期刊
HYDROBIOLOGIA
卷 831, 期 1, 页码 55-70出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-018-3855-x
关键词
Microbial food web; Classical food chain; Seasonal interactions; Mixotrophy; Structural equation modeling
资金
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil CNPq [552331/2011-2]
- CNPq [309514/2017-7, 304284/2017-3]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2014/13139-3]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
The simple view of the classical phytoplankton-zooplankton-fish food chain (CFC) has been replaced by a more complex framework, integrating microbial compartments (microbial food web, MFW). Few studies considered all components of the pelagic MFW in freshwaters and mostly are from temperate regions. We investigated carbon partitioning in the CFC and the MFW in an Amazonian floodplain system and analyzed the strength of interactions among components through structure equation modeling. We hypothesized that (i) MFW contributes highly to total plankton biomass throughout the year; and (ii) all plankton communities increase in biomass during low water, increasing the role of trophic interactions. We collected 30 subsurface samples (nutrients and plankton communities). MFW predominated over CFC in carbon biomass, and plankton components and their interactions changed according to the contrasting water level. Because phosphorus can be a potentially limiting resource for strict primary producers, higher biomass and a more complex MFW occurred during low water. We concluded that hydrology is a key factor shaping biotic interactions during low-water periods, and that MFW plays a key role in floodplain lakes, being potential mixotrophy an important strategy for phytoplankton.
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