Allochthonous Carbon-a Major Driver of Bacterioplankton Production in the Subarctic Northern Baltic Sea

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Figueroa, Daniela, Rowe, O. F., Paczkowska, Joanna, Legrand, Catherine, Andersson, Agneta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM) 2016
• Subjects: Microbiology; Ecology; Microbial Ecology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Nature Conservation; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Allochthonous organic matter; Carbon utilization; Bacterioplankton production; Sub-arctic estuary; Baltic Sea; Mikrobiologi; Bioenergy; Bioenergi; Bioremediation; Biosanering; Northern Sweden; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-48485; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-015-0714-4

Heterotrophic bacteria are, in many aquatic systems, reliant on autochthonous organic carbon as their energy source. One exception is low-productive humic lakes, where allochthonous dissolved organic matter (ADOM) is the major driver. We hypothesized that bacterial production (BP) is similarly regul...