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Selective feeding on large algae by copepods involves remotedetection of individual particles and subsequent active captureresponses In this study we use radiotracer experiments to quantifythe clearance rates of five coexisting freshwater copepods andto investigate the relative merits of the chemoreception andmechanoreception hypotheses of remote detection Tropocyclopsand three diaptomid copepods exhibited relatively high clearancerates when feeding on low concentrations of large algae, suggestingthat most previous studies with freshwater copepods have underestimatedmaximal clearance rates and the degree of size selectivity.All five species of copepods exihibited strong selection foran intermediate-sized flagellate (25 µm Cartena) or alarge-sized nonmotile alga (80 µ.m Pediastrum) over asmall-sized flagellate (6 µ.m Chlamydomonas). The weight-specificclearance rate for Tropocylops prasmus feeding on motile Cartena(271 ml mg1 h1) was about twice that of threediaptomid copepods and more than an order-of-magnitude higherthan the estimate for Epischura lacustris feeding on its preferredalga, Pediastrum Assuming that distance chemoreception (smell)is important in remote detection, we predicted that the additionof high concentrations of algal odors would obscureany chemical gradients emanating from individual algal cellsand would thereby hinder the remote detection and active captureof large algae Contrary to this hypothesis, the addition ofamino acids, sucrose, and algal extracts had no effect on theclearance rates and selectivity of Diaptomus birgei. These results,together with recent cinematographic studies (Vanderploeg etal.,1990), suggest that mechanoreception is the primary mechanismfor the remote detection of large particles by diaptomid copepods.A raptorial cyclopoid, Tropocyclops prasinus, exhibited strongpreferences for motile algae, whereas a suspension-feeding calanoid,D birgei, did not select between motile and nonmotile cells.Motility appears to be an important factor in algal detectionfor small cyclopoid copepods but not for suspension-feedingdiaptomids 相似文献
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Community structure, biomass and productivity of size-fractionated summer phytoplankton populations in lower Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Seventeen size-fractionation experiments were carried out duringthe summer of 1979 to compare biomass and productivity in the< 10, <8 and <5 µm size fractions with that ofthe total phytoplankton community in surface waters of NarragansettBay. Flagellates and non-motile ultra-plankton passing 8 µmpolycarbonate filters dominated early summer phytoplankton populations,while diatoms and dinoflagellates retained by 10 µm nylonnetting dominated during the late summer. A significant numberof small diatoms and dinoflagellates were found in the 108µm size fraction. The > 10 µm size fraction accountedfor 50% of the chlorophyll a standing crop and 38% of surfaceproduction. The <8 µm fraction accounted for 39 and18% of the surface biomass and production. Production by the< 8 µm fraction exceeded half of the total communityproduction only during a mid-summer bloom of microflagellates.Mean assimilation numbers and calculated carbon doubling ratesin the <8 µm (2.8 g C g Chl a1 h1; 0.9day1)and<5 µm(1.7 g C g Chl a1h1; 0.5day1)size fractions were consistently lower than those of the totalpopulation (4.8 g C g Chl a1 h1; 1.3 day1)and the <10 µm size fraction (5.8 g C g Chl a1h1; 1.4 day 1). The results indicate that smalldiatoms and dinoflagellates in fractionated phytoplankton populationscan influence productivity out of proportion to their numbersor biomass.
1Present address: Australian Institute of Marine Science, P.M.B.No. 3, Townsville M.S.O., Qld. 4810, Australia. 相似文献
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Eudiaptomus gracilis makes up 3040 and 8090% ofthe zooplankton in Lake Balaton during the summer and the winterrespectively. More than half of the species population consistsof nauplii We studied feeding and size selectivity of naupliiin suspensions which contained polystyrol latex beads in a concentrationdose to the natural seston. Guts of NI nauplii were free ofboth beads and remnants of natural food Of NIINVI nauplii,6787% took in beads. Older animals consumed more andlarger particles. The maximum diameter of ingested beads reached29 µm On an average, NII nauplii took in 128 µm3of beads in 10 min, whereas older animals consumed 615900µm3. The clearance rate remained below 0 01 µl h1NII nauplii strongly preferred 1 2 µm particles Oldernauplii did not show any preference or selected only slightlyfor the smallest particles. Nauplii rejected 411 µmbeads. In some cases a weak positive selection could be observedtoward 12 µm or larger beads. 相似文献
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Fiala Michel; Kopczynska Elzbieta E.; Jeandel Catherine; Oriol Louise; Vetion Giles 《Journal of plankton research》1998,20(7):1341-1356
Time series of phytoplankton biomass and taxonomic compositionhave been obtained for the 3 years 1992, 1993 and 1994 in thenorthern part of the Southern Ocean (station Kerfix, 5040'S,6825;E) Autotrophic biomass was low throughout the year (<0.2mg m3 except during a short period in summer when a maximumof 1.2 mg chlorophyll (Chl) a m was reached. During winter,the integrated biomass was low (<10 mg m2) and associatedwith deeply mixed water, whereas the high summer biomass (>20mg m2) was associated with increased water column stability.During summer blooms, the >10 µ;m size fraction contributed60% to total integrated biomass. Large autotrophic dinoflagellates,mainly Prorocentrum spp., were associated with the summer phytoplankton maxima and accounted for >80% of the total autotrophcarbon biomass. In November and December, the presence of thelarge heterotrophic dinoflagellates Protoperidinium spp. andGyro dinium spp. contributed a high proportion of total carbonbiomass. During winter, the <10 µm size fraction contributed80% of total Chi a biomass with domination of the picoplanktonsize fraction. The natural assemblage included mainly nakedflagellates such as species of the Prasinophyceae, Cryptophyceaeand Prymnesiophyceae. During spring, picocyanobacteria occurredin sub-surface water with a maximum abundance in September of106 cells 11 相似文献
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Trophic Dynamics and Niches of Salt Marsh Foraminifera 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Energetic considerations of the growth of three species of littoralbenthic foraminifera, Allogromia laticollaris, Rosalina leei,and Spiroloculina hyalina, have been made on laboratory-grownpopulations. Under optimum laboratory conditions A. laticollarishas the greatest intrinsic rate of increase (r = 2.533 org/day);S. hyalina (r = 1.472 org/day), and R. leei (r = 0.272 org/day)being less fecund. The respiration rates of the three specieswere similar (0.54.5 µ1/mg body wt/hr) within thetemperature range (1535 C) tested. The species studiedare selective feeders. Only 4-5 of 28 species of algae testedwere consumed in significant quantities (40-150 x 108 g/foram/day).Although great numbers of bacteria were eaten, their biomasswas negligible when compared to the algae. The ecological growthefficiency (Ee) of the three species tested is highest in freshcultures (5-20%) and declines rapidly. Evidence suggests thatthe species studied are well adapted for the rapid changes inthe microbial community structure which take place throughoutthe summer, and that community stability and high rate of productivityare achieved through diversity. 相似文献
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Light, temperature and nitrogen as interacting factors affecting diel vertical migrations of dinoflagellates in culture 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
Diel vertical migrations of the marine dinoflagellates Gonyaulaxpolyedra Stein and Ceratium furca (Ehr.) Clap, et Lachm. werefollowed in a laboratory tube (2.02 m x 0.25 m) under a 12:12hlight:dark cycle. The effects of temperature stratification,two levels of surface irradiance and nitrogen depletion on patternsof vertical migrations were examined. At temperatures between2226°C with small temperature gradients, both speciesmigrated at a rate of 0.7 1.0 m h1. Steeper thermoclines(ca. 0.8°C 0.1 m1) with temperatures below ca. 20°Ccaused a marked decrease in swimming speed which resulted inaccumulations of cells in these thermocline regions. Under conditionsof nutrient sufficiency both algae migrated into the surfacelayers at irradiance values of over 1000 µE m2s1. Increasing nitrogen depletion caused the downwardmigration of both algae to commence progressively earlier inthe day and before the end of the light period. The earlierdownward migrations enabled a more complete descent throughthe thermocline. Nitrogen depleted cells of Gonyaulax continuedto undertake vertical migrations but avoided high irradiancesthus forming subsurface maxima at irradiance levels close to150 µE m2 s1. Ceratium cells which exhaustedboth inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus ceased to migrate accompaniedby a large change in cellular fluorescence. 相似文献
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Natural filtration rates of zooplankton in a closed system: the derivation of a community grazing index 总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14
Measurements of individual filtration rates by natural suspensionsof zooplankton are presented. The products filtration rate xanimal concentration, calculated for each of several species-sizecategories, are summated to estimate the total volume of waterfiltered by the zooplankton per unit time, here defined as the"Community Grazing Index" (CGI). Seasonally, CGI varies overnearly three orders of magnitude. The Daphnia hyalina individualspresent frequently contributed >90% of CGI. Individual filtrationrates were highest when the concentrations of suitable foodswere limiting (equivalent to 0.10.2 µg C ml1),but were depressed after long (3-week) periods of low food availabilityand when large Microcystis colonies dominated the phytoplankton.Approximately one order of magnitude separated these extremes.Fluctuations in CGI owe relatively more to change in the concentration,size and species distribution of the animal population thanto changes in individual filtration rate.
1Present address: Anglian Water Authority, Oundle, PeterboroughPE8 4AS, UK 相似文献
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Yield stress threshold (Y) and volumetric extensibility () arethe rheological properties that appear to control root growth.In this study they were measured in wheat roots by means ofparallel measurement of the growth rate (r) of intact wheatroots and of the turgor pressures (P) of individual cells withinthe expansion zone. Growth and turgor pressure were manipulatedby immersion in graded osmoticum (mannitol) solutions. Turgorwas measured with a pressure probe and growth rate by visualobservation. The influence of various growth conditions on Yand was investigated; (a) At 27 °C.In 0.5 mol m3 CaCl2 r, P, Y and were20.7±4.6 µm min1, 0.77±0.05 MPa,0.07±0.03 MPa and 26±1.9 µm min1MPa1 (expressed as increase in length), respectively.Following 24 h growth in 10 mol m3 KC1 these parametersbecame 12.3±3.5 µm min1, 0.72±0.04MPa, 0.13±0.01 MPa and 21±0.7 µm min1MPa1. After 24 h osmotic adjustment in 150 mol m3mannitol/0.5 mol m3 CaCl2 r= 19.6±4.2 µmmin1, P = 0.68±0.05 MPa and Y and were 0.07±0.04MPa and 30±0.2 µm min1 MPa01, respectively.After 24 h growth in 350 mol m3 mannitol/0.5 mol m3CaCl2 r= 13.3±4.1 µm min1, P= 0.58±0.07MPa, Y=0.12±0.01 MPa and ø 32±0.2 tim min1MPa1. During osmotic adjustment in 200 mol m3mannitol/0.5 mol m3 CaCl2, with or without KCl, the recoveryof growth rate corresponded to turgor pressure recovery (t1/2approximately 3 h). (b) At 15 °C. Lowered temperature dramatically influencedthe growth parameters which became r= 8.3±2.8 um min1,P=0.78 MPa, r=<0.2 MPa and =15±0.1 µm min1MPa1. Therefore, Y and are influenced by 10 mol m3 K+ ionsand low temperature. In each case the effective pressure forgrowth (P-Y) was large indicating that small fluctuations ofsoil water potential will not stop root elongation. Key words: Yield threshold, cell wall extensibility, wheat root growth, temperature, turgor pressur 相似文献
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The effect of three different Scenedesmus food concentrations(0.04, 0.2 and 1 mg C l1) on maternal investment wasstudied in two cladoceran species of similar size, Daphnia pulicariaand D.hyalina. It was observed that as food concentration decreased(between 1 and 0.2 mg C l1), there was an increase insize, protein content, lipid content, carbon and mass of theegg, while, at the same time, the clutch size of the femalesbecame smaller. Such an increase in per offspring investmentwas reflected in an increase in body length, body carbon andbody mass of neonates as the food available for females decreased.However, in D.pulicaria this tendency was not maintained downat 0.04 mg C l1 in which there was a decrease of theegg characteristics mentioned above. Although, there are notavailable all the egg and neonate parameters of D.hyalina at0.04 mg C l1, the body length of the neonates was largerthan at 0.2 and 1 mg C l1. These results show that, asfood diminishes, these two cladoceran species are able to respondby decreasing clutch size, but increasing the size of egg, therebyincreasing the probability of neonate survival. This tendencyis probably maintained until the food concentration is too lowand the females have to reduce the energy allocated for reproduction. 相似文献
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The nutritional value of different sized fractions of naturalplankton was investigated for the growth of Eodiaptomus japonicusBurckhardt by comparing the development of its naupliar andcopepodid stages fed on differentially fractionated planktonicassemblages of a eutrophic pond, at 20°C. Water filteredthrough a 0.8 µm Nuclepore filter, containing mainly smallcoccoid bacteria (0.450.6 µm in cell diameter),at a concentration of 82.7 µg C 11 could not supportthe development of E.japonicus. The 3 µm filtered water,containing bacteria and picoalgae. at a total concentrationof 259 µg C 11, supported development but not eggproduction. The 20 µm filtered water, containing bacteria,picoalgae and large algae, at a total concentration of 2600µg C 11, supported rapid development of the juvenilesand continuous egg production by the adults. The separated 320µm fraction, containing only large algae, could not supportthe development at concentrations of 131 and 196 µg C11. However, the same rapid development of the juvenilesand continuous egg production by adults occurred at all of thetested concentrations between 261 and 3920 µg C11of the large algae. The results suggest that E.japonicus favoursalgae larger than 3 µm during its complete lifespan, andthat the threshold food concentration for its development variesbetween 200 and 250 µg C 11. 相似文献
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Growth rate and average cell volume were measured throughoutauxospore formation in two populations of Thalassiosira weissflogii(Hustedt). In both cases, the entire population shifted fromrelatively small (800 µm3) to large cells (2800 µm3)over a 5 day interval. This shift was accompanied by a dramaticincrease in the average growth rate of the populations from1.6 to 3.4 doublings/day. 相似文献
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Tada Kuninao; Pithakpol Santiwat; Yano Rumiko; Montani Shigeru 《Journal of plankton research》2000,22(6):1203-1211
The carbon and nitrogen content of Noctiluca scintillans cellsfrom the Seto Inland Sea, Japan was investigated in order toestimate its biomass in natural samples. The carbon contentof N.scintillans ranged from 123 to 627 ng C cell1 witha mean value of 353 ng C cell1, or 1.12 to 2.67 fg Cµm3 with a mean value of 1.98 fg C µm3.The nitrogen content ranged from 36.0 to 232 ng N cell1with a mean value of 131 ng N cell1, or 0.499 to 0.910fg N µm3 with a mean value of 0.694 fg N µm3.Total cell carbon and nitrogen increased but the carbon andnitrogen per cell volume decreased with increasing cell volume.The C/N ratio of the cells ranged from 2.3 to 4.4, which wasrelatively low compared with the Redfield ratio. The carbonand nitrogen content was extremely low (91.2 ng C cell1,41.8 ng N cell1) for starved cells, whereas it was extremelyhigh (528 ng C cell1, 205 ng N cell1) for cellswhich had ingested the large diatom, Coscinodiscus wailesii.Our results suggest that the carbon and nitrogen content ofN.scintillans varies depending on its physiological conditionand the type of food that it has recently consumed. 相似文献
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The pelagic harpacticoid copepod Macrosetella gracilis usesthe colonial cyanobacterium Trichodesmium not only as a physicalsubstrate for juvenile development, but also as a food source.By associating itself with a buoyant colonial cyanobacterium,M.gracilis has developed a successful mode of life for existencein the plankton. Further evidence of M.gracills' dependenceon Trichodesmium as a physical substrate is demonstrated bypreviously undescribed microscopic observations of a gravidM.gracilis female attaching eggs to a Trichodesmium colony.Shipboard experiments investigating the ingestion and assimilationof Trichodesmium carbon (C) were conducted in September 1991and January/February 1992 in waters of the Bahamas and the Caribbean,respectively. Macrosetella gracilis not only ingested, but rapidlyincorporated, cyanobacterial organic matter into its own cellularmaterial. Utilization of ingested Trichodesmium by M.graciliswas investigated by assessing the metabolic partitioning andincorporation of 14C-labelled Trichodesmium into copepod lipids,proteins, polysaccharides and low-molecular-weight (LMW) compoundsusing sequential biochemical fractionation techniques. Despitevariations in grazing rates between the two sites and times(September 1991,0.017 µg C* µg1 C h1;January 1992, 0.134 µg C * µg1 C h1,the partitioning of incorporated C into the different biochemicalfractions was relatively consistent. There was rapid assimilationof ingested C into the LMW ({small tilde}60%) and polysaccharidefractions ({small tilde}30%) in the first few hours, with asubsequent increase in the percent C incorporated into protein.On average, {small tilde}21% of the Trichodesmium C ingestedby M.gracilis was assimilated. Therefore, M.gracilis is an importantsecondary link in the food web of oligotrophic waters whereTrichodesmium is abundant. 相似文献
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Microphytoplankton and zooplankton composition and distributionin the vicinity of the Prince Edward Islands and at the Sub-antarcticFront (SAF) were investigated in late austral summer (April/May)1996. Samples were collected for analysis of chlorophyll a concentration(Chi a), microphytoplankton and zooplankton abundance. Generally,the highest Chl a concentrations (up to 2.0 µg l1)and zooplankton densities (up to 192 ind. m3) were recordedat stations within the inter-island area while the lowest values(<0.4 µg l1) were observed at stations upstreamof the islands. High Chl a and zooplankton biomass values werealso associated with the SAF. Microphytoplankton were dominatedby chain-forming species of the genera Chaetoceros (mainly C.neglectus),Fragilariopsis spp. and the large diatom Dactyliosolen antarcticus.The zooplankton assemblages were always dominated by mesozooplanktonwhich at times contributed up to 98% of total zooplankton abundanceand up to 95% of total biomass. Among mesozooplankton, copepods,mainly Clausocalanus brevipes and Metridia lucens numericallydominated. Among the macrozooplankton euphausiids, mainly Euphausiavallentini, E.longirostis and Stylocheiron maximum, and chaetognaths(Sagitta gazellae) accounted for the bulk of abundance and biomass.Cluster and ordination analysis did not identify any distinctbiogeographic regions among either the microphytoplankton orzooplankton. 相似文献
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Gocke Klaus; Hernandez Carlos; Giesenhagen Hanna; Hoppe Hans-Georg 《Journal of plankton research》2004,26(12):1429-1439
The seasonal development of bacteria was studied in the hypertrophiccoastal lagoon Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Caribbeancoast of Colombia). This large but only 1.5 m deep lagoon issubject to strong seasonal variations of salinity from almostfully marine (April/May) to brackish conditions in October/November.Chlorophyll ranged from 6 to 182 µg L1, and grossprimary production amounted to 1690 g C m2 per year.Total bacterial number (TBN) ranged from 6.5 to 90.5 x 109 cellsL1 and bacterial biomass (BBM) from 77 to 1542 µgC L1, which are among the highest ever reported for naturalcoastal waters. Neither TBN nor BBM varied significantly withsalinity, phytoplankton or seston concentrations. Only the bacterialmean cell volume showed a significant relation to salinity,being highest (0.066 µm3) during the period of increasingand lowest (0.032 µm3) during decreasing salinity. Bacterialprotein accounted for 24% (1926%) and phytoplankton proteinfor 57% (5371%) of total seston protein. The ratio (annualmean) of bacterial carbon to phytoplankton carbon was 0.44 (range0.041.43). At low phytoplankton abundance [chlorophylla (Chl a) < 25 µg L1], bacterial carbon wasalmost equal to phytoplankton biomass (i.e. the mean ratio was1.04). In contrast, at Chl a > 100 µg L1, BBMwas low compared to phytoplankton biomass (the mean ratio was0.16). In general, BBM varied less than phytoplankton biomass.Most probably, the missing correlation between bacterial andphytoplankton variables was due to (i) organic material partlyderived from allochthonous sources serving as food resourcefor bacteria and (ii) a strong resuspension of bacteria fromthe sediment caused by frequent wind-induced mixing of the veryshallow lagoon. 相似文献
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Light environment within dense algal populations: cell size influences on self-shading 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
The influence of algal cell size on the light environment withindense phytoplankton populations was analysed in cultures of11 freshwater algae (mostly Chlorophyta) varying widely in cellsize and growing at saturated (220 µM m2 s1) andlimited (11 µM m2 s1) irradiances Chlorophyll-a-specificabsorbance coefficients did not bear any obvious relationshipto cell size and, as expected from previous analyses, were stronglyinfluenced by the light intensity at which the algae were grown.However, biomass (fresh weight)-specific absorbance coefficientsdecreased as algal cell volume increased regardless of the incomingirradiance Intracellular chlorophyll a concentration (c1), whichdecreased as algal cell size increased, explained a substantialfraction of the variance in biomass (fresh weight)-specifjcabsorbance coefficients. Thus, this study supports the notionthat reduced serf-shading allows large algae to support greatermaximal biomass than smaller algae. 相似文献
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The feeding behaviour of two freshwater zooplankton species,the calanoid copepod Eudiaptomus gracilis and the cladoceranDaphnia longispina, at extremely low food concentrations hasbeen studied in order to test whether the animals react as predictedby the models of optimal foraging. Three different sized algae were offered in concentrations downto 1µg C/litre at 7°C during winter and 19°C duringsummer. Ingestion rates were measured by use of a flow-through14C-technique In contrast to the findings of several authors working withmarine copepods a threshold concentration where the animalsceased filtering could be detected only in one experiment byregression analysis (Daphnia, 19°C, food: Stichococcus).A depression of the filtering rate at low concentrations wasobserved only in Daphnia at 19°C with Stichococcus and Scenedesmusas food. It is supposed that in this case the reduction of thefiltering rate is not a direct response of the filtrator, butis caused by exhaustion due to the experimental conditions. As freshwater zooplankton is very rarely exposed to food abundancesas low as in the marine environment, there seems to be no selectionpressure favouring the evolution of an "optimal forager" behaviour.
(1)Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 相似文献
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Mesodinium rubrum was collected in Kemmerer bottles, fixed inBouin's solution and protargol stained. Cell volume showed aseasonal change of over an order of magnitude, being largest(3.25x104 µm3) in the early spring and smallest in thesummer. Cell abundance was highest in the spring and lowestin the summer. Biomass followed a similar trend ranging from{small tilde}1 to 147 J m3 Production, estimated by amultiple regression that incorporated ambient temperature andcell volume, was 2.5 kJ m3 day1 This is {smalltilde}0.3% of the primary production. 相似文献
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Sedimentation of phytoplankton populations dominated by Microcystis in a shallow lake 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The sedimentary flux of phytoplankton was measured using sedimenttraps in a shallow hypertrophic lake (Lake Kasumigaura), whereMicrocystis bloomed, from June to November 1983 The sedimenttraps were set at 0.5, 1.5 and 3.0 m depth in Takahamairi Bay(3.5 m depth). Microcystis spp. (including M.aerugmosa and M.viridis)in the traps were rare until early August, but increased thereafter.Sinking rates of Microcystis were 0.0045, 0.020 and 0.24 m day1in JuneAugust, September and October respectively, whichwere far lower than those of Melosira (0.21.7 m day1)and Syncdra (0.21.0 m day1). The total sedimentaryfluxes of POC and that of algal carbon during the study periodwere 283.2 and 96.7 gC m2 which were 59.5% and 20.3%of the gross primary production (475.8 gC m2) respectively.The sedimentary flux of living algae measured by algal countswas large in June but small in August and September. On theother hand, the flux of detritus obtained by subtracting totalalgal carbon from POC was small in June and July but large inAugust and September. Therefore diatoms, which appeared mostlyin June, tended to sink as live algae, while Microcystis sankas detritus after being decomposed or consumed in the waterIt was concluded from the results of carbon budget calculationsand the respiration rate of the 1- to 20-µm fraction thatthe activity of decomposers or consumers increased greatly inthe short period at the end of the bloom of Microcystis. 相似文献
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Studies were conducted over a 13 month period at four pelagicsites in eutrophic Lake Okeechobee, Florida (USA), in orderto quantify carbon (C) uptake rates by size-fractionated phytoplankton,and subsequent transfers of C to zooplankton. This was accomplishedusing laboratory 14C tracer methods and natural plankton assemblages.The annual biomass of picoplankton (<2 µm), nanoplankton(220 µm) and microplankton (<20 µm averaged60, 389 and 100 µg C 11 respectively, while correspondingrates of C uptake averaged 7, 51 and 13 µg C11h1. The biomass of microzooplankton (40200 µm)and macrozooplankton (<200 µm averaged 18 and 60 µgC 11, respectively, while C uptake rates by these herbivoregroups averaged 2 and 3 µg C 11 h1. Therewere no strong seasonal patterns in any of the plankton metrics.The ratio of zooplankton to phytoplankton C uptake averaged7% over the course of the study. This low value is typical ofthat observed in eutrophic temperate lakes with small zooplanktonand large inedible phytoplankton, and indicates ineffectiveC transfer in the grazing food chain. On a single occasion,there was a high density (<40 11) of Daphnia lumholrzii,a large-bodied exotic cladoceran. At that time, zooplanktoncommunity C uptake was <20 µg C 11 h1and the ratio of zooplankton to phytoplankton C uptake was near30%. If D.lumholrzii proliferates in Lake Okeechobee and theother Florida lakes where it has recently been observed, itmay substantially alter planktonic C dynamics. 相似文献