Densities of Benthic Protozoa and Nematodes in a Piedmont Stream
Densities of Benthic Protozoa and Nematodes in a Piedmont Stream
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山前溪流中底栖原生动物和线虫的密度
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1989
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L. Kaplan
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T. Bott;L. Kaplan
Densities of protozoa in sediments and leaf accumulations in a first-order spring seep, and in sediments and on stones in a third-order stream reach were determined over a 17-mo period. Higher densities were obtained from microscopic counts than from determinations of most probable number (a statistical estimate of number derived from growth responses when serial dilutions of sample are inoculated into replicate cultures of bacterized Cerophyl). Protozoa densities were higher per unit area of sediment than per unit area of leaves or rock surfaces. Microflagellate densities in sediments ranged from 9.00 × 10<sup>5</sup> to 2.29 × 10<sup>7</sup>/cm<sup>2</sup> (x̄ ± 1 SD = 5.32 ± 7.36 × 10<sup>6</sup>, n = 15) in the seep and from 6.00 × 10<sup>5</sup> to 1.04 × 10<sup>7</sup>/cm<sup>2</sup> (2.06 ± 2.32 × 10<sup>6</sup>, n = 18) in the stream. Ciliate densities ranged from 5.00 × 10<sup>3</sup> to 3.32 × 10<sup>4</sup>/cm<sup>2</sup> (1.54 ± 1.09 × 10<sup>4</sup>, n = 5) in the seep and from 5.00 × 10<sup>3</sup> to 3.65 × 10<sup>4</sup>/cm<sup>2</sup> (1.09 ± 0.88 × 10<sup>4</sup>, n = 12) in the stream. Nematodes were separated from sediments by a combination of sieving, flotation in sucrose, and centrifugation, and were counted microscopically. Nematode densities in sediments in the stream ranged from 0.90 to 8.85/cm<sup>2</sup> in fine sediments (x̄ ± 1 SD = 4.2 ± 1.9, n = 15) and from 0.20 to 1.80/cm<sup>2</sup> (1.1 ± 0.2, n = 7) in coarse sediments.