Phytoplankton Community Structure Dynamics in Relation to Water Environmental Factors in Zhalong Wetland.

Phytoplankton, as the primary producer of the wetland water ecosystem's food chain, are very sensitive to environmental changes. In order to explore the significance of phytoplankton in protecting ecosystem integrity, the wetland ecosystem in Zhalong wetland, one of the most important international wetlands, was selected as the research area. For the study, 81 sampling sites were set up in the whole wetland, and phytoplankton samples and water quality environmental factors were measured in spring, summer, and autumn of 2019.