Synechococcus in the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean
Published version. Source at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00191 Increasing temperatures, with pronounced effects at high latitudes, have raised questions about potential changes in species composition, as well as possible increased importance of small-celled phytoplankton in marine systems. In...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/10621 2023-05-15T14:25:47+02:00 Synechococcus in the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean Paulsen, Maria Lund Doré, Hugo Garczarek, Laurence Seuthe, Lena Müller, Oliver Sandaa, Ruth-Anne Bratbak, Gunnar Larsen, Aud 2016-10-05 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10621 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00191 eng eng Frontiers Media Frontiers in Marine Science info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NRC/POLARPROG/225956/Jurisdiction/ ProcessesAndPlayersInArcticMarinePelagicFoodWebs// info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NRC/POLARPROG/226415/Jurisdiction/BridgingMarineProductivityRegimes// Paulsen ML. et.al.: Synechococcus in the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2016;3:191 FRIDAID 1386144 doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00191 2296-7745 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/10621 openAccess VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 picocyanobacteria picoeukaryotes temperature adaptation petB sequences flow cytometry high latitude ecosystems Svalbard West Spitsbergen Current Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2016 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00191 2021-06-25T17:55:05Z Published version. Source at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00191 Increasing temperatures, with pronounced effects at high latitudes, have raised questions about potential changes in species composition, as well as possible increased importance of small-celled phytoplankton in marine systems. In this study, we mapped out one of the smallest and globally most widespread primary producers, the picocyanobacterium Synechococcus, within the Atlantic inflow to the Arctic Ocean. In contrast to the general understanding that Synechococcus is almost absent in polar oceans due to low temperatures, we encountered high abundances (up to 21,000 cells mL−1) at 79◦N, and documented their presence as far north as 82.5◦N. Covering an annual cycle in 2014, we found that during autumn and winter, Synechococcus was often more abundant than picoeukaryotes, which usually dominate the picophytoplankton communities in the Arctic. Synechococcus community composition shifted from a quite high genetic diversity during the spring bloom to a clear dominance of two specific operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in autumn and winter. We observed abundances higher than 1000 cells mL−1 in water colder than 2◦C at seven distinct stations and size-fractionation experiments demonstrated a net growth of Synechococcus at 2◦C in the absence of nano-sized grazers at certain periods of the year. Phylogenetic analysis of petB sequences demonstrated that these high latitude Synechococcus group within the previously described cold-adapted clades I and IV, but also contributed to unveil novel genetic diversity, especially within clade I. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Phytoplankton Svalbard Spitsbergen University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Ocean Svalbard Frontiers in Marine Science 3 |
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Published version. Source at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00191 Increasing temperatures, with pronounced effects at high latitudes, have raised questions about potential changes in species composition, as well as possible increased importance of small-celled phytoplankton in marine systems. In this study, we mapped out one of the smallest and globally most widespread primary producers, the picocyanobacterium Synechococcus, within the Atlantic inflow to the Arctic Ocean. In contrast to the general understanding that Synechococcus is almost absent in polar oceans due to low temperatures, we encountered high abundances (up to 21,000 cells mL−1) at 79◦N, and documented their presence as far north as 82.5◦N. Covering an annual cycle in 2014, we found that during autumn and winter, Synechococcus was often more abundant than picoeukaryotes, which usually dominate the picophytoplankton communities in the Arctic. Synechococcus community composition shifted from a quite high genetic diversity during the spring bloom to a clear dominance of two specific operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in autumn and winter. We observed abundances higher than 1000 cells mL−1 in water colder than 2◦C at seven distinct stations and size-fractionation experiments demonstrated a net growth of Synechococcus at 2◦C in the absence of nano-sized grazers at certain periods of the year. Phylogenetic analysis of petB sequences demonstrated that these high latitude Synechococcus group within the previously described cold-adapted clades I and IV, but also contributed to unveil novel genetic diversity, especially within clade I. |
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Synechococcus in the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean |
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Synechococcus in the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean |
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Synechococcus in the Atlantic Gateway to the Arctic Ocean |
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