Ciliated protozoan communities over Cobb Seamount: increase in biomass and spatial patchiness

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dc.contributor.authorSime-Ngando, T.
dc.contributor.authorJuniper, S. Kim
dc.contributor.authorVezina, A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-10T23:26:51Z
dc.date.available2021-08-10T23:26:51Z
dc.date.copyright1992en_US
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractSpecies composition, abundance, biomass and patchiness of ciliated protozoa were examined for evidence of increasing standing stock in relation to productivity (chlorophyll a, primary production) over an eastern subarctic Pacific seamount (Cobb, 46"45' N 130°48 W). Ciliates were unusually diverse with 49 different taxa recorded ranging in size from 15 to 350 micrometre in length. Their abundance was relatively low while carbon biomass was very high compared to those of most marine systems. This implies that over Cobb Seamount, ciliates counterbalance their low numbers by increasing in size, partly due to exclusion of small planktonic common species (Strobilidium spp., scuticociliates, hymonostome-type cells) by larger cells, particularly plastic oligotrichs of the genus Laboea. Integrated biomass to 80m depth at times peaked at 0.6g C m^-2, which exceeds the standing stock of the entire microzooplankton in some oceanic areas. Statistical 2-dimensional analysis of the spatial structure showed the existence of patchiness. Meso-scale and circular patches (about 6km or more in diameter, horizontally) were probably related to seamount-induced physical forcing which likely generates microhabitats favorable to the growth of opportunistic or physiologically adapted populations. Direct observations showed that ciliates were a major component of the microzooplankton over the seamount.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the FCAR Quebec, NSERC Canada. DFO Canada and the Universite du Quebec a Rimouski. T.S.N. was supported by a visiting research fellowship from the Universite du Quebec a Rimouski.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSime-Ngando, T., Juniper, S.K., & Vezina, A. (1992). Ciliated protozoan communities over Cobb Seamount: increase in biomass and spatial patchiness, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 89(1). http://doi.org/10.3354/meps089037en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org/10.3354/meps089037
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/13250
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMarine Ecology Press Seriesen_US
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Earth and Ocean Sciences
dc.titleCiliated protozoan communities over Cobb Seamount: increase in biomass and spatial patchinessen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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