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  • 1
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] The oceans have absorbed nearly half of the fossil-fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere since pre-industrial times, causing a measurable reduction in seawater pH and carbonate saturation. If CO2 emissions continue to rise at current rates, upper-ocean pH ...
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    Publication Date: 2018-02-16
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
    Type: Article , isiRev
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    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
    Type: Article , isiRev
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    Publication Date: 2021-05-19
    Description: The regional differences in the composition of the phytoplankton assemblages in several coastal lagoons of the “Outer Delta of the Río Magdalena” (Caribbean coast of Colombia) were determined using microscopic counting and HPLC-pigment measurements. The study sites can be classified as 1) a group of limnic lagoons with relatively low (5.5-19 µg/l) chlorophyll a (chl a) concentrations and high inorganic suspension loading, 2) a group of brackish lagoons with high (62-90 µg/l) chl a concentrations and high amounts of organic seston, (two further lagoons form a transition between group 1 and 2, and 3) a fully marine Caribbean bay with very low (0.3 µg/l) chl a and seston concentrations. The regional variations in salinity of the lagoons are due to inflow of water from the Río Magdalena or to inflow of Caribbean Sea water. All lagoons are very shallow (less than 2 m) with small Secchi depths (20 to 30 cm). With the exception of the eutrophic brackish lagoons, where both methods indicated cyanobacteria to be the prevalent algal group, great discrepancies were encountered in all other study sites between the compositions of the algal communities obtained with both approaches. According to the microscopic analysis the phytoplankton of the marine Caribbean bay and the limnic and transient coastal lagoons consisted mainly (in several cases exclusively) of diatoms. The pigment analysis, on the other hand, indicated that cyanobacteria were the dominant algal group in all coastal lagoons, their percentage increased from the limnic over the transient to the brackish lagoons. Fractionated filtration of 14C-labelled phytoplankton revealed that algae of 〈5µm size in the coastal lagoons contributed 32-88% of the total radioactivity and that algae of 〉20µm size played only an insignificant role in primary production. Only in the Caribbean bay 14% of the 14CO2 was taken up by organisms 〉20µm. We assume that the small forms are greatly underrepresented in microscopic observations due to extreme difficulties in identification and counting caused by detritus and/or sediment loadings of the samples. We therefore believe that these small forms (probably mostly picoplanktonic cyanobacteria) are better represented by pigment analysis.
    Description: Las diferencias regionales en la composición de las agregaciones de fitoplancton en varias lagunas costeras del Delta Exterior del Río Magdalena (costa caribeña colombiana) fueron determinadas utilizando el conteo microscópico y mediciones de pigmentos por HPLC. Los sitios de estudio pueden ser clasificados como 1) un grupo de lagunas límnicas con concentraciones de chl a relativamente bajas (5.5–19 µg/l) y una alta carga de materia inorgánica, 2) un grupo de lagunas salobres con una alta concentración de clorofila a (chl a) (62–90 µg/l) y una gran cantidad de seston orgánico, (dos lagunas en transición entre el grupo 1 y 2, y 3) una bahía completamente marina con una muy baja concentración de chl a (0.3 µg/l) y de seston. Las variaciones regionales en la salinidad de las lagunas se deben a la incursión de agua proveniente del Río Magdalena o a la entrada de agua de mar desde el Caribe. Todas las lagunas son de baja profundidad (menos de 2 m) con profundidades de disco Secchi pequeñas (20 a 30 cm). Con excepción de las lagunas salobres eutróficas, en donde ambos métodos mostraron a las cianobacterias como el grupo algal prevalente, se encontraron grandes discrepancias en la composición de las comunidades algales según el método aplicado.De acuerdo con el análisis microscópico, el fitoplancton de la bahía marina y el de las lagunas límnicas y transientes estuvo constituído principalmente (en varios casos exclusivamente) de diatomeas. Por otra parte, el análisis de pigmento indicó a las cianobacterias como el grupo algal dominante en todas las lagunas costeras, con un incremento porcentual desde las lagunas límnicas a través de las en transición hasta las lagunas salobres.La filtración fraccionada de fitoplancton marcado con 14C reveló que las algas con tamaño 〈5 µm en las lagunas costeras contribuyeron entre un 32-88% al total de radioactividad y las algas con tamaño 〉20 µm jugaron un rol insignificante en la producción primaria. Solamente en la bahía del mar Caribe el 14% del 14CO2 fue asimilado por organismos 〉20 µm. Asumimos que los organismos pequeños están poco representados en las observaciones microscópicas debido a las grandes dificultades en su conteo e identificación de, debido al detritus y/o sedimento presente en las muestras. Por esto, creemos que estos pequeños organismos (probablemente cianobacterias picoplanctónicas) son representadas de una mejor manera a través del análisis de pigmentos.
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    Description: Trophic status
    Keywords: Phytoplankton ; Pigments ; Coastal lagoons ; Phytoplankton ; Pigments ; Coastal lagoons
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