1. Microbial Processes of the Carbon and Sulfur Cycles in Lake Mogil'noe.
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Ivanov, M. V., Rusanov, I. I., Pimenov, N. V., Bairamov, I. T., Yusupov, S. K., Savvichev, A. S., Lein, A. Yu., and Sapozhnikov, V. V.
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MICROBIOLOGY ,METHANE ,PHOTOSYNTHESIS ,BIOGEOCHEMISTRY ,MICROORGANISMS - Abstract
In the beginning of the summer of 1999, complex microbiological and biogeochemical investigations of meromictic Lake Mogil'noe (Kil'din Island, Barents Sea) were carried out. The analysis of the results shows a clearly pronounced vertical zonality of the microbial processes occurring in the water column of the lake. To a depth of 8 m, the total number and activity of microorganisms was limited by the relatively low content of organic matter (OM). In the upper part of the hydrogen-sulfide zone of the lake (beginning at a depth of 8.25 m), the content of particulate OM and the microbial number sharply increased. In this zone, the daily production of OM during anaerobic photosynthesis at the expense of massive development of colored sulfur bacteria reached 620 mg C/m
2 , which was twofold greater than the daily production of phytoplankton photosynthesis and led to a considerable change in the isotopic composition (δ13 C) of the particulate OM. In the same intermediate layer, the highest rates of sulfate reduction were recorded, and fractionation of stable sulfur isotopes occurred. Below 10 m was the third hydrochemical zone, characterized by maximum concentrations of H2 S and CH4 and by a relatively high rate of autotrophic methanogenesis. The comparison of the results obtained with the results of investigations of previous years, performed in the end of summer, shows a decrease in the intensity of all microbial processes inspected. An exception was anoxygenic photosynthesis, which can utilize not only the de novo formed H2 S but also the H2 S accumulated in the lake during the winter period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2001
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