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

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Figueroa, D., Rowe, O. F., Paczkowska, J., Legrand, C., Andersson, A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer US 2015
• Subjects: Microbiology of Aquatic Systems; Spring River; Northern Sweden; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823372/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26677860; 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...