Abundance and distribution of bacterioplankton in the Gambia River, West Africa
dc.contributor.author | Healey, Marcus J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Diallo, Cheikh O. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Moll, Russell A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T19:47:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T19:47:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988-11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Healey, Marcus J.; Moll, Russell A.; Diallo, Cheikh O.; (1988). "Abundance and distribution of bacterioplankton in the Gambia River, West Africa." Microbial Ecology 16(3): 291-310. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/48111> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-184X | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0095-3628 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/48111 | |
dc.description.abstract | Four ecological zones of the Gambia River were sampled during four different hydrologic seasons for determination of microbial, nutrient, and physical parameters. A Greco-Latin Square experimental design was used to define the particular transect, station, depth, and tide/time-of-day of samples taken. Ranges of total bacterioplankton densities (10 6 cells/ml) were similar to those of tropical and temperate environments. Numbers of free bacteria were similar temporally, whereas attached bacteria numbers were greater during periods of high stream flows when suspended solids concentrations were higher. Free bacteria were usually twice as numerous in the freshwater zones than in the estuarine zones. Attached bacterial densities were approximately four times greater in the estuarine zones than in the freshwater zones. Uptake of 3 H-glucose on both a sample volume and per-cell basis increased from the early stages of the flood (6.95±SE 1.37 ng/liter/hour and 3.8 pg/hour/10 6 cells, respectively) and reached observed annual maximums during the dry season (21.01±SE 3.05 ng/ liter/hour and 13.0 pg/hour/10 6 cells, respectively). Spatially, 3 H-glucose uptake per sample volume and per cell was highest in the upper river zone and lowest in the lower estuary zone. The lower estuary zone consistently acted out of concert with the other river zones in terms of 3 H-glucose and 14 C-bicarbonate uptake. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that free and attached bacterioplankton densities were not homogeneous among transects, stations, depths, and tide/time-of-day at the different zones during the four hydrologic seasons. The results suggested that heterotrophy overshadowed autotrophy in the river and that the bacterial abundance, distribution, and glucose uptake activity in this tropical floodplain river were greatly influenced by the annual flood and the presence of extensive mangrove forests in the estuary. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Geoecology/Natural Processes | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Microbiology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Nature Conservation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.title | Abundance and distribution of bacterioplankton in the Gambia River, West Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Great Lakes Research Division, The University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 24201715 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/48111/1/248_2005_Article_BF02011701.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02011701 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Microbial Ecology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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