Diversity and distribution of bacterioplankton in the coastal upwelling waters off Hainan Island, China

Fahui Gong; Qixing Ji; Guihao Li; Kedong Yin; Jun Gong

doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1807-1

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Fahui Gong, Qixing Ji, Guihao Li, Kedong Yin, Jun Gong. Diversity and distribution of bacterioplankton in the coastal upwelling waters off Hainan Island, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(3): 76-85. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1807-1

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Fahui Gong, Qixing Ji, Guihao Li, Kedong Yin, Jun Gong. Diversity and distribution of bacterioplankton in the coastal upwelling waters off Hainan Island, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2022, 41(3): 76-85. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1807-1

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Diversity and distribution of bacterioplankton in the coastal upwelling waters off Hainan Island, China

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1807-1

Fahui Gong^{1, 2, 3},
Qixing Ji^{1, 3},
Guihao Li^{1, 3},
Kedong Yin^{1, 2, 3
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Jun Gong^{1, 2, 3
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School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering in Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519080, China

Funds: The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under contract No. 18lgzd07; the Key Research Program of Frontier Science, CAS under contract No. QYZDB-SSW-DQC013-1; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41976128.

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Corresponding author: Email: gongj27@mail.sysu.edu.cn; yinkd@mail.sysu.edu.cn; yinkd@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-10-20
Accepted Date: 2020-12-23

Available Online: 2022-02-19

Publish Date: 2022-03-01

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Abstract

The diversity, community composition and 16S rRNA gene abundance of bacterioplankton along a transect across an upwelling area off the eastern coast of Hainan Island (the Qiongdong upwelling) were investigated in August of 2016 using high throughput sequencing and quantitative PCR assay of 16S rRNA genes. Compared with the offshore stations, the inner-shelf stations had higher bacterial gene abundance (up to 3 fold) and operational taxonomic unit richness, a result of the influence of upwelled and fresher waters. Overall, a majority of the reads were affiliated with Gammaproteobacteria (11%–74%) and Alphaproteobacteria (14%–43%). The structure of the bacterial community was significantly affected by salinity, dissolved oxygen, ${\rm{NO}}_3^-$ and ${\rm{NH}}_4^+ $, which also defined the physicochemical features of the upwelled waters. Horizontally, the relative abundances and gene abundances of Rhodobacteraceae, SAR86, Cyanobacteria and Bacteroidetes in eutrophic zone decreased from the inner to outer shelves and slope, whereas Alteromonas, Vibrio and Oceanospirillaceae exhibited an opposite trend. This study stresses the riverine influence on the oceanographic condition and spatial variability of bacterioplankton diversity and distribution in the Qiongdong upwelling.
- 16S rRNA,
- bacterioplankton,
- coastal upwelling,
- Hainan Island

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