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| Title |
Effects of Ice-Algal Aggregate Export on the Connectivity of Bacterial Communities in the Central Arctic Ocean
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01035 |
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| Authors |
Josephine Z. Rapp, Mar Fernández-Méndez, Christina Bienhold, Antje Boetius |
| Abstract |
In summer 2012, Arctic sea ice declined to a record minimum and, as a consequence of the melting, large amounts of aggregated ice-algae sank to the seafloor at more than 4,000 m depth. In this study, we assessed the composition, turnover and connectivity of bacterial and microbial eukaryotic communities across Arctic habitats from sea ice, algal aggregates and surface waters to the seafloor. Eukaryotic communities were dominated by diatoms, dinoflagellates and other alveolates in all samples, and showed highest richness and diversity in sea-ice habitats (∼400-500 OTUs). Flavobacteriia and Gammaproteobacteria were the predominant bacterial classes across all investigated Arctic habitats. Bacterial community richness and diversity peaked in deep-sea samples (∼1,700 OTUs). Algal aggregate-associated bacterial communities were mainly recruited from the sea-ice community, and were transported to the seafloor with the sinking ice algae. The algal deposits at the seafloor had a unique community structure, with some shared sequences with both the original sea-ice community (22% OTU overlap), as well as with the deep-sea sediment community (17% OTU overlap). We conclude that ice-algal aggregate export does not only affect carbon export from the surface to the seafloor, but may change microbial community composition in central Arctic habitats with potential effects for benthic ecosystem functioning in the future. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 27% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |
| Ireland | 1 | 7% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 8 | 53% |
| Members of the public | 7 | 47% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 74 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 18% |
| Researcher | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 19 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 12% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 18 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 August 2018.
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