Bacteria and heterotrophic microflagellate production in the Santa Rosa Sound, Florida |
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Authors: | Richard B Coffin John P Connolly |
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Institution: | (1) Present address: Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6115, Overlokk Dr., 20375 SW, Washington DC, USA;(2) Hydroqual, 1 Lethbridge Plaza, 07430 Mahwah, NJ, USA;(3) US Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory, 1 Sabine Island Drive, 32561 Gulf Breeze, FL, USA;(4) Environmental Engineering and Science Program, Manhattan College, 10471 Riverdale, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | Bacterial and microflagellate biomass and production and grazing onbacteria were compared weekly at a fixed station in Santa Rosa Sound,Florida, starting in February and ending in October. For bothpopulations the weekly variation in biomass and production was aslarge as the seasonal variation. Cycles for biomass and production ofthese organisms were generally out of phase, rendering it difficultto estimate the net grazing of bacteria by microflagellates atindividual time points. For evaluation of factors that control thefate of carbon cycled by bacterial, experiments were conducted toexamine bacterial growth rates in the absence of predators. Thisexamination resulted in low bacterial growth rates when biomass washigh, and rapid growth rates typically occurred near minimumpopulations. Further analysis suggested that microflagellatepredation was greater than bacterial production during minimumbacterial growth rates. With integration of production and grazingrates over the study period, factors controlling bacterial growthwere examined. Using this approach, 71% of the bacterial productionwas grazed by < 8.0µm predators. The microflagellate biomassproduction was 41% of the grazing rate on bacteria. The total amountof bacterial production assimilated into microflagellate biomass was29%. However, based on the variations in biomass and activity of themicrobial assemblages, it appears that substrate and predation exertalternating control on bacterial abundance and production. |
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Keywords: | bacteria heterotrophic microflagellates production grazing carbon estuary |
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