Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states
During a spring‐summer bloom in a large Arctic polynya, vertically distinct protist communities (phytoplankton and protozoa) occurred within layers caused by interleaving and entrainment of different water masses. We developed a ternary community distance index to quantify the variability in protist...
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crwiley:10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1819 2023-12-03T10:18:03+01:00 Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states Lovejoy, Connie Carmack, Eddy C. Legendre, Louis Price, Neil M. 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1819 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.2002.47.6.1819 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1819 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1819 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Limnology and Oceanography volume 47, issue 6, page 1819-1831 ISSN 0024-3590 1939-5590 Aquatic Science Oceanography journal-article 2002 crwiley https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2002.47.6.1819 2023-11-09T13:49:52Z During a spring‐summer bloom in a large Arctic polynya, vertically distinct protist communities (phytoplankton and protozoa) occurred within layers caused by interleaving and entrainment of different water masses. We developed a ternary community distance index to quantify the variability in protist community structure in these heterogeneous surface layers. This index was highly correlated ( r = 0.984, n = 6) with the extent of physical interleaving (quantified as the root mean square deviations in temperature between measured and smoothed profiles) indicating a high degree of physical‐biotic coupling within water columns of the polynya. Water mass layering created favorable conditions for ciliate blooms. These blooms were associated with distinct temperature‐salinity layers. These layers might act as processing traps for particulate organic matter, with highest concentrations of viruses and bacteria (specifically cells with open or leaky membranes, suggesting microbial grazing pressure) occurring in highly interleaved water columns. In contrast, viral and bacterial concentrations were lowest at a noninterleaved station where protist biomass was dominated by flagellates and small dinoflagellates that were evenly distributed down the water column. Water mass interleaving is likely to contribute to microbial biodiversity, community structure and vertical segmentation of biogeochemical processes in the upper ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Phytoplankton Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Arctic Limnology and Oceanography 47 6 1819 1831 |
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During a spring‐summer bloom in a large Arctic polynya, vertically distinct protist communities (phytoplankton and protozoa) occurred within layers caused by interleaving and entrainment of different water masses. We developed a ternary community distance index to quantify the variability in protist community structure in these heterogeneous surface layers. This index was highly correlated ( r = 0.984, n = 6) with the extent of physical interleaving (quantified as the root mean square deviations in temperature between measured and smoothed profiles) indicating a high degree of physical‐biotic coupling within water columns of the polynya. Water mass layering created favorable conditions for ciliate blooms. These blooms were associated with distinct temperature‐salinity layers. These layers might act as processing traps for particulate organic matter, with highest concentrations of viruses and bacteria (specifically cells with open or leaky membranes, suggesting microbial grazing pressure) occurring in highly interleaved water columns. In contrast, viral and bacterial concentrations were lowest at a noninterleaved station where protist biomass was dominated by flagellates and small dinoflagellates that were evenly distributed down the water column. Water mass interleaving is likely to contribute to microbial biodiversity, community structure and vertical segmentation of biogeochemical processes in the upper ocean. |
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Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states |
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Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states |
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Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states |
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Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states |
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Water column interleaving: A new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states |
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water column interleaving: a new physical mechanism determining protist communities and bacterial states |
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