Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2865-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2865-2017
Research article
 | 
15 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 15 Jun 2017

Cyanobacterial carbon concentrating mechanisms facilitate sustained CO2 depletion in eutrophic lakes

Ana M. Morales-Williams, Alan D. Wanamaker Jr., and John A. Downing

Viewed

Total article views: 2,966 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
1,685 1,161 120 2,966 185 77 110
  • HTML: 1,685
  • PDF: 1,161
  • XML: 120
  • Total: 2,966
  • Supplement: 185
  • BibTeX: 77
  • EndNote: 110
Views and downloads (calculated since 19 Sep 2016)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 19 Sep 2016)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,966 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,862 with geography defined and 104 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 13 Nov 2024
Download
Short summary
Our study investigated the mechanisms sustaining cyanobacteria blooms when CO2 is depleted in lake surface waters. We found that when lake CO2 concentrations drop below those of the atmosphere, cyanobacteria switch on carbon concentrating mechanisms (CCMs), allowing them to actively take up bicarbonate. This may provide bloom-forming cyanobacteria with a competitive advantage over other algae. These results provide insight into the timing and duration of blooms in high-nutrient lakes.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint