Coupling Bacterioplankton Populations and Environment to Community Function in Coastal Temperate Waters.

ABSTRACT: Bacterioplankton play a key role in marine waters facilitating processes important for carbon cycling. However, the influence of specific bacterial populations and environmental conditions on bacterioplankton community performance remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to identify drivers of bacterioplankton community functions, taking into account the variability in community composition and environmental conditions over seasons, in two contrasting coastal systems. A Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) analysis of the biological and chemical data obtained from surface waters over a full year indicated that specific bacterial populations were linked to measured functions. Namely, Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria) was strongly correlated with proteas

SUBMITTER: Traving SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5037133 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature