In:
Environmental Microbiology, Wiley, Vol. 24, No. 9 ( 2022-09), p. 4124-4136
Abstract:
Seasonal variations in day length and temperature, in combination with dynamic factors such as advection from the North Atlantic, influence primary production and the microbial loop in the Fram Strait. Here, we investigated the seasonal variability of biopolymers, microbial abundance and microbial composition within the upper 100 m during summer and fall. Flow cytometry revealed a shift in the autotrophic community from picoeukaryotes dominating in summer to a 34‐fold increase of Synechococcus by fall. Furthermore, a significant decline in biopolymers concentrations covaried with increasing microbial diversity based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing along with a community shift towards fewer polymer‐degrading genera in fall. The seasonal succession in the biopolymer pool and microbes indicates distinct metabolic regimes, with a higher relative abundance of polysaccharide‐degrading genera in summer and a higher relative abundance of common taxa in fall. The parallel analysis of DOM and microbial diversity provides an important baseline for microbe–substrate relationships over the seasonal cycle in the Arctic Ocean.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1462-2912
,
1462-2920
DOI:
10.1111/1462-2920.16036
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2020213-1
SSG:
12
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