Bacterial grazing by phagotrophic phytoflagellates in a deep humic lake in northern Sweden

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-268

  Isaksson, Anneli ^a   Bergstrom A K ^b   Blomqvist, P ^a   Jansson, M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; SWEDEN;

BACTERIVORY; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

LAKE ORTRASKET; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSOPHYCEAE; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0032781262     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.2.247     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Aaronson, S. and Baker, H. (1959) A comparative biochemical study of Ochromonas. J. Protozool., 6, 282-284.
2. Arenovski, A.L., Lim, E.L. and Caron, D.A. (1995) Mixotrophic nanoplankton in oligotrophic surface waters of the Sargasso Sea may employ phagotrophy to obtain major nutrients. J. Plankton Res., 17, 801-820.
3. Bell, R.T., Ahlgren, G.M. and Ahlgren, I. (1983) Estimating bacterioplankton production by measuring [3H]thymidine incorporation in a eutrophic Swedish lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 45, 1709-1721.
4. Bennett, S.J., Sanders, R.W. and Porter, K.G. (1990) Heterotrophic, autotrophic and mixotrophic nanoflagellates: Seasonal abundances and bacterivory in a eutrophic lake. Limnol. Oceanogr., 35, 1821-1832.
5. Bird, D.F. and Kalff, J. (1986) Bacterial grazing by planktonic lake algae. Science, 231, 493-494.
6. Bird, D.F. and Kalff, J. (1987) Algal phagotrophy: Regulating factors and importance relative to photosynthesis in Dinobryon (Chrysophyceae). Limnol. Oceanogr., 32, 277-284.
7. Blomqvist, P., Heyman, U. and Grundström, R. (1981) The structure of the pelagic ecosystem in Lake Siggeforesjön. Scripta Limnologica Upsaliensia A:522.
8. Blomqvist, P., Bell, R.T., Olofsson, H., Stensdotter, U. and Vrede, K. (1995) Plankton and water chemistry in Lake Njupfatet before and after liming. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 52, 551-565.
9. Boraas, M.E., Seale, D.B. and Holen, D. (1992) Predatory behavior of Ochromonas analyzed with video microscopy. Arch. Hydrobiol., 123, 459-468.
10. Bottrell, H.H., Duncan, Z., Gliwicz, E., Grygierek, A., Herzig, A., Hillbricht-Ilkowska, A., Kurasawa, H., Larsson, P. and Weglenska, T. (1976) A review of some problems in zooplankton production studies. Norw. J. Zool., 24, 419-456.
11. Bratbak, G. and Thingstad, T.F. (1985) Phytoplankton-bacteria interactions: Analysis of a model system with both competition and commensalism. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 25, 23-30.
12. Caron, D.A., Porter, K.G. and Sanders, R.W. (1990) Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus budgets for the mixotrophic phytoflagellate Poterioochromonas malhamensis (Chrysophyceae) during bacterial ingestion. Limnol. Oceanogr., 35, 433-443.
13. Caron, D.F., Sanders, R.W., Lim, E.L., Marrase, C., Amaral, L.A., Whitney, S., Aoki, R.B. and Porter, K.G. (1993) Light-dependent phagotrophy in the freshwater mixotrophic chrysophyte Dinobryon cylindricum. Microb. Ecol., 25, 93-111.
14. Currie, D. J and Kalff, J. (1984) A comparison of the abilities of freshwater algae and bacteria to acquire and retain phosphorus. Limnol. Oceanogr., 29, 298-310.
15. Fagerbakke, K.M., Heldal, M. and Norland, S. (1996) Content of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus in native aquatic and cultured bacteria. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 10, 15-27.
16. Güde, H. (1985) Influence of phagotrophic processes on the regeneration of nutrients in two-stage continuous culture systems. Microb. Ecol., 11, 193-204.
17. Haas, L.W. (1982) Improved epifluorescence microscopy for observing planktonic micro-organisms. Mar. Pel. Prot. Microzooplankton Ecol., 58(Suppl.), 261-266.
18. Havskum, H. and Riemann, B. (1996) Ecological importance of bacterivorous, pigmented flagellates (mixotrophs) in the bay of Aarhus, Denmark. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 137, 251-263.
19. Holmgren, S. (1983) Phytoplankton biomass and algal composition in natural fertilized and polluted subarctic lakes. Acta Univ. Upsal., 674, 1-201.
20. Isaksson, A. (1998) Phagotrophic phytoflagellates in lakes - a literature review. Arch. Hydrobiol., 51, 63-90.
21. Jansson, M. (1993) Uptake, exchange and excretion of orthophosphate in phosphate-starved Scenedesmus quadricauda and Pseudomonas K7. Limnol. Oceanogr., 38, 1162-1178.
22. Jansson, M., Blomqvist, P., Jonsson, A. and Bergström, A.-K. (1996) Nutrient limitation of bacterioplankton, phytoplankton and heterotrophic nanoflagellates in Lake Örträsket, a large humic lake in northern Sweden. Limnol. Oceanogr., 41, 1552-1559.
23. Johansson, J.-Å., Olofsson, H. and Ramberg, L. (1976) Studier av zooplanktons konsumtion i Botjärn. Klotenprojektet rapport nr 5, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (in Swedish).
24. Jones, H.L.J., Leadbeater, B.S.C. and Green, J.C. (1993) Mixotrophy in marine species of Chrysochromulina (Prymnesiophyceae): Ingestion and digestion of a small green flagellate. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK, 73, 283-296.
25. Jones, R.I. (1994) Mixotrophy in planktonic protists as a spectrum of nutritional strategies. Mar. Microb. Food Webs, 8, 87-96.
26. Jones, R.I. and Rees, S. (1994a) Influence of temperature and light on particle ingestion by the freshwater phytoflagellate Dinobryon. Arch. Hydrobiol., 132, 203-211.
27. Jones, R.I. and Rees, S. (1994b) Characteristics of particle uptake by the phagotrophic phytoflagellate, Dinobryon divergens. Mar. Microb. Food Webs, 8, 97-110.
28. Keller, M.D., Shapiro, L.P., Haugen, E.M., Cucci, T.L., Sherr, E.B. and Sherr, B.F. (1994) Phagotrophy of fluorescently labeled bacteria by an oceanic phytoplankter. Microb. Ecol., 28, 39-52.
29. Li, A., Stoecker, D.K., Coats, D.W. and Adam, E.K. (1996) Ingestion of fluorescently labeled and phycoerythrin-containing prey by mixotrophic dinoflagellates. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 10, 139-147.
30. Lindell, M. (1996) Effects of sunlight on organic matter and bacteria in lakes. PhD Thesis, Lund University, Sweden.
31. McManus, G.B. and Okubo, A. (1991) On the use of surrogate food particles to measure protistan ingestion. Limnol. Oceanogr., 36, 613-617.
32. Nygaard, K. and Tobiesen, A. (1993) Bacterivory in algae: A survival strategy during nutrient limitation. Limnol. Oceanogr., 38, 273-279.
33. Olrik, K. and Nauwerck, A. (1993) Stress and disturbance in the phytoplankton community of a shallow, hypertrophic lake. Hydrobiologia, 249, 15-24.
34. Patterson, D.J. and Larsen, J. (eds) (1991) The Biology of Heterotrophic Flagellates. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
35. Rothhaupt, K.O. (1996) Utilization of substitutable carbon and phosphorus sources by the mixotrophic chrysophyte Ochromonas sp. Ecology, 77, 706-715.
36. Salonen, K. and Jokinen, S. (1988) Flagellate grazing on bacteria in a small dystrophic lake. Hydrobiologia, 161, 203-209.
37. Sanders, R.W., Porter, K.G., Bennett, S.J. and DeBiase, A.E. (1989) Seasonal patterns of bacterivory by flagellates, ciliates, rotifers and cladocerans in a freshwater planktonic community. Limnol. Oceanogr., 34, 673-687.
38. Sanders, R.W., Porter, K.G. and Caron, D.F. (1990) Relationship between phototrophy and phagotrophy in the mixotrophic chrysophyte Poterioochromonas malhamensis. Microb. Ecol., 19, 97-110.
39. Simon, M., Cho, B-C. and Azam, F. (1992) Significance of bacterial biomass in lakes and the ocean: comparison to phytoplankton biomass and biogeochemical implications. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 86, 103-110.
40. Skovgaard, A. (1996) Engulfment of Ceratium spp. (Dinophyceae) by the thecate photosynthetic dinoflagellate Fragilidium subglobosum. Phycologia, 35, 490-499.
41. Tranvik, L.J., Porter, K.G. and Sieburth, J.McN. (1989) Occurrence of bacterivory in Cryptomonas, a common freshwater phytoplankter. Oecologia (Berlin), 78, 473-476.
42. Vaqué, D. and Pace, M.L. (1992) Grazing on bacteria by flagellates and cladocerans in lakes of contrasting food web structure. J. Plankton Res., 14, 307-321.
43. Wilcox, L.W. and Wedemayer, G.J. (1991) Phagotrophy in the freshwater, photosynthetic dinoflagellate Amphidinium cryophilum. J. Phycol., 27, 600-609.