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AME 15:25-37 (1998)
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Trophic coupling between bacterial and phytoplanktonic compartments in shallow tropical reservoirs (Ivory Coast, West Africa)
Marc Bouvy1,*, Robert Arfi2, Philippe Cecchi3, Daniel Corbin3, Marc Pagano2, Lucien Saint-Jean2, Serge Thomas3
1ORSTOM/Departamento de Pesca, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambouco, Rua D. Manoel de Medeiros - S/N Dois Irmaoes, 52171 030 Recife, PE, Brazil 2CRO/ORSTOM, BP V18, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 3ORSTOM, BP 1434, Bouaké
01, Ivory Coast
*E-mail: bouvy@cyb.com.br
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ABSTRACT: Biomass and production of bacterial and phytoplanktonic communities were measured during diurnal cycles at different stations in 3 shallow tropical reservoirs (Ivory Coast). Investigations were conducted in 1995 during 2 typical hydrological seasons (dry
season in March and following rainy season in December). Bacterial production in the plankton ranged from 1.2 to 26.2 µg C l-1 h-1 and bacterial biomass ranged from 11 to 163 µg C l-1. A slope of 0.625 (n = 93) for the
regression of log-transformed bacterial biomass versus log-transformed production suggests that the bacteria were strongly controlled by bottom-up processes. Ratios between net primary production and bacterial production averaged 67% (range 38 to 140%),
indicating that the reservoirs studied can be considered as meso-eutrophic ecosystems. Average bacterial carbon demand corresponded to 97% of the net primary production, suggesting that the biological systems studied are based on autotrophic metabolism.
These relationships are the result of a close metabolic coupling between bacterioplankton and phytoplankton, with a large fraction of primary production routed through heterotrophic bacteria and the microbial loop.
KEY WORDS: Bacteria · Phytoplankton · Eutrophication · Tropical reservoirs
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Published in AME Vol.
15, No. 1
(1998) on May 22
ISSN: 0948-3055.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 1998
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