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Invariable biomass-specific primary production of taxonomically discrete picoeukaryote groups across the Atlantic Ocean
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Grob, Carolina, Hartmann, Manuela, Zubkov, Mikhail V. and Scanlan, David J. (2011) Invariable biomass-specific primary production of taxonomically discrete picoeukaryote groups across the Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Microbiology, 13 (12). pp. 3266-3274. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02586.x
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02586.x
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Oceanic photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (< 3 µm) are responsible for > 40% of total primary production at low latitudes such as the North-Eastern tropical Atlantic. In the world ocean, warmed by climate changes, the expected gradual shift towards smaller primary producers could render the role of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes even more important than they are today. Little is still known, however, about how the taxonomic composition of this highly diverse group affects primary production at the basin scale. Here, we combined flow cytometric cell sorting, NaH14CO3 radiotracer incubations and class-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes to determine cell- and biomass-specific inorganic carbon fixation rates and taxonomic composition of two major photosynthetic picoeukaryote groups on a ∼7500-km-long latitudinal transect across the Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Meridional Transect, AMT19). We show that even though larger cells have, on average, cell-specific CO2 uptake rates ∼5 times higher than the smaller ones, the average biomass-specific uptake is statistically similar for both groups. On the other hand, even at a high taxonomic level, i.e. class, the contributions to both groups by Prymnesiophyceae, Chrysophyceae and Pelagophyceae are significantly different (P < 0.001 in all cases). We therefore conclude that these group's carbon fixation rates are independent of the taxonomic composition of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes across the Atlantic Ocean. Because the above applies across different oceanic regions the diversity changes seem to be a secondary factor determining primary production.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QK Botany |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Marine phytoplankton , Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) , Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Environmental Microbiology | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1462-2912 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2011 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 13 | ||||||||||
| Number: | 12 | ||||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 9 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3266-3274 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02586.x | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
| Funder: | Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) (NERC) | ||||||||||
| Grant number: | grant (NE/ G005125/1) |
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