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Efficiency of Transfer of Essential Substances from Phytoplankton to Planktonic Crustaceans in Mesotrophic Lake Obsterno (Belarus)

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The efficiency of transfer of essential substances (carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and fatty acids (FAs), including polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)) from phytoplankton to zooplankton in three habitats (pelagic zone and vegetated and unvegetated littoral areas) in mesotrophic Lake Obsterno (Belarus) has been assessed. The efficiency of transfer of substances was calculated as the ratio of their secondary production to primary production per water volume unit and biomass unit. The efficiency per water volume unit can characterize the efficiency of transferring substances in a lake, while the efficiency per biomass unit indicates the ability of zooplankton to accumulate essential substances consumed with the food resources in biomass, i.e. it characterizes the quality of zooplankton as a resource for higher trophic levels. The efficiency of PUFA transfer was lower than the carbon transfer efficiency. On the contrary, the accumulation of nutrients, especially phosphorus, was more effective when compared with the carbon accumulation rate. This indicates that zooplankton serve as a sink for nutrients which are transferred up the trophic webs. The plankton communities in the pelagic zone of mesotrophic lake were found to be more effective in transferring the substances from the primary producers to the consumers than the littoral communities were.

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The collection, treatment, and analysis of the phytoplankton and zooplankton samples were funded by the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (BRFFI), project no. B18R-004; seston collection and treatment for the elemental composition were performed as part of BRFFI grant no. B17-037. The interpretation of results, literature reviews, and manuscript preparation for publishing were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-54-00002Bel_a.

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  1. Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, Minsk, Belarus

    Zh. F. Buseva, E. A. Sysova, K. V. Myagkova, Sh. B. Gazerani Farahani & V. P. Semenchenko

  2. Krasnoyarsk Science Center, Federal Research Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    M. I. Gladyshev & N. N. Sushchik

  3. Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    M. I. Gladyshev & N. N. Sushchik

  4. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. Yu. Feniova

  5. Papanin Institute of Inland Water Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia

    E. G. Sakharova

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Abbreviations: Bphyto—phytoplankton biomass; Bzoo—raw zooplankton biomass; SPzoo—secondary production of crustaceans; DHA—dokozahexaenoic acids; FA—fatty acids; PUFA—polyunsaturated fatty acids; PP—primary production; EPA—ecosapentaenoic acid.

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Buseva, Z.F., Gladyshev, M.I., Sushchik, N.N. et al. Efficiency of Transfer of Essential Substances from Phytoplankton to Planktonic Crustaceans in Mesotrophic Lake Obsterno (Belarus). Inland Water Biol 14, 391–400 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082921030032

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