Abstract
The structural characteristics of phytoplankton communities and their relationship with environmental factors were analysed based on survey data from the central South China Sea in summer 2020. A total of 416 separate taxa from 90 genera and 4 phyla were identified, with an average cell abundance of 572.98 cells/L. The dominant phytoplankton species were Nitzschia spp., Gyrodinium spp., Synedra spp. and Navicula spp. The Shannon-Wiener index ranged from 2.25 to 4.98, and the evenness index varied from 0.48 to 0.93. Correlation analysis showed that total cell abundance was negatively correlated with salinity, nitrate and silicate and was positively correlated with nitrite. Compared with the historical data, Thalassionema nitzschioides was cited repeatedly in previous researches as the dominant species. In addition, the Shannon–Wiener index showed an overall increasing trend over time, and the community structure is becoming more stable.
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