Antarctic plankton community respiration rates were determined from in vitro changes in dissolved oxygen. Oxygen consumption rates, measured at in situ temperatures between 0 and 6°C, were found to lie in the range 0.3-3.7 μmol O2 l-1 per 24 h. Water samples were collected between East Falkland Island and South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, and incubated shipboard in the dark at up to 36 temperatures between -2 and 14-C. A respiration rate at each temperature was then determined and used to calculate the temperature coefficient (Q10) of Antarctic planktonic community respiration from the Arrhenius equation. Fourteen Q0 values lay in the range 1-3, with four further values ,5. This range of temperature coefficient values for community respiration is comparable to the published range of values for plankton photosynthesis. Frequency distributions of temperature coefficients for the two processes show similar modal Q105 of 2-3. Thus, this study does not lend support to the hypothesis of a ...

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Plankton are a diverse set of marine organisms. They can live in salt and fresh water. Although some forms are able to move independently, most plankton drift with the water currents. This is actually the main way of defining plankton they are drifters, and cannot actively swim against the current. Plankton are usually divided into three groups: Phytoplankton these are photosynthetic autotrophs (that is they can feed themselves using light from the Sun). They are typically single-celled organisms and can have a nucleus or not. They live in water that is shallow enough for sunlight to shine through. Phytoplankton are responsible for producing a lot of the world s oxygen, and they serve as food for many other organisms. Phytoplankton are considered the foundation of most of the world s marine food chains. Zooplankton this is a broad group of heterotrophic organisms (that is they depend on other organisms for food). The zooplankton range in size from single-celled creatures to larger animals like ...

Recent investigations of the upwelling area along the NW Coast of Africa which include studies with satellites are discussed. The detection of patchiness in temperature and plankton distribution in the upwelling area is of special interest because they can be investigated from space synoptically with repeated coverage. The recent satellite missions provide recordings in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMR) as well as in the visible part. The information from those two parts of the EMR is useful for establishing the sea surface temperature and plankton distribution in upwelling areas. The temperature distribution as observed with infrared sensors and the patchiness in plankton patterns are discussed as observed with the most recent satellites, namely the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) and NOAA-2 ...

Understanding the plankton dynamics can potentially help us take effective measures to settle the critical issue on how to keep plankton ecosystem balance. In this paper, a nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton (NPZ) model is formulated to get insight into understanding the mechanism of plankton dynamics. To account for the harmful effect of the phytoplankton allelopathy, a prototype for a non-monotone response function is used to model zooplankton grazing, and nonlinear phytoplankton mortality is also included in the NPZ model. The main purpose of the paper is to analyze the complex dynamics of the NPZ model, particularly focus on understanding how the phytoplankton allelopathy and nonlinear phytoplankton mortality affect the plankton population dynamics. We first examine the existence of multiple equilibria and provide a detailed classification for the equilibria of the NPZ system, then stability and local bifurcation are also studied. Sufficient conditions for Hopf bifurcation, Bogdanov-Takens ...

This study revealed that Bacterioplankton in Coastal water was dominated by Bacillus spp (54,277 cfu/ml), Corynebacterium spp (38,688 cfu/ml), Pseudomonas spp (38,381 cfu/ml) and Enterobacteriaceae (33,936 cfu/ml).

Abstract: The pelagic community of the Ross Sea consists of a permanent component (=holoplankton) and a temporary component which is primarily made up from the larval stages of benthic marine invertebrates and fish (= the meroplankton). The distribution and abundance pattern of the meroplankton in the Ross Sea was investigated. A combined morphological and molecular approach was used to identify the ... common larval types collected from sites in the Ross Sea along the Victoria Land coast including McMurdo Sound, Granite Harbour, Gerlache Inlet (Terra Nova Bay), and Cape Hallett. Daily samples (where possible) of meroplankton larva were collected in early summer (Nov/Dec) using a 100 micron collapsible plankton net. Plankton samples were sorted fresh, the larvae were quantified and specimens were photographed and preserved for DNA sequence analysis and morphological description. One plankton sample from each site was preserved in a formalin based Steedmans fix and taken to the University of ...

Hilbrecht, H. , Hubberten, H. W. and Oberhänsli, H. (1992): Biogeography of planktonic foraminifera and regional carbon isotope variations productivity and water masses in Late Cretaceous Europe , Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ...

Mix, Alan C (2006): Percentages of planktonic foraminifera species in sediment core V25-59. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.355343

ABSTRACT: Theory and observations suggest that low frequency variation in marine plankton populations, or red noise, may arise through the cumulative integration of white noise atmospheric forcing by the ocean and its amplification within food webs. Here, we revisit the evidence for the integration of stochastic atmospheric variations by comparing the power spectra of time series of atmospheric and oceanographic conditions to the population dynamics of 150 plankton taxa at station L4 in the English Channel. The power spectra of oceanographic conditions (sea surface temperature, surface nitrate) are redder than those of atmospheric forcing (surface wind stress, net heat fluxes) at L4. However, plankton populations have power spectral slopes across trophic levels and body sizes that are redder than atmospheric forcing but whiter than oceanographic conditions. While zooplankton have redder spectral slopes than phytoplankton, there is no significant relationship between power spectral slope and body ...

Plankton sampling by the training vessel Umitaka-maru in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2010/2011Plankton sampling by the training vessel Umitaka-maru in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2010/2011AA12026903 ...

Radiocarbon (C-14) ages obtained from planktic foraminiferal calcite are a mainstay for reconstructing ocean-climate change and carbon cycle dynamics of the past 30 k.y., yet the effects of diagenesis on this vital chronometer are poorly constrained. Here, we address this shortcoming by comparing C-14 ages and trace element ratios (Mg/Ca, Mn/Ca) of planktic foraminifera with white, opaque shells deemed well preserved by traditional standards to those with exquisitely preserved translucent shells. Results support a diagenetic mechanism as opaque shells yield C-14 ages invariably older and trace element ratios consistently higher than those of translucent shells. Radiocarbon age offsets are particularly pronounced in mono-specific samples taken from stratigraphic horizons proximal to the delta O-18 maximum marking the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the subsequent deglacial. Radiocarbon-based calendar ages of translucent shells from the two intervals are congruent with the established age ranges ...

The Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (previously SAHFOS) has merged with the Marine Biological Association, promising a stronger future for marine biology The Marine Biological Association and The Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR Survey) - both internationally renowned for the quality of their science - have joined forces. The Marine Biological Association has

This video says about itself: Plankton eating plastic caught on camera for the first time 6 July 2015 Watch zooplankton waft tiny, fluorescent beads of plastic towards them, before swallowing the stuff - demonstrating the dangers of marine litter. Full story here. Related articles Zooplankton filmed eating bits of plastic trash Plankton seen feeding on…

ITS SPRINGTIME in Antarctica, and a marine biologists fancy turns to phyto plankton; in particular, to how they fare as the ozone hole grows. Researchers will be steaming south this month to investigate the effects of increased ultraviolet radiation on bacteria, algae, and plankton. While these organisms occupy the bottom of the food chain, their …

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The response of the benthos to the break up of anoxia in the Kiel Bight (Western Baltic Sea), and to three succeeding events of external food supply, consisting of a settled autumn plankton bloom, resuspended matter and macrophyte input during winter, and of a sedimented spring phytoplankton bloom, is described on a community level. The first input of oxygen broke up anoxic conditions and made stored food resources available to decomposition. This internal food supply, mainly consisting of protein (folin positive matter), was followed by a drastic increase in heat production and ATP-biomass and caused a period of low redox potential, which lasted for several weeks. During this phase, a plankton bloom (dinoflagellates and diatoms) settled to the sea floor. Although there was an immediate response of benthic activity, this food input was not completely consumed by the strongly disturbed benthic community. During winter resuspended matter and the input of macrophyte debris caused another ...

Oligotrophic areas account for about 30% of oceanic primary production and are projected to expand in a warm, high-CO2 world. Changes in primary production in these areas could have important impacts on future global carbon cycling. To assess the response of primary production and respiration of plankton communities to increasing partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) levels in Low Nutrient Low Chorophyll areas, two mesocosm experiments were conducted in the Bay of Calvi (Corsica, France) and in the Bay of Villefranche (France) in June-July 2012 and February-March 2013 under different trophic state, temperature and irradiance conditions. Nine mesocosms of 50 m3 were deployed for 20 and 12 days, respectively, and were subjected to seven pCO2 levels (3 control and 6 elevated levels). The metabolism of the community was studied using several methods based on in situ incubations (oxygen light-dark, 18O and 14C uptake). Increasing pCO2 had no significant effect on gross primary production, net community ...

ABSTRACT: We assessed pico- and nanoplankton grazing rates as well as dissolved free amino acid (DFAA) uptake rates by the symbiotic coral Stylophora pistillata exposed to thermal and photo stress with concomitant bleaching. The aim was to determine whether these types of food sources could maintain the daily energetic requirements of this coral species. Moreover, the total organic carbon (TOC) flux was measured to quantify bulk C loss or gain. Under control conditions (27°C and 200 µmol photons m−2 s−1), autotrophic C acquisition covered more than 90% of the respiratory needs of non-bleached corals. Another 10.6% of the respiratory needs were covered by pico- and nanoplankton grazing. Net TOC flux rates were negative, indicating substantial TOC uptake by the corals. After the stress (31°C and 300 µmol photons m−2 s−1), the contribution of autotrophic C to the respiratory demand decreased to 64% in bleached corals. Pico- and nanoplankton grazing covered only 2 and 7% of the ...

Bunse, Carina; Lundin, Daniel; Karlsson, Christofer M. G.; Akram, Neelam; Vila-Costa, Maria; Palovaara, J.; Svensson, Lovisa; Holmfeldt, Karin; González, José M.; Calvo, Eva María; Pelejero, Carles; Marrasé, Cèlia; Dopson, Mark; Gasol, Josep M.; Pinhassi, Jarone. Nature Climate Change 6: DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2914 (2016) DIGITAL.CSIC. Human-induced ocean acidification impacts marine life. Marine bacteria are major drivers of biogeochemical nutrient cycles and energy fluxes1; hence, understanding their performance under projected climate change scenarios is crucial for assessing ecosystem functioning. Whereas genetic and physiological responses of phytoplankton to ocean acidification are being disentangled2-4, corresponding functional responses of bacterioplankton to pH reduction from elevated CO2 are essentially unknown. Here we show, from metatranscriptome analyses of a phytoplankton bloom mesocosmexperiment, that marine bacteria responded to lowered pH by enhancing the expression of genes ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) - Yes, the waters of Hood Canal are that light of a blue this week.A number of people in Kitsap County have been remarking at the brightly teal-colored waters in Hood Canal over the past several days.Turns out, its caused by a huge bloom of

The taxonomic composition of picoplankton communities profoundly differs in freshwater and marine systems. Cultivation-independent molecular approaches have demonstrated that bacteria from large phylogenetic lineages of typical freshwater microbes, e.g., the β-subdivision of the proteobacteria, are virtually absent in the marine picoplankton (15, 23). For other bacterial lineages the evidence is less conclusive. Comparative analysis of 16S rDNA genes indicate that uncultured members of the class Actinobacteria are ubiquitous in lakes of various trophic state, size or geographic location (16, 36), but actinobacterial sequence types are also known from marine systems (31).. A direct microscopic visualization of freshwater Bacteria by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes is still difficult, and frequently only a low fraction of all picoplankton cells (,50%) can be visualized by FISH (5, 10, 15, 19). We hypothesize that this may be due to high ...

Mielck, F. and Hass, H. C. (2010): Pleistocene relicts and highly mobile bedforms in the coastal North Sea west off Sylt, Amrum, and Rømø (Germany, Denmark) , Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (2010), Heft 72 ...

Marine microbial communities experience daily fluctuations in light and temperature that can have important ramifications for carbon and nutrient cycling. Elucidation of such short time scale community-wide dynamics is hindered by system complexity. Hypersaline aquatic environments have lower species richness than marine environments and can be well-defined spatially, hence they provide a model system for diel cycle analysis. We conducted a 3-day time series experiment in a well-defined pool in hypersaline Lake Tyrrell, Australia. Microbial communities were tracked by combining cultivation-independent lipidomic, metagenomic and microscopy methods. The ratio of total bacterial to archaeal core lipids in the planktonic community increased by up to 58% during daylight hours and decreased by up to 32% overnight. However, total organism abundances remained relatively consistent over 3 days. Metagenomic analysis of the planktonic community composition, resolved at the genome level, showed dominance by ...

The plankton bucket is attached to the end of a plankton net. the plankton net is pulled through the water or water is poured through the net and the plankton is caught and concentrated in the bucket. the net mesh-size of the bucket determines the size of the plankton captured. ...

Little is still known of the impacts of protist grazing on bacterioplankton communities in the dark ocean. Furthermore, the accuracy of assessments of in situ microbial activities, including protist grazing, can be affected by sampling artifacts introduced during sample retrieval and downstream manipulations. Potential artifacts may be increased when working with deep-sea samples or samples from chemically unique water columns such as oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). OMZs are oxygen-depleted regions in the ocean, where oxygen concentrations can drop to

PhytoplanktonWhat is phytoplankton? Lets take a moment to break the word down into its parts. We have Phyto and plankton Phyto is greek for plant and plankton means free swimming. Technically, plankton is any orgamisn, plant or animals that cannot swim against the current of the ocean. So, phytoplankton is plankton life that is comrpised…

We shifted from merely studying to doing in 1999 when with a consortia of Canadian energy majors we modeled photosynthetic methods to mitigate their burgeoning carbon footprint.. Is it possible to repurpose CO2 into living plants? We learned that Ocean Pastures are in a terrible state of decline almost everywhere.. At least 40% of ocean plant life has disappeared due to our neglect in the past few decades. Just like pastures on land where there is little grass few livestock can survive, within ocean pastures where there is little plankton few fish can survive.. Were not alone in this work, decades of academic research with a quarter of a billion dollars in public funds has shown that replenishing and restoring those ocean pastures is possible. The world has a growing need for food and fish.. In 2002 we undertook our first open ocean research which made the Journal Nature in 2003.. Its now a dozen years later and what we have completed the largest sustainable ecosystem replenishment and ...

The University of Florida research team, under the lead of Principal Investigator Dr. Leonid Moroz, and by the support of D/Y Penny Mae and crew, have completed the next edition of plankton tows and genome sequencing. The UF scientists conducted plankton tows en route from Panama to West Palm Beach, Florida over the course of several days. The tiny, planktonic organisms, such as copepods, salps, ctenophores, and juvenile cephalopods that were collected during the cruise, are integral members of marine ecosystems and play a vital role in the health of our oceans. By collecting samples and sequencing planktonic genomics, Dr. Moroz and his team aim to learn more about these critical species by identifying and tracking them to assess their connectivity and dispersal. D/Y Penny Mae has been involved in several scientific expeditions with SeaKeepers, including trips for similar genome sequencing research as well as shark research.. Scientific Publication. Whelan, N. V, Kocot, K.M., Moroz, T.P., ...

The Proteobacteria are a major phylum of bacteria.[1] They are gram-negative bacteria. This means they do not retain the violet dye in the Gram staining protocol.[2] In a Gram stain test, a counterstain (commonly safranin) is added after the crystal violet, colouring all gram-negative bacteria with a pink colour. The test itself is useful in classifying two distinct types of bacteria based on the structural differences of their cell walls. Proteobacteria include a wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Vibrio, Helicobacter, and many other notable genera.[3] Others are free-living, and include many of the bacteria responsible for nitrogen fixation. The group is defined primarily in terms of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences. Most members are facultatively or obligately anaerobic, chemoautotrophs, and heterotrophic, but there are numerous exceptions. There are alphaproteobacteria in this phylum which are widely found in marine plankton. They may constitute over 10% of the ...

Upwards shot of the ocean surface, with numerous planktonic organisms seen in the water. Filmed in Palau. - Stock Video Clip K003/4108

Learn more about the varieties of plankton - phytoplankton, zooplankton and holoplankton - and learn why the Bluewater Zone is so important to the survival of the Great Barrier Reef.

As mentioned earlier on, omega-6 EFAs can be found in vegetable oils. This includes but is not limited to corn oil and soy oil, both of which contains high amounts of linoleic acid. Omega-3 EFAs on the other hand can be found also in marine plankton and walnut and flaxseed oils. It should be significant to take note that fatty fish and fish oils contain eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), fatty acids that have been observed to provide many benefits to the human body. In the early 1970s, a study on Greenland Eskimos have revealed that one of the major reasons why they rarely suffer from heart diseases is because of their high-fat diet (mainly composed of fish ...

The primary objective of the proposed March/April 2011 R/V Oceanus plankton imaging sampling cruise is to collect high-resolution data on plankton and marine snow together with environmental variables using the VPRII. A high-speed survey of the shelf and slope waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico will be conducted, with the transect lines running through the standard SEAMAP stations and extending beyond them into the slope sea (Figure 2). The occurrence, abundance, biomass, and vertical distribution of plankton and marine snow, together with ocean temperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence, PAR, and turbidity in the Gulf of Mexico will be quantified in real time. This sampling will allow direct comparison of data from traditional samplers used in the SEAMAP surveys and the current NRDA MOCNESS surveys with optical imaging of the VPRII. The VPRII sampling will extend the spatial resolution of the present sampling and will allow quantification of fragile plankton and marine snow. It will ...

Baltimore, Maryland - A team of biologist from the Johns Hopkins University has published on November 26th a study in the journal Science that suggests the rising phenomenon of planktons in our oceans is mostly caused by rising incidents of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and in the waters.

If youve had the unique privilege of witnessing bioluminescent plankton while diving at night, you know firsthand how beautiful the underwater light show

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DIURNAL VARIATION OF NUTRIENTS, WATER QUALITY AND PLANKTON COMPOSITION IN THE HAJAMRO CREEK (INDUS DELTA) DURING NORTH EAST MONSOON PERIOD

Rectangular hyperbolic type 2 (RHt2; Michaelis-Menten or Monod-like) functions are commonly used to describe predation kinetics in plankton models, either alone or together with a prey selectivity algorithm deploying the same half-saturation constant for all prey types referenced to external prey biomass abundance. We present an analysis that indicates that such descriptions are liable to give outputs that are not plausible according to encounter theory. This is especially so for multi-prey type applications or where changes are made to the maximum feeding rate during a simulation. The RHt2 approach also gives no or limited potential for descriptions of events such as true de-selection of prey, effects of turbulence on encounters, or changes in grazer motility with satiation. We present an alternative, which carries minimal parameterization effort and computational cost, linking allometric algorithms relating prey abundance and encounter rates to a prey-selection function controlled by ...

As the story goes, the folks at BioPop were trying to make a sustainable light that relied on something other than man-made batteries. They tried using a bioluminescent plankton called dinoflagellates, but the tiny creatures required too much intervention to be a practical light source. They would, however, make for a really neat desk toy, and so the aptly-named Dino Pet was born.

We are gearing up for another cruise! These data will augment our California Current (summer) dataset that you all have been diligently sorting for the last few weeks. Yesterday PI Bob Cowen, post-doc Moritz Schmid, and graduate students Kelsey Swieca and Margaret Martinez began cruise mobilization by moving the plankton imager (In situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging…

Well, first of all I just want to apologize if you had hoped for a new bigger, longer tank project with faster updates and bigger animals and more algae ;-). Like I said at the end of the last blog, this project will be a small test project. And most likely these pages will have even fewer and less regular updates. Even though its been about 18 months since last time I kept an aquarium I certainly havent been out of the hobby. Just looking at nature is a great part of the hobby to me. Last year I was both in Egypt, by the Red Sea, and in Thailand. Both places had great snorkeling opportunities. The Rea Sea with its crystal clear water made a great impression. I highly recommend that! I still havent gotten around to snorkeling here in Norway. But well see if there is time this summer. I have also spent a lot of time planning this plankton project. I am so frustrated with the complete lack of ability to measure, or estimate, quantity of food available to filter feeders. I wanted to use more ...

A starfish larva, collected from the plankton at Kristineberg, Sweden, in July 2013. A small bivalve veliger larva is swimming next to the starfish larva. ...

Welcome to the website of Plankton Records which, since 1978, has been one of the UKs few independent grassroots Christian based record labels. With over 70 releases under our belt, we primarily aim to offer a platform to artists whose music has something to say about and to the world and the human condition - songs which may in the past have come under the wide encompassing banner of protest songs ...

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Maggy Wassilieff, All images and media, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/plankton/media (accessed 9 August 2020). Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 12 Jun 2006. ...

View Notes - Plankton from OCNG 252 at Texas A&M. •Seals Question 6: Amphipods are a type of: Type: Multiple Choice Your answer(s): •Crustacean Question 7: Two essential requirements for all

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Planktona uretako azalean edo goialdean egon ohi da, eta hortik 100 metrotako sakontasunera, asko jota. Bi multzo handitan sailkatu ohi da, bere autotrofismo edo heterotrofismoaren arabera: fitoplanktona plankton autotrofoa da, landare-planktona, fotosintesia egiten duena. Zooplanktona, aldiz, heterotrofoa da, eta animalia txikiez osaturiko planktona izaten da. Planktona osatzen duten bizidunak eskuarki mikroskopikoak dira. Planktonean irauten duten denboraren arabera holoplankton-ez mintzatzen da (haien bizitza osoan planktonean daudenak; esaterako, diatomeak) ala meroplankton-ez (haien bizitzaren ziklo batean besterik ez daude planktonean; krustazeo edo ekinodermoen hainbat larba, adibidez). Planktonaren garrantzi ekologikoa egundokoa da. Ur-inguruneetako kate trofikoa planktonarekin hasten da, eta planeta osoaren ekoizpen primarioa (materia organikoaren sintesia), hein handi batean -erdia baino gehiago- fitoplanktonek burutzen du ...