PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSE OF LAKE PLANKTON TO COMBINED NITROGEN ENRICHMENT 1
PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSE OF LAKE PLANKTON TO COMBINED NITROGEN ENRICHMENT 1
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湖泊浮游生物对复合氮富集的光合响应 1
DOI:
10.1111/j.1529-8817.1982.tb03217.x
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
F. R. Pick
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作者:
D. Lean;T. Murphy;F. R. Pick
The complex interplay between photosynthesis and the uptake of nitrogen was investigated in samples from five lakes of different size and trophic state. When enriched with 15NH4+, the photosynthetic rate was often reduced for 4–5 h in samples believed to be nitrogen deficient. This implies that energy was reallocated from photosynthesis to the uptake and assimilation of N. Stimulation in C uptake at low levels of NH4+ enrichment was followed by a progressive decline with further NH4+ enrichment. On other occasions when ambient NH4+ was undetectable, nutrient regeneration by zooplankton supplied a significant fraction of the required nitrogen. At these times and when the plankton had sufficient available N, there usually was no change in photosynthetic rate with either NH4+ or NO3−enrichment. Typically, little NO3− was taken up and no photosynthetic response was observed. On two occasions, however, the uptake of NO3− was significant due to high NO3− and low NH4+ levels early in the season. At one of these times there was a reduction in photosynthesis with NO3− enrichment. A further complication was observed when photosynthesis decreased with NH4+ enrichment but increased with NO3− enrichment despite negligible NO3− uptake. These observations illustrate that the complex metabolism of these two nitrogen sources is not fully understood. At optimum light intensity, C:N uptake ratios, even under NH4+ enrichment, are only sufficient to maintain the cellular C:N ratio unless much of the fixed C is respired or excreted. Three observations suggest that photosynthesis and N uptake are not coupled, (i) Photoinhibition of C uptake, but not N uptake was observed when low light adapted populations are exposed to high light conditions, (ii) The light intensity for maximum N uptake was slightly less than that for carbon. (iii) Dark N uptake was always near 50% of the maximum rate in the light whereas the C uptake was near 2% of Popt. Certainly, there is an interconnection because dark C uptake was enhanced by NH4+ enrichment.