Active ingestion of fluorescently labeled bacteria by mesopelagic heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the East Sea, Korea

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作者
Cho, BC [1 ]
Na, SC
Choi, DH
机构
[1] Seoul Natl Univ, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Kwan Ak Gu, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[2] Seoul Natl Univ, Res Inst Oceanog, Kwan Ak Gu, Seoul 151742, South Korea
关键词
heterotrophic nanoflagellates; grazing; FLB; mesopelagic zone; the East Sea;
D O I
10.3354/meps206023
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
To determine whether heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) in the mesopelagial actively ingest bacteria and whether HNF grazing rates comprise a significant fraction of the mesopelagic bacterial production, we measured uptake rates of fluorescently labeled bacteria (FLB) by mesopelagic HNF and bacterial production in the East Sea, 5 times from April 1996 to September 1997. Although bacterial abundance and production were much lower in the mesopelagic than in the epipelagic zone, HNF clearance rates and volume-specific HNF clearance rates in both layers were usually within the same range, 1 to 11 nl HNF-1 h(-1) and 0.1 to 1 x 10(6) h(-1), respectively. Two samples in the mesopelagial showed somewhat increased clearance rates (14 to 16 nl HNF-1 h(-1)) and volume-specific HNF clearance rates (up to 2.6 x 10(6) h(-1)). Fractions of actively grazing HNF were not statistically different in the 2 layers (epipelagial: 33 to 98 %, mesopelagial: 22 to 79 %) in most cruises. HNF grazing rates in the mesopelagial (0.1 to 1.1 x 10(6) cells l(-1) h(-1)) were either major fractions of or often greater than bacterial production, suggesting that HNF grazing on bacteria was the major fate of mesopelagic bacterial production at the study site.
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