Decrease in bacterial production over the past three decades in the north basin of Lake Biwa, Japan
Decrease in bacterial production over the past three decades in the north basin of Lake Biwa, Japan
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过去三十年日本琵琶湖北部盆地细菌产量减少
DOI:
10.1007/s10201-019-00582-2
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发表时间:
2019
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Hirose Yoshinori
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作者:
Tsuchiya Kenji;Tomioka Noriko;Sano Tomoharu;Kohzu Ayato;Komatsu Kazuhiro;Imai Akio;Hayakawa Kazuhide;Nagata Takamaru;Okamoto Takahiro;Hirose Yoshinori
In Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, external pollutant loads have decreased since the 1980s, leading to improved water quality, such as reduction in biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and PO43−concentrations. We examined long-term variation of bacterial production (BP) under these environmental changes from 2016–2017 in the north basin of Lake Biwa. BP was estimated by measuring the incorporation of stable isotope15N-labeled deoxyadenosine (15N-dA) from June 2016 and December 2017 and compared with measurements from 1986 and 1997–1998. In 1986, BP was measured by following3H-labeled thymidine (3H-TdR) incorporation and in 1997–1998 by tracking bacterial abundance in incubations and calculating specific growth rates (μ). To allow direct comparison of15N-dA and3H-TdR incorporation rates, we determined a conversion factor. To estimateμin 2016–2017, we determined a factor for converting15N-dA incorporation to cell number increase. In 2016–2017, the15N-dA incorporation rate ranged from 0.13 to 30.7 pmol l−1h−1andμranged from 0.016 to 0.70 day−1. BP values from3H-TdR incorporation rates in 1986 andμin 1997–1998 were 4.6 and 2.1 times BP values in 2016–2017, respectively, confirming the decrease in BP over the past 3 decades in Lake Biwa. Water quality data showed only low decrease rates for BOD and total phosphorus concentration from the 1980s, whereas the rate of decrease for PO43−concentrations was equivalent to that of BP. BP and decomposition of organic matter are known to be strongly P-limited in Lake Biwa. Our results suggest that the decrease in BP can be explained by a reduction in readily bioavailable PO43−. Organic phosphorus can also be an important P-source for BP under conditions with very low PO43−concentrations (nM), and changes in the bioavailability of organic phosphorus might have also regulated BP dynamics.