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Throughout the summer of 1978, the sinking rates of phytoplanktonwithin the Controlled Experimental Ecosystems (CEE's) were monitoredusing a technique based upon measurement of the transit timeof radioactively (14C) labeled cells. The experimental frameworkof FOODWEB 1 offered an unprecedented opportunity to documentthe sinking rates of heterogeneous phytoplankton of diversetaxonomic composition, growing under a variety of nutrient regimes;the absence of advective exchange in the CEE's provided knowledgeof the preconditioning history of the phytoplankton sampledat any given time. Sinking rates of whole phytoplankton assemblages (not size-fractioned)ranged from 0.32 1.69 m·day1; the averagerate (± s.d.) observed was 0.64 ± 0.31 m·day1.The most notable deviations from the mean value occurred whenthe population size distribution and taxonomic composition shifteddue to blooms. The relationship between phytoplankton sinkingand ambient nutrient levels was studied by following the ratesof a given size fraction (853 µm) for ten daysfollowing nutrient enrichment of a CEE. Over this time sinkingrates ranged from 1.08 1.53 m·day1; decreasedrates occurred after nutrification, yet over the course of theentire trial sinking rates were not significantly (p >0.05)correlated to the ambient levels of any single nutrient species. The sinking rate implications of spore formation were also studied,and showed that sinking rates of Chaetoceros constrictus andC. socialis spores (2.75 ± 0.61 m·day1)were ca 5-fold greater than rates measured when the vegetativestages of these species dominated the population, reflectingthe influence of physiological mechanisms in controlling phytoplanktonbuoyancy. An example of the potential influence of colony formation uponbuoyancy was noted in observations of C. socialis which occasionallywas found to exist in large spherical configurations made ofcoiled cell chains and having low (0.40 m·day1)sinking rates. A hydrodynamic rationale is presented to showhow such a colony together with enveloped water may behave asa unit particle having lower excess density, and therefore lowobserved sinking rate, despite its conspicuously large size. Overall, sinking rates were not significantly correlated withany of the measured nutrient or photic parameters. There were,however, trials and comparisons which showed evidence for: (1)higher sinking rates in populations dominated by large cells,(2) decreased sinking rates after nutrient enrichment, and (3)buoyancy response to light levels. It is suggested that correlationof sinking rates with synoptic environmental measurements atany given time is not explicit because the associations mayinvoke lag times of physiological response. The interpretationmade from these findings is that the preconditioning historyof the population, rather than the prevailing conditions atthe time of a given measurement, is most closely associatedwith population buoyancy modifications. 相似文献
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Palomares-Garcia Ricardo; Bustillos-Guzman J. J.; Lopez-Cortes D. 《Journal of plankton research》2006,28(12):1217-1232
Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing rates wereevaluated in one station in Bahía Concepción,located in the middle region of the Gulf of California, México.We used high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) estimationsof phytoplankton pigment signatures to evaluate the annual variationof taxon-specific grazing and growth rates obtained with thedilution technique. Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentrations variedwidely (0.343.32 µg L1) and showed two maxima,during late spring and autumn, associated with the transitionbetween mixed and stratified conditions. Phytoplankton growthrates varied seasonally with the lowest rates during summer(range: 0.012.55 day1 for Chl-a; 0.003.84day1 for Chl-b; 0.263.29 day1 for fucoxanthin;0.006.27 day1 for peridinin; 0.004.35 day1for zeaxanthin). Microzooplankton grazing was an important lossprocess (range: 0.01.89 day1 for Chl-a; 0.003.12day1 for Chl-b; 0.263.29 day1 for fucoxanthin;0.002.03 day1 for peridinin; 0.003.51 day1for zeaxanthin). Average grazing rates accounted 6889%of estimated average phytoplankton pigment-specific growth rates.The analysis of pigment signatures indicates that diatoms anddinoflagellates were the dominant groups, and contrary to expectationfor typical subtropical lagoons, the specific growth rates inBahía Concepción showed a pronounced seasonalvariability, linked to transitional hydrographic conditions.Our results indicate a close coupling between the communitymicrozooplankton grazing and phytoplankton growth rates, withoutselective feeding behavior. These results suggest that microzooplanktonplay a critical role and may significantly modify the availabilityand efficiency of transfer of energy to higher trophic levels. 相似文献
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The ingestion rates of the copepod, Diacyclops thomasi, on thesoft-bodied rotifer, Synchaeta pectinata, increased 10-fold(0.070.77 Synchaeta h1) over the range 50250prey l1. The saturating functional response curve appearedsigmoid but was statistically indistinguishable from a parabola.The response curve was more linear and 10 times lower over thesame range of density when Diacyclops was offered Kerarellacochleans, a species having a stiffened lorica. Diacyclops maximizedits ingestion rate on Synchaeta as a function of the availablegut space. Predation effort, measured as clearance rates, waslinked tentatively to changes in swimming speed of Diacyclopsand was a function of hunger level. Diacyclops, which were starvedfor varying periods of time, increased their ingestion rateson Synchaeta up to a maximum (-3.0 h1) after 710h of food deprivation. The gut passage time of Diacyclops wasestimated to be 78 h. Therefore, ingestion rates (andclearance rates) appeared to be strongly correlated to the volumeof food in the gut. 相似文献
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Grazing and ingestion rates of laboratory-born Thalia democraticaaggregates and Dolioletta gegenbauri gonozooids, phorozooidsand oozooids were determined while fed Isochrysis galbana (45µm diameter) alone or in combination with Peridinium trochoideum(1618 µm diameter) at concentrations of 0.150.70mm3 x 11. Grazing rates (ml x zooid1 x 24 h 1)ranged from 10 to 355, and at zooid weights greater than 5 µgcarbon were in order oozooid > gonozooid > aggregate.Grazing rates increased exponentially with increasing zooidweight. Weight-specific grazing rates (ml x µgC1x 24 h1) were independent of the four-fold initial foodconcentration. Mean weight-specific grazing rates increasedlinearly with increasing zooid weight for the aggregates andoozooids, but gonozooid mean rates were independent of zooidweight. Aggregate and gonozooid ingestion rates (106 µm3x zooid1 x 24 h1) ranged from 4 to 134 while oozooidrates ranged from 3 to 67. All ingestion rates were independentof the initial food concentration but increased linearly withincreasing zooid weight at similar rates. All mean weight-specificingestion rates (ml x µgC1 x 24 h1) wereindependent of zooid weight. The mean aggregate daily ration(µgC ingested x µg body C1) was 59% and themean doliolid ration was 132%. Field studies indicate that normalconcentrations of D. gegenbauri in the Georgia Bight clear theirresident water volume (1 m3) in about 4 months, but that highlyconcentrated, swarm populations which occur along thermohalinefronts clear their resident water volume in less than 1 day.
1Current address: MacLaren Plansearch Ltd., P.O.Box 13250, sta.A.,St.John's, Nfld. A1B 4A5 相似文献
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Egg production rates (EPRs) of Calanus euxinus were measuredin the Black Sea during October 2000 and May 2001. EPRs weregenerally low, on average 1.7 eggs female1 day1in October 2000 and 3.9 eggs female1 day1 in May2001. The relationships between EPRs and gonad maturity, depth-integratedchlorophyll a (Chl a) and mean surface layer temperature wereexamined. The EPRs were not related to depth-integrated Chla, but were negatively correlated with temperature. EPRs werestrongly related to the proportion of mature females. Growthrates of C. euxinus were derived from the EPRs. The mean growthrate was 0.011 day1 in October 2000 and 0.03 day1in May 2001. Growth rates were not significantly correlatedwith Chl a concentrations, but were negatively related to femaleweight and temperature. 相似文献
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V. Chazottes T. Le Campion-Alsumard M. Peyrot-Clausade P. Cuet 《Coral reefs (Online)》2002,21(4):375-390
This study investigated the variation of bioerosional processes in relation to disturbances of reefal communities due to eutrophication. La Saline fringing reef (Reunion Island) is subjected to nutrient inputs from the adjacent land. Bioerosion by grazers, microborers, and macroborers was measured using experimental substrata exposed for 1 year in three sites characterized by different levels of nutrient input and benthic community response. The relationship between bioerosion and epilithic algal cover of hard substrata and the interactions between the various agents of bioerosion were analyzed with parametric statistics. Significant variations in bioerosion were found among sites, ranging from 1.63 to 3.52 kg CaCO3 m-2 year-1 for grazing rates, from 6.73 to 32.25 g m-2 year-1 for macroboring rates, and from 43.78 to 67.56 g m-2 year-1 for microboring rates. One of the major factors controlling these variations appeared to be changes in the epilithic algal cover on substrata in response to changes in reefal water chemistry. In low nutrient areas, where dead corals were colonized mainly by algal turfs, erosion by microorganisms was low (43.78 g m-2 year-1) due to intense grazing (3.52 kg m-2 year-1). In reef zones receiving high nutrient inputs, the development of encrusting calcareous algae and macroalgae was associated with the lowest grazing (1.63 kg m-2 year-1) and macroboring (6.73 g m-2 year-1) rates recorded among sites. In contrast, high microboring rates (57.54 and 67.56 g m-2 year-1) were found in enriched areas in association with high macroalgal cover. 相似文献
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Cladoceran in situ feeding rates on natural bacteria labelledwith [methyl-3H] were studied in parallel with feeding ratedeterminations on 14C-labelled Chlorella in a hypertrophic subtropicalreservoir (Lake Hartbeespoort) through spring and summer (1986/87).Community filtration rates (CFR5) on bacteria and algae weresimilar, but selection for Chlorella (relative to natural bacteria)increased from midsummer in association with declining bacterialdensity and increasing dominance of inedible componentsof the natural phytoplankton. Species-specific filtration rates(SSFRs) were determined for Daphnia pulexllongispina, Ceriodaphniareticulata, Diaphanosoma excisum, Bosmina longirostris and Moinamicrura during their respective seasonal occurrence in the studyperiod. SSFRs on algae and bacteria increased with body length(L, mm) in all species apart from Bosmina. Species-specificdifferences in absolute feeding rate (FR, ml animal1day1), the slope of the FR-L relationship and bacteriaselectivity were evident. The feeding rate of all cladoceranson bacteria is described by the power equation FR 5.231L1.42FR values on bacteria relative to FR values on algae averaged 相似文献
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The gut contents of Sagitta elegans were sampled twice daily(noon and midnight) during 9 days in October at an anchor stationin the northern North Sea. Observations of the ambient preyfield and of turbulent dissipation rates were collected simultaneously.The average number of prey per chaetognath was among the highestever recorded, 0.57 ± 0.10. Total gut content was independentof ambient prey concentration, suggesting that feeding ratewas saturated. Clearance rates were estimated from gut contentsand ambient prey concentrations and a literature-based estimateof digestion time. The clearance rate to prey size showed adome-shaped relationship. The maximum clearance rates, about100300 ml h-1, were observed for prey sizes correspondingto 610% of Sagitta length. Clearance rates varied notonly with prey size, but also with prey type. For example, copepodmales were cleared at rates up to an order of magnitude higherthan similarly sized females, probably owing to differencesin swimming behaviour. Sagitta elegans is an ambush predatorthat perceives its prey by hydromechanical signals. Faster swimmingprey generates stronger signals and is, hence, perceived atlonger distances. We develop a simple prey encounter rate modelby describing the swimming prey as a force dipoleand assuming that a critical signal strength is required toelicit an attack. By fitting the model to the observations,a critical signal strength of 10-2 cm s-1 is estimated; thisis very similar to estimates for copepods that also perceiveprey by mechanoreceptory setae. Gut contents were independentof turbulent dissipation rate. Because feeding rates were saturated,we did not expect to see positive effects of turbulence. However,the strong wind-generated turbulent dissipation rates observedduring the study (10-310-1 cm2 s-3 in the upper mixedlayer) could lead to negative effects by interfering with preyperception. At a dissipation rate of 10-2 cm2 s-3 a 10-mm longS. elegans would experience fluid signals of order 0.3 cm s-1due to turbulence, 30 times stronger than the signal strengthfrom the prey. It is, therefore, suggested that S. elegans isable to separate prey signals from turbulence signals due totheir different spatial characteristics. 相似文献
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Peperzak L.; Colijn F.; Koeman R.; Gieskes W. W. C.; Joordens J. C. A. 《Journal of plankton research》2003,25(4):365-383
According to Stokes law, colony formation in phytoplanktonwould lead to enhanced sinking rates and higher sedimentationlosses if colonies had the same densities as the phytoplanktoncells they contain. In the Dutch coastal zone of the North Sea,algae settling out of the water column are subject to zoobenthosgrazing or to physical mixing into the sediment and, therefore,the formation of colonies by common diatom species and the prymnesiophytePhaeocystis globosa seems paradoxical: it would increase theprobability that sedimentation becomes a significant loss factor.However, sinking rate measurements in the Rhine region of freshwaterinfluence (ROFI) using SetCol settling columns did not reveala straightforward relationship between phytoplankton sizes (<10to >1000 µm) and sinking rates (0.4 to >2.2m day-1) of 24 autotrophic phytoplankton species and groups.In fact, under nutrient-replete conditions, the sinking ratesof the diatoms Chaetoceros radicans, Rhizosolenia shrubsoleiand Rhizosolenia stolterfothii decreased with size. The sinkingrates of large colonies of the prymnesiophyte P. globosa werealso negatively correlated with their size and positive buoyancywas observed. Chlorophyll a sinking rates exceeded 1 m day-1periodically, which is sufficient to cause significant surfacelayer loss rates over 0.2 day-1. Under stratified conditions,both chlorophyll a concentrations and sinking rates in the bottomlayer were significantly higher (+49% and +16%, respectively)than in the surface layer. These observations are discussedin relation to Stokes law, together with a critical analysisof the SetCol technique. It is concluded that: (i) SetCol givesadequate results when incubations are performed at or near insitu irradiance and temperature; (ii) sinking rates are predominantlydetermined by cell or colony density rather than their size;(iii) periodic sedimentation is an important species-specificloss process for phytoplankton in the Dutch coastal zone. Itis speculated that for diatoms with low sinking rates, autolysisis an important loss factor. 相似文献
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Potential growth rates of phytoplankton biomass were estimatedyear-round from production rates and biomass and were comparedwith observed changes in euphotic phytoplankton biomass. Potentialgrowth was always greater than observed growth. The discrepancybetween both is attributed to losses. Relative loss rates showedwide seasonal fluctuations with highest values during the springbloom and autumnal phytoplankton maximum, respectively. Lossrates of photoassimilated carbon showed one peak in late Maywhich lead to a clear-water phase. Relative loss rates werehighly correlated with potential growth rates whereas observedgrowth rates were not. This suggests that most losses occurimmediately after the production process and do not lead toincreases in biomass. During the spring bloom grazing by zooplanktonis the single most important factor leading to losses from thephytoplankton community. During that time, 8098% of overalllosses can be accounted for by grazing, sedimentation and wash-outcombined. During brief periods in summer and autumn, sedimentationrates comprised >50% of overall losses. In autumn only 3040%of overall losses were due to the above-mentioned processes.Residual losses can be attributed to respiration, lysis andbacterial remineralization. Grazing, respiration and lysis leadto recycling of carbon and nutrients. Sedimentation rate measurementssuggest an average euphotic carbon regeneration rate of 85%.For the transfer efficiency of carbon along the food chain therelative significance of respiratory losses in overall lossesis of fundamental importance.
1Dedicated to Professor Elster on his 75th birthday.
*This paper is the result of a study made at the Group for AquaticPrimary Productivity (GAP) First International Workshop heldat the Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz, in April1982. 相似文献
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Growth rates, ingestion rates and grazer yields (grazer volumeproduced/prey volume consumed) were measured for six protozoanspecies (ciliates: Favella sp., Strombidinopsis acuminatum,Uronema sp.; heterotrophic dinoflagellates: Amphidinium sp.,Gymnodinium sp., Noctiluca scintillans) in laboratory batchculture experiments. Comparative growth data indicate that theprymnesiophyte Isochrysis galbana, the prasinophyte Mantoniellasquamata, two cryptophyte species and several autotrophic dinoflagellatespecies were suitable foods for these grazers. When grown onoptimized diets at 13C, maximum ciliate growth rates (range0.771.01 day1 uniformly exceeded maximum heterotrophicdioflagellate growth rates (range 0.410.48 day1).A compilation of published data demonstrates that this growthrate difference persists across a range of ciliate and dinoflagellatetaxa and cell sizes. Comparison of volume-specific ingestionrates and yields for the six species studied here showed thatthere was no single explanation for this growth rate disparity.Heterotrophic dinoflagellates exhibited both low ingestion ratesand, in one case, low yields; ciliates were able to achievehigher growth rates via either higher ingestion rates or higheryields, depending on ciliate species. Volume yield increasedover time throughout the exponential growth phase in nearlyall experiments, suggesting variation in response to changingfood concentrations or long-term acclimation to culture conditions.Higher maximum ciliate growth rates mean that these grazershave the potential to exercise tighter control over incipientblooms of their prey than do heterotrophic dinoflagellates. 相似文献
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Zooplankton growth rates: the larvaceans Appendicularia, Fritillaria and Oikopleura in tropical waters 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hopcroft Russell R.; Roff John C.; Bouman Heather A. 《Journal of plankton research》1998,20(3):539-555
The growth rates of Appendicularia sicula, Fritillaria borealissargassi, Fritillaria haplostoma, Oikopleura dioica and Oikopleuralongicauda were determined from microcosms incubated in situat 23C in Jamaican waters. Experiments were conducted fromoligotrophic offshore waters, through mesotrophic Lime Cay andeutrophic Kingston Harbour in both natural and nutrient-enhancedphytoplankton communities. Length-weight relationships werecalculated for two of these species: O.longicauda log W=2.47log TL 6.10 and F.haplostoma log W=2.44 log TL 7.37,where weight (W) is in micrograms and trunk length (TL) is inmicrometres. Instantaneous growth rates averaged 1.72.5day1 for the five species and were observed as high as3.3 day1 These instantaneous rates are equivalent todaily specific growth rates averaging 4.611.4 and rangingup to 28. In larger genera, growth rates were related positivelyto picoplankton and nanoplankton concentration, and negativelyto the biomass of larvaceans, but in the smallest species growthwas unrelated to these factors. However, because the variabilityin these two factors within microcosms exceeded their naturalrange of variability, growth rates of larvaceans may normallybe unlimited by resources or population density effects.
1Present address :Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 7700Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039-0628, USA
2Present address :Bedford Institute of Oceanography PO Box 1006,Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada 相似文献
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Filtering rates on [3H]thymidine-labelled natural unattachedbacteria and that on [14C]bicarbonate-labelled natural planktonwhich pass through the 25 µm-mesh-size screen were measuredfor Daphnia longispina and Eodiaptomus japonicus in Lake Biwa.Errors associated with the radioisotope technique, i.e the lossof labels after feeding trials and the self-absorption of thebeta emittance of 3H, were checked and corrected for the calculationof the filtering rates. It was suggested that Daphnia collectsbacteria efficiently, although the efficiency is somewhat variabledepending on food particle composition (i.e. presence and absenceof larger particles) and feeding condition (i.e. animal densityand physical disturbance). By contrast, copepodites of Eodiaptomuswere suggested to be less efficient bacteria feeders. Food resourceexploitation strategies of these two co-existing zooplanktersare discussed. 相似文献
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Copepod egg production, moulting and growth rates, and secondary production, in the Skagerrak in August 1988 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Peterson William T.; Tiselius Peter; Kiorboe Thomas 《Journal of plankton research》1991,13(1):131-154
Measurements of hydrography, chlorophyll, moulting rates ofjuvenile copepods and egg production rates of adult female copepodswere made at eight stations along a transect across the Skagerrak.The goals of the study were to determine (i) if there were correlationsbetween spatial variations in hydrography, phytoplankton andcopepod production rates, (ii) if copepod egg production rateswere correlated with juvenile growth rates, and (iii) if therewas evidence of food-niche separation among co-occumng femalecopepods The 200 km wide Skagerrak had a stratified water columnin the center and a mixed water column along the margins. Suchspatial variations should lead to a dominance of small phytoplanktoncells in the center and large cells along the margins; however,during our study blooms of Gyrodinium aureolum and Ceratium(three species) masked any locally driven differences in cellsize: 50% of chla was >11 µm, 5% in the 1150µm fraction and 45% <50 µm. averaged for allstations. Chlorophyll ranged from 0.2 to 2.5 µg l1at most depths and stations. Specific growth rates of copepodsaveraged 0.10 day1 for adult females and 0.27 day1for juveniles The latter is similar to maximum rates known fromlaboratory studies, thus were probably not food-limited. Eggproduction rates were food-limited with the degree of limitationvarying among species: 75% of maximum for Centropages typicus, 50% for Calanus finmarchicus, 30% for Paracalanus parvus and 15% for Acartia longiremis and Temora longicornis. Thedegree of limitation was unrelated to female body size suggestingfood-niche separation among adults. Copepod production, summedover all species, ranged from 3 to 8 mg carbon m3day1and averaged 4.6 mg carbon m1 day1. Egg productionaccounted for 25% of the total. 相似文献
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Jespersen Anne-Mette; Nielsen Jan; Riemann Bo; Sondergaard Morten 《Journal of plankton research》1992,14(5):637-648
Measurements of biomass and growth rate of two axenic algalcultures were carried out using three different methodologicalapproaches: the specific 14C-labelling of chlorophyll a, [3H]adenineincorporation into DNA and net organic carbon assimilation.Time-course experiments revealed that the specific activitiesof chlorophyll a were significantly higher than the specificactivity of total algal carbon in six of seven experiments.When the specific activity of chlorophyll a is used to calculatethe carbon biomass and growth rate, the carbon biomass of thealgae will thus be underestimated and the specific growth ratewill be too high. Determination of growth rates from incorporationof [3H]adenine gave lower values than those obtained from netorganic carbon assimilation and from 14C incorporation intochlorophyll a. Problems with adenine saturation are suggested.When [3H]adenine is used to measure growth rates in dense algalcultures, additions of >1 µM [3H]adenine are oftenrequired to maximally label the extracellular and intracellularadenine pools and hence DNA. 相似文献
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Growth and grazing rates of Protoperidinium hirobis Abe, a thecate heterotrophic dinoflagellate 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Growth and feeding rates of a laboratory-reared small thecateheterotrophic dinoflagellate, Protoperidinium hirobis Abè,grown on the diatom Leptocylindrus danicus, were measured inbatch cultures. Ingestion rates were determined directly bythe enumeration of empty diatom frustules produced by dinoflagellatefeeding. Both growth and feeding rates saturated at diatom concentrationsof {small tilde} 104 cells ml1, and reached maximum valuesof 1.7 divisions day1 and 23 diatoms grazer1 day1,respectively. This rate of cell division is notably high comparedto photosynthetic dinoflagellates, which seldom grow fasterthan 1 division day1. A maximal clearance rate of 0.5µl h1 was measured. Mean cell size varied proportionallywith food abundance, with food-saturated cells having doublethe mean volume of food-depleted cells. Tuning of cell divisionand grazing rate patterns were also examined; while mitosisoccurred chiefly during the dark period, no diel variationsin feeding rate were detected. These rates represent the firstdirect growth and ingestion measurements to be made for a thecateheterotrophic dinoflagellate. They serve to underscore one functionthese dinoflagellates perform within the microzooplanktonicfood web: that of transforming large diatoms into particlesmore easily ingested by microzooplankters. 相似文献
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The uptake of N by phytoplankton is generally estimated usingthe 15N technique and, under some circumstances, the uptakeof C is estimated using 13C. Rigorous examination of formulaefor computing net transport rates leads to several interestingand even unexpected conclusions. These are that the 15N or 13Ctechnique formula for computing net transport rates () is identicalto that of the 14C technique, in spite of apparent dissimilaritieswhich reflect differences in equipment used for determiningnon-radioactive and radioactive isotopes; the so-called specificuptake rates (V) should not be used with natural samples, exceptas a step in the calculation of transport rates (); estimationof is unaffected by the presence/absence of non-phytoplanktonicpaniculate organic matter (POM) in the incubated sample; thepractice of adding the concentration of tracer to the denominatorof expression representing the concentration of tracer in thedissolved phase at the beginning of incubation should be discontinued;and the concentration of POM should be determined from the inoculatedsample at the end of incubation (or, alternatively, from a sampleincubated in parallel) and not from a water sample taken atthe beginning of the incubation. 相似文献
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Respiration rates of dominant hydromedusae in the North Inlet tidal estuary during winter and summer
The objective of this study was to quantify the respiratoryrequirements and oxygen consumption rates for seasonal hydromedusaepopulations in the North Inlet estuary, Georgetown, SC, USA.Respiration rates were determined for hydromedusae collectedin January 2006, 2007 and July 2006 using microrespirometry.The numerically dominant gelatinous predators were Nemopsisbachei (January 2006 and 2007) and Bougainvillia muscus (July2006). Seasonal oxygen consumption rates were low (0.80–1.27µmol O2 g–1 h–1). Q10 values were high duringJanuary 2006 and July 2006 (4.7), but low during January 2007(0.5), suggesting hydromedusae were sensitive to the exposuretemperatures (7–34°C) in this study and well adaptedto the temperature range encountered in this estuary. Moreover,the oxygen consumption rates during July 2006 showed significantdifferences between the two species. The allometric relationshipbetween respiration rate and hydromedusae weight differed seasonally.Our findings suggest hydromedusae can persist in hypoxic conditionsand may partially explain the frequently observed increase inthese cnidarians under conditions of low dissolved oxygen concentrations. 相似文献
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The abundance, frequency of dividing cells and growth ratesof the planktonic cyano bacteria Synechococcus sp. during thesummer of 1995 and 1996 were estimated in the Northwest MediterraneanSea to test whether depth-dependent growth rates of this speciesexplain its dominance in the deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM)layer formed during summer thermal stratification in the NWMediterranean, compared to the surface layer. Abundance at theDCM layer (5070 m) was up to two orders of magnitudegreater than that at the surface, with values ranging from 1.7to 13x106 cells I-1 and from 4 to 175 x 106 cells I-1 at thesurface and in DCM waters, respectively. Gross growth rates,however, were much higher at the surface than in the DCM layer(surface: 0.761.07 day DCM: 0.300.47 day-1 Thehigher gross growth rates at the surface layer were supportedby a higher frequency of dividing cells (surface: 0.090.24;DCM: 0.010.12). The negative correlation between theabundance or standing stock and growth rates of these planktonicpicocyanobacteria points to losses, and not growth rate, asthe main control on the abundance of Synechococcus. Althoughwe provide some evidence that grazing alone may be able to accountfor these losses, further, direct determinations are clearlyneeded to elucidate the regulation of the abundance of Synechococcusin the NW Mediterranean. 相似文献
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Isolation of nuclei from label-retaining cells and measurement of their turnover rates in rat colon 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Kim SJ Cheung S Hellerstein MK 《American journal of physiology. Cell physiology》2004,286(6):C1464-C1473
We describe here a new technique for isolating nuclei from long-term label-retaining cells (LRCs), a subpopulation enriched with stem cells from colon, and for measuring their proliferation rates in vivo. A double-label approach was developed, combining the use of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) and 2H2O. Male Fisher 344 rats were administered BrdU in drinking water continuously for 28 wk. BrdU was then discontinued (BrdU washout), and animals (n = 33) were switched to 2H2O in drinking water and killed after 2, 4, and 8 wk. Nuclei from BrdU-positive cells (LRCs) were collected by flow cytometry. The percentages of LRCs were 7 and 3.8% after 4 and 8 wk of BrdU washout, respectively. Turnover rates of LRCs were measured on the basis of deuterium incorporation from 2H2O into DNA of LRC nuclei, as determined by mass spectrometry. The proliferation rate of the LRCs collected was 0.330.90% per day (half-life of 77210 days). Significant contamination from other potentially long-lived colon cells was excluded. In conclusion, this double-labeling method allows both physical isolation of nuclei from colon epithelial LRCs and measurement of their in vivo proliferation rates. Use of this approach may allow better understanding of mechanisms by which agents induce or protect against colon carcinogenesis. carcinogenesis; deuterated water; long-term label-retaining cells; stable isotopes 相似文献