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Species-specific content of thiamin (vitamin B1) in phytoplankton and the transfer to copepods
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- Fridolfsson, Emil (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Ctr Ecol & Evolut Microbial Model Syst EEMiS;Zooplankton ecology;EcoChange
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- Lindehoff, Elin (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Vatten,Ctr Ecol & Evolut Microbial Model Syst EEMiS;EcoChange
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- Legrand, Catherine, Professor (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Vatten,Ctr Ecol & Evolut Microbial Model Syst EEMiS;EcoChange
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- Hylander, Samuel (author)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM),Vatten,Ctr Ecol & Evolut Microbial Model Syst EEMiS;Zooplankton ecology;EcoChange
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- 2020-04-27
- 2020
- English.
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In: Journal of Plankton Research. - : Oxford University Press. - 0142-7873 .- 1464-3774. ; 42:3, s. 274-285
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Abstract
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- Thiamin (vitamin B1) is primarily produced by bacteria and phytoplankton in aquatic food webs and transferred by ingestion to higher trophic levels. However, much remains unknown regarding production, content and transfer of this water-soluble, essential micronutrient. Hence, the thiamin content of six phytoplankton species from different taxa was investigated, along with the effect of thiamin amendment on thiamin content. Furthermore, thiamin transfer to copepods was estimated in feeding experiments. Prey type, not phytoplankton thiamin content per se, was the most important factor for the transfer of thiamin, as it was lowest from filamentous Cyanophyceae and highest from more easily ingested prey like Dunaliella tertiolecta and Rhodomonas salina. Cyanophyceae had the highest thiamin content of the investigated species, eightfold higher than the lowest. Phytoplankton varied in thiamin content related to the supply of thiamin, where thiamin addition enabled higher thiamin content in some species, while copepod thiamin content was less variable. In all, thiamin transfer is not only dependent on the prey thiamin content, but also the edibility and/or digestibility is of importance. Thiamin is essential for all organisms, and this study constitutes an important building block to understanding the dynamics and transfer of thiamin in the aquatic food web.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- B-vitamins
- zooplankton
- trace element
- microbial food web
- primary producers
- Akvatisk ekologi
- Aquatic Ecology
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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