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Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Seagrass and Water Column Fractions in Florida Bay

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2007
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Few phosphorus (P) depleted coastal marine ecosystems have been examined for their capacity to hydrolyze phosphomonoesters (PMEs). The purpose of this study was to examine seasonal APA partitioning between water column fractions (phytoplankton, bacteria and freely dissolved) and benthic autotrophs in Florida Bay, a P limited shallow estuary using low fluorescent substrate (MUF-P) concentrations (≤2.0 μm). APA was higher at the western and northcentral (751 and 695 nmol L^-1 h^-1) sites and driven by cyanobacterial blooms, compared to the P limited northeastern (359 nmol L^-1 h^-1) site The free dissolved fraction (<0.2 μm) accounted for the most APA (~50%), followed by the phytoplankton (>1 μm; 30%) and bacteria fraction (<0.2-> 1.2 μm; 8%). Thaiassia testudinum leaves with their associated epiphytes contributed modestly to water column APA (14 and 20%), and only during non-bloom conditions. Rapid hydrolysis of PMEs (undetected in most samplings) in Florida Bay is probably driven by high concentration of organic substrates for microbial and cyanobacterial activity which results from the close association of the shallow water column with the underlying seagrass community and adjacent Everglades wetlands.
Title: Alkaline Phosphatase Activity of Seagrass and Water Column Fractions in Florida Bay.
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Name(s): Kletou, Demetris
Koch, Marguerite, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Department of Biological Sciences
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2007
Date Issued: 2007
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 51 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Few phosphorus (P) depleted coastal marine ecosystems have been examined for their capacity to hydrolyze phosphomonoesters (PMEs). The purpose of this study was to examine seasonal APA partitioning between water column fractions (phytoplankton, bacteria and freely dissolved) and benthic autotrophs in Florida Bay, a P limited shallow estuary using low fluorescent substrate (MUF-P) concentrations (≤2.0 μm). APA was higher at the western and northcentral (751 and 695 nmol L^-1 h^-1) sites and driven by cyanobacterial blooms, compared to the P limited northeastern (359 nmol L^-1 h^-1) site The free dissolved fraction (<0.2 μm) accounted for the most APA (~50%), followed by the phytoplankton (>1 μm; 30%) and bacteria fraction (<0.2-> 1.2 μm; 8%). Thaiassia testudinum leaves with their associated epiphytes contributed modestly to water column APA (14 and 20%), and only during non-bloom conditions. Rapid hydrolysis of PMEs (undetected in most samplings) in Florida Bay is probably driven by high concentration of organic substrates for microbial and cyanobacterial activity which results from the close association of the shallow water column with the underlying seagrass community and adjacent Everglades wetlands.
Identifier: FA00000780 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Subject(s): Coastal ecology--Florida
Coastal zone management--Florida
Estuarine sediments--Florida--Florida Bay
Aquaculture--Environmental aspects--Florida
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