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Database and Statistical Analysis: Light dependence in the phototrophy-phagotrophy balance of constitutive and non-constitutive mixotrophic protists
No full textSupplementary Material for the paper: Light dependence in the phototrophy-phagotrophy balance of constitutive and non-constitutive mixotrophic protists
The authors are: Luca Schenone, Esteban Balseiro and Beatriz Modenutti.
It contains:
-A database (.xls) including all phototrophy and phagotrophy data of mixotrophic protists obtained from previous published works of primary production and bacterivory experiments.
-A R script with the data analysis (modelling, error functions and plotting).Fil: Schenone, Luca. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Schenone, Luca. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Database and Statistical Analysis: Light dependence in the phototrophy-phagotrophy balance of constitutive and non-constitutive mixotrophic protists
No full textSupplementary Material for the paper: Light dependence in the phototrophy-phagotrophy balance of constitutive and non-constitutive mixotrophic protists
The authors are: Luca Schenone, Esteban Balseiro and Beatriz Modenutti.
It contains:
-A database (.xls) including all phototrophy and phagotrophy data of mixotrophic protists obtained from previous published works of primary production and bacterivory experiments.
-A R script with the data analysis (modelling, error functions and plotting).Fil: Schenone, Luca. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Schenone, Luca. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Dataset and analysis for: "Vertical distribution of picocyanobacteria in deep lakes: the in uence of inorganic turbidity"
No full textRepositorio correspondiente al manuscrito científico "Vertical distribution of picocyanobacteria in deep lakes: the in uence of inorganic turbidity"
publicado en la revista Aquatic Sciences. Contiene:
-Archivo csv con datos limnológicos (profundidad y parámetros de luz perfil térmico) y de abundancia de picocianobacterias de lagos norpatagónicos.
-Script de RStudio Análisis estadistico y gráficos.Fil: Schenone, Luca. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Schenone, Luca. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Nutrient limitation affects biofilm enzymatic activities in a glacier-fed river
No full textIn the Patagonian Andes, glaciers of Tronador Mountain are headwaters of Manso River that drains glacial waters into Lake Mascardi. The river receives different tributaries that differ in turbidity and canopy. In this scenario we performed a field study to elucidate the effect of the input of tributary streams on the elemental limitation of the biofilm of the main glacier-fed river. We analyzed through general additive models and standardized major axis regressions the activities of two extracellular enzymes, β-
glucosidase (GLU) and alkaline phosphatase (APA). We hypothesized that their ratio
would reflect stoichiometric constraints to changes in the relative availability of carbon and phosphorus due to tributary streams’ influence. Along the glacier-fed river, we observed a decrease in the glacial influence and a spatial shift in P and dissolved organic carbon availability, that affected biofilm enzymatic activity. High enzymatic activity of GLU and APA in biofilm was related to low nutrient fluxes in stream water. In addition, the analysis of GLU and APA showed a switch in elemental limitation from Climitation in headwaters to P-limitation downstream. Finally, our results showed that biofilm enzymatic activity is a good ecological indicator to analyze changes in glacier
retreat and their consequences in glacier-fed streams.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Souza, Maria Sol. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Glacial recession in Andean North-Patagonia (Argentina): microbial communities in benthic biofilms of glacier-fed streams
Full text linkGlobal climate change produces impor- tant shifts in the glacial runoff, modifying the relative contributions of meltwater and glacial clay discharges into headwater streams. Physical and chemical factors of glacier-fed streams are affected, such as total suspended solids (TSS), and nutrient concentrations. Here, we analyze the composition of the biofilm bacterial community by 16S rRNA sequencing along a glacier-fed network (Upper Río Manso) located in North Patagonian Andes (Argentina). We also anayzed changes in environmental factors in relation to the bacteria composition in different seasons (spring, summer, and autumn). Our results showed that the dominant phyla were Proteobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Bacteroidota, Actinobacteriota, and Acidobacteriota. Bacterial community composition changes longitu-dinally and seasonally in relation to glacial influence
(TSS and phosphorus concentrations). We identified phylotypes of Proteobacteria (Polaromonas, Rho- doferax, and Methylotenera) that were only present in headwaters of the fluvial systems. In addition, Cyano-bacteria also presented substantial changes along the main course of Manso River and among seasons. The increase of Cyanobacteria abundance was favored by the glacial influence both longitudinally and season-ally. Overall our results contribute to the understand-ing of the patterns of biodiversity and bacterial com- position under a constant glacial retreat.Fil: Vega, Evelyn. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Vega, Evelyn. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Limnología; Argentina.Fil: Vega, Evelyn. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Limnología; Argentina.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Limnología; Argentina.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Limnología; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Laboratorio de Limnología; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Predicting dissolved organic matter lability and carbon accumulation in temperate freshwater ecosystems
No full textDissolved organic matter (DOM) dynamics influence aquatic ecosystem metabolism with ecological and biogeochemical effects. During microbial degradation, certain DOM molecules accumulate in the environments constituting the residual refractory pool that has a key role in the global carbon cycle by sequestering carbon in lakes and oceans. The present study aims to model the factors driving bacterial C-consumption, and thus predicting the potential residual carbon accumulation. We developed mechanistic models to represent bacterial C-consumption, considering the contribution of DOM quality and P and N concentrations in the total carbon pool. Based on 82 different environments we establish DOM components and nutrient concentration for deep lakes, shallow lakes, high altitude lakes, low-order streams, and wetlands from North-Andean Patagonian glacial lake district (around 41°S). We applied Bayesian methods to estimate model parameters from laboratory C-lability experiments performed in 29 environments. We tested the predictive accuracy of our models with an external dataset consisting of C-lability experiments with natural lake water enriched with organic matter from different sources. We found a model that performed excellently in both, fit to training data and prediction to external experiments. Based on the selected model, an increase in P concentration stimulates C-consumption, and an increase in the proportion of DOM protein-like compounds reduces the amount of residual C. Based on the predictive accuracy, we demonstrated that our model is very useful to anticipate C accumulation due to changes in the inputs to water bodies.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Bastidas Navarro, Marcela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Schenone, Luca. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Schenone, Luca. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Martyniuk, Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Vega, Evelyn. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Vega, Evelyn. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Balseiro, Esteban. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina.Fil: Modenutti, Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Low concentrations, potential ecological consequences: Synthetic estrogens alter life-history and demographic structures of aquatic invertebrates.
No full textContraceptive drugs are nowadays found in aquatic environments around the globe. Particularly, 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) may act even at low concentrations, such as those recorded in natural ecosystems. We evaluated the physiological effects of EE2 on cyclopoids and calanoids, common copepods in both marine and freshwater communities. We used three EE2 concentrations and assessed its impact on activity of different physiological endpoints: Acetylcholinesterase (neurotransmission), Glutathione S-transferase (detoxifying system), and Caspase-3 (apoptosis). While EE2 exerts, distinctive effect on detoxifying and apoptotic systems, no effect on AChE was observed at environmental doses. Our results show that EE2 exposure affects differently copepod physiology endpoints, altering moulting process, adult recruitment in calanoids and calanoid to cyclopoid ratio. The ecological consequences of this underlying physiological process may affect since life history to population and community structures, and this represent a new aspects of this xenobiotic in natural systems.Fil: Souza, María Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Hallgren, Per. Lund University; SueciaFil: Balseiro, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Hansson, Lars Anders. Lund University; Sueci
Alien vs. native plants in a Patagonian wetland: Elemental ratios and ecosystem stoichiometric impacts
Full text linkWetlands are subject to invasion by exotic plant species, especially during the dry season when they resemble terrestrial systems; therefore, terrestrial plants could exploit this situation to colonize this environment. We analyzed P. anserina invading Patagonian wetlands in terms of elemental ratios that would modify wetland stoichiometry due to organic matter inputs. We studied the elemental relationship (carbon/nitrogen/phosphorus) of P. anserina in comparison with native emergent macrophytes (Eleocharis pachicarpa and Carex aematorrhyncha). These plant species are common and dominant in the wetland. Additionally, we analyzed the presence of mycorrhizal fungi in the roots and their proportion of root infection. Our study reveals that the invasive species presented nutrient (especially phosphorus) allocation in roots and differences in mycorrhizal infection, with a predominance of arbuscular mycorrhiza, compared with native species. During flooded periods with the decay of aerial parts, P. anserina stores phosphorus in the roots and releases dissolved organic matter of high molecular weight molecules, high color, and a high C-to-nutrient ratio in comparison with native macrophytes. These results show the strategy of an invasive terrestrial plant in temporary aquatic systems, and how the elemental relationships of the invasive plant can modify the stoichiometry of the environment.Fil: Cuassolo, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Balseiro, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Modenutti, Beatriz Estela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universidad Bariloche. Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentin
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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