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Title: | Diversity and activity of aquatic fungi under low oxygen conditions | Authors: | Medeiros, A. O. Pascoal, C. Graça, M. A. S. |
Issue Date: | 2008 | Citation: | Freshwater Biology. 9999:9999 (2008) | Abstract: | 1. The objective was to test whether a decrease in oxygen concentration in streams affects the diversity and activity of aquatic hyphomycetes and consequently leaf litter decomposition. 2. Senescent leaves of Alnus glutinosa were immersed for 7 days in a reference stream, for fungal colonization, and then incubated for 18 days in microcosms at five oxygen concentrations (4%, 26%, 54%, 76% and 94% saturation). Leaf decomposition (as loss of leaf toughness), fungal diversity, reproduction (as spore production) and biomass (ergosterol content) were determined. 3. Leaf toughness decreased by 70% in leaves exposed to the highest O2 concentration, whereas the decrease was substantially less (from 25% to 45%) in treatments with lower O2. Fungal biomass decreased from 99 to 12 mg fungi g22121 ash-free dry mass on exposure to 94% and 4% O2 respectively. Sporulation was strongly inhibited by reduction of dissolved O2 in water (3.1 × 104 versus 1.3 × 103 spores per microcosms) for 94% and 4% saturation respectively. 4. A total of 20 species of aquatic hyphomycetes were identified on leaves exposed to 94% O2, whereas only 12 species were found in the treatment with 4% O2 saturation. Multidimensional scaling revealed that fungal assemblages exposed to 4% O2 were separated from all the others. Articulospora tetracladia, Cylindrocarpon sp. and Flagellospora curta were the dominant species in microcosms with 4% O2, while Flagellospora curvula and Anguillospora filiformis were dominant at higher O2 concentrations. 5. Overall results suggest that the functional role of aquatic hyphomycetes as decomposers of leaf litter is limited when the concentration of dissolved oxygen in streams is low. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/8308 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02101.x | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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