• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.287-298
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• 2004

As a part of Korea Deep Ocean Study program, we investigated the distribution of planktonic protists in the upper 200 m of the northeast Pacific from $5^{\circ}N$ to $17^{\circ}N$, along $131^{\circ}30'W$. Area of divergence was formed at $9^{\circ}N$ which is boundaries of the north equatorial counter current (NECC) and the north equatorial current (NEC) during this cruise. Chlorophyll-a concentration was higher in NECC than in NEC area. Pico chl-a(<$2\;{\mu}m$) to total chl-a accounted for average 89% in the study area. The contribution of pico chl-a to total chl-a was relatively high in NEC area than in NECC area. Biomass of planktonic protists, ranging from 635.3 to $1077.3\;mgC\;m^{-2}$(average $810\;mgC\;m^{-2}$), was most enhanced in NECC area and showed distinct latitudinal variation. Biomass of HNF ranged from 88.7 to $208.3\;mgC\;m^{-2}$ and comprised 15% of planktonic protists. Biomass of ciliates ranged from 123.6 to $393.0\;mgC\;m^{-2}$ and comprised 25% of planktonic protists. Biomass of HDF ranged from 407.2 to $607.8\;mgC\;m^{-2}$ and comprised 60% of planktonic protists. HDF was the most dominant component in both NECC and NEC areas. Nano-protist biomass accounted for more than 50% of total protists in the both areas. The contribution of nanoprotist to total protists biomass was relatively higher in NEC area than in NECC. The biomass of planktonic protists was significantly correlated with phytoplankton biomass in this study area. The size structure of phytoplankton biomass coincided with that of planktonic protists. This suggested that the structure of the planktonic protists community and the microbial food web were dependent on the size structure of the phytoplankton biomass. However, biomass and size structure of planktonic protist communities might be significantly influenced by physical characteristics of the water column and food concentration in this study area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2004

The abundance, biomass and distribution of phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and heterotrophic protists in the Bering Sea were investigated from July to August 1999. Chlorophyll a concentrations in the surface waters ranged from 0.16 to $3.79{\mu}g\;l^{-1}$ Nano-phytoplankton were found to constitute from 63 to 98% of the total phytoplankton biomass, and were clearly the dominant primary producers. The biomass of bacterioplankton in the surface layers varied from 1.46 to $20.2{\mu}g\;C\;l^{-1}$ and accounted for 30% of the total phytoplankton biomass. The biomass of bacterioplankton integrated over a depth of 0 to 100m averaged 65.4% of the total phytoplankton biomass. The surface biomass of heterotrophic protists ranged from 1.2 to $27.4{\mu}g\;C\;l^{-1}$, and was within the same order of magnitude as that of bacterioplankton. Of the total biomass of heterotrophic protists in the upper 100m of the water column, 65% was attributed to protists in the nano-size class. The results of this study suggest that bacteria and nano-protists are important components of the planktonic community in the Bering Sea during the summer season. The abundance of bacterioplankton and planktonic protists decreased from the western to northeastern and eastern regions of the Bering Sea. The abundance of these organisms also decreased with depth. The available evidence suggests that variation in the abundance and distribution of these organisms may be affected by water currents and vertical temperature variation in the Bering Sea.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.289-301
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• 2008

Community structure of heterotrophic protists and their grazing impact on phytoplankton were studied in Northwest Pacific Ocean during October, 2007. The study area was divided into four regions based on physical properties (temperature and salinity) and chlorophyll-a distribution. They were Region I of North Equatorial Currents, Region II of Kuroshio waters, Region III of shelf mixed water, and Region IV of Tsushima warm current from East China Sea. The distribution of chlorophyll-a concentrations and community structure of heterotrophic protists were significantly affected by physical properties of the water column. The lowest concentration of chlorophyll-a was identified in Region I and II, where pico-sized chlorophyll-a was most dominant (>80% of total chlorophyll-a). Biomass of heterotrophic protists was also low in Region I and II. However, Region III was characterized by low salinity and temperature and high chlorophyll-a concentration, with relatively lower pico-sized chlorophyll-a dominance. The Highest biomass of heterotrophic protists appeared in Region III, along with the relatively less important nanoprotists. In Region I, II and IV, heterotrophic dinoflagellates were dominant among the protists, while ciliates were dominant in Region III. Community structure varied with physical(salinity and temperature) and biological (chlorophyll-a) properties. Biomass of heterotrophic protists correlated well with chlorophyll-a concentration in the study area ($r^2=0.66$, p<0.0001). The potential effect of grazing activity on phytoplankton is relatively high in Region I and II. Our result suggest that biomass and size structure of heterotrophic protists might be significantly influenced by phytoplankton size and concentration.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.21-35
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• 1987

Polyurethane foam was utilized to collect protists from the 2 ponds in Seoul National University and another pond in vicinity of Paldang Dam. The identified protists were 4 species in Cyanophyta, 2 species in Euglenophyta, 19 species in Chrysophyta, 9 species in Chlorophyta, 2 species in Ciliophora, and 3 species in Sarcodian. To test the adoptability of the sampling method for classes in junior and senior high school, frequency of the 25 protists in each observation and in each preparation were calculated. The families which were present at high frequencies were Naviculaceae. Fragilariaceae, Cymbellaceae and Coelastraceae. In an experimental application of the 40 pictures taken from the samples, students in junior classes recognized the protists by their outer morphology, internal structure. color, and colonial types, in decreasing order. Use of the collecting method and the applicability of protists for teaching biology were discussed.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.567-579
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• 2004

2003년 8월동안 중앙 바렌츠해의 23개 정점에서 표층생태계를 대상으로 하여 원생동물 플랑크톤의 공간적 분포와 군집구조에 대하여 조사하였다. 조사수역은 물리-화학, 엽록소-a 농도의 분포특성에 의해 고온 고염의 대서양 수괴의 영향을 받는 수역(수역 I), 저온 저염의 북극수괴의 영향을 받는 수역(수역 III), 두 수괴가 혼합되어 분포하는 수역(수역 II)으로 구분하였다. 조사수역의 엽록소-a 농도는 수역 I에서 비교적 높게 나타났으며, 수역 III에서 낮은 분포를 보였다. 조사기간 동안 원생동물 플랑크톤은 $10{\mu}m$ 이하의 종속영양 미소 편모류, 무각 섬모충류와 유종 섬모충류를 포함하는 섬모충류, 무각 와편모류와 유각와편모류로 구성되어 있는 종속영양 와편모류로 구분하였다. 원생동물 생물량은 $11.3{\sim}38.7{\mu}gC\;l^{-1}$로 평균 $21.0{\mu}gC\;l^{-1}$로 나타났으며, 원생동물의 군집은 수역에 따라 다른 특성을 보였다. 고온 고염의 수역 I에서는 섬모충류에 의해 50% 이상의 높은 우점율을 보였으며, 저온 저염의 수역 III에서는 종속영양 와편모류에 의해 평균 50%의 우점율을 보였다. 종속영양 미소 편모류는 원생동물 군집에서 적은 그룹으로 나타났으나, 수역 III에서는 10% 이상의 기여율을 보여 다른 수역에 비해 비교적 높은 기여율을 보였다. 섬모충류의 생물량중 무각 섬모충류는 유종 섬모충류에 비해 3배 이상 높은 생물량을 보였으며, 주로 strombidium spp.와 Strobilidium spp.에 의해 높은 생물량이 유지되었다. 종속영양 와편모류중 무각 와편모류는 유각 와편모류에 비해 10배 정도의 높은 생물량이 나타났다. 따라서 조사기간 동안 섬모충류와 종속영양 와편모류는 원생동물의 중요한 부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 종속영양 원생동물의 생물량과 엽록소-a 농도 사이에 상관관계 분석 결과 이 두 그룹의 생물량 사이에는 높은 상관관계를 보였다(R=0.82, p<0.0005). 이것은 종속영양 원생동물과 식물플랑크톤 사이에 잠재적 피식-포식자의 관계가 있음을 암시하며, 특히 종속영양 와편모류와 소형식물플랑크톤 사이의 밀접한 관계는 북극해 해양 생태계의 미세생물 먹이망에서 종속영양 원생동물이 일차생산의 중요한 조절 요인이 될 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.401-410
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• 2007

국내에서 해양원생동물의 연구는 1990년대 초반에 본격적으로 시작되어 주로 원생동물의 분포와 섭식 등에 관한 연구가 진행되어왔다. 본 논문에서는 마산만 표영 환경에서의 박테리아와 원생동물의 분포, 박테리아와 원생동물의 상호작용과 원생동물과 식물플랑크톤의 상호작용의 특성에 대해 알아보고 앞으로의 연구방향에 대해 토의하였다. 마산만에서 종속영양 미소편모류의 현존량은 평균 $1.2{\times}10^3\;cells\;mL^{-1}$, 종속영양 와편모류는 평균 $7.9{\times}10^4\;cells\;mL^{-1}$, 섬모충류는 평균 $4.0{\times}10^4\;cells\;L^{-1}$로 나타났으며 전반적으로 엽록소-a 농도, 박테리아와 원생동물의 현존량은 유기물 유입이 많은 내만 정점에서 높게 나타났다. 종속영양 미소편모류는 박테리아 이차생산의 약 69%를 제거하는 것으로 나타나 박테리아 생물량을 조절할 것으로 판단되며 소형부유동물은 미소조류 및 박테리아와 양의 상관관계를 보였고 식물플랑크톤에 대한 섭식율(평균 24%)로 인해 이들 생물군집들에게 영향을 주었을 것으로 추정된다. 따라서 마산만에서 원생동물은 박테리아와 미소조류의 성장을 조절하고 이들의 생물량을 상위영양단계로 직접 전달하는 것으로 사료된다. 특히 종속영양 미소편모류는 마산만에서 박테리아의 주 포식자일 것으로 추정된다. 또한 마산만은 후생동물 먹이망보다 미세생물 먹이망이 상당히 잘 발달된 곳으로 추정된다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 2000

In order to understand the role of heterotrophic protists in the coastal waters off Inchon, abiotic and biotic factors were measured from January 1992 to February 1993. Microbial carbon biomass (mean212.9$^{\pm}$119.1 $^{\mu}$gC/1) was composed of 4.2% bacteria, 0.3% cyanobacteria, 12.l% autotrophic nanoflagellates, 6.6% heterotrophic nanoflagellates, 5.8 heterotrophic ciliates and 71.0% diatom and Mesodinium spp. The carbon biomass of heterotrophic protists (heterotrophic nanoflagellates and ciliates) was highest in October 1992 (mean 37.8$^{\pm}$22.5 $^{\mu}$gC/1), and was low in August 1992 (mean 21.2$^{\pm}$10.8 $^{\mu}$gC/1) and in February 1993 (mean 19.5$^{\pm}$6.4 $^{\mu}$gC/1). However, the contribution of heterotrophic protists to total microbial carbon biomass was higher in January 1992 and February 1993 (about 21%) when the phytoplankton was dominated by nanoplankton than in August and October (about 9%) when large diatoms occurred in large numbers. This study suggests that in Kyeonggi Bay heterotrophic protists might play a more important role as prey for zooplankton and as consumers of bacteria & small phytoplankton in less productive seasons (especially winter) than in productive seasons (autumn), and that the classic trophic pathway from diatoms through copepods to fish might be dominant nearly every season.

• ALGAE
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.309-324
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• 2017

Recently, the heterotrophic nanoflagellate Katablepharis japonica has been reported to feed on diverse red-tide species and contribute to the decline of red tides. However, if there are effective predators feeding on K. japonica, its effect on red tide dynamics may be reduced. To investigate potential effective protist predators of K. japonica, feeding by the engulfment-feeding heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HTDs) Oxyrrhis marina, Gyrodinium dominans, Gyrodinium moestrupii, Polykrikos kofoidii, and Noctiluca scintillans, the peduncle-feeding HTDs Luciella masanensis and Pfiesteria piscicida, the pallium-feeding HTD Oblea rotunda, and the naked ciliates Strombidium sp. (approximately $20{\mu}m$ in cell length), Pelagostrobilidium sp., and Miamiensis sp. on K. japonica was explored. We found that none of these heterotrophic protists fed on actively swimming cells of K. japonica. However, O. marina, G. dominans, L. masanensis, and P. piscicida were able to feed on heat-killed K. japonica. Thus, actively swimming behavior of K. japonica may affect feeding by these heterotrophic protists on K. japonica. To the contrary, K. japonica was able to feed on O. marina, P. kofoidii, O. rotunda, Miamiensis sp., Pelagostrobilidium sp., and Strombidium sp. However, the specific growth rates of O. marina did not differ significantly among nine different K. japonica concentrations. Thus, K. japonica may not affect growth of O. marina. Our findings suggest that the effect of predation by heterotrophic protists on K. japonica might be negligible, and thus, the effect of grazing by K. japonica on populations of red-tide species may not be reduced by mortality due to predation by protists.

• ALGAE
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.199-222
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• 2017

Occurrence of Cochlodinium polykrikoides red tides have resulted in considerable economic losses in the aquaculture industry in many countries, and thus predicting the process of C. polykrikoides red tides is a critical step toward minimizing those losses. Models predicting red tide dynamics define mortality due to predation as one of the most important parameters. To investigate the roles of heterotrophic protists in red tide dynamics in the South Sea of Korea, the abundances of heterotrophic dinoflagellates (HTDs), tintinnid ciliates (TCs), and naked ciliates (NCs) were measured over one- or two-week intervals from May to Nov 2014. In addition, the grazing impacts of dominant heterotrophic protists on each red tide species were estimated by combining field data on red tide species abundances and dominant heterotrophic protist grazers with data obtained from the literature concerning ingestion rates of the grazers on red tide species. The abundances of HTDs, TCs, and NCs over the course of this study were high during or after red tides, with maximum abundances of 82, 49, and $35cells\;mL^{-1}$, respectively. In general, the dominant heterotrophic protists differed when different species caused red tides. The HTDs Polykrikos spp. and NCs were abundant during or after C. polykrikoides red tides. The mean and maximum calculated grazing coefficients of Polykrikos spp. and NCs on populations of co-occurring C. polykrikoides were $1.63d^{-1}$ and $12.92d^{-1}$, respectively. Moreover, during or after red tides dominated by the phototrophic dinoflagellates Prorocentrum donghaiense, Ceratium furca, and Alexandrium fraterculus, which formed serial red tides prior to the occurrence of C. polykrikoides red tides, the HTDs Gyrodinium spp., Polykrikos spp., and Gyrodinium spp., respectively were abundant. The maximum calculated grazing coefficients attributable to dominant heterotrophic protists on co-occurring P. donghaiense, C. furca, and A. fraterculus were 13.12, 4.13, and $2.00d^{-1}$, respectively. Thus, heterotrophic protists may sometimes have considerable potential grazing impacts on populations of these four red tide species in the study area.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.858-868
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• 2009

The abundance, biomass, size distribution, and taxonomic composition of bacterial and protistan (heterotrophic and autotrophic nanoflagellates and ciliates) communities were investigated in six lakes of Masurian Lake District (north-eastern Poland) differing in trophic state. Samples were taken from the trophogenic water layer during summer stratification periods. Image analysis techniques with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) as well as [$^3H$]-methyl-thymidine incorporation methods were applied to analyze differences in the composition and activity of bacterial communities. The greatest differences in trophic parameters were found between the humic lake and remaining non-humic ones. The same bacterial and heterotrophic nanoflagellate (HNF) cell size classes dominated in all the studied lakes. However, distinct increases in the contributions of large bacterial (>$1.0{\mu}m$) and HNF (>$10{\mu}m$) cells were observed in eutrophic lakes. The bacterial community was dominated by the ${\beta}$-Proteohacteria group, which accounted for 27% of total DAPI counts. Ciliate communities were largely composed of Oligotrichida. Positive correlations between bacteria and protists, as well as between nanoflagellates (both heterotrophic and autotrophic) and ciliates, suggest that concentrations of food sources may be important in determining the abundance of protists in the studied lakes.