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dc.contributor.authorMitbavkar, S.
dc.contributor.authorDeSouza, S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-28
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T09:15:19Z
dc.date.available2023-02-18
dc.date.available2023-03-01T09:15:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationMicrobial Ecology, vol.85(2); 2023; 341-356
dc.identifier.issn1432-184X
dc.identifier.otherhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-022-01978-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/S00248-022-01978-X
dc.identifier.urihttps://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8906
dc.description4.192
dc.description.abstractThe composition and ecology of photosynthetic picoeukaryotes (PPE) are essential for understanding microbial food web functioning.We hypothesize that the simultaneous use of flow cytometry (FCM) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) tools will aid in discerning the dominant PPE groups contributing to abundance and biomass under prevailing environmental conditions.The PPE seasonal community abundance and pigment biomass were investigated from a southwest monsoon-influenced tropical bay from June 2015 to May 2016.A size-fractionated (<3 �m) approach using FCM and HPLC revealed five and six PPE groups, respectively.Picocryptophytes dominated the PPE biomass under varied environmental conditions, whereas picodiatoms contributed substantially, being abundant under turbulent, low-temperature, nutrient (NO3-, SiO44-)-enriched conditions.The picochlorophytes dominated the community numerically.The relatively higher abundance and biomass of picoprasinophytes and a positive correlation with NO3- and NH4+ imply proliferation under higher nutrient concentrations.The least contributors to biomass were dinoflagellates and picoprymnesiophytes.The relatively larger cell size of picocryptophytes and picodiatoms resulted in higher cumulative biomass, signifying their role in the microbial food web.Our study proposes incorporation of additional indicator pigments in algorithms used to estimate coastal picophytoplankton contribution to total phytoplankton biomass to avoid discrepancies.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
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dc.titleSeasonal Dynamics of Photosynthetic Picoeukaryotes in a Monsoon-Influenced Tropical Bay: A Flow Cytometric and Chemotaxonomic Approach
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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