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dc.contributor.authorMorata, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorSeuthe, Lena
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-21T12:18:09Z
dc.date.available2022-09-21T12:18:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe degradation mechanisms of faecal pellets are still poorly understood, although they determine their contribution to vertical fluxes of carbon. The aim of this study was to attempt to understand the microbial (bacteria and protozooplankton) degradation of faecal pellets by measuring the faecal pellet carbon-specific degradation rate (FP-CSD) as an indicator of pellet degradation. ‘In situ’ and ‘culture’ pellets (provided by the grazing of copepods in in situ water and in a culture of Rhodomonas sp. respectively) were incubated in seawater from the chlorophyll a maximum and 90 m depth, and in filtered seawater. When microbes were abundant (at the chlorophyll a maximum), they significantly increased FP-CSD. In addition, culture pellets had a higher FP-CSD than in situ pellets, suggesting that the results obtained with culture pellets should be treated with caution when trying to extrapolate to natural field conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMorata N, Seuthe L. Importance of bacteria and protozooplankton for faecal pellet degradation. Oceanologia. 2014;56(3):565-581en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1164667
dc.identifier.doi10.5697/oc.56-3.565
dc.identifier.issn0078-3234
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26887
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalOceanologia
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2014 Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanologyen_US
dc.titleImportance of bacteria and protozooplankton for faecal pellet degradationen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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