Issue |
Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 418, 2017
|
|
---|---|---|
Article Number | 24 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2017016 | |
Published online | 23 May 2017 |
Short Communication
Carbon transfer from dissolved organic carbon to the cladoceran Bosmina: a mesocosm study
Transfert de carbone du carbone organique dissous au cladocère Bosmina : une étude en mésocosmes
1
Department of Ecology, Jinan University,
Guangzhou
510632, China
2
State Key Lab. of Lake and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology,
Nanjing
210008, China
⁎ Corresponding author: litangyali@163.com
A mesocosm study illuminated possible transfer pathways for dissolved organic carbon from the water column to zooplankton. Organic carbon was added as 13C enriched glucose to 15 mesocosms filled with natural lake water. Stable isotope analysis and phospholipid fatty acids-based stable isotope probing were used to trace the incorporation of 13C into the cladoceran Bosmina and its potential food items. Glucose-C was shown to be assimilated into phytoplankton (including fungi and heterotrophic protists), bacteria and Bosmina, all of which became enriched with 13C during the experiment. The study suggests that bacteria play an important role in the transfer of glucose-C to Bosmina. Furthermore, osmotic algae, fungi and heterotrophic protists might also contribute to the isotopic signature changes observed in Bosmina. These findings help to clarify the contribution of dissolved organic carbon to zooplankton and its potential pathways.
Résumé
Une étude de mésocosmes a permis d'éclairer les voies de transfert possibles pour le carbone organique dissous de la colonne d'eau au zooplancton. Le carbone organique a été ajouté sous forme de glucose enrichi en 13C à 15 mésocosmes remplis d'eau naturelle du lac. Une analyse d'isotope stable et un marqueur isotopique stable à base de phospholipides ont été utilisés pour tracer l'incorporation du 13C dans le cladocère Bosmina et ses sources alimentaires potentielles. On a montré que le glucose-C était assimilé dans le phytoplancton (y compris les champignons et les protistes hétérotrophes), les bactéries et Bosmina, qui ont tous été enrichis en 13C pendant l'expérience. L'étude suggère que les bactéries jouent un rôle important dans le transfert du glucose-C à Bosmina. En outre, les algues, les champignons et les protistes hétérotrophes pourraient également contribuer aux changements de signature isotopique observés chez Bosmina. Ces résultats permettent de clarifier la contribution du carbone organique dissous au zooplancton et ses voies potentielles.
Key words: t-DOC / bacteria / Bosmina / PLFA-SIP
Mots clés : t-DOC / bactérie / Bosmina / PLFA-SIP
© Y. Tang et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2017
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY-ND (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.