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Patterns in tintinnid species composition and abundance in relation to hydrological conditions of the southwestern Atlantic during austral spring

2005; Inter-Research Science Center; Volume: 40; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/ame040085

1616-1564

Gustavo Thompson, Viviana A. Alder,

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

AME Aquatic Microbial Ecology Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials AME 40:85-101 (2005) - doi:10.3354/ame040085 Patterns in tintinnid species composition and abundance in relation to hydrological conditions of the southwestern Atlantic during austral spring Gustavo A. Thompson1,*, Viviana A. Alder1,2,3 1Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires,C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina2Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Avenida Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ Buenos Aires, Argentina3Instituto Antártico Argentino, Cerrito 1248, C1010AAZ Buenos Aires, Argentina *Email: gustavo@ege.fcen.uba.ar ABSTRACT: The tintinnid community was assessed on a collection of 42 samples taken at depths of 5, 10, 25 and 50 m from 17 oceanographic stations located along 34 to 62°S, 51 to 57°W, in November 1995. Samples were collected by means of a Niskin bottle cast, and reverse-filtered through a 10 µm mesh filter. A total of 60 tintinnid taxa were recorded, most of which with a distribution circumscribed to Antarctic, Subantarctic or Brazil-Malvinas Confluence waters, thus allowing the distinction of Antarctic, Subantarctic and Transitional biogeographic zones, respectively. A comparison based on the analysis of Niskin bottle versus flowmetered 35 µm mesh net paired samples indicated that absolute abundances of tintinnid species with diameters >40 µm almost did not differ between collecting methods. Tintinnid abundances and species structure reflected the degree of variability in the hydrological conditions of the southwestern Atlantic between 1994 and 1995. Sea surface temperature fluctuations within Brazil-Malvinas Confluence waters involved pronounced changes in the tintinnid communities of the Transition Zone: the increase of southward warm water transport during 1994 favoured the dominance of subtropical species along the ecotone, while its decrease during 1995 favoured the contribution of subantarctic species. Low hydrological variability in the Subantarctic and Antarctic Zones was reflected in a quite similar tintinnid community structure during these 2 years. Acanthostomella norvegica forma typica and Cymatocylis antarctica forma typica in the Subantarctic Zone, and Codonellopsis gaussi and Cymatocylis convallaria in the Antarctic Zone, might be regarded as key tintinnid species, based on their persistence and dominance. KEY WORDS: Tintinnid · Biogeography · Key species · Brazil-Malvinas Confluence · Southwestern Atlantic Full text in pdf format PreviousExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in AME Vol. 40, No. 1. Online publication date: July 18, 2005 Print ISSN: 0948-3055; Online ISSN: 1616-1564 Copyright © 2005 Inter-Research.