| Abstract: | Daily rates of oxygenic photosynthesis (OP) by phytoplankton, anoxygenic photosynthesis (AP) by purple sulfur bacteria, and chemoautotrophic productivity (CP = dark CO2 assimilation) were measured once each season. Total daily productivity and the relative importance of each autotrophic process varied with seasonal changes in vertical mixing, light availability, and the biomass of phototrophs. Daily productivity was highest (2830 mg C.m-2) and was dominated by OP in winter when the mixolimnion was isothermal, the biomass of phytoplankton was high, and the biomass of purple sulfur bacteria was low. During the summer-fall period of thermal stratification, phytoplankton biomass decreased, a plate of purple sulfur bacteria formed below the oxycline, and daily rates of dark CO2 assimilation (CP = 390-680 mg C.m-2) exceeded phototrophic productivity (OP + AP = 200-370 mg C.m-2). Total annual productivity was approx 500 g C.m-2, of which 60% was produced by phytoplankton (mostly in winter), 30% by chemoautotrophs (nitrifying and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria), and only 10% by photosynthetic bacteria. -Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Cloern, J. E.; Cole, B. E.; Oremland, R. S. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Autotrophic processes in meromictic Big Soda Lake, Nevada.; 1983; Article; Journal; Limnology and Oceanography; Cloern, J. E.; Cole, B. E.; Oremland, R. S. |
| Citation Start Page: | 1049 |
| Citation Volume: | 28 |
| Citation Year: | 1983 |
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| Text: | Autotrophic processes in meromictic Big Soda Lake, Nevada.; 1983; Article; Journal; Limnology and Oceanography; Cloern, J. E.; Cole, B. E.; Oremland, R. S. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_28/issue_6/1049.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1983 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Anerican Society of Limnology and Oceanography |
