0 1997, by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. Metabolic consequences of iron deficiency in heterotrophic marine protozoa

Iron is recognized as a key element regulating primary production in large regions of the ocean, but nothing is known of its direct effect on higher trophic levels. Two species of heterotrophic protozoa were thus fed iron-rich and iron-poor bacterial prey and their growth and metabolism examined. Ma...

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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.352.9183 2023-05-15T18:28:30+02:00 0 1997, by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. Metabolic consequences of iron deficiency in heterotrophic marine protozoa Z. Chuse N. M. Price The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.352.9183 http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_42/issue_8/1673.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.352.9183 http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_42/issue_8/1673.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_42/issue_8/1673.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T00:26:06Z Iron is recognized as a key element regulating primary production in large regions of the ocean, but nothing is known of its direct effect on higher trophic levels. Two species of heterotrophic protozoa were thus fed iron-rich and iron-poor bacterial prey and their growth and metabolism examined. Maximum growth rates of Paraphysomonas impetiorutu and Paraphysomonas butcheri wcrc observed only when iron quotas of bacterial prey were>70 pmol Fe mol C-l. At lower Fe: C ratios, but at constant prey biomass, both species grew significantly slower. Iron quotas of the flagcllatcs at these slow growth rates (-10 pmol Fe mol C-l) were similar to those of iron-limited phytoplankton and bacteria. Growth rate reduction was likely the result of direct, elemental limitation by iron, judging from the positive response of the protozoa to iron addition and their biochemical characteristics. Filtration and carbon ingestion rates increased under iron limitation, but gross carbon growth efficiency (GCGE) decreased when P. impeeoratu consumed iron-poor bacteria. Ammonium regeneration efficiency was also reduced. The decrease in GCGE was a consequence of reduced activity of the iron-dependent electron transport system, greater dissolved organic carbon excretion, and greater CO, evolution by iron-limited protozoa. P. impeeorutu excreted iron, even when limited by this element, and retained less of the ingested ration than when consuming iron-rich bacteria. Coupled with recent measurements of biogenic Fe: C in the subarctic Pacific, our results suggest that heterotrophic Text Subarctic Unknown Pacific
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description Iron is recognized as a key element regulating primary production in large regions of the ocean, but nothing is known of its direct effect on higher trophic levels. Two species of heterotrophic protozoa were thus fed iron-rich and iron-poor bacterial prey and their growth and metabolism examined. Maximum growth rates of Paraphysomonas impetiorutu and Paraphysomonas butcheri wcrc observed only when iron quotas of bacterial prey were>70 pmol Fe mol C-l. At lower Fe: C ratios, but at constant prey biomass, both species grew significantly slower. Iron quotas of the flagcllatcs at these slow growth rates (-10 pmol Fe mol C-l) were similar to those of iron-limited phytoplankton and bacteria. Growth rate reduction was likely the result of direct, elemental limitation by iron, judging from the positive response of the protozoa to iron addition and their biochemical characteristics. Filtration and carbon ingestion rates increased under iron limitation, but gross carbon growth efficiency (GCGE) decreased when P. impeeoratu consumed iron-poor bacteria. Ammonium regeneration efficiency was also reduced. The decrease in GCGE was a consequence of reduced activity of the iron-dependent electron transport system, greater dissolved organic carbon excretion, and greater CO, evolution by iron-limited protozoa. P. impeeorutu excreted iron, even when limited by this element, and retained less of the ingested ration than when consuming iron-rich bacteria. Coupled with recent measurements of biogenic Fe: C in the subarctic Pacific, our results suggest that heterotrophic
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