Particle-Associated Microbial Community in a Subtropical Lake During Thermal Mixing and Phytoplankton Succession.

ABSTRACT: Ecosystem dynamics in monomictic lakes are characterized by seasonal thermal mixing and stratification. These physical processes bring about seasonal variations in nutrients and organic matter fluxes, affecting the biogeochemical processes that occur in the water column. Physical and chemical dynamics are generally reflected in seasonal structural changes in the phytoplankton and bacterio-plankton community. In this study, we analyzed, using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, the structure of the bacterial community associated with large particles (>20 μm) in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee, Israel), and its associations to phytoplankton populations. The study was carried out during late winter and early spring, a highly dynamic period in terms of thermal mixing, nutrient availability, and shifts

SUBMITTER: Schweitzer-Natan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753980 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature