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Activity of heterotrophic bacteria and its coupling to primary production during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Bight of the North Sea
Lancelot, C.; Billen, G. (1984). Activity of heterotrophic bacteria and its coupling to primary production during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 29(4): 721-730
In: Limnology and Oceanography. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography: Waco, Tex., etc. ISSN 0024-3590; e-ISSN 1939-5590, more
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Keywords
    Algal blooms
    Biological production > Primary production
    Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle > Nutrient cycles > Carbon cycle
    Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle > Nutrient cycles > Nitrogen cycle
    Microorganisms > Bacteria
    ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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Abstract
    Parallel measurements were made of particulate and dissolved products of primary production, utilization rate of amino acids, monosaccharides, and glycollate, thymidine incorporation into DNA, and exoproteolytic activity before and during the spring bloom. A close coupling between microheterotrophic activity and primary production was demonstrated. Microheterotrophic activity could play an important role in food-web dynamics by partly satisfying the N needs of phytoplankton, which represents about twice the mineral N stock initially present in the water column.

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