Yellow Sea is a semi-enclosed marginal sea that is significantly impacted by human activities. One of the major characteristics of Yellow Sea is the long-term existence of intensive cold water mass in summer. In order to study the cycling of particulate nitrogen in summer Yellow Sea, we analyzed the organic carbon and nitrogen content and isotope of the suspended particulate matter and of the surface sediments in South Yellow Sea in summer, 2016. We focus on the spatial variances in particulate nitrogen content, isotope character and the controlling factors respectively in coastal waters and cold water masse realm. In the coastal waters, the particulate nitrogen (PN) are comparatively higher and the vertical variances of nitrogen isotope (δ15NPN) are small, while total nitrogen content (TN) in coastal sediment are lower and the nitrogen isotope (δ15NTN) are mostly negative. In central south Yellow Sea where cold water masses exists, the PN is characterized of low content, significant vertical variances in δ15NPN, while TN in sediment are characterized of high content and positive δ15NTN. We further run bottom critical shear stress simulation and environmental factors analysis, and found out that the spatial variances of particulate nitrogen content and nitrogen isotopes in the South Yellow Sea was mainly controlled by the vertical mixing in water column, benthic boundary dynamic processes, and partially contributed by re-mineralization and terrestrial PN input.
| 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 |