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Data on the bacterial and primary production, which were obtained simultaneously for the same water samples, are presented for three regions of the Kara Sea. The samples were collected for the transect westwards of the Yamal Peninsula, along the St. Anna Trough, and the transect in Ob Bay. Direct counts of the DAPI-stained bacterial cells were performed. The bacterial production and grazing rates were determined using a direct method when metabolic inhibitors vancomycin and penicillin were added. The primary production rates were estimated using the 14C method.
The average primary production was 112.6, 58.5, and 28.7 mg C m−2 day−1, and the bacterial production was 12.8, 48.9, and 81.6 mg C m−2 day−1 along the Yamal Peninsula, the St. Anna Trough, and Ob Bay, respectively. The average bacterial carbon demand was 34.6, 134.5, and 220.4 mg C m−2 day−1 for these regions, respectively. The data obtained lead us to conclude that the phytoplankton-synthesized organic matter is generally insufficient to satisfy the bacterial carbon demand and may be completely assimilated via the heterotrophic processes in the marine ecosystems. Therefore, the bacterial activity and, consequently, the amount of the synthesized biomass (i.e., the production) both depend directly on the phytoplankton’s condition and activity. We consider these relationships to be characteristics of the Kara Sea’s biota.
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Original Russian Text © A.F. Sazhin, N.D. Romanova, S.A. Mosharov, 2010, published in Okeanologiya, 2010, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 801–808.
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Sazhin, A.F., Romanova, N.D. & Mosharov, S.A. Bacterial and primary production in the pelagic zone of the Kara Sea. Oceanology 50, 759–765 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437010050127
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