Biomass and distribution characteristics of bacteria and protozoa in the Bering Sea in summer

HE Jian-feng; CHEN Bo; ZENG Yin-xin; KANG S-H; WANG Gui-zhong

Article Contents

Article Navigation > Haiyang Xuebao > 2005 > 27(4): 127-134

HE Jian-feng, CHEN Bo, ZENG Yin-xin, KANG S-H, WANG Gui-zhong. Biomass and distribution characteristics of bacteria and protozoa in the Bering Sea in summer[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2005, 27(4): 127-134.

Citation:

HE Jian-feng, CHEN Bo, ZENG Yin-xin, KANG S-H, WANG Gui-zhong. Biomass and distribution characteristics of bacteria and protozoa in the Bering Sea in summer[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2005, 27(4): 127-134.

HE Jian-feng, CHEN Bo, ZENG Yin-xin, KANG S-H, WANG Gui-zhong. Biomass and distribution characteristics of bacteria and protozoa in the Bering Sea in summer[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2005, 27(4): 127-134.

Citation:

PDF( 1696 KB)

Biomass and distribution characteristics of bacteria and protozoa in the Bering Sea in summer

1.
Oceanographic Department, State Key Laboratory to Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China;Polar Research Institute of China Key Laboratory of Polar Science, State Oceanic Administration, Shanghai 200129, China
2.
Polar Research Institute of China Key Laboratory of Polar Science, State Oceanic Administration, Shanghai 200129, China
3.
Korea Polar Research Institute, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Seoul 425-600, Korea
4.
Oceanographic Department, State Key Laboratory to Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

Received Date: 2003-04-10
Rev Recd Date: 2004-03-29

Abstract

Abstract

The abundance,biomass and distribution characteristics of bacteria and protozoa and their ecological role in the planktonic community of the Bering Sea were investigated between 21 July and 1 August 1999.Bacterial carbon biomass in the surface waters ranges from 1.5 to 20.2 μg/dm³,which accounts for 30% of phytoplankton biomass on average.The biomass of bacteria integrated over the depth from 0 to 100 m of the water column varies from 720 to 3123 mg/m² and accounts for 67% of the total phytoplankton biomass.The biomass of protozoa ranges from 1.2 to 27.4 μg/dm³ in the surface layers,and varies from 189 to 1698 mg/m² in the upper 100 m of the water column,which constitutes 21% of integrated biomass of phytoplankton.The integrated biomass of protozoa in being less than 5 μm,5~20 μm and being greater than 20 μm size fractions accounts for 13%,47% and 40% of the total biomass,respectively.As a main protozoan assemblage,the integrated biomass of dinoflagellates constituts 39% of the total biomass of protozoa.The biomass of bacteria and protozoa decreases from western to north eastern and eastern regions of the Bering Sea,and the biomass of these organisms also decreases with depth.Such distribution characteristics might be influenced by both the therm ocline observed at a depth from 20 to 25 m and the water current existed in the surface layers in the investigation area.The great biomass of macrozooplankton in the investigation area suggests that it might be an important cause for the lower relative biomass of protozoa, which limits the role of the microbial loop in the Bering Sea in summer.
- bacteria,
- protozoa,
- biomass,
- distribution,
- Bering Sea

FullText(HTML)

References(41)

References

OBAYASHI Y, TANOUE E, SUZUKI K, et al. Spatial and temporal variabilities of phytoplankton community structure in the northern North Pacific as determined by phytoplankton pigments [J]. Deep-Sea Res, 2001, 48(2):439-469.

SHIOMOTO A, TANAKA H, MURATA T, et al. Surface distribution and abundance of small-sized phytoplankton in the western and central subarctic North Pacific and the Bering Sea in winter [J]. Plank Biol Ecol, 2000, 47(2):129-133.

ODATE T. Abundance and size composition of the summer phytoplankton communities in the Western North Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska [J]. J Oceanogr, 1996, 52(3):335-351.

SUGIMOTO T, TADOKORO K. Interannual-interdecadal variations in zooplankton biomass, chlorophyll concentration and physical environment in the subarctic Pacific and Bering Sea [J]. Fish Oceanogr, 1997,6(2):74-93.

COYLE K O, WEINGARTNER T J, HUNT G L Jr. Distribution of acoustically determined biomass and major zooplankton taxa in the upper mixed layer relative to water masses in the western Aleutian Islands [J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1998, 165:95-108.

DAGG M J, VIDAL J, WHITLEDGE T E, et al. The feeding, respiration, and excretion of zooplankton in the Bering Sea during a spring bloom [J]. Deep-Sea Res, 1982, 29(1A):45-63.

STEWARD G F, SMITH D C, AZAM F. Abundance and production of bacteria and viruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas [J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1996, 131:287-300.

KOPYLOV A I, KOSOLAPOV D B, FLINT M V. Microplanktonic communities in the coastal waters, harbor, and salt lagoon of Saint Paul Island(Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea):structural and functional analysis [J]. Oceanol, 2001, 41(1):94-104.

ANDERSON P. The quantitative importance of the microbial loop in the marine pelagic:a case study from the North Bering/Chukchi Seas [J]. Arch Hydrobiol, 1988, 31(2):243-251.

OLSON M B, STROM S L. Phytoplankton growth, microzooplankton herivory and community structure in the southeast Bering Sea:insight into the formation and temporal persistence of an Emiliania huxleyi bloom [J]. Deep-Sea Res(Ⅱ), 2002, 49(6):5 969-5 990.

VEHZINA A F, SAVENKOFF C. Inverse modeling of carbon and nitrogen flows in the pelagic food web of the northeast subarctic Pacific [J]. Deep-Sea ResⅡ, 1999, 46(11-12):2 909-2 939.

HANSEN B, CHRISTIANSEN S, PEDERSEN G. Plankton dynamics in the marginal ice zone of the central Barents Sea during spring:carbon flow and structure of the grazer food chain [J]. Polar Biol, 1996, 16(2):115-128.

NIELSEN T G, HANSEN B W. Plankton community structure and carbon cycling on the western coast of Greenland during and after the sedimentation of a diatom bloom [J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1995, 125:239-257.

RYSGAARD S, NIELSEN T G, HANSEN B W. Seasonal variation in nutrients, pelagic primary production and grazing in a high-Arctic coastal marine ecosystem, Young Sound, Northeast Greenland [J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1999, 179:13-25.

PORTER KG, FEIGYS. The use of DAPI for identifying and counting aquatic microflora [J]. LimnolOceanogr, 1980, 25(5):943-948.

HOLM-HANSEN O, RIEMANN B. Chlorophyll-a determination:improvements in methodology [J]. Oikos, 1978, 30(3):438-447.

SHERR B F, CARON E B, SHERR B F. Staining of heterotrophic protists for visualization via epifluorescence microscopy [A]. KEMP P F, et al. Handbook of methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology [M]. Boca Raton, FL:Lewis Publishers, 1993. 213-228.

HELCOM. Guidelines for the Baltic monitoring programme for the third stage:Part D. Biological determinands [M]. Helsiki:Finnish Governmental Printing Centre, 1989. 161.

LEE S, FUHRMAN J A. Relationship between biovolumn and biomass of naturally derived marine bacterioplankton [J]. Appl Environ Microbiol, 1987, 53(6):1 298-1 303.

LESSARD E J. The trophic role of heterotrophic dinoflagellates in diverse marine environments [J]. Mar Microb Food Webs, 1991,(5):49-58.

BOOTH, B C, LEWIN J, POSTEL J R. Temporal variation in the structure of autotrophic and heterotrophic communities in the sub arctic Pacific [J]. Prog Oceanogr, 1993, 32(1):57-99.

LEE C W, KUDO I, YANADA M, et al. Bacterial abundance and production and heterotrophic nanoflagellate abundance in subarctic coastal waters(Western North Pacific Ocean) [J]. Aquat Microb Ecol, 2001, 23(3):263-271.

LIU H, SUZUKI K, SAINO T. Phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing in the subarctic Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea during summer 1999 [J]. Deep-Sea Res, 2002, 49(2):363-375.

ANDERSON T R, DUCKLOW H W. Microbial loop carbon cycling in ocean environments studied using a simple steady-state model[J]. Aquat Microb Ecol, 2001, 26(1):37-49.

CHO B C, AZAM F. Biogeochemical significance of bacterial biomass in the ocean's euphotic zone [J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1990, 63:253-259.

KIRCHMAN D L, KEEL R G, SIMON M et al. Biomass and production of heterotrophic bacterioplankton in the oceanic subarctic Pacific [J]. Deep-Sea Res, 1993, 40(5):967-988.

SHERR E B, SHERR B F, FESSENDEN L. Heterotrophic protists in the Central Arctic Ocean [J]. Deep-Sea Res, 1997, 44(8):1 665-1 682.

KLASS C. Microprotozooplankton distribution and their potential grazing impact in the Antarctic Cirumpolar Current [J]. Deep-Sea Res Ⅱ, 1997, 44(1-2):375-393.

SHERR B F, SHERR E B. Proportional distribution of total numbers, biovolumn, and bacterivory among size classes of 2～20 μm nonpigmented marine flagellates [J]. Mar Microb Food Webs, 1991,(5):227-237.

STROM S. Grazing and growth rates of the herbivorious dinoflagellate Gymnodinium sp. from the open subarctic Pacific Ocean[J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1991, 78:103-113.

JACOBSEN D M, ANDERSEN D M. Growth and grazing rates of Protoperidinium hirobis Abe, a thecate heterotrophic dinoflagellates [J]. J Plank Res, 1993, 15(7):723-736.

BOYD P, HARRISON P J. Phytoplankton dynamics in the NE subarctic Pacific[J]. Deep-Sea Res, 1999, 46(11-12):2 405-2 432.

BURY S J, BOYD P W, PRESTON T, et al. Size-fractionated primary production and nitrogen uptake during a North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom:implications for carbon export estimates [J]. Deep-Sea Res, 2001, 48(3):689-720.

林景宏,戴燕玉,林茂,等.夏季白令海浮游动物分布[J].极地研究,2002,14(2):126-135.

RIVKIN R B, PUTLAND J N, ANDERSON M R, et al. Microzooplankton bacterivory and herbivory in the NE subarctic Pacific[J].Deep-Sea Res, 1999, 46(11-12):2 579-2 618.

COTA G F, POMEROY L R, HARRISON W G, et al. Nutrients, primary production and microbial heterotrophy in the southeastern Chukchi Sea:arctic summer nutrient depletion and heterotrophy [J]. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 1996, 135:247-258.

POMEROY L R, WIEBE W J. Temperature and substrates as interactive limiting factors for marine heterotrophic bacteria [J]. Aquat Microb Ecol, 2001, 23(2):187-204.

RIVKIN R B, ANDERSON M R, LAJZEROWICZ C. Microbial processes in cold oceans:Ⅰ. Relationship between temperature and bacterial growth rate [J]. Aquat Microb Ecol, 1996, 10(3):243-254.

高郭平,侍茂崇,赵进平,等.1999年白令海夏季水文特征分析[J].海洋学报,2002,24(1):8-16.

STABENO P J, REED R K. Circulation in the Bering Sea Basin observed by satellite-tracked drifters:1986～1993 [J]. J Phys Oceanogr, 1994, 24(4):848-854.

KINDER T H, SCHUMACHER J D, HANSEN D V. Observations of a baroclinic eddy:an example of mesoscale variability in the Bering Sea [J]. J Phys Oceanogr, 1980, 10(8):1 228-1 245.

Relative Articles

Supplements(0)

Cited By

Proportional views