Incorporation of Cochlodinium bloom-derived organic matter into a temperate subtidal macrobenthic food web as traced by stable isotopes
2020
Park, Hyun Je | Kwak, Jung Hyun | Kang, Hee Yoon | Kwon, Kee-Young | Lim, Weolae | Kang, Chang-Keun
Harmful algal blooms involving the dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides occur every summer off the Korean peninsula's central southern coast. To determine whether Cochlodinium bloom-derived organic carbon is incorporated into the subtidal macrobenthic food web, we compared the δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values of suspended particulate organic matter (SPOM) and sedimentary organic matter, and macrobenthic consumers between bloom and non-bloom seasons. Chemotaxonomic analysis revealed the presence of Cochlodinium blooms in summer and a predominance of diatoms in autumn. Both the δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values of SPOM were higher in the bloom than in the non-bloom seasons. Such temporal shifts in the δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values were also observed for most macrobenthic consumers collected in both seasons. Consistent temporal isotopic shifts in SPOM and macrobenthos revealed that the Cochlodinium bloom-derived carbon was incorporated into the coastal benthic food web, resulting from its increasing availability during blooms.
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