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Carbon flow in the planktonic food web along a gradient of oligotrophy in the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea)

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This work is a study of plankton food web structure and carbon flow in March and September 1997 in the Aegean Sea, area of outflow of Black Sea waters in the Mediterranean Sea. Biomass and production of autotrophs were measured by size fraction as well as bacterial biomass and production; furthermore, we studied heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNAN), ciliates and mesozooplankton biomass, copepod production and grazing impact on phytoplankton. The obtained low values of nutrients and plankton biomass and production confirmed the oligotrophic character of this region. Despite the fact that there was no significant horizontal variability in the spatial distribution of nutrients throughout the study area, the planktonic biomass and production revealed a gradual decrease from the Northeast Aegean (NEA) towards the South Aegean (SA). In the Northeast Aegean, a large part of the fixed carbon was channelled through the microbial food web towards copepods; in contrast there was a low transfer of energy in the South Aegean where the multivorous food web was developed. Throughout the study area, almost 60 – 70% of autotrophic biomass and primary production was performed by cells < 3 Am. D
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hal-01780370 , version 1 (17-02-2021)

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Ioanna Siokou-Frangou, Micheline Bianchi, Urania Christaki, E. Christou, Antionia Giannakourou, et al.. Carbon flow in the planktonic food web along a gradient of oligotrophy in the Aegean Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Marine Systems, 2002, 33-34, pp.335-353. ⟨10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00065-9⟩. ⟨hal-01780370⟩
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