, N. M. (1984). Phytoplankton biomass and primary productivity of the south-eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research, 31, 983-1000.
9. Dugdale, R. C., & Wilkerson, F. P. (1988). Nutrient sources and primary production in the Eastern Mediterranean. Oceanologica Acta, 9, 179-184.
10. Ediger, D., & Yilmaz, A. (1996). Characteristics of deep chlorophyll maximum in the Northeastern Mediterranean with respect to environmental conditions. Journal of Marine Systems, 9, 291-303.
11. Estrada, M., Marrase, C., Latasa, M., Berdalet, E., Delgado, M., & Riera, T. (1993). Variability of deep chlorophyll maximum characteristics in the Northwestern Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 92, 289-300.
12. Furuya, K., & Maruno, R. (1983). The structure of the phytoplankton community in the subsurface chlorophyll maxima in the western North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research, 5, 393-406.
13. Gotsis-Skretas, O., Pagou, K., Christaki, O., & Akepsimaidis, K. (1993a). The chlorophyll a distribution in the oligotrophic waters of Aegean, Levantine and Ionian seas. In Proceedings of 4th National Symposium in Oceanography and Fisheries (pp. 73-76). Athens, Greece: NCMR (in Greek).
14. Gotsis-Skretas, O., Siokou-Frangou, I., Pagou, K. and Christou, E. (1993b). POEM Data Report 2. POEMBCO91 Cruise, 1 Oct. 91-15 Nov. 91. POEM - Phase II. Scientific Research Programme, Greek Contribution, NCMR, Athens, Greece.
15. Gotsis-Skretas, O., Pagou, K. and Asimakopoulou, G. (1996). Seasonal spatial and vertical variability of chlorophyll a and phytoplankton communities in the straits of the Cretan Arc and the adjacent seas (South Aegean, Ionian and Levantine seas). In CEC/MAST-Mediterranean Targeted Project, sub-project 'PELAGOS', Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemical fluxes in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean basin), 2nd Annual Progress Report, September 1994-August 1995, (pp. 315-330). Athens, Greece: NCMR.
16. Halim, Y., Guergues, S. K., & Saleh, H. H. (1967). Hydrographic conditions and plankton in the South East Mediterranean during the last normal Nile flood (1964). Internationale Revue gesamten Hydrobiologie, 52, 401-425.
17. Humphrey, G. F., & Kerr, J. D. (1969). Seasonal variations in the Indian Ocean along 110°E. III. Chlorophylls a and c. Australian Journal of Marine Freshwater Research, 20, 55-64.
18. Ignatiades, L. (1976). The standing stock of diatoms and dinoflagellates in the oligotrophic waters of Southern Aegean Sea. Internationale Revue gesamten Hydrobiologie, 61, 193-199.
19. Ignatiades, L., Kozanoglou, C. and Psarra, S. (1996). Primary production, size fractionated pigments and underwater radiant energy in the waters of southern Aegean Sea and the straits of the Cretan Arc. In CEC/MAST-Mediterranean Targeted Project, sub-project 'PELAGOS', Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemical fluxes in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean basin), 2nd Annual Progress Report, September 1994-August 1995, (pp. 303-314). Athens, Greece: NCMR.
20. Kimor, B., & Berdugo, V. (1967). Cruise to the eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus 03. Plankton Reports. 30.7.1964-15.8.1964. Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Research Station of Israel, 45, 6-31.
21. Kimor, B., & Wood, E. J. F. (1975). A plankton study in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 29, 321-333.
22. Kimor, B., Berman, T., & Schneller, A. (1987). Phytoplankton assemblages in the deep chlorophyll maximum layer off the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Journal of Plankton Research, 9, 433-443.
23. Krom, M. D., Kress, N., Brenner, S., & Gordon, L. I. (1991). Phosphorus limitation of primary productivity in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Limnology and Oceanography, 36, 424-432.
24. Krom, M. D., Brenner, S., Kress, N., Neori, A., & Gordon, L. I. (1993). Nutrient distributions during an annual cycle across a warm-core eddy from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 40, 805-825.
25. Lakkis, S., & Lakkis, V. N. (1980). Composition, annual cycle and species diversity of the phytoplankton in Lebanese coastal waters. Journal of Plankton Research, 3, 123-136.
26. 14C-method of primary production experiments. Limnology Oceanography, 24, 917-928.
27. Legand, M. (1969). Seasonal variation in the Indian Ocean along 110°E. VI. Macroplankton and micronekton biomass. Australian Journal of Marine Freshwater Research, 20, 85-103.
28. Martin, J. H. (1970). Phytoplankton-zooplankton relationships in Narragansett Bay. IV. The seasonal importance of grazing. Limnology and Oceanography, 15, 413-418.
29. Mazzocchi, M. G., Christou, E., Fragopoulou, N., & Siokou-Frangou, I. (1997). Mesozooplankton from Sicily to Cyprus. A perspective on an oligotrophic environment. Oceanologica Acta, 20, 521-535.
30. Mihailov, A. A. (1964). On the phytoplankton of the Sea of Crete. Trudy Sevastopol' skoi Biologicheskoi stantsii, 17, 3-12 (in Russian).
31. Mihailov, A. A., & Denisenko, V. V. (1963). On the phytoplankton of the Aegean Sea. Trudy Sevastopol' skoi Biologicheskoi stantsii, 16, 90-106 (in Russian).
32. Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, M. (1972). Occurrence and fluctuations of the pelagic copepods of the Aegean Sea with some notes on their ecology. Hellenic Oceanology and Limnology, 11, 325-402.
33. Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, M., Zervoudaki, S. and Kapiris, K. (1996). Occurrence and fluctuations of mesozooplankton of the 0-300 m layer in the South Aegean Sea. In CEC/MAST-Mediterranean Targeted Project, sub-project 'PELAGOS', Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemical fluxes in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean basin), 2nd Annual Progress Report, September 1994-August 1995, (pp. 289-302). Athens, Greece: NCMR.
34. Oszoy, E., Hecht, A., & Unluata, U. (1989). Circulation and hydrography of the Levantine Basin. Results of POEM coordinated experiments 1985/1986. Progress in Oceanography, 22, 125-170.
35. Owens, N. J. P., Rees, A. P., Woodward, M. S., & Mantoura, R. F. C. (1989). Size-fractionated primary production and nitrogen assimilation in the northwest Mediterranean Sea during January 1989. In The First Workshop on the Northwest Mediterranean Sea, Commission of European Communities, Water Pollution Research Report, Paris (pp. 126-135).
36. Pagou, K., & Gotsis-Skretas, O. (1990). A comparative study of phytoplankton in S.Aegean, Levantine and Ionian Seas during March-April 1986. Thalassografica, 13, 13-18.
37. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, A., Siokou-Frangou, I., Theocharis, A., & Georgopoulos, D. (1992). Zooplankton vertical distribution in relation to the hydrology in the NW Levantine and the SE Aegean seas (spring 1986). Oceanologica Acta, 15, 365-381.
38. Pavlova, E. (1966) Composition and distribution of zooplankton in the Aegean Sea. In M. Science, Investigation of plankton in the South Seas 7, 38-61. Okeanograf Komite Akademiya Nauk SSR, Moscow (in Russian).
39. Porumb, F., Onciu, T., Ialina, E., & Petran, A. (1981). Sur les quantites du zooplankton dans les eaux de la Mediterranee du Sud. Rapports et Proces-Verbaux des Reunions Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee, 27, 119-120.
40. Raymont, J. E. G. (1980). Plankton and productivity of the oceans (vol. 1). In Phytoplankton (2nd ed.). Oxford: Pergamon Press, 489 pp.
41. Salihoglu, I., Saydam, C., Basturk, O., Yilmaz, K., Gocmen, D., Hatipoglu, E., & Yilmaz, A. (1990). Transport and distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll-a by mesoscale eddies in the Northeastern Mediterranean. Marine Chemistry, 29, 375-390.
42. Smayda, J. T. (1983). The phytoplankton of estuaries. In B. H. Ketchum, Ecosystems of the world, 26, estuaries and enclosed sea (pp. 65-102). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
43. Souvermezoglou, E., Pavlidou, A. & Georgakopoulou, E. (1996). Distribution of nutrients and oxygen in the straits of the Cretan Arc and the Cretan Sea. In CEC/MAST- Mediterranean Targeted Project, sub-project 'PELAGOS', Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemical fluxes in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean Basin), (pp. 177-199). 2nd Annual Progress Report, September 1994-August 1995. Athens, Greece: NCMR.
44. 14C for measuring organic production in the sea. Journal du Conseil Internationale pour l'Exploration de la Mer Mediterrannee, 18, 117-140.
45. Taniguchi, A., & Kawamura, T. (1972). Primary production in the Oyashio region with special reference to the subsurface chlorophyll maximum layer and phytoplankton-zooplankton relationships. In A. Y. Takenouti, M. Anraku, K. Banse, T. Kawamura, S. Nishizawa, T. R. Parsons, & T. Tsuyita, Biological oceanography of the northern north Pacific Ocean (pp. 231-244). Tokyo: Idemitsu Shoten.
46. Theocharis, A. (1996). Hydrological and dynamical structure of the South Aegean Sea: flows through the straits of the Cretan Arc (Pelagos-II, III, IV Cruises [(June, September 1994, January/February 1995)]. In CEC/MAST-Mediterranean Targeted Project, sub-project 'PELAGOS', Hydrodynamics and Biogeochemical fluxes in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean basin), (pp. 13-70). 2nd Annual Progress Report, September 1994-August 1995, Athens, Greece: NCMR.
47. Tranter, D. J., & Kerr, J. D. (1969). Seasonal variations in the Indian Ocean along 110°E. V. Zooplankton biomass. Australian Journal of Marine Freshwater Research, 20, 77-84.
48. Yentsch, C. S., & Menzel, D. W. (1963). A method for the determination of phytoplankton, chlorophyll and phaeophytin by fluorescence. Deep-Sea Research, 10, 221-231.
49. Welschmeyer, N. A. (1994). Fluorometric analysis of chlorophyll a in the presence of chlorophyll b and phaeopigments. Limnology and Oceanography, 39, 1985-1992.
50. Utermohl, H. (1958). Zur vervollkommnung der quantitativen phytoplankton-methodik. Mitteilungen Internationale Vereingung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, 9, 1-38.
51. Zodiatis, G. (1993). Circulation of the Cretan Sea water masses. Oceanologica Acta, 16, 107-114.