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Paleoclimatic changes in the Serravallian record of the Mediterranean area
2004
Neogene planktonic foraminiferal turnover in the Mediterranean area
2014
KOSMOS 2017 Peru Side Experiment: nutrients, phytoplankton abundances, enzyme rates, photophysiology
2022
This data was collected during an short-term incubation experiment in March 2017 that investigated the response of a surface plankton community to upwelling. This experiment was carried in the framework of the SFB754-funded KOSMOS mesocosm study that took place in La Punta, Callao, Peru between February-April 2017. A total of six different treatments were used to disentangle chemical and biological characteristics of deep water that influence surface plankton blooms: 2 different deep water sources with different nutrient concentrations; 3 treatments to distinguish the effects of inorganic nutrients, organic nutrients and deep water microbial populations. Measured variables include inorganic…
Fatty acid composition as biomarkers of freshwater microalgae: analysis of 37 strains of microalgae in 22 genera and in seven classes
2013
The fatty acid (FA) composition of algae is an important determinant of their food quality for consumers, and FAs can also be used as biomarkers for biochemical and energetic pathways in food webs. FA analyses of 7 freshwater algal classes and 37 strains showed clear similarity within classes and strong differences amongst classes. Class was a dominant factor (66.4%) explaining variation in FA signatures of microalgae. The 7 algal classes comprised 4 separate groups according to their FA profiles: (1) Chlorophyceae and Trebouxiophyceae, (2) Bacillariophyceae, (3) Cryptophyceae, Chrysophyceae, and Raphidophyceae, and (4) Euglenophyceae. Each group had a characteristic FA composition, althoug…
Phytoplankton dynamics in a shallow, hypertrophic reservoir (Lake Arancio, Sicily)
1994
Phytoplankton abundance and composition in the hypertrophic man-made Lake Arancio was analyzed, based on a programme of weekly sampling from May 1990 to November 1991 and supported by measurements of limnological parameters. The highest value of phytoplankton biomass (78 mg l-1) was observed in October 1990, during a bloom of the desmid Closterium limneticum var. fallax, while the lowest (0.15 mg l-1) was measured in April 1991. During spring, autumn and winter 1990, species of the genus Closterium dominated the community, in the sequence: C. aciculare, C. limneticum var. fallax, C. limneticum. The summer community was more diverse with the predominance of organisms belonging to Chlorophyce…
The variable position of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) in subarctic lake food webs
2013
Protozooplanktons kā potenciāls indikators pilsētvides hidroekosistēmās
2015
Pētījuma mērķis ir noskaidrot, vai protozooplanktona organismi ir potenciāli pielietojami pilsētvides hidroekosistēmu ekoloģiskā stāvokļa novērtējumam. 2014. gada veģetācijas sezonā analizēti 26 paraugi, kas ievākti reizi mēnesī divos ezeros un divos karjeros. Tika aprēķināta ciliātu biomasa, veikta organismu sezonālās dinamikas un izmēru grupu sadalījuma analīze. Šāda veida pētījumi par pilsētas ūdenskrātuvju novērtēšanu, analizējot protozooplanktonu, ir pirmie Latvijas teritorijā. Nākotnes pētījumos jāiekļauj arī oligotrofi ezeri, lai novērtētu ciliātu izmēru grupu dinamiku, mainoties trofijas līmenim. Bakalaura darbs izstrādāts no 2014. gada augusta līdz 2015. gada maijam Latvijas Univer…
Living Coccolithophores from the Gulf of Sirte (Southern Mediterranean Sea) during the summer of 2008
2012
The Gulf of Sirte is a largely unexplored area in the southernmost Mediterranean Sea.We are presenting here 2008 summer data on the distribution pattern of living coccolithophores, a main phytoplankton calcifying group, in 105 samples from 20 stations. The survey includes coastal and offshore stations, enabling us to provide indications on the dynamics of phytoplankton productivity in relation to oceanographic processes. The total coccosphere concentrations show higher values in the offshore stations and lower ones for coastal sites. Umbellosphaera tenuis, Emiliania huxleyi, Florisphaera profunda, Syracosphaera pulchra HOL (Calyptrosphaera oblonga) and Rhabdosphaera spp. dominate the assemb…
Trophic structure of zooplankton / suprabenthos communities from the Galician and Cantabrian Coasts (NW Spain) by stable carbon and nitrogen isotope …
2007
Methane-oxidizing and photoautotrophic bacteria are major producers in a humic lake with large anoxic hypolimnion
2011
Heterotrophic processes are considered to prevail in lakes with high terrestrial loading and a high content of dissolved organic carbon. However, previous studies have shown abundant methanotrophic bacteria (MOB) and photoautotrophic green sulphur bacteria (GSB) in some boreal lakes. We used genetic and lipid biomarkers to follow the seasonal succession of the abundance and carbon biomass of the major bacterial groups in Lake Mekkojarvi, a small Finnish polyhumic lake with a large anoxic hypolimnion. Biomarkers were based on length heterogeneity analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (LH-PCR) and on phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis. Representative …