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Title: | Biofilm growth and nitrogen uptake responses to increases in nitrate and ammonium availability |
Author: | Ribot Bermejo, Miquel von Schiller, Daniel Sabater i Comas, Francesc Martí Roca, Eugènia |
Keywords: | Biofilms Nitrats Cursos d'aigua Nitrogen Amoníac Biofilms Nitrates Rivers Nitrogen Ammonia |
Issue Date: | Oct-2015 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Abstract: | Nitrate (NO3 −) and ammonium (NH4 +) are the two major dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) species available in streams. Human activities increase stream DIN concentrations and modify the NO3 −:NH4 + ratio. However, few studies have examined biofilm responses to enrichment of both DIN species. We examined biofilm responses to variation in ambient concentrations and enrichments in either NO3 − or NH4 +. We incubated nutrient diffusing substrata (NDS) bioassays with three treatments (DIN-free, +NO3 − and +NH4 +) in five streams. Biomass-specific uptake rates (U spec ) of NO3 − and NH4 + were then measured using in situ additions of 15N-labeled NO3 − and NH4 +. Biomass (estimated from changes in carbon content) and algal accrual rates, as well as U spec -NO3 − of biofilms in DIN-free treatments varied among the streams in which the NDS had been incubated. Higher ambient DIN concentrations were only correlated with enhanced biofilm growth rates. U spec -NO3 − was one order of magnitude greater and more variable than U spec -NH4 +, however similar relative preference index (RPI) suggested that biofilms did not show a clear preference for either DIN species. Biofilm growth and DIN uptake in DIN-amended NDS (i.e., +NO3 − and +NH4 +) were consistently lower than in DIN-free NDS (i.e., control). Lower values in controls with respect to amended NDS were consistently more pronounced for algal accrual rates and U spec -NO3 − and for the +NH4 + than for the +NO3 − treatments. In particular, enrichment with NH4 + reduced biofilm U spec -NO3 − uptake, which has important implications for N cycling in high NH4 + streams. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-015-0412-9 |
It is part of: | Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries, 2015, vol. 77, num. 4, p. 695-707 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/126658 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-015-0412-9 |
ISSN: | 1015-1621 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals) |
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