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AME 29:227-237 (2002)
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Seasonal variation of bacterial production, respiration and growth efficiency in the open NW Mediterranean Sea
R. Lemée1,*, E. Rochelle-Newall1, F. Van Wambeke2, M.-D. Pizay1, P. Rinaldi1, J.-P. Gattuso1
1Observatoire Océanologique, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Equipe 'Diversité, Biogéochimie et Ecologie Microbienne', UPMC-CNRS UMR 7093, 06234 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex, France
2Laboratoire de Microbiologie Marine, CNRS UMR 6117, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Campus de Luminy, Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
*E-mail: lemee@obs-vlfr.fr
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ABSTRACT: Bacterial growth efficiency (BGE) can have a major influence on planktonic food web structure and function; however, its controlling factors are poorly understood. Here, we report results from an annual study aimed at examining bacterial
respiration (BR), production (BP), biomass (BB) and BGE in the upper 130 m of the DYFAMED station (JGOFS site, France) in the NW Mediterranean Sea. From the pre-bloom period to early summer, and with a negative gradient from sub-surface to 130 m,
bacterial parameters seem to follow each other, i.e. maximum respiration in February, maximum production in March and maximum biomass in April. BGE ranged from 0.1 to 43% throughout the study period and was highest during the spring bloom and during the
fall. These data clearly showed the wide range of BGE that can be experienced at 1 site on an annual timescale in the surface mixed layer and suggest that several factors (concentrations of inorganic nutrients and DOC) control BGE at this site. Our
results also suggested that this oligotrophic system is net heterotrophic. Erratum
KEY WORDS: Bacterial abundance · Bacterial production · Bacterial respiration · Bacterial growth efficiency · NW Mediterranean · DYFAMED
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Published in AME Vol.
29, No. 3
(2002) on October 23
Print ISSN: 0948-3055; Online ISSN: 1616-1564.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2002
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