Drivers of microbial carbon fluxes variability in two oligotrophic Mediterranean coastal systems

Type : ACL
Nature : Production scientifique
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Statut de publication : Publié
Année de publication : 2019
Auteurs (6) : GONZÁLEZ N GARCIA-CORRAL L,s MORÁN Xosé,anxelu,g MIDDELBURG J,j PIZAY Marie-dominique GATTUSO Jean-pierre
Revue scientifique : Scientific Reports
Volume : 9
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Pages : 17669-17669
DOI : 10.1038/s41598-019-53650-z
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Abstract : The carbon fluxes between phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacterioplankton were studied in two coastal oligotrophic sites in the NW Mediterranean. Phytoplankton and bacterial production rates were measured under natural conditions using different methods. In the Bay of Villefranche, the temporal variability revealed net heterotrophy in July-October and net autotrophy in December-March. The spatial variability was studied in the Bay of Palma, showing net autotrophic areas in the west and heterotrophic areas in the east. On average bacterial respiration, represented 62% of the total community respiration. Bacterial growth efficiency (BGE) values were significantly higher in autotrophic conditions than in heterotrophic ones. During autotrophic periods, dissolved primary production (DPP) was enough to sustained bacterial metabolism, although it showed a positive correlation with organic carbon stock (DOC). Under heterotrophic conditions, DPP did not sustain bacterial metabolism but bacterial respiration correlated with DPP and bacterial production with DOC. Temperature affected positively, DOC, BGE, bacterial respiration and production when the trophic status was autotrophic. To summarize, the response of bacterial metabolism to temperature and carbon sources depends on the trophic status within these oligotrophic coastal systems.
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González N, Garcia-Corral LS, Morán XAG, Middelburg JJ, Pizay M-D, Gattuso J-P (2019) Drivers of microbial carbon fluxes variability in two oligotrophic Mediterranean coastal systems. Scientific Reports 9: 17669-17669 | doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53650-z