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Seasonal variations in environmental factors, including temperature, salinity, and dissolved nutrients, significantly drive the spatial community variability and diversity of phytoplankton and zooplankton in nearshore coastal waters. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate how environmental variables drive seasonal variations in plankton abundance, diversity, and community structure in nearshore waters.

August 23, 2026PlantsOpen Access

Influence of Environmental Factors on Seasonal Variation in Plankton Dynamics in Nearshore Waters of Eastern Guangdong, China

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SCSanthoshkumar Chinnappan HXHongyan Xiang ZXZhuoming Xiao

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Observational study reveals seasonal environmental shifts drive plankton community dynamics in nearshore waters, highlighting applications for aquaculture feeds and biotechnology.

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Investigate how environmental variables drive seasonal variations in plankton abundance, diversity, and community structure in nearshore waters.
Surveyed and identified taxonomic composition of phytoplankton and zooplankton species across nearshore aquatic zones.
Performed redundancy analysis (RDA) to quantify correlations between seasonal environmental factors (temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, silica) and plankton communities.
Identified 62 phytoplankton taxa dominated by Bacillariophyceae (88.52%) and 34 zooplankton species dominated by calanoid copepods (36.36%), with phytoplankton exhibiting higher overall diversity.
Seasonal shifts in temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and dissolved nutrients significantly drove spatial community variability (Y ≥ 0.02).
Skeletonema costatum correlated strongly with inorganic nitrogen in autumn, whereas Acartia centrura was driven by summer salinity and nutrient loads.

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Chinnappan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aade47677a341144466cf https://doi.org/10.3390/plants15162532

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August 23, 2026PlantsOpen Access

Influence of Environmental Factors on Seasonal Variation in Plankton Dynamics in Nearshore Waters of Eastern Guangdong, China

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Authors

SCSanthoshkumar Chinnappan HXHongyan Xiang ZXZhuoming Xiao

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Overview

Observational study reveals seasonal environmental shifts drive plankton community dynamics in nearshore waters, highlighting applications for aquaculture feeds and biotechnology.

Key Points

Investigate how environmental variables drive seasonal variations in plankton abundance, diversity, and community structure in nearshore waters.
Surveyed and identified taxonomic composition of phytoplankton and zooplankton species across nearshore aquatic zones.
Performed redundancy analysis (RDA) to quantify correlations between seasonal environmental factors (temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, silica) and plankton communities.
Identified 62 phytoplankton taxa dominated by Bacillariophyceae (88.52%) and 34 zooplankton species dominated by calanoid copepods (36.36%), with phytoplankton exhibiting higher overall diversity.
Seasonal shifts in temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and dissolved nutrients significantly drove spatial community variability (Y ≥ 0.02).
Skeletonema costatum correlated strongly with inorganic nitrogen in autumn, whereas Acartia centrura was driven by summer salinity and nutrient loads.

Cite This Study

Chinnappan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aade47677a341144466cf https://doi.org/10.3390/plants15162532

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