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Planktonic bacterial biomass and seasonal pattern of the heterotrophic uptake and respiration of glucose and amino acids in the shallow sandpit lake of Créteil (Paris Suburb, France)

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Biomass and activity of planktonic bacteria were investigated during a one year study in a shallow sandpit lake. The shallowness of the lake helped keep the water column homogeneous regarding bacterioplankton. Small free-living bacteria (0.03 µm3 cell−1) dominated the populations throughout the period studied. Bacterial abundances varied from 1 to 11 × 106 cells ml−1. Kinetic parameters (V max, K + S and T) were determined with 14C labelled compounds (glucose and amino acids mixture). V max values were high and averaged 0.056 and 0.050 µgCl−1 h−1 for glucose and amino acids respectively. Maximal V max values were observed in summer at the highest temperatures, but also in early spring. T values were much greater in winter. K + S values were significantly higher for amino acids (3 µg Cl−1) than for glucose (1 µg Cl−1). A low percentage of mineralization (about 25% for both tracers) could be the expression of the high growth efficiency expected when bacteria are growing at the expense of low molecular weight compounds as phytoplankton exudates.

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Garnier, J., Benest, D. Planktonic bacterial biomass and seasonal pattern of the heterotrophic uptake and respiration of glucose and amino acids in the shallow sandpit lake of Créteil (Paris Suburb, France). Hydrobiologia 209, 191–202 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00015342

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