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      Impacto del pastoreo sobre picoplancton autotrófico en dos lagos andinos (Patagonia, Argentina) con diferentes relaciones luz:nutrientes Translated title: Grazing impact on autotrophic picoplankton in two south Andean lakes (Patagonia, Argentina) with different light:nutrient ratios

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          Los lagos andino-patagónicos son ambientes con una alta relación luz:nutrientes. En estos lagos se ha descrito una red trófica particular constituida por grandes ciliados mixotróficos que comparten y compiten por recursos alimentarios con nanoflagelados y cladóceros. A través de experimentos de pastoreo se compararon las tasas de limpieza sobre picoplancton autotrófico de nanoflagelados; el ciliado Ophrydium naumanni y cladóceros de los lagos Moreno Oeste y Rivadavia. Estos lagos presentan diferencias significativas en cuanto a su relación luz:nutrientes y tienen también una composición de crustáceos del zooplancton diferente. En el lago Moreno Oeste, el metalimnion está incluido dentro de la zona eufótica, determinando un estrato iluminado en el que se desarrolla un máximo de clorofila en profundidad. En el lago Rivadavia, en cambio, los estratos iluminados están restringidos al epilimnion y no se observó ningún máximo de clorofila en profundidad. En el lago Moreno se observó que a 30 m de profundidad se producía un incremento en la proporción de la bacterivoría ejercida por el ciliado O. naumanni y el cladócero Ceriodaphnia dubia debido fundamentalmente a la distribución vertical de ambas especies. Por el contrario, las tasas de limpieza del conjunto de nanoflagelados, dominado por la especie mixótrofa Chrysochromulina parva, no presentaron cambios a lo largo de la columna de agua y fueron un orden de magnitud mayores que aquellas de O. naumanni y C. dubia. En el lago Rivadavia, las tasas de pastoreo de los nanoflagelados fueron menores y comparables con las obtenidas para O. naumanni y Daphnia cf. commutata. Las diferencias observadas en las tasas de limpieza de nanoflagelados probablemente reflejan un incremento de la fagotrofía donde la energía lumínica es alta en relación con el fósforo. De esta manera, en el lago Moreno Oeste, donde la luz no es limitante, el aumento observado en la bacterivoría de los protistas podría deberse a un mayor requerimiento de nutrientes limitantes

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          Andean ultraoligotrophic lakes are environments with high light:nutrient ratios. In these lakes a particular planktonic food web has been noticed, constituted by large mixotrophic ciliates which share and compete for food resources with nanoflagellates and cladocerans. Clearance rates on autotrophic picoplankton of nanoflagellates, the ciliate Ophrydium naumanni and cladocerans were compared through grazing experiments in lakes Moreno Oeste and Rivadavia. The lakes exhibited significant differences in the light:nutrient ratio and had different crustacean and zooplankton compositions. In lake Moreno Oeste the metalimnion was included in the euphotic zone resulting in an illuminated layer where deep chlorophyll maxima developed. On the contrary, in lake Rivadavia the illuminated layers were restricted to the epilimnion and no deep chlorophyll maxima were observed. In lake Moreno Oeste, the contribution to total bacterivory of the ciliate O. naumanni and the cladoceran Ceriodaphnia dubia was observed to increase at 30 m depth, due mainly to the vertical distribution of both species. On the contrary, the grazing rates of the nanoflagellate assemblage, dominated by the mixotrophic Chrysochromulina parva, did not change along the water column and were considerably high (one order of magnitude higher than those obtained for O. naumanni and C. dubia). In lake Rivadavia, nanoflagellate grazing rates were lower and the relative impact of the nanoflagellate assemblage was comparable to those of O. naumanni and Daphnia cf .commutata. The observed difference in clearance rates of the nanoflagellate assemblage probably would reflect an increase in the phagotrophy where light energy is higher relative to phosphorus. In lake Moreno Oeste where light is not limiting, the observed increase of the phagotrophy by protists may be due to a higher requirement of limiting elements

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                Journal
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                Revista chilena de historia natural
                Rev. chil. hist. nat.
                Sociedad de Biología de Chile (Santiago, , Chile )
                0716-078X
                March 2004
                : 77
                : 1
                : 73-85
                Affiliations
                [01] Bariloche Río Negro orgnameUniversidad Nacional del Comahue orgdiv1Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche orgdiv2Laboratorio de Limnología Argentina
                Article
                S0716-078X2004000100007 S0716-078X(04)07700107
                10.4067/S0716-078X2004000100007
                f63ec9dc-447e-4c90-9b6f-27ea3f4b2373

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 30 October 2003
                : 06 June 2003
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                ultraoligotrophic lakes,lagos ultraoligotróficos,mixotrofía,nanoflagellates,Ophrydium naumanni,light:nutrient ratio,bacterivoría planctónica,relación luz:nutrientes,nanoflagelados,planktonic bacterivory,mixotrophy

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