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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2865-2017
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Research article
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15 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 15 Jun 2017
Cyanobacterial carbon concentrating mechanisms facilitate sustained CO2 depletion in eutrophic lakes
Ana M. Morales-Williams
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State
University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of
Minnesota Twin Cities, 1475 Gortner Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of
Vermont, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Alan D. Wanamaker Jr.
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Science, Iowa State
University, 253 Science Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
John A. Downing
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State
University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Minnesota Sea Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth, 141 Chester Park,
31 West College St., Duluth, MN 55812, USA
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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.
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