Indirect effects of UV radiation: Fe{sup 2+} enrichment stimulates picocyanobacterial growth in Clearwater acidic Shield lakes
- INRS-Eau, Sainte-Foy, Quebec (Canada)
Ozone depletion and associated increases in UVB radiation could increase the photoreduction of iron in Shield lakes of the Boreal forest zone. Since photoreduced iron (I) is more soluble than iron (III), and the re-oxidation rate slower in acidic (pH = 5--6) lakes, phytoplankton growth and/or species composition may be altered where iron is growth limiting. The differential enrichment of UV{sub A+B} transparent herbivore-free (< 65 mu) lakewater enclosures ({approximately}500L) with phosphorus, phosphorus and Fe (II) and phosphorus, ammonium and Fe (II) revealed that the Spring phytoplankton abundance of an oligotrophic Clearwater acidic Canadian Shield lake was limited by herbivore grazing, rather than by a limiting nutrient. However, in the herbivore-free enriched enclosures the addition of Fe{sup 2+} greatly stimulated picocyanobacterial growth and grazing activity by mixotrophic species comprising the microbial food web of this lake. In spite of a 10-fold increase in the mixotrophic chrysophytes, the authors did not discern any strong competitive interactions among the mixotrophic organisms, strongly suggesting that the latter obtain most if not all of their iron quota from their picoplanktonic prey.
- OSTI ID:
- 367430
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9640%%176
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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