Microbial Role in the Carbon Cycle in Tropical Inland Aquatic Ecosystems

Aquatic microorganisms are tidily related to the carbon cycle in aquatic systems, especially in respect to its accumulation and emission to atmosphere. In one hand, the autotrophs are responsible for the carbon input to the ecosystems and trophic chain. On the other hand, the heterotrophs traditiona...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fabio Roland
Other Authors: Andre Megali Amado
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02806nma a2200469 u 4500
001 EB001984048
003 EBX01000000000000001146950
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 210512 ||| eng
020 |a 978-2-88945-127-2 
020 |a 9782889451272 
100 1 |a Fabio Roland 
245 0 0 |a Microbial Role in the Carbon Cycle in Tropical Inland Aquatic Ecosystems  |h Elektronische Ressource 
260 |b Frontiers Media SA  |c 2017 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (144 p.) 
653 |a Autotrophs 
653 |a Plankton 
653 |a Lakes 
653 |a Microbiology (non-medical) / bicssc 
653 |a microorganisms 
653 |a heterotrophs 
653 |a Microbial metabolism 
653 |a Tropical freshwaters 
653 |a Latitudinal gradients 
653 |a Carbon Cycle 
653 |a Lagoons 
653 |a Respiration 
653 |a Rivers 
653 |a microbial ecology 
653 |a biomass production 
700 1 |a Andre Megali Amado 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b DOAB  |a Directory of Open Access Books 
490 0 |a Frontiers Research Topics 
500 |a Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 
028 5 0 |a 10.3389/978-2-88945-127-2 
856 4 2 |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/53406  |z DOAB: description of the publication 
856 4 0 |u http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/735/microbial-role-in-the-carbon-cycle-in-tropical-inland-aquatic-ecosystems  |7 0  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 581 
082 0 |a 576 
520 |a Aquatic microorganisms are tidily related to the carbon cycle in aquatic systems, especially in respect to its accumulation and emission to atmosphere. In one hand, the autotrophs are responsible for the carbon input to the ecosystems and trophic chain. On the other hand, the heterotrophs traditionally play a role in the carbon mineralization and, since microbial loop theory, may play a role to carbon flow through the organisms. However, it is not yet clear how the heterotrophs contribute to carbon retention and emission especially from tropical aquatic ecosystems. Most of the studies evaluating the role of microbes to carbon cycle in inland waters were performed in high latitudes and only a few studies in the tropical area. In the prospective of global changes where the warm tropical lakes and rivers become even warmer, it is important to understand how microorganisms behave and interact with carbon cycle in the Earth region with highest temperature and light availability. This research topic documented microbial responses to natural latitudinal gradients, spatial within and between ecosystems gradients, temporal approaches and temperature and nutrient manipulations in the water and in the sediment.