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ECOLOGY
卷 102, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3358
关键词
algae; bacteria; carbon; ecological stoichiometry; fungi; phosphorus; Pycnopsyche
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资金
- Lake Thoreau Environmental Center
- United States NSF, DEB [1457217]
- United States NSF, DBI [0923063]
Research suggests that autotroph-heterotroph microbial interactions exert bottom-up controls on energy and nutrient transfer in aquatic detrital-based food webs. This study found that litter-associated algal and fungal production rates increased with higher nutrient and light availability, while microbial phosphorus absorption efficiency varied across diets.
In aquatic detrital-based food webs, research suggests that autotroph-heterotroph microbial interactions exert bottom-up controls on energy and nutrient transfer. To address this emerging topic, we investigated microbial responses to nutrient and light treatments during Liriodendron tulipifera litter decomposition and fed litter to the caddisfly larvae Pycnopsyche sp. We measured litter-associated algal, fungal, and bacterial biomass and production. Microbes were also labeled with C-14 and P-33 to trace distinct microbial carbon (C) and phosphorus (P) supporting Pycnopsyche assimilation and incorporation (growth). Litter-associated algal and fungal production rates additively increased with higher nutrient and light availability. Incorporation of microbial P did not differ across diets, except for higher incorporation efficiency of slower-turnover P on low-nutrient, shaded litter. On average, Pycnopsyche assimilated fungal C more efficiently than bacterial or algal C, and Pycnopsyche incorporated bacterial C more efficiently than algal or fungal C. Due to high litter fungal biomass, fungi supported 89.6-93.1% of Pycnopsyche C growth, compared to 0.2% to 3.6% supported by bacteria or algae. Overall, Pycnopsyche incorporated the most C in high nutrient and shaded litter. Our findings affirm others' regarding autotroph-heterotroph microbial interactions and extend into the trophic transfer of microbial energy and nutrients through detrital food webs.
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