Marine Ecology Progress Series | |
Enrichment of microbial abundance in the sea-surface microlayer over a coral reef: implications for biogeochemical cycles in reef ecosystems | |
Koji Hamasaki1  Yuya Tada1  Tatsuki Toda1  Victor S. Kuwahara1  Bin Haji Ross Othman1  Teruaki Yoshida1  Fumie Konno1  Abdul Wahid Mohd Effendy1  Kenji Tsuchiya1  Nobuyuki Nakatomi1  Ryota Nakajima1  Thirukanthan C. Segaran1  | |
关键词: Sea-surface microlayer; SML; Bacteria; Flagellates; Coral coverage; | |
DOI : 10.3354/meps10481 | |
学科分类:海洋学与技术 | |
来源: Inter-Research | |
【 摘 要 】
ABSTRACT: In order to test the hypothesis that the microbial enrichment in the sea-surface microlayer (SML) over coral reefs is significant, we investigated the abundance and production of the microbial community in the SML and sub-surface water (SSW) at a fringing coral reef of Malaysia. Samples were taken at 2 coral sites with different live coral coverage as well as one offshore site. We detected substantially high enrichment factors (EFs) in abundance (where EF = SML/SSW: the ratio of microbial abundance in the SML relative to SSW) for all biological groups at all sites: up to 6.0 for heterotrophic bacteria, 4.2 for cyanobacteria, 18.8 for autotrophic nanoflagellates and 22.6 for heterotrophic nanoflagellates. We also found that the enrichment factors of microorganisms in coral reefs were remarkably higher than in other marine ecosystems, and a higher concentration of microorganisms was observed in the higher coral coverage site, probably due to higher organic matter released by corals. The higher microbial abundance in the SML over coral reefs may enhance gaseous exchange and carbon flow in the food web through the air–sea interface.
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