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The seasonal pattern of phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll and particulate organic carbon) and the salinity-related pattern
of phytoplankton biomass and size composition were determined in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, throughout 2004. Phytoplankton
biomass was highest during summer and lowest during winter. During summer, phytoplankton biomass was highest in waters with
salinity between about 5 and 23. In waters between 5 and 23, phytoplankton biomass was primarily (> 50%) composed of < 5 μm
cells. The results from this study support the idea that a microbial food web characterizes mass and energy flow through the
planktonic food web in Apalachicola Bay and other estuaries. During winter, the carbonxhlorophylla ratio averaged 56 ± 60 (standard deviation). During summer, the ratio ranged from 23 to 345, with highest values occurring
in waters with salinity between about 8 and 22. The carbonxhlorophylla ratio was positively related to the percent of chlorophyll < 5 μm in size during summer. 相似文献
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Carlton D. Hunt David G. Borkman P. Scott Libby Richard Lacouture Jefferson T. Turner Michael J. Mickelson 《Estuaries and Coasts》2010,33(2):448-470
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) conducts a comprehensive multidisciplinary monitoring program in Massachusetts
Bay, Cape Cod Bay, and Boston Harbor to assess the environmental effects of a relocated secondary-treated effluent outfall.
Through 2007, 8.7 years of baseline data and 7.3 years of postdiversion data (16 total years), including species level estimates
of phytoplankton and zooplankton abundance, have been collected. MWRA’s monitoring program and other studies make this region
one of the most thoroughly studied and well-described marine systems in the world. The data show that the diversion of MWRA
effluent from the harbor to the bay has decreased nutrients concentrations and improved water quality in the harbor (e.g.,
higher dissolved oxygen, lower chlorophyll). The diversion also resulted in an increase in dissolved inorganic nutrients (especially
ammonium) in the vicinity of the bay outfall, but no obvious impacts such as increased biomass or decreased bottom water dissolved
oxygen have been observed. Regional changes in phytoplankton and zooplankton unrelated to the diversion have been seen, and
it is clear that the bays are closely connected both physically and ecologically with the greater Gulf of Maine. Direct responses
to modifications of the nutrient field within a 10 × 10-km area centered near the midpoint of the 2-km long outfall diffuser
in Massachusetts Bay (a.k.a. the nearfield) have not been seen in the plankton community. However, plankton variability in
the bays has been linked to large regional to hemispheric scale (NAO) processes. 相似文献
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P V BHASKAR RAJDEEP ROY MANGESH GAUNS D M SHENOY V D RAO S MOCHEMADKAR 《Journal of Earth System Science》2011,120(6):1145-1154
An unusual phytoplankton bloom dominated by unidentified green coloured spherical algal cells (∼5μm diameter) and dinoflagellates
(Heterocapsa, Scripsiella and Gymnodinium) was encountered along the coast of Goa, India during 27 and 29 January, 2005. Pigment analysis was carried out using both
fluorometric and HPLC methods. Seawater samples collected from various depths within the intense bloom area showed high concentrations
of Chl a (up to 106 mg m − 3) associated with low bacterial production (0.31 to 0.52 mg C m − 3 h − 1) and mesozooplankton biomass (0.03 ml m − 3). Pigment analyses of the seawater samples were done using HPLC detected marker pigments corresponding to prasinophytes,
dinoflagellates and diatoms. Chlorophyll b (36–56%) followed by peridinin (15–30%), prasinoxanthin (11–17%) and fucoxanthin (7–15%) were the major diagnostic pigments
while pigments of cryptophytes and cyanobacteria including alloxanthin and zeaxanthin formed <10%. Although microscopic analysis
indicated a decline in the bloom, pheaophytin concentrations in the water column measured by both techniques were very low,
presumably due to fast recycling and/or settling rate. The unique composition of the bloom and its probable causes are discussed
in this paper. 相似文献
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Two different approaches to measuring phytoplankton nitrogen (N) use were compared in late summer 2004 along the main axis
of Chesapeake Bay. Uptake of 15N-labeled ammonium and nitrate and dual-labeled (15N and 13C) urea and dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) were measured in surface water samples from upper, mid, and lower bay stations.
Two distinct methods were used to assess the relative uptake of N substrates by phytoplankton and correct for bacterial artifacts:
(1) traditional filtration using Whatman glass fiber (GF/F) filters and (2) flow cytometric (FCM) sorting of chlorophyll-containing
cells. The concentration of dissolved inorganic N (DIN) decreased with distance south along the bay, whereas dissolved organic
N (DON) concentrations were relatively constant. Absolute N uptake rates measured using the traditional approach exceeded
those of FCM-sorted phytoplankton, thereby suggesting the possibility of bacterial “contamination.” Ammonium was the dominant
N form used throughout the transect, although FCM-sorted phytoplankton relied more on urea and DFAA as the ratio of DON/DIN
increased toward the bay mouth. Overall, ammonium comprised 74 ± 17%, urea 10 ± 9%, DFAA 9 ± 7%, and nitrate 7 ± 12% of total
measured N uptake by phytoplankton. Results suggest that bacteria relied primarily on DFAA and ammonium for N nutrition but
also used N from urea at a rate similar to that of phytoplankton, whereas bacterial nitrate uptake was insignificant. On average,
phytoplankton uptake of ammonium, urea, and DFAA was overestimated by 61%, 53%, and 135%, respectively, as a result of bacterial
retention on GF/F filters. 相似文献
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The role of the microzooplankton community in regulating phytoplankton biomass was examined across a gradient from a river-dominated
estuary to an oceanic-influenced coastal zone. Three stations located along a salinity gradient from the central region of
Mobile Bay to 10 km off the coast were sampled from May 1994 to August 1995. Microzooplankton herbivory rates on phytoplankton
and microzooplankton excretion of nitrogen derived from phytoplankton were estimated using the dilution technique. Microzooplankton
grazing rates (range of station means=0.57–1.10 d−1) and phytoplankton growth rates (0.70–1.62 d−1) both increased across the salinity gradient from the bay station to the offshore station. However, the percent of primary
production grazed per day was highest at the bay station (mean=83%) and decreased to a low at the offshore station (mean=64%).
Excretion of phytoplankton-derived nitrogen by the microzooplankton was greatest at the bay and bay mouth stations. Excreted
nitrogen could potentially supply 39%, 29%, and 20% of phytoplankton nitrogen demand at the bay, bay mouth, and offshore stations,
respectively. These results support the idea that herbivorous microzooplankton are important in mediating nitrogen flow to
both lower and higher trophic levels. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A01BY085 00012 相似文献
6.
P. W. Lehman 《Estuaries and Coasts》2007,30(1):82-93
Differences in phytoplankton community composition along a riverine to, freshwater tidal continuum was an important factor
affecting the primary productivity and quantity of phytoplankton biomass available to the San Francisco Estuary food web downstream.
The relative contribution of riverine and freshwater tidal phytoplankton was determined using measurements of primary productivity,
respiration, and phytoplankton species composition along a riverine to freshwater tidal gradient in the San Joaquin River,
one of two major rivers that flow into, the San Francisco Estuary. Chla-specific net primary productivity was greater in the freshwater tidal habitat and was correlated with both a higher growth
efficiency and maximum growth potential compared with the river upstream. Cluster analysis indicated these differences in
growth parameters were associated with differences in species composition, with greater percent diatom and green algal species
biomass upstream and flagellate biomass downstream. Correlation between the chla specific net productivity and phytoplankton species composition suggested the downstream shift from riverine diatom and green
algal species to flagellate species contributed to the seaward increase in net primary productivity. Environmental conditions,
such as specific conductance and water transparency, may have influenced primary productivity along the riverine to freshwater
tidal continuum through their effect on both species composition and growth rate. Data suggest light was not the sole controlling
factor for primary productivity in this highly turbid estuary; phytoplankton growth rate did not increase when riverine plankton
communities from low light conditions upstream were exposed to higher light conditions downstream. This study suggests that
the availability of phytoplankton biomass to the estuarine food web may be influenced by management of both phytoplankton
growth and community composition along the riverine to freshwater tidal continuum. 相似文献
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Elizabeth Fejes Daniel Roelke George Gable James Heilman Kevin McInnes David Zuberer 《Estuaries and Coasts》2005,28(1):96-107
Carbon entering the food web originating from microalgal productivity may be as important to salt marsh consumers as carbon
originating from vascular plant production. The objective of this study was to further our understanding of the role played
by microalgae in salt marshes. We focused on microalgal productivity, community dynamics, and pelagic food web linkages. Across
three consecutive springs (2001–2003), we sampled the upper Nueces Delta in southeast Texas, United States; a shallow, turbid
system of ponds and elevated vegetated areas stressed by low freshwater inflow and salinities ranging from brackish (11) to
hypersaline (300). Despite high turbidity and low external nutrient loadings, microalgal productivity was on the order of
that reported for vascular plants. Primary productivity in surface waters ranged from 0 to 2.02 g C m−2 d−1 and was usually higher than primary productivity associated with the benthos, which ranged from 0 to 1.14 g C m−2 d−1. This was likely due to high amounts of wind-driven resuspended sediment limiting production at greater depths. Most of the
water column microalgal biovolume seemed to originate from the benthos and was comprised mostly of pennate diatoms. But true
phytoplankton taxa were also observed, which included cryptomonads, chlorophyhtes dinoflagellates, and cyanobacteria. Succession
from r-selected to K-selected taxa with the progression of spring, a common phenomena in aquatic systems, was not observed.
Codominance by both potentially edible and less edible taxa was found. This was likely due to decreased grazing pressure on
r-selected taxa as salinity conditions became unfavorable for grazers. In addition to a decoupled food web, reduced primary
and net productivity, community respiration, and microalgal and zooplankton population densities were all observed at extreme
salinities. Our findings suggest that a more accurate paradigm of salt marsh functioning within the landscape must account
for microalgal productivity as well as production by vascular plants. Because the value of microalgal productivity to higher
trophic levels is taxa specific, the factors that govern microalgal community structure and dynamics must also be accounted
for. In the case for the Nueces Delta, these factors included wind mixing and increasing salinities. 相似文献
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Long-Term and Seasonal Changes in Nutrients,Phytoplankton Biomass,and Dissolved Oxygen in Deep Bay,Hong Kong 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Jie Xu Kedong Yin Joseph H. W. Lee Hongbin Liu Alvin Y. T. Ho Xiangcheng Yuan Paul J. Harrison 《Estuaries and Coasts》2010,33(2):399-416
Deep Bay is a semienclosed bay that receives sewage from Shenzhen, a fast-growing city in China. NH4 is the main N component of the sewage (>50% of total N) in the inner bay, and a twofold increase in NH4 and PO4 concentrations is attributed to increased sewage loading over the 21-year period (1986–2006). During this time series, the
maximum annual average NH4 and PO4 concentrations exceeded 500 and 39 μM, respectively. The inner bay (Stns DM1 and DM2) has a long residence time and very
high nutrient loads and yet much lower phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll (Chl) <10 μg L−1 except for Jan, July, and Aug) and few severe long-term hypoxic events (dissolved oxygen (DO) generally >2 mg L−1) than expected. Because it is shallow (~2 m), phytoplankton growth is likely limited by light due to mixing and suspended
sediments, as well as by ammonium toxicity, and biomass accumulation is reduced by grazing, which may reduce the occurrence
of hypoxia. Since nutrients were not limiting in the inner bay, the significant long-term increase in Chl a (0.52–0.57 μg L−1 year−1) was attributed to climatic effects in which the significant increase in rainfall (11 mm year−1) decreased salinity, increased stratification, and improved water stability. The outer bay (DM3 to DM5) has a high flushing
rate (0.2 day−1), is deeper (3 to 5 m), and has summer stratification, yet there are few large algal blooms and hypoxic events since dilution
by the Pearl River discharge in summer, and the invasion of coastal water in winter is likely greater than the phytoplankton
growth rate. A significant long-term increase in NO3 (0.45–0.94 μM year−1) occurred in the outer bay, but no increasing trend was observed for SiO4 or PO4, and these long-term trends in NO3, PO4, and SiO4 in the outer bay agreed with those long-term trends in the Pearl River discharge. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) has
approximately doubled from 35–62 to 68–107 μM in the outer bay during the last two decades, and consequently DIN to PO4 molar ratios have also increased over twofold since there was no change in PO4. The rapid increase in salinity and DO and the decrease in nutrients and suspended solids from the inner to the outer bay
suggest that the sewage effluent from the inner bay is rapidly diluted and appears to have a limited effect on the phytoplankton
of the adjacent waters beyond Deep Bay. Therefore, physical processes play a key role in reducing the risk of algal blooms
and hypoxic events in Deep Bay. 相似文献
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Debasmita Bandyopadhyay Haimanti Biswas V. V. S. S. Sarma 《Estuaries and Coasts》2017,40(4):1066-1081
The major Indian rivers bring significant amount of freshwater along with inorganic nutrients and sediment load in to the northern Bay of Bengal (BOB) during the southwest monsoon (SWM); the southern bay does not experience equal freshening. This contrasting pattern may considerably impact the physicochemical features and phytoplankton community composition in this bay and was investigated during a coastal cruise during the SWM covering eight river plumes from both northern and southern bay; phytoplankton pigments and physicochemical parameters were analysed from different depths (0, 10, 25, and 50 m). Significant freshening, stratification and warmer waters were noticed in the northern bay relative to its southern part. Phytoplankton pigment analysis and diagnostic pigment-based size class analysis revealed the dominance of microphytoplankton (mainly diatoms) in the northern bay and were mostly confined to the surface waters. Their abundance was positively correlated with dissolved silicate (DSi) concentrations and inversely with salinity. Nanophytoplankton and picophytoplankton (prymnesiophytes, chrysophytes and cyanophytes) were mostly noticed in the subsurface waters and dominated the southern bay. This finding suggests that the dominance of microphytoplankton in the northern bay may significantly contribute to higher particle flux which has been reported earlier. Therefore, any modification in future river discharge, which is in turn related to the intensity of Indian summer monsoon, will alter the phytoplankton community structure in the coastal BOB and may be further cascaded to the other vital ecosystem components like fisheries resources, organic carbon export flux and benthic production. 相似文献
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Phytoplankton Biomass and Production in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters: Influence of the Pearl River Outflow 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Alvin Y. T. Ho Jie Xu Kedong Yin Yuelu Jiang Xiangcheng Yuan Lei He Donald M. Anderson Joseph H. W. Lee Paul J. Harrison 《Estuaries and Coasts》2010,33(1):170-181
The size-fractionated phytoplankton biomass and primary production were investigated in four contrasting areas of Hong Kong
waters in 2006. Phytoplankton biomass and production varied seasonally in response to the influence of the Pearl River discharge.
In the dry season, the phytoplankton biomass and production were low (<42 mg chl m−2 and <1.8 g C m−2 day−1) in all four areas, due to low temperatures and dilution and reduced light availability due to strong vertical mixing. In
contrast, in the wet season, in the river-impacted western areas, the phytoplankton biomass and production increased greater
than five-fold compared to the dry season, especially in summer. In summer, algal biomass was 15-fold higher than in winter,
and the mean integrated primary productivity (IPP) was 9 g C m−2 day−1 in southern waters due to strong stratification, high temperatures, light availability, and nutrient input from the Pearl
River estuary. However, in the highly flushed western waters, chl a and IPP were lower (<30 mg m−2 and 4 g C m−2 day−1, respectively) due to dilution. The maximal algal biomass and primary production occurred in southern waters with strong
stratification and less flushing. Spring blooms (>10 μg chl a L−1) rarely occurred despite the high chl-specific photosynthetic rate (mostly >10 μg C μg chl a
−1 day−1) as the accumulation of algal biomass was restricted by active physical processes (e.g., strong vertical mixing and freshwater
dilution). Phytoplankton biomass and production were mostly dominated by the >5-μm size fraction all year except in eastern
waters during spring and mostly composed of fast-growing chain-forming diatoms. In the stratified southern waters in summer,
the largest algal blooms occurred in part due to high nutrient inputs from the Pearl River estuary. 相似文献
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Analysis of 6 yr of monthly water quality data was performed on three distinct zones of Florida Bay: the eastern bay, central bay, and western bay. Each zone was analyzed for trends at intra-annual (seasonal), interannual (oscillation), and long-term (monotonic) scales. the variables TON, TOC, temperature, and TN∶TP ratio had seasonal maxima in the summer rainy season; APA and Chla, indicators of the size and activity of the microplankton tended to have maxima in the fall. In contrast, NO3 −, NO2 −, NH4 +, turbidity, and DOsat, were highest in the winter dry season. There were large changes in some of the water quality variables of Florida Bay over the study period. Salinity and TP concentrations declined baywide while turbidity increased dramatically. Salinity declined in the eastern, central, and western Florida Bay by 13.6‰, 11.6‰, and 5.6‰, respectively. Some of the decrease in the eastern bay could be accounted for by increased freshwater flows from the Everglades. In contrast to most other estuarine systems, increased runoff may have been partially responsible for the decrease in TP concentrations as input concentrations were 0.3–0.5 μM. Turbidity in the eastern bay increased twofold from 1991 to 1996, while in the central and western bays it increased by factors of 20 and 4, respectively. Chla concentrations were particularly dynamic and spatially heterogeneous. In the eastern bay, which makes up roughly half of the surface area of Florida Bay, Chla declined by 0.9 μg l−1 (63%). The hydrographically isolated central bay zone underwent a fivefold increase in phytoplankton biomass from 1989 to 1994, then rapidly declined to previous levels by 1996. In western Florida Bay there was a significant increase in Chla, yet median concentrations of Chla in the water column remained modest (∼2 μg l−1) by most estuarine standards. Only in the central bay did the DIN pool increase substantially (threefold to sixfold). Notably, these changes in turbidity and phytoplankton biomass occurred after the poorly-understood seagrass die-off in 1987. It is likely the death and decomposition of large amounts of seagrass biomass can at least partially explain some of the changes in water quality of Florida Bay, but the connections are temporally disjoint and the process indirect and not well understood. 相似文献
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Thomas C. Malone Daniel J. Conley Thomas R. Fisher Patricia M. Glibert Lawrence W. Harding Kevin G. Sellner 《Estuaries and Coasts》1996,19(2):371-385
The scales on which phytoplankton biomass vary in response to variable nutrient inputs depend on the nutrient status of the plankton community and on the capacity of consumers to respond to increases in phytoplankton productivity. Overenrichment and associated declines in water quality occur when phytoplankton growth rate becomes nutrient-saturated, the production and consumption of phytoplankton biomass become uncoupled in time and space, and phytoplankton biomass becomes high and varies on scales longer than phytoplankton generation times. In Chesapeake Bay, phytoplankton growth rates appear to be limited by dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) during spring when biomass reaches its annual maximum and by dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) during summer when phytoplankton growth rates are highest. However, despite high inputs of DIN and dissolved silicate (DSi) relative to DIP (molar ratios of N∶P and Si∶P>100), seasonal accumulations of phytoplankton biomass within the salt-intruded-reach of the bay appear to be limited by riverine DIN supply while the magnitude of the spring diatom bloom is governed by DSi supply. Seasonal imbalances between biomass production and consumption lead to massive accumulations of phytoplankton biomass (often>1,000 mg Chl-a m?2) during spring, to spring-summer oxygen depletion (summer bottom water <20% saturation), and to exceptionally high levels of annual phytoplankton production (>400 g m?2 yr?1). Nitrogen-dependent seasonal accumulations of phytoplankton biomass and annual production occur as a consequence of differences in the rates and pathways of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling within the bay and underscore the importance of controlling nitrogen inputs to the mesohaline and lower reaches of the bay. 相似文献
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Linda C. Schaffner 《Estuaries and Coasts》2010,33(6):1300-1313
Community-level responses of soft sediment macrobenthos to two relatively large-scale disturbance events associated with dredged
material (DM) disposal are examined for subtidal (>10 m) lower Chesapeake Bay. Disturbance severity (DM thickness on initial
sampling date following disposal) and date of sampling were important factors explaining the patterns and rates of recovery
for species richness, abundance, biomass, and community composition, but sediment disposal had minimal effects when DM thickness
was ≤15 cm. It took 1.5 years or less following the cessation of disposal activities for richness, abundance, biomass and
community composition at high disposal severity (DM > 15 cm) to attain levels measured at reference stations representing
the ambient community of the region. Positive correlations of community structure metrics between the disposal area and reference
stations provide evidence that non-local processes influenced patterns of recovery in this estuarine setting. Species interactions
and food limitation may also have been important at local scales. 相似文献
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Yongsik Sin Bonggil Hyun Quang-Dung Bach Sungryull Yang Chul Park 《Estuaries and Coasts》2012,35(3):839-852
Temporal and spatial variations in phytoplankton in Asan Bay, a temperate estuary under the influence of monsoon, were investigated
over an annual cycle (2004). Phytoplankton blooms started in February (>20 μg chl l−1) and continued until April (>13 μg chl l−1) during the dry season, especially in upstream regions. The percentage contribution of large phytoplankton (micro-sized)
was high (78–95%) during the blooms, and diatoms such as Skeletonema costatum and Thalassiosira spp. were dominant. The precipitation and freshwater discharge from embankments peaked and supplied nutrients into the bay
during the monsoon event, especially in July. Species that favor freshwater, such as Oscillatoria spp. (cyanobacteria), dominated during the monsoon period. The phytoplankton biomass was minimal in this season despite nutrient
concentrations that were relatively sufficient (enriched), and this pattern differed from that in tropical estuaries affected
by monsoon and in temperate estuaries where phytoplankton respond to nutrient inputs during wet seasons. The flushing time
estimated from the salinity was shorter than the doubling time in Asan Bay, which suggests that exports of phytoplankton maximized
by high discharge directly from embankments differentiate this bay from other estuaries in temperate and tropical regions.
This implies that the change in physical properties, especially in the freshwater discharge rates, has mainly been a regulator
of phytoplankton dynamics since the construction of embankments in Asan Bay. 相似文献
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Fluvial effects on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics were evaluated in southern Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Fluvial inputs occurred as small, steady baseflows interrupted by intense pulses of storm runoff. Baseflow river inputs only affected restricted areas around stream mouths, but the five storm events sampled during this study produced transient runoff plumes of much greater spatial extent. Nutrient loading via runoff generally led to an increase of the phytoplankton biomass and gross primary productivity in southern Kaneohe Bay, but the rapid depletion of nutrients resulted in a decline of the algal populations in the relatively short time of days. Under baseline conditions, water column primary productivity in southern Kaneohe Bay is normally nitrogen limited. Following storm events, the high ratio of dissolved inorganic nitrogen to dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIN:DIP, 25–29) fluxes of runoff nutrients drove bay waters towards phosphorus limitation. A depletion of phosphate relative to DIN in surface waters was observed following all storm events. Due to high flushing rates, recovery times of bay waters from storm perturbations ranged from 3 to 8 d and appeared to be correlated with tidal range. Storm inputs have a significant effect on the water column ecosystem and biogeochemistry in southern Kaneohe Bay. The perturbations were only transient events and the system rapidly recovered to prestorm conditions. 相似文献
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James B. Cotner Rosa H. Sada Harvey Bootsma Thomas Johengen Joann F. Cavaletto Wayne S. Gardner 《Estuaries and Coasts》2000,23(5):611-620
We examined heterotrophic bacterial nutrient limitation at four sites in Florida Bay, U. S. in summer 1994 and winter 1995. Bacterial growth and biomass production in this system were most limited by inorganic phosphorus (P) in the eastern and southern regions of the bay. Nutrient additions stimulated productivity and biomass accumulation mostly in summer. The magnitude of growth responses (thymidine incorporation) to nutrient additions was nearly an order of magnitude less in winter than summer. Biomass-normalized alkaline phosphatase activity in the northeast and south-central region was 5–20 times greater than in the northwest and north-central regions, suggesting that P is most limiting to planktonic growth in those areas. Chlorophyll levels were higher in the northwest and north-central regions and P-uptake into particles >1 μm, primarily phytoplankton, was also higher in these regions. Consistent with these observations, others have observed that P is advected into the bay primarily in the northwestern region. Abundant seagrasses in Florida Bay may promote heterotrophic bacterial production relative to phytoplankton production by releasing dissolved organic carbon that makes bacteria more competitive for limiting quantities of inorganic phosphate, especially in the eastern bay where turbidity is low, P is most limiting, and light levels reaching the benthic plants are high. 相似文献
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Autumn Oczkowski Scott Nixon Kelly Henry Peter DiMilla Michael Pilson Stephen Granger Betty Buckley Carol Thornber Richard McKinney Joaquin Chaves 《Estuaries and Coasts》2008,31(1):53-69
Narragansett Bay has been heavily influenced by human activities for more than 200 years. In recent decades, it has been one
of the more intensively fertilized estuaries in the USA, with most of the anthropogenic nutrient load originating from sewage
treatment plants (STP). This will soon change as tertiary treatment upgrades reduce nitrogen (N) loads by about one third
or more during the summer. Before these reductions take place, we sought to characterize the sewage N signature in primary
(macroalgae) and secondary (the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria) producers in the bay using stable isotopes of N (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C). The δ15N signatures of the macroalgae show a clear gradient of approximately 4‰ from north to south, i.e., high to low point source
loading. There is also evidence of a west to east gradient of heavy to light values of δ15N in the bay consistent with circulation patterns and residual flows. The Providence River Estuary, just north of Narragansett
Bay proper, receives 85% of STP inputs to Narragansett Bay, and lower δ15N values in macroalgae there reflected preferential uptake of 14N in this heavily fertilized area. Differences in pH from N stimulated photosynthesis and related shifts in predominance of
dissolved C species may control the observed δ13C signatures. Unlike the macroalgae, the clams were remarkably uniform in both δ15N (13.2 ± 0.54‰ SD) and δ13C (−16.76 ± 0.61‰ SD) throughout the bay, and the δ15N values were 2–5‰ heavier than in clams collected outside the bay. We suggest that this remarkable uniformity reflects a
food source of anthropogenically heavy phytoplankton formed in the upper bay and supported by sewage derived N. We estimate
that approximately half of the N in the clams throughout Narragansett Bay may be from anthropogenic sources. 相似文献
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Anna R. Armitage Thomas A. Frankovich Kenneth L. Heck James W. Fourqurean 《Estuaries and Coasts》2005,28(3):422-434
We examined the spatial extent of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) limitation of each of the major benthic primary producer groups in Florida Bay (seagrass, epiphytes, macroalgae, and benthic microalgae) and characterized the shifts in primary producer community composition following nutrient enrichment. We established 24 permanent 0.25-m2 study plots at each of six sites across. Florida Bay and added N and P to the sediments in a factorial design for 18 mo. Tissue nutrient content of the turtlegrassThalassia testudinum revealed a spatial pattern in P limitation, from severe limitation in the eastern bay (N:P>96:1), moderate limitation in two intermediate sites (approximately 63:1), and balanced with N availability in the western bay (approximately 31:1). P addition increasedT. testudinum cover by 50–75% and short-shoot productivity by up to 100%, but only at the severely P-limited sites. At sites with an ambient N:P ratio suggesting moderate P limitation, few seagrass responses to nutrients occurred. Where ambientT. testudinum tissue N:P ratios indicated N and P availability was balanced, seagrass was not affected by nutrient addition but was strongly influenced by disturbance (currents, erosion). Macroalgal and epiphytic and benthic microalgal biomass were variable between sites and treatments. In general, there was no algal overgrowth of the seagrass in enriched conditions, possibly due to the strength of seasonal influences on algal biomass or regulation by grazers., N addition had little effect on any benthic primary producers throughout the bay. The Florida Bay benthic primary producer community was P limited, but P-induced alterations of community structure were not uniform among primary producers or across Florida Bay and did not always agree with expected patterns of nutrient limitation based on stoichiometric predictions from field assays ofT. testudinum tissue, N:P ratios. 相似文献
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We measured seasonal variations in microzooplankton grazing in Long Island Sound (LIS) and San Francisco Bay (SFB). There
was consistent evidence of nutrient limitation in LIS, but not SFB. We found higher chlorophyll a concentrations in LIS compared with SFB. In spite of differences in phytoplankton, there were no differences in microzooplankton
abundance (summer: LIS, 12.4 ± 1.8 × 103 indiv. L−1; SFB, 14.1 ± 3.0 × 103 indiv. L−1), biomass (summer: LIS, 30.4 ± 5.0 μg C L−1; SFB, 26.3 ± 5.9 μg C L−1), or grazing rates (summer: LIS, 0.66 ± 0.19 day−1; SFB, 0.65 ± 0.18 day−1) between the two estuaries. In common with many other investigators, we found many instances of saturated as well as insignificant
grazing. We suggest that saturation in some cases may result from high particle loads in turbid estuarine systems and that
insignificant grazing may result from extreme saturation of the grazing response due to the need to process non-food particles. 相似文献
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Oyster and sediment samples collected from six sites in Galveston Bay from 1986 to 1998 were analyzed for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Total concentrations of parent PAHs in oysters ranged from 20 ng g−1 at one site to 9,242 ng g−1 at another and varied randomly with no clear trend over the 13 year period at any site. Concentrations of alkylated PAHs, which are indications of petroleum contamination, varied from 20 to 80,000 ng g−1 in oysters and were in higher abundance than the parent PAHs, indicating that one source of the PAH contaminants in Galveston Bay was petroleum and petroleum products. Four to six ring parent PAHs, which are indicative of combustion source , were higher than those of 2–3 ring parent PAHs, suggesting incomplete combustion generated PAHs was another source of PAHs into Galveston Bay. Concentrations of parent PAHs in sediments ranged from 57 to 670 ng g−1 and were much lower than those in oysters. Sediments from one site had a high PAH concentration of 5,800 ng g−1. Comparison of the compositions and concentrations of PAHs between sediment and oysters suggests that oysters preferentially bioaccumulate four to six ring PAHs. PAH composition in sediments suggests that the sources of PAH pollution in Galveston Bay were predominantly pyrogenic, while petroleum related PAHs were secondary contributions into the Bay. 相似文献