Based on the long-term observation obtained from two sets of submarine mooring system deployed at Niulang Seamount in the western Pacific, the vertical distribution of the deep currents and the temporal variation characteristics were analyzed in the paper. The results show that: (1) The annual mean ocean currents and the variations were the largest in the upper layer, the second in the middle and deep layers, and the smallest in the middle-deep layers. (2) The subtropical countercurrent was at the depth shallower than 150 m, and the northward current was at depth deeper than 150 m and at the middle layers; the near bottom current was weak southward at the summit of the seamount, but southwestward at the bottom of the seamount. (3) Both at the summit and bottom of the seamount, the currents showed a seasonal oscillation with the most energetic oscillation at a period of about 100 d throughout the water column; at depth above 2 000 m, currents showed a synchronous oscillation in the throughout the water column, with the oscillation amplitude decreasing with depth; current oscillation at deep layers (below 2 000 m) were in opposite phase with that at the upper layers, and the oscillation amplitude was the strongest at 4 000 m.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |