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Microbial degradation of gelatinous zooplankton detritus

Mikrobielle Degradation von gelatinösem Zooplankton Detritus
Authors: Hennenfeind, Jennifer;

Microbial degradation of gelatinous zooplankton detritus

Abstract

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist die Ctenophora Mnemiopsis leidyi in viele marine kosysteme eingedrungen und hat oft drastische Ver nderungen in pelagischen Lebensgemeinschaften herbeigeführt. Als blütenbildendes gallertartiges Zooplankton kann die Ctenophore hohe Populationszahlen erreichen und potenziell wesentlich zum gel sten organischen Substanzenpool sowie anorganischen N hrstoffpool beitragen. Der Zerfall von M. leidyi-Kadavern, k nnte heterotrophen Mikroben im umgebenden Wasser ein organisches Substrat bieten. In dieser Arbeit wurden die mikrobiellen Wachstumsparameter errechnet und die Konzentrationen des gel sten organischen Kohlenstoffs (DOC) gemessen, um mikrobielle Dynamiken nach dem Zusammenbruch des Ctenophor-Blooms und dessen Auswirkungen auf die kologie von Küstengew ssern zu verfolgen. Wir zeigen, dass ein Zerfall einer typischen Ctenophor-Blüte, wenn etwa 100 mg Ctenophor Detritus Pulver (Cteno-OM) pro Liter verfügbar werden, das System mit ~ 21 μM DOC (oder 0,07 0,01 μmol pro mg Cteno-OM) und l st ein schnelles mikrobielles Wachstum aus (μ = ~ 1,8 d-1). Kohlenstoff, der aus cteno-OM gewonnen wird, treibt eher die mikrobielle Atmung als die Biomasseproduktion an (bakterielle Wachstumseffizienz ~ 22%). Pseudoalteromonas, Alteromonas und Vibrio machen zusammen bis zu ~ 37 % aller atmenden Bakterienzellen und bis zu ~ 69 % der Biomasse produzierenden Bakteriengemeinschaft aus. Tinta et al. (2020) untersuchten den Abbau von Aurelia aurita mit einem identischen Versuchsaufbau. Vergleicht man unsere Ergebnisse mit der Studie von Tinta et al. (2020), wird daraus ersichtlich, dass unterschiedliche Quellen von gallertartigem organischem Zooplankton unterschiedliche mikrobielle und umweltbezogene Feedbacks hervorrufen.

In the last decades, the Ctenophora Mnemiopsis leidyi has invaded many marine ecosystems often causing drastic changes in pelagic community structures. As bloom forming gelatinous zooplankton, the ctenophore can reach high abundances and potentially contribute substantially to dissolved organic matter as well as inorganic nutrient pools via excretion and mucus production. The decay of M. leidyi carcasses might provide an organic-rich substrate to heterotrophic microbes in the ambient water. In this thesis, the microbial growth parameters were estimated and, dissolved organic carbon concentrations were measured to follow microbial dynamics after the collapse of ctenophore blooms and its implications on the ecology of coastal waters. We show that a decay of a typical ctenophore bloom, when approximately 100 mg of ctenophore detrital organic matter (cteno-OM) per liter becomes available, enriches the system with ~21 μM DOC (or 0.07 0.01 μmol per mg of cteno-OM) and triggers rapid microbial growth (μ = ~1.8 d-1). Carbon derived from cteno-OM fuels microbial respiration rather than biomass production (bacterial growth efficiency ~22%). Pseudoalteromonas, Alteromonas and Vibrio together represent up to ~37% of all respiring bacterial cells and up to ~69% of the biomass producing bacterial community. Tinta et al. (2020) studied the degradation of Aurelia aurita applying an identical experimental set up. Comparing our findings to the study of Tinta et al. (2020), indicates that different sources of gelatinous zooplan

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