Publication Date:
2022-06-09
Description:
Microbial food webs represent an important part of the carbon flow in tideless eutrophic estuaries of the Baltic Sea. Results from three different localities are presented:
- the shallow eutrophic Darss-Zingst estuary
- the waste water influenced eutrophic Warnow river estuary
- the eutrophic freshwater region of the Warnow river.
In all ecosystems investigated the detritus is an integral carbon source. Bacteria are the main heterotrophic biomass component. Changes in interactions are analyzed up to eight weeks in field mesocosms and lab microcosms. The observed developments are caused by bottom-up and top-down mechanisms in the microbial food web.
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Article
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NonPeerReviewed
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text
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