Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W).
International audience Despitethelong-standingbeliefthatseawaterviscosityisdrivenbytemperatureandsalinity, biologicallyincreasedseawaterviscosityhasrepeatedlybeenreportedinrelationtophytoplankton exudatesinshallow,productivecoastalwaters.Here,seawaterviscositywasinvestigatedinrelationto microbialand...
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ftunivlille:oai:HAL:hal-00767876v1 2024-06-23T07:45:55+00:00 Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). Seuront, Laurent Leterme, Sc Seymour, Js Mitchell, Jg. Ashcroft, D. Noble, W. Thompson, Pg Davidson, At van den Enden, R. Scott, Fj Wright, Sw Chapperon, C. Cribb, N. Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord ) 2010 https://hal.science/hal-00767876 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.018 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.018 hal-00767876 https://hal.science/hal-00767876 doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.018 ISSN: 0146-6291 Deep Sea Research https://hal.science/hal-00767876 Deep Sea Research, 2010, 57, pp.877-886. ⟨10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.018⟩ [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2010 ftunivlille https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.018 2024-06-10T14:26:43Z International audience Despitethelong-standingbeliefthatseawaterviscosityisdrivenbytemperatureandsalinity, biologicallyincreasedseawaterviscosityhasrepeatedlybeenreportedinrelationtophytoplankton exudatesinshallow,productivecoastalwaters.Here,seawaterviscositywasinvestigatedinrelationto microbialandphytoplanktoniccommunitiesoffthecoastofEastAntarcticaalonglatitudinaltransects located between301E and801E insub-surfacewatersandatthedeepchlorophyllmaximum(DCM).The physicalcomponentofseawaterviscosityobservedalongeachtransectsrangedfrom1.80to1.95cP, while theactualseawaterviscosityrangedfrom1.85to3.69cP.Thisresultedinbiologicallyincreased seawaterviscosityreachingupto84.9%insub-surfacewatersand77.6%attheDCM.Significantpositive correlationswerefoundbetweenelevatedseawaterviscosityand(i)bacterialabundanceinsub-surface watersand(ii)chlorophyll a concentrationandtheabundanceofflowcytometrically-definedauto-and heterotrophicprotistsattheDCM.Amongthe12groupsand108speciesofprotistsidentifiedunder light microscopy,dinoflagellatesandmorespecifically Alexandriumtamarense and Prorocentrum sp. were themaincontributorstothepatternsobservedforelevatedseawaterviscosity.Ourobservations, which generalisedthelinkpreviouslyidentifiedbetweenseawaterviscosityandphytoplankton compositionandstandingstocktotheSouthernOcean,arethefirstdemonstrationofincreasesin seawaterviscositylinkedtomarinebacterialcommunities,andsuggestthatthemicrobially-increased viscositymightquantitativelybeatleastasimportantastheonerelatedtophytoplanktonsecretion. & 2009 ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica West Antarctica LillOA (HAL Lille Open Archive, Université de Lille) West Antarctica Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 57 9-10 877 886 |
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[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography Seuront, Laurent Leterme, Sc Seymour, Js Mitchell, Jg. Ashcroft, D. Noble, W. Thompson, Pg Davidson, At van den Enden, R. Scott, Fj Wright, Sw Chapperon, C. Cribb, N. Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). |
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International audience Despitethelong-standingbeliefthatseawaterviscosityisdrivenbytemperatureandsalinity, biologicallyincreasedseawaterviscosityhasrepeatedlybeenreportedinrelationtophytoplankton exudatesinshallow,productivecoastalwaters.Here,seawaterviscositywasinvestigatedinrelationto microbialandphytoplanktoniccommunitiesoffthecoastofEastAntarcticaalonglatitudinaltransects located between301E and801E insub-surfacewatersandatthedeepchlorophyllmaximum(DCM).The physicalcomponentofseawaterviscosityobservedalongeachtransectsrangedfrom1.80to1.95cP, while theactualseawaterviscosityrangedfrom1.85to3.69cP.Thisresultedinbiologicallyincreased seawaterviscosityreachingupto84.9%insub-surfacewatersand77.6%attheDCM.Significantpositive correlationswerefoundbetweenelevatedseawaterviscosityand(i)bacterialabundanceinsub-surface watersand(ii)chlorophyll a concentrationandtheabundanceofflowcytometrically-definedauto-and heterotrophicprotistsattheDCM.Amongthe12groupsand108speciesofprotistsidentifiedunder light microscopy,dinoflagellatesandmorespecifically Alexandriumtamarense and Prorocentrum sp. were themaincontributorstothepatternsobservedforelevatedseawaterviscosity.Ourobservations, which generalisedthelinkpreviouslyidentifiedbetweenseawaterviscosityandphytoplankton compositionandstandingstocktotheSouthernOcean,arethefirstdemonstrationofincreasesin seawaterviscositylinkedtomarinebacterialcommunities,andsuggestthatthemicrobially-increased viscositymightquantitativelybeatleastasimportantastheonerelatedtophytoplanktonsecretion. & 2009 ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved |
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Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Nord ) |
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Seuront, Laurent Leterme, Sc Seymour, Js Mitchell, Jg. Ashcroft, D. Noble, W. Thompson, Pg Davidson, At van den Enden, R. Scott, Fj Wright, Sw Chapperon, C. Cribb, N. |
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Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). |
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Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). |
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Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). |
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Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). |
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Role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off West Antarctica (30-80°W). |
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role of microbial and phytoplanktonic communities in the control of seawater viscosity off west antarctica (30-80°w). |
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