Bacterioplankton Zonation Does Exist in High Elevation, Polymictic Lakes.

ABSTRACT: The assessment of distribution patterns or zonation of planktonic microbes along the water column is a crucial step to interpret their function in the ecosystem. In lakes without seasonal thermal stratification or polymictic systems such as high elevation tropical lakes, planktonic bacterial taxa are probably homogeneously distributed in the water column in contrast to what is known for thermally stratified lakes. However, we know little about bacterial distribution patterns in polymictic lakes and their relation to environmental gradients other than temperature. Here we assessed the diversity, microdiversity, and bacterial community composition at different discrete depths in three high elevation lakes (4,400-4,550 m above sea level) from the Andean plateau to test whether bacterial zonat

SUBMITTER: Aguilar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891803 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature