Bacterioplankton Activity in a Meso-eutrophic Subtropical Coastal Lagoon

Figure 4

Filamentous bacterial abundance (mean ± standard error) (a) in the three treatments during the 72 h incubation period. Treatments: dark-control = control, 14 h light/10 h dark cycle = light, and dark C + N + P enrichment = nutrients. Examples of filamentous bacteria (b) and cyanobacteria (c) present in the dark-control treatment at the 48 h. (b) DAPI-stained cells, heterotrophic filamentous bacteria (indicated by white arrows). (c) Autofluorescence of cyanobacteria in red (indicated by grey arrows).

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