Table 3 Top 10 dominant phytoplankton taxa determined by light microscopy cell counting.
Taxinomic group | Class | Order | Family | Genus | Cell density (cells L-1) | (% ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dinoflagellate | Dinophyceae | Gymnodiniales | Gymnodiniaceae | – | 209,644 | 53.9 |
Peridiniales | – | – | 85,634 | 22.0 | ||
Oxytoxaceae | Oxytoxum | 19,573 | 5.0 | |||
Peridiniaceae | Scrippsiella | 4,421 | 1.1 | |||
Prorocentrales | Prorocentraceae | Prorocentrum | 5,793 | 1.5 | ||
Diatom | Bacillariophyceae | Naviculales | Naviculaceae | Navicula | 3,531 | 0.9 |
Bacillariales | Bacillariaceae | Fragilariopsis | 3,295 | 0.8 | ||
Cryptophyta | Cryptophyceae | – | – | – | 17,577 | 4.5 |
Haptophyta | Prymnesiophyceae | Phaeocystales | Phaeocystaceae | Phaeocystis | 9,463 | 2.4 |
Viridiplantae | Pyramimonadophyceae | Pyramimonadales | Pyramimonadaceae | Pyramimonas | 5,611 | 1.4 |
