Bacterial community structure influenced by Coscinodiscus sp. in the Vistula River plume

The Gulf of Gdansk is influenced by freshwater inflow from the Vistula river and by a wind-driven current along the coast. Bacterial communities from five stations along a salinity gradient were sampled during one day and analysed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP), cataly...

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Published in:Oceanologia 2014-01, Vol.56 (4), p.825-856
Main Authors: Ameryk, A, Hahnke, R L, Gromisz, S, Kownacka, J, Zalewski, M, Szymanek, L, Calkiewicz, J, Dunalska, J, Harder, J
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Language:English
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Freshwater
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Summary:The Gulf of Gdansk is influenced by freshwater inflow from the Vistula river and by a wind-driven current along the coast. Bacterial communities from five stations along a salinity gradient were sampled during one day and analysed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP), catalysed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridisation (CARD-FISH) and 16S rRNA gene libraries. On the day of sampling, we observed a probable current-driven seawater influx into the inner part of the gulf that separated the gulf into distinct water bodies. Members of the diatom Coscinodiscus sp. dominated one of these water bodies and influenced the bacterial community. The coexistence of typically freshwater and marine bacterioplankton populations in the Vistula river plume suggested an integration of some freshwater populations into the Baltic Sea bacterioplankton.
ISSN:0078-3234
DOI:10.5697/oc.56-4.825