Annual cycles of bacterioplankton biomass and production suggest a general switch between temperature and resource control in temperate coastal ecosystems

Alejandra Calvo-Díaz*, Leticia Franco-Vidal, Xosé Anxelu G. Morán

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Abstract

Factors regulating the biomass and flux of organic carbon through heterotrophic bacterioplankton were examined monthly in the southern Bay of Biscay during 2006 and 2007. Temperature and resource supply were able to explain significantly changes in bacterial biomass (539-1389 mg C m -2) and production (5.4-93 mg C m-2 day-1), although at different periods of the year. A switch between the relative strength of both factors in the spring-summer transition seems to be a general feature in temperate coastal waters.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)859-865
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Plankton Research
Volume36
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • bacterial biomass
  • bacterial production
  • bottom-up
  • continental shelf waters
  • temperature control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Aquatic Science
  • Ecology

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