The invention relates to a
model method for calculating the
fixed carbon content of ocean ultra-miniature
phytoplankton. The method comprises the following steps: respectively testing abundance of
synechococcus and ultra-miniature eukaryotic
algae in an acquired sample; respectively calculating the carbon
biomass and
growth velocity of the
synechococcus and the ultra-miniature eukaryotic
algae so as to obtain the euphotic layer depth of sampling points of the
synechococcus and the ultra-miniature eukaryotic
algae; respectively calculating responses of the synechococcus and the ultra-miniature eukaryotic algae to surface
light intensity on the basis of
water depth variation; respectively calculating
primary productivity of the synechococcus and the ultra-miniature eukaryotic algae so as to obtain
primary productivity of ultra-miniature
phytoplankton at the sampling points. By adopting the method, the
fixed carbon content of ultra-miniature
phytoplankton in offshore, shelf sea and high-
latitude open ocean (the
latitude of which is greater than 40 degrees) can be calculated, compared with a method for determining the
primary productivity of ultra-miniature phytoplankton on the basis of 14C in situ, the method saves time and labor, and can be used for estimating the primary
conductivity of ultra-miniature phytoplankton in a relatively large research area. Tests show that the primary
conductivity calculated by using the method has relatively good
linear relationship with that of ultra-miniature phytoplankton tested on the basis of 14C, good
estimation reliability is achieved, and a theoretic basis is provided for later practical study.