Significance of predation by protists in aquatic microbial food webs

By E. Sherr, B. Sherr. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. A. Calbet
2. E. Sherr
3. B. Sherr
4. E. Saiz
5. M. Landry
6. D. Steinberg
7. Hongbin Liu
8. J. Burkholder

In Molecular Biology

1. E. Granéli
2. K. Young
3. C. Gobler
4. U. Tillmann
5. A. Calbet
6. P. Glibert
7. Ramon Massana
8. P. J. Hansen

In Oceanography

1. A. Calbet
2. P. Glibert
3. J. Burkholder
4. C. Gobler
5. M. Landry
6. E. Granéli
7. E. Sherr
8. B. Sherr

Citations in the corpus

• Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web. (2014, neutral): “Ciliates in general are important members of the microbial loop that efficiently graze on pico- and nanoplankton and transfer energy and matter within pelagic food webs (Sherr and Sherr, 2002), and have also been found to transfer phycotoxins to zooplankton grazers (Maneiro et al.”
• Mesozooplankton and microzooplankton grazing during cyanobacterial blooms in the western basin of Lake Erie (2012, background): “The phototrophic picoplankton (0.2–2 mm), which account for a majority of primary production in the Great Lakes (Fahnenstiel et al., 1986; Pick and Caron, 1987; Fahnenstiel and Carrick, 1992), are an ideal prey group for microzooplankton, but not larger zooplankton (Sherr and Sherr, 2002).”
• Microzooplanktonic grazers – A potentially devastating threat to the commercial success of microalgal mass culture (2017, background): “, grazing by ciliates, amoeba, rotifers and other zooplankton form a key aspect of the food web and as such have significant influence on ecosystems and are critical to the effective functioning of the microbial loop [15].”
• The trophic roles of microzooplankton in marine systems (2008, background): “They occupy a key position in marine foodwebs as major consumers of primary production (Calbet and Landry, 2004), as intermediaries between primary producers and copepods (Gifford, 1991; Calbet and Saiz, 2005), and as key components of the microbial loop (Azam et al ., 1983; Sherr and Sherr, 2002).”
• Capacity of herbivorous protists to control initiation and development of mass phytoplankton blooms (2009, background): “…grazing impact of microzooplanktonic protists on phytoplankton production and standing stocks has been considered over the years by a variety of plankton ecologists (Rassoulzadegan & Etienne 1981, Banse 1982, 1992, Sherr & Sherr 2002, Strom 2002, Calbet & Landry 2004, Irigoien et al. 2005).”
• The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump (2013, background): “…to the phototrophic producers (the phytoplankton), then to their consumers (as micro-and meso-zooplankton), and ultimately to fisheries (Cushing, 1975, 1995); within this framework the role of the microbial loop (Azam et al., 1983; Gifford, 1991; Sherr and Sherr, 2002) is typically embedded.”
• Predation on prokaryotes in the water column and its ecological implications (2005, background): “In the EUPHOTIC ZONE of the world's oceans, at an ecosystem level, this protistan HERBIVORY might be even more important than the consumption of heterotrophic bacteri”
• Protist diversity along a salinity gradient in a coastal lagoon (2015, background): “Microbial eukaryotes make up an important component of aquatic ecosystems, playing crucial roles in global primary production (Falkowski & Raven 2007) and carbon consumption (Sherr & Sherr 2002).”
• The ciliate-copepod link in marine ecosystems (2005, background): “However, other numerically important groups, such as heterotrophic dinoflagellates, may also play a significant role in copepod trophodynamics and may represent an important link from primary producers to higher trophic levels in certain ecosystems (Sherr & Sherr 2002, Jeong et al. 2004).”
• Biogeochemical fluxes through mesozooplankton (2006, neutral): “[5] Unlike microzooplankton [Sherr and Sherr, 2002], mesozooplankton have a maximum growth rate [Hirst and Bunker, 2003] that is considerably lower than that of phytoplankton [Eppley, 1972].”
• Growth, feeding and ecological roles of the mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates in marine planktonic food webs (2010, background): “Marine dinoflagellates have 3 major trophic modes (i.e. autotrophy, mixotrophy, and heterotrophy) (Lessard and Swift 1985; Burkholder et al. 1992; Steidinger et al. 1996; Sherr and Sherr 2002; Mason et al. 2007).”
• Biodiversity of Vibrios (2004, background): “There are indications that vibrios play a role in nutrient cycling in aquatic environments by taking up dissolved organic matter (352, 353).”
• Zooplankton and the Ocean Carbon Cycle. (2017, background): “Larger microzooplankton, including ciliates and dinoflagellates, feed generally on protists of intermediate size (Sherr & Sherr 2002), although some large dinoflagellates are notable for their ability CLASSIFICATION OF PLANKTONIC CONSUMERS Planktonic consumers can be divided into two operationally…”
• Optimized routine flow cytometric enumeration of heterotrophic flagellates using SYBR Green I (2011, background): “Additionally, LysoTracker Green, a fluorescent stain that has affinity for acidic organelles (Rose et al. 2004; Sintes and del Giorgio 2010; Heywood et al. 2010), has been proposed for counting live cells.”
• Heterotrophic dinoflagellates: a significant component of microzooplankton biomass and major grazers of diatoms in the sea (2007, background): “…that in both eutrophic and oligotrophic pelagic systems, microzooplankton are quantitatively more significant grazers of phytoplankton biomass than mesozooplankton (organisms 200 to 2000 µm in size, including copepods and other metazoan grazers) (Sherr & Sherr 2002, Calbet & Landry 2004).”