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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Bryan
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Oliver
dc.contributor.authorNordmann, Eva-Lena
dc.contributor.authorSeuthe, Lena
dc.contributor.authorBratbak, Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorØvreås, Lise
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-09T12:28:06Z
dc.date.available2017-12-09T12:28:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-13
dc.description.abstractAs the global climate changes, the higher latitudes are seen to be warming significantly faster. It is likely that the Arctic biome will experience considerable shifts in ice melt season length, leading to changes in photoirradiance and in the freshwater inputs to the marine environment. The exchange of nutrients between Arctic surface and deep waters and their cycling throughout the water column is driven by seasonal change. The impacts, however, of the current global climate transition period on the biodiversity of the Arctic Ocean and its activity are not yet known. To determine seasonal variation in the microbial communities in the deep water column, samples were collected from a profile (1-1000 m depth) in the waters around the Svalbard archipelago throughout an annual cycle encompassing both the polar night and day. High-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons was used to monitor prokaryote diversity. In epipelagic surface waters (<200 m depth), seasonal diversity varied significantly, with light and the corresponding annual phytoplankton bloom pattern being the primary drivers of change during the late spring and summer months. In the permanently dark mesopelagic ocean depths (>200 m), seasonality subsequently had much less effect on community composition. In summer, phytoplankton-associated Gammaproteobacteria and Flavobacteriia dominated surface waters, whilst in low light conditions (surface waters in winter months and deeper waters all year round), the Thaumarchaeota and Chloroflexi-type SAR202 predominated. Alpha-diversity generally increased in epipelagic waters as seasonal light availability decreased; OTU richness also consistently increased down through the water column, with the deepest darkest waters containing the greatest diversity. Beta-diversity analyses confirmed that seasonality and depth also primarily drove community composition. The relative abundance of the eleven predominant taxa showed significant changes in surface waters in summer months and varied with season depending on the phytoplankton bloom stage; corresponding populations in deeper waters however, remained relatively unchanged. Given the significance of the annual phytoplankton bloom pattern on prokaryote diversity in Arctic waters, any changes to bloom dynamics resulting from accelerated global warming will likely have major impacts on surface marine microbial communities, those impacts inevitably trickling down into deeper waters.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00095> https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00095 </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilson B, Müller O, Nordmann E, Seuthe L, Bratbak G, Øvreås L. Changes in marine prokaryote composition with season and depth over an Arctic polar year. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2017;4(95)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1485541
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmars.2017.00095
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/11841
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Marine Science
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/226415/Norway/Bridging marine productivity regimes: How Atlantic advection affects productivity, carbon cycling and export in a melting Arctic Ocean//en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/225956/Norway/ Processes and Players in Arctic Marine Pelagic Food Webs - Biogeochemistry, Environment and Climate Change//en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/POLARPROG/227062/Norway/Microorganisms in the arctic: major drivers of biogeochemical cycles and climate change//en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497en_US
dc.titleChanges in marine prokaryote composition with season and depth over an Arctic polar yearen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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