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Simulated phytoplankton bloom input in top-down manipulated microcosms: comparative effect of zooflagellates, ciliates and copepods
Christaki, U.; Van Wambeke, F. (1995). Simulated phytoplankton bloom input in top-down manipulated microcosms: comparative effect of zooflagellates, ciliates and copepods. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 9(2): 137-147
In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Inter-Research: Oldendorf/Luhe. ISSN 0948-3055; e-ISSN 1616-1564
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Trefwoorden
    Algae > Diatoms
    Algal blooms
    Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
    Behaviour > Feeding behaviour > Grazing
    Biological production
    Chemical elements > Nonmetals > Carbon
    Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle > Nutrient cycles
    Eukaryotes > Animals > Invertebrates > Protozoa > Ciliophora > Ciliates
    Flagellates
    Food webs
    Interspecific relationships > Predation
    Microcosms
    Microorganisms
    Ciliophora [WoRMS]; Copepoda [WoRMS]; Dinophyta [WoRMS]; Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin, 1897 [WoRMS]
    Marien/Kust
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  • Christaki, U.
  • Van Wambeke, F.
Abstract
    Succession of microbial populations and carbon flow were studied experimentally in a 2-stage linked system where phytoplankton growth was separated from decay or consumption. Three phytoplankton loss processes were considered: bacterial lysis, protozoan grazing and mesozooplankton grazing. An axenic culture of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum was transferred to 3 second-stage microcosms (150 l) kept in the dark. The first vessel (L: lysis batch) contained no herbivores and was top-limited by bacterivorous flagellates, the second (G: grazing batch) by ciliates and the third (Z: zooplankton batch) by copepods. In the L container there was no evidence of grazing on phytoplankton; the particle-associated protozoa were abundant (3.7 x 103 cell l-1). In the G vessel, ciliates (up to 96 x 103 cell l-1) controlled both the phytoplankton and nanoflagellate populations and ciliates ingested phytoplankton at rates from 1.7 to 16 phytoplankton cell ciliate-1 h-1 (average, 7.5 cell ciliate-1 h-1). The average growth yields for bacterivorous flagellates and ciliates were 35% and 45%, respectively. In the Z treatment, the concentration of >10 mu m protozoa (able to ingest P. Tricornutum) was apparently kept low due to copepod grazing pressure. Consequently, a considerable fraction of the phytoplankton was channelled through the detrital pathway instead of the classical herbivorous pathway. The general trend of the parameters describing microbial activity was Z > G > L. An influence of the complexity of the system on the turnover rate of organic matter was evident with the ratio 'cumulative biomass/POC' in the different vessels showing a lower level of detritus when predators of phytoplankton were present.
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