• ALGAE
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2017

We explored feeding by the mixotrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum, heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNFs), and small ciliates (<$30{\mu}m$ in cell length) on natural populations of heterotrophic bacteria in Masan Bay, Keum River Estuary, and in the coastal waters of the Saemankeum area, Korea when M. rubrum red tides occurred. We also measured ingestion rates of M. rubrum on cultured heterotrophic bacteria as a function of bacterial concentration in the laboratory. The ingestion rates of M. rubrum on natural populations of heterotrophic bacteria (2.3-16.8 bacteria $grazer^{-1}h^{-1}$) were comparable to or lower than those of co-occurring HNFs (10.7-41.7 bacteria $grazer^{-1}h^{-1}$), but much lower than those of co-occurring small ciliates (76.0-462.2 bacteria $grazer^{-1}h^{-1}$). However, the maximum grazing coefficient of M. rubrum ($0.245d^{-1}$) on natural populations of heterotrophic bacteria was much higher than that of small ciliates ($0.089d^{-1}}$), and slightly higher than that of HNFs ($0.204d^{-1}$). With increasing bacterial concentrations, ingestion rates of M. rubrum on cultured heterotrophic bacteria continuously increased, but became saturated at higher prey concentrations over $1-5{\times}10^6cells\;mL^{-1}$. The maximum ingestion rate of M. rubrum on cultured heterotrophic bacteria was 34.4 bacteria $grazer^{-1}h^{-1}$. Based on the present study, it is suggested that M. rubrum may be an important grazer of heterotrophic bacteria and sometimes have considerable grazing impact on natural populations of heterotrophic bacteria.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.125-132
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• 2007

조식동물-해조류 상호작용의 크기 분포를 추정하기 위하여 12종의 조식동물에 대하여 개체 당 일평균 섭식률 (PCGR, per capita grazing rate, g seaweeds/individual/day)을 구하고, 다른 종들의 섭식률을 추정할 수 있는 회귀모형을 만들었다. 조식동물의 생체량과 사제곱근 변환 PCGR은 power curve($y=0.2310x^{0.3290}$)에 적합되었고 모형의 r값은 0.8864였다. 이로부터 조식동물의 PCGR 변동은 생체량과 관계가 있으며, 섭식 효율성은 관찰된 생체량 범위내에서 균일하지 않다는 것이 파악되었다. 따라서 각 종별 생체량 효과가 보정된 PCGR을 추정하였고, 작은 몸체를 갖는 종일수록 보다 효율적인 섭식자인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 서식밀도를 감안한 개체군 별 상호작용(grazing impact, $mg/m^2$)을 계산한 결과, 해조장에 가장 큰 영향을 갖는 개체군은 군소(Aplysia kurodai, 약 $2,513mg/m^2$)인 것으로 나타났고, 다음은 둥근성게(Strongylocentrotus nudus, 약 1,500 mg/)와 새치성게(S. intermedius, $733mg/m^2$) 등인 것으로 나타났다. 단각류 가운데 단위 면적당 밀도가 4,000 개체 이상인 멜리타옆새우류, Elasmopus sp.와 2,000 개체 이상인 가시꼬리육질꼬리옆새우붙이, Jassa falcata의 섭식량은 각각 3.435와 $1.697mg/m^2/day$인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 추정한 조식동물 군집의 종 조성과 서식 밀도가 동일할 때 상호작용의 총합은 $5,045mg/m^2/day$인 것으로 나타났다. 실험과 모형 연구로부터 성게류와 군소 외에도 적잖은 상호작용이 높은 밀도를 갖는 많은 수의 종들로부터 해조류에 가해지고 있음을 추정할 수 있었다. 성게류의 경우 3 개체/$m^2$의 평균 서식밀도에서 발생하는 섭식량은 국내 천해 양식업의 평균 해조류 생산량(약 5 ton/ha)을 초과하는 것으로 예측되었다. 미소 갑각류 역시 낮은 포식압 조건에서 서식밀도가 증가하면 적잖은 충격(해조류 생산량의 약 16%)을 가할 것으로 예측되었다. 해조장에 서식하는 조식동물의 밀도가 어류에 의해 강도 높게 조절되고 있음을 감안하면, 어류와 조식동물 간 상호작용에 대한 인간의 간섭(어류의 남획 등)은 해조장에 커다란 변화를 유발할 수 있는 잠재력을 가질 것으로 예상된다.

• ALGAE
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.281-290
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• 2015

We explored phagotrophy of the phototrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum on the cyanobacterium Synechococcus. The ingestion and clearance rates of M. rubrum on Synechococcus as a function of prey concentration were measured. In addition, we calculated grazing coefficients by combining the field data on abundance of M. rubrum and co-occurring Synechococcus spp. with laboratory data on ingestion rates. The ingestion rate of M. rubrum on Synechococcus sp. linearly increased with increasing prey concentrations up to approximately 1.9 × 10⁶ cells mL^-1, to exhibit sigmoidal saturation at higher concentrations. The maximum ingestion and clearance rates of M. rubrum on Synechococcus were 2.1 cells predator^-1 h^-1 and 4.2 nL predator^-1 h^-1, respectively. The calculated grazing coefficients attributable to M. rubrum on cooccurring Synechococcus spp. reached 0.04 day^-1. M. rubrum could thus sometimes be an effective protistan grazer of Synechococcus in marine planktonic food webs. M. rubrum might also be able to form recurrent and massive blooms in diverse marine environments supported by the unique and complex mixotrophic arrays including phagotrphy on hetrotrophic bacteria and Synechococcus as well as digestion, kleptoplastidy and karyoklepty after the ingestion of cryptophyte prey.

• ALGAE
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.137-152
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• 2014

Mixotrophic protists play diverse roles in marine food webs as predators and prey. Thus, exploring mixotrophy in phototrophic protists has emerged as a critical step in understanding marine food webs and cycling of materials in marine ecosystem. To investigate the feeding of newly described mixotrophic dinoflagellate Ansanella granifera, we explored the feeding mechanism and the different types of species that A. granifera was able to feed on. In addition, we measured the growth and ingestion rates of A. granifera feeding on the prasinophyte Pyramimonas sp., the only algal prey, as a function of prey concentration. A. granifera was able to feed on heterotrophic bacteria and the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. However, among the 12 species of algal prey offered, A. granifera ingested only Pyramimonas sp. A. granifera ingested the algal prey cell by engulfment. With increasing mean prey concentration, the growth rate of A. granifera feeding on Pyramimonas sp. increased rapidly, but became saturated at a concentration of $434ngCmL^{-1}$ (10,845 cells $mL^{-1}$). The maximum specific growth rate (i.e., mixotrophic growth) of A. granifera feeding on Pyramimonas sp. was $1.426d^{-1}$, at $20^{\circ}C$ under a 14 : 10 h light-dark cycle of $20{\mu}Em^{-2}s^{-1}$, while the growth rate (i.e., phototrophic growth) under similar light conditions without added prey was $0.391d^{-1}$. With increasing mean prey concentration, the ingestion rate of A. granifera feeding on Pyramimonas sp. increased rapidly, but slightly at the concentrations ${\geq}306ngCmL^{-1}$ (7,649 cells $mL^{-1}$). The maximum ingestion rate of A. granifera feeding on Pyramimonas sp. was 0.97 ng C $predator^{-1}d^{-1}$ (24.3 cells $grazer^{-1}d^{-1}$). The calculated grazing coefficients for A. granifera feeding on co-occurring Pyramimonas sp. were up to $2.78d^{-1}$. The results of the present study suggest that A. granifera can sometimes have a considerable grazing impact on the population of Pyramimonas spp.