Thymidine Incorporation by Free-Living and Particle-Bound Bacteria in a Eutrophic Dimictic Lake
AUTOR(ES)
Lovell, Charles R.
RESUMO
The percentage of [methyl-3H]thymidine incorporated into samples from a dimictic eutrophic lake and retained on polycarbonate membranes of 3.0-, 1.0-, and 0.2-μm pore size was studied in a lake with filamentous cyanobacteria as the dominant phytoplankton type throughout the period of thermal stratification. Water samples were also examined by epifluorescence microscopy for evidence of algal senescence and bacterial colonization of intact and damaged cyanobacterial filaments. A small percentage (2 to 20%) of bacterial activity was retained by filters with pore sizes ≥ 1 μm in epilimnetic samples. Epilimnetic samples also had a small percentage of cyanobacterial filaments, either intact or damaged, which were visibly colonized by bacteria in summer and fall samples. A significant proportion (20 to 35%) of bacterial activity was retained by filters with pore sizes ≥ 1 μm in samples collected from the metalimnion and hypolimnion during late summer and fall. The proportion of damaged cyanobacterial filaments was higher in these samples than in those from the epilimnion or from those obtained early in the summer. Furthermore, the filaments in these samples were more heavily colonized by bacteria. Overall, particle-bound production accounted for only 2 to 19% of total bacterial production from April to August in all water layers. It appears that the supply of colonizable particles (damaged cyanobacterial filaments) is an important factor affecting the level of particle-bound bacterial activity in this lake.
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