Protist grazing and viral lysis as prokaryotic mortality factors at Baltic Sea oxic-anoxic interfaces
- Author(s)
- Ruth Anderson, Christian Winter, Klaus Jürgens
- Abstract
Interface zones between oxic and anoxic water masses (pelagic redoxclines) host highly active prokaryotic communities, mediating important biogeochemical transformations. However, for marine pelagic redoxclines almost no knowledge exists on the magnitude of the loss processes affecting these prokaryotic communities. We assessed the importance of protist grazing and viral lysis as prokaryotic mortality factors for 2 central Baltic Sea redoxclines using a combination of microscopy and experimental community manipulation techniques. Our results demonstrate that protist grazing dominated prokaryotic mortality at suboxic (
- Organisation(s)
- Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
- External organisation(s)
- Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung
- Journal
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Volume
- 467
- Pages
- 1-14
- No. of pages
- 14
- ISSN
- 0171-8630
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10001
- Publication date
- 2012
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106022 Microbiology
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 14 - Life Below Water
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/2762e11d-269c-4dbe-92cc-880558fdcb2d