Benthic organic carbon release stimulates bacterioplankton production in a clear-water subarctic lake. Rodriguez, P., Ask, J., Hein, C. L., Jansson, M., & Karlsson, J. Freshwater Science, 32(1):176–182, March, 2013.
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We carried out a set of experiments in a small clear-water lake in northern Sweden during summer 2010 to assess the effect of organic C (OC) released from epipelic algae on pelagic bacterial production (BP). The release rate of OC (dissolved and particulate) from epipelic algae was similar to 45.4 ng C m(-2) h(-1) Bacterioplankton uptake of dissolved OC was P-limited, and pelagic primary production (PP) was colimited by N and P. Pelagic BP (3.2 +/- 6 mu g C L-1 h(-1)) exceeded pelagic PP (0.012 +/- 0.008 mu g C L-1 h(-1)). Pelagic BP was higher in lake water in contact with sediments and the epipelic algae growing on their surface than in water separated from the sediments. Epipelic algae release OC to lake water and potentially stimulate pelagic BP. However, exploitation of benthic OC probably is suboptimal because of nutrient limitation (primarily by inorganic P) of BP.
@article{rodriguez_benthic_2013,
	title = {Benthic organic carbon release stimulates bacterioplankton production in a clear-water subarctic lake},
	volume = {32},
	issn = {2161-9565},
	doi = {10.1899/12-005.1},
	abstract = {We carried out a set of experiments in a small clear-water lake in northern Sweden during summer 2010 to assess the effect of organic C (OC) released from epipelic algae on pelagic bacterial production (BP). The release rate of OC (dissolved and particulate) from epipelic algae was similar to 45.4 ng C m(-2) h(-1) Bacterioplankton uptake of dissolved OC was P-limited, and pelagic primary production (PP) was colimited by N and P. Pelagic BP (3.2 +/- 6 mu g C L-1 h(-1)) exceeded pelagic PP (0.012 +/- 0.008 mu g C L-1 h(-1)). Pelagic BP was higher in lake water in contact with sediments and the epipelic algae growing on their surface than in water separated from the sediments. Epipelic algae release OC to lake water and potentially stimulate pelagic BP. However, exploitation of benthic OC probably is suboptimal because of nutrient limitation (primarily by inorganic P) of BP.},
	language = {English},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Freshwater Science},
	author = {Rodriguez, Patricia and Ask, Jenny and Hein, Catherine L. and Jansson, Mats and Karlsson, Jan},
	month = mar,
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {\#nosource, Algae, Sediment, allochthonous   carbon, bacterial-growth, bacterioplankton production, benthic algae, c-13 addition experiments, clear-water lake, light, microphytobenthos, northern sweden, nutrients, organic carbon, phosphorus, phytoplankton production},
	pages = {176--182},
}

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