Bloom-Forming Cyanobacteria Support Copepod Reproduction and Development in the Baltic Sea
Figure 5
Long-term (1999–2009) dynamics of phytoplankton community structure at stations B1 (A) and H4 (B).
Data are averages for July and August, weeks 27 to 35 (e.g., period of the summer cyanobacterial bloom, n = 3 or 4). Circle diameter is proportional to the average total phytoplankton biovolume (mm3 L−1) observed during the same period (0.43±0.15, n = 70). Abbreviations: CHLO – Chlorophyceae, CHRY – Chrysophyceae, CRYP – Cryptophyceae, CYAN – Cyanophyceae, DIAT – Diatoms, DINO – Dinophyceae, EUGL – Euglenophyceae, MESO – Mesodinium rubrum (Myrionecta rubrum), PRAS – Prasinophyceae, PRYM – Prymnesiophyceae, UNID – unidentified flagellates, and HDIN – heterotrophic dinoflagellates.