Publication Date:
2022-06-03
Description:
For brackish water bodies at the North Sea coast which harbor red tide algal blooms during the summer months, phytoplankton densities and chlorophyll a data were compared with bacterial counts including plate counts of TCBS-agar-selected vibrios. Concentrations of chlorophyll a, the ratios of total viable counts on ZoBell agar to acridine orange direct counts (CFU/ AODC), and vibrio counts on TCBS-agar followed largely the same trends suggesting a strong linkage between phytoplankton biomass and heterotrophic cacteria. Enrichment experiments based on macroalgal extracts confirmed the extremely copiotrophic nature of TCBS-selected vibrios. Vibrio counts peaked during the bloom of a Cryptomonas sp. that was presumably grazed upon by a ciliate, Strombidium sp.. On the other hand, there were no indications of an analogous coincidence during mass developments of the potentially toxic dinoflagellate Glenodinium foliaceum.
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Article
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NonPeerReviewed
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