BIO373H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Synechococcus, Density Dependence, Red Tide

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Sink or link carbon removed from soluion by bacteria did not pass to larger organisms but instead released as co2. Sherr and sherr concluded bacteria are not a link to higher order consumers and strongly disagreed with ducklow et al. Ducklow et al did respond by saying that they stick to their hypothesis but the results may differ at different places for different experiments. Number of levels between the trophic levels. Length of trophic level between the organisms. Flagellates do consume a fair bit amount of the primary production produced by the phytoplankton. They are consuming both the bacteria and the phytoplankton phagotropic protists. Important when food web is consistent of mostly plankton pic plankton, large impact on the food web by these protists. Ability to rapidly change growth rate and respond to changes in the availability of different types of nutrients. Macro zooplankton consume both phytoplankton and bacteria.

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