Phytoplankton blooms under dim and cold conditions in freshwater lakes of East Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Tanabe, Yukiko ^a   Kudoh, Sakae ^a,b   Imura, Satoshi ^a,b   Fukuchi, Mitsuo ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIMNOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HOTOKE LAKE; OYAKO LAKE; SOYA COAST;

ALGAE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 36549089048     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0347-2     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Bayliss P, Ellis-Evans JC, Laybourn-Parry J (1997) Temporal patterns of primary production in a large ultra-oligotrophic Antarctic freshwater lake. Polar Biol 18:363-370
2. Bell EM, Laybourn-Parry J (1999) Annual plankton dynamics in an Antarctic saline lake. Freshw Biol 41:507-519
3. Butler HG (1999) Seasonal dynamics of the planktonic microbial community in a maritime Antarctic lake undergoing eutrophication. J Plankton Res 21:2393-2419
4. Butler HG, Edworthy MG, Ellis-Evans JC (2000) Temporal plankton dynamics in an oligotrophic maritime Antarctic lake. Freshw Biol 43:215-230
5. Campbell JW, Aarup T (1989) Photosynthetically available radiation at high latitudes. Limnol Oceanogr 34:1490-1499
6. Ellis-Evans JC (1996) Microbial diversity and function in Antarctic freshwater ecosystems. Biodivers Conserv 5:1395-1431
7. Falkowski PG, Raven JA (2007) Aquatic photosynthesis, 2nd edn. Princeton Univ Press, Princeton
8. Fritsen CH, Priscu JC (1999) Seasonal change in the optical properties of the permanent ice cover on Lake Bonney, Antarctica: consequences for lake productivity and phytoplankton dynamics. Limnol Oceanogr 44:447-454
9. Heath CW (1988) Annual primary productivity of an Antarctic continental lake: phytoplankton and benthic algal mat production strategies. Hydrobiologia 165:77-87
10. Henshaw T, Laybourn-Parry J (2002) The annual patterns of photosynthesis in two large, freshwater, ultra-oligotrophic Antarctic lakes. Polar Biol 25:744-752
11. Hodgson DA, Noon PE, Vyverman W et al (2001) Were the Larsemann Hills ice-free through the last glacial maximum? Antarctic Sci 13:440-454
12. Hodson DA, Vyverman W, Verleyen E, Sabbe K, Leavitt PR, Taton A, Squier AH, Keely BJ (2004) Environmental factors influencing the pigment composition of in situ benthic microbial communities in east Antarctic lakes. Aquat Microb Ecol 37:247-263
13. Howard-Williams C, Schwarz A-M, Hawes I, Priscu JC (1998) Optical properties of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes, Antarctica. In: Priscu JC (ed) Ecosystem dynamics in a polar desert. The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 72. American Geophysical Union, Washington, pp 189-204
14. Imura S, Bando T, Seto K, Ohtani S, Kudoh S, Kanda H (2003) Distribution of aquatic mosses in the Sôya Coast region, East Antarctica. Polar Biosci 16:1-10
15. Kreeb K (1974) Ökophysiologie der Pflanzen. Fischer, Jena
16. Kudoh S, Tsuchiya Y, Ayukawa E, Imura S, Kanda H (2003a) Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes 1. Macro structure and carbon, nitrogen and chlorophyll a contents. Polar Biosci 16:11-22
17. Kudoh S, Watanabe K, Imura S (2003b) Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes 2. Temperature and light environment at the moss habitat. Polar Biosci 16:23-32
18. Kudoh S, Kashino Y, Imura S (2003c) Ecological studies of aquatic moss pillars in Antarctic lakes 3. Light response and chilling and heat sensitivity of photosynthesis. Polar Biosci 16:33-42
19. Lalli CM, Parsons TR (1993) Biological oceanography. Elsevier, Oxford
20. Larcher W (2001) Ökophysiologie der Pflanzen. 6th edn. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart
21. Laybourn-Parry J, Bayliss P (1996) Seasonal dynamics of the planktonic community in Lake Druzhby, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica. Freshw Biol 35:57-67
22. Levitt J (1980a) Responses of plants to environmental stresses, I. Chilling, freezing and high temperature stresses. 2nd edn. Academic, New York
23. Levitt J (1980b) Responses of plants to environmental stresses, II. Water, radiation, salt, and other stresses. 2nd edn. Academic, New York
24. Lizotte MP, Priscu JC (1992) Photosynthesis-irradiance relationships in phytoplankton from the physically stable water column of a perennially ice-covered lake (Lake Bonney, Antarctica). J Phycol 28:179-185
25. Lizotte MP, Sharp TR, Priscu JC (1996) Photosynthesis dynamics in the stratified water column of Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Polar Biol 16:155-162
26. Matsumoto GI, Komori K, Enomoto A, Imura S, Takemura T, Ohyama Y, Kanda H (2006) Environmental changes in Syowa Station area of Antarctica during the last 2,300 years inferred from organic components in lake sediment cores. Polar Biosci 19:51-62
27. Miura H, Maemoku H, Igarashi A, Moriwaki K (1998) Late quaternary raised beach deposits and radiocarbon dates of marine fossils around Lützow-Holm Bay, with explanatory text, Special map series of National Institute of Polar Research No. 6, Tokyo, 46p
28. Moran R, Porath D (1980) Chlorophyll determination in intact tissues using N,N-dimethylformamide. Plant Physiol 65:478-479
29. Morgan-Kiss RM, Priscu JC, Pocock T, Gudynaite-Savitch L, Huncr NPA (2006) Adaptation and Acclimation of photosynthetic microorganisms to permanently cold environments. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 70:222-252
30. Ohyama Y, Morimoto K, Mochida Y (1990) Seasonal changes of water temperature and chlorophyll concentration in Lake Ô-Ike. Proc NIPR Symp Polar Biol 3:201-206
31. Ohyama Y, Morimoto K, Mochida Y (1992) Seasonal changes of nutrient concentration in Lake Ô-Ike near Syowa Station, Antarctica. Proc NIPR Symp Polar Biol 5:146-150
32. Palethorpe B, Hayes-Gill B, Crowe J, Sumner M, Crout N, Foster M, Reid T, Benford S, Greenhalgh C, Laybourn-Parry J (2004) Real-time physical data acquisition through a remote sensing platform on a polar lake. Limnol Oceanogr Methods 2:191-201
33. Sabbe K, Hodgson DA, Verleyen E, Taton A, Wilmotte A, Vanhoutte K, Vyverman W (2004) Salinity, depth and the structure and composition of microbial mats in continental Antarctic lakes. Freshw Biol 49:296-319
34. Tang EPY, Tremblay R, Vincent WF (1997) Cyanobacterial dominance of polar freshwater ecosystems: are high-latitude mat-formers adapted to low temperature? J Phycol 33:171-181
35. Verleyen E, Hodgson DA, Vyverman W, Roberts D, McMinn A, Vanhoutte K, Sabbe K (2003) Modelling diatom responses to climate induced fluctuations in the moisture balance in continental Antarctic lakes. J Paleolimnol 30:195-215
36. Verleyen E, Hodgson DA, Sabbe K, Vanhoutte K, Vyverman W (2004) Coastal oceanographic conditions in the Prydz Bay region (East Antarctica) during the Holocene recorded in an isolation basin. Holocene 14:246-257
37. Vincent WF, Quesada A (1994) Ultraviolet radiation effects on cyanobacteria: implications for Antarctic microbial ecosystems. Antarct Res Ser 62:111-124
38. Vincent WF, Downes MT, Castenholz RW, Howard-Williams C (1993) Community structure and pigment organization of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in Antarctica. Eur J Phycol 28:213-221
39. Vincent WF, Rae R, Laurion I, Howard-Williams C, Priscu JC (1998) Transparency of Antarctic ice-covered lakes to solar UV radiation. Limnol Oceanogr 43:618-624