Photosynthesis and bacterial utilization of phytoplankton exudates - results from pre-incubation and post-incubation size fractionation

L'assimilation du carbone par le plancton de taille inférieure à 1 J.liD a été étudiée par fractionnement en taille et incubation 14C02 • La répartition obtenue a mis en évidence le transfert du carbone récemment incorporé du « phytoplancton )) aux fractions « bactériennes )). Au-dessous de 1 J.lm, l'assimilation de C02 photosynthétique et l'assimilation hétérotrophique, des exsudats contribuent de manière significative à l'assimilation du carbone, jusqu'à 18 et 33% respectivement

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Exsudats planctoniques, Fractionnement en taille

Size fractionation 14C02 experiments were used to investigate the pathways of carbon assimilation in the small ( <: 1 J.lm) fraction of natural plankton populations. Label distribution among the fractions provided evidence for the transfer of recently incorporated labeled carbon from "phytoplankton" to "bacterial" fractions. In the < 1 J.liD fraction, both photosynthetic C02 assimilation and heterotrophic assimilation of labeled exudates contributed significantly to carbon assimilation, comprising up to 18 and 33 % of the who le sample assimilation, respectively.

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Phytoplankton exudates, Size fractionation

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Ward BB (1984). Photosynthesis and bacterial utilization of phytoplankton exudates - results from pre-incubation and post-incubation size fractionation. Oceanologica Acta. 7 (3). 337-343. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00131/24216/

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