FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI When phytoplankton do not bloom: the case of the dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum in southern Brittany (France) assessed by environmental DNA BT AF Roux, Pauline Schapira, Mathilde MERTENS, Kenneth ANDRE, Coralie TERRE TERRILLON, Aouregan Schmitt, Anne Manach, Soazig Collin, Karine Serghine, Joelle Noel, Cyril Siano, Raffaele AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:2;5:2;6:1;7:3;8:1;9:4;10:5;11:4; FF 1:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERMPL;2:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERMPL;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;4:;5:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;6:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERMPL;7:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERMPL;8:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERMPL;9:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS;10:PDG-IRSI-SEBIMER;11:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS; C1 Ifremer, LITTORAL, F-44300 Nantes, France Ifremer, LITTORAL, F-29900 Concarneau, France Ifremer, LITTORAL, F-56100 Lorient, France Ifremer, DYNECO, F-29280 Plouzané, France Ifremer, IRSI, Service de Bioinformatique (SeBiMER), Plouzané, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES CONCARNEAU LORIENT BREST SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERMPL PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PELAGOS PDG-IRSI-SEBIMER IN WOS Ifremer UPR IF 4.1 TC 2 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00822/93374/100079.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;HABs;Cysts;Sediment resuspension;eDNA;Metabarcoding;Ammonium AB Green seawater discolorations caused by the marine dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum are frequently observed during summer along southern Brittany coasts (NE Atlantic, France). Here, the ecology of L. chlorophorum is studied during a non-bloom period using high-throughput sequencing metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) samples for the detection of this species at low concentrations. Sediment samples (for metabarcoding and cyst analyses) were collected in January–February 2019 and water samples from two stations were collected at three water depths in September–March 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 (for metabarcoding and environmental parameters). The protistan community was dominated by dinoflagellates and was homogenous in the water column. Amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) associated with the genus Lepidodinium were detected in autumn–winter at low relative abundances (minimum: 0.01%). Increases in Lepidodinium abundance were positively correlated with pulses of ammonium re-suspended from bottom sediments. Although Lepidodinium eDNA (<1%) was detected in the sediments, no cyst morphotypes could be associated with Lepidodinium, and germination experiments revealed no Lepidodinium-like cells, leaving in doubt the existence of resting cysts of this species in the seed bank. It is hypothesised that temporary Lepidodinium cells remained present in the water column at low concentrations during the autumn–winter period, awaiting ammonium input from sediments to initiate growth, and that blooms develop when water column stratification and river input provide favourable environmental conditions for biomass increases. PY 2023 PD MAR SO Progress In Oceanography SN 0079-6611 PU Elsevier BV VL 212 UT 000952484600001 DI 10.1016/j.pocean.2023.102999 ID 93374 ER EF