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The bacterioplankton of Lake Taihu, China: abundance, biomass, and production

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Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes with Special Reference to Lake Taihu, China

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 194))

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Abundance, biomass and production of pelagic bacteria were examined over one year at monthly sampling intervals across a trophic profile in Meiliang Bay, Lake Taihu. With the lowest density in the open lake, the bacterial abundance showed a clear trend in relation to trophic status. The carbon content per cell was higher in autumn and winter, and the opposite was true for bacterial biomass. Bacterial 3[H]-TdR and 14[C]-Leu incorporation rates, cell production, turnover times and carbon production varied during the annual cycle at different sites. The ratio of bacterial production to primary production was high, independently of the method used, indicates that the microbial food web in Lake Taihu is an important component of the total food web of the lake and dominated by external inputs.

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  1. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, P.R. China

    Guang Gao & Boqiang Qin

  2. Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Ruben Sommaruga & Roland Psenner

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Gao, G., Qin, B., Sommaruga, R., Psenner, R. (2007). The bacterioplankton of Lake Taihu, China: abundance, biomass, and production. In: Qin, B., Liu, Z., Havens, K. (eds) Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes with Special Reference to Lake Taihu, China. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 194. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6158-5_20

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