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Production and Structural Parameters of the Phytoplankton and Bacterioplankton Communities at Two Stations in the Open Part of the Sevastopol Bay Mouth: Assessment of the Effect of the Mussel Farm

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Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton production and structural characteristics was studied at two closely located stations in the open part of the Sevastopol Bay mouth, one of which was a mussel farm. The net primary production, chlorophyll a content, total phytoplankton biomass, the quantitative ratio between small and large algal cells, and their seasonal dynamics were the same for both stations. Linear dependencies were observed between the relevant parameters of the stations, with the angular regression coefficients close to 1. The phytoplankton production and biomass peaked during the summer period, reaching 350 ± 43 mg C/(m3 day) and 450 ± 50 mg C/m3, respectively. Chlorophyll a content varied from 0.5 to 3 mg/m3, with the minimum in January‒February and the maximum in summer. The assimilation number values for chlorophyll a during the light period corresponded to those reported for production waters and correlated with the temperatures during the year. Total oxygen consumption by bacterio- and phytoplankton during the summer period was 30–70% of net photosynthesis. The data were obtained on seasonal biomass variations in three groups of algae (Synechococcus, picoeukaryotic phytoplankton, and nanophytoplanktom); on average, picoalgae constituted 30% of the phytoplankton biomass, with maxima during the winter-spring and summer periods. Bacterioplankton abundance was determined using flow cytometry and the SYBR Green I vital fluorochrome. A positive relation between bacterial abundance and water temperature was shown.

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Solomonova, E.S., Akimov, A.I. Production and Structural Parameters of the Phytoplankton and Bacterioplankton Communities at Two Stations in the Open Part of the Sevastopol Bay Mouth: Assessment of the Effect of the Mussel Farm. Microbiology 90, 785–792 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002626172106014X

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