Affiliation:
1. Marine Biology Laboratory, Elat, Israel
Abstract
The diurnal variation in the microgradients of O
2
, H
2
S, and Eh were studied in the benthic cyanobacterial mats of a hypersaline desert lake (Solar Lake, Sinai). The results were related to light intensity, light penetration into the mat, temperature, pH, NH
4
+
, photosynthetic activity, pigments, and the zonation of the microbial community. Extreme diurnal variation was found, with an O
2
peak of 0.5 mM at 1 to 2 mm of depth below the mat surface during day and a H
2
S peak of 2.5 mM at 2 to 3 mm of depth at night. At the O
2
-H
2
S interface, the two compounds coexisted over a depth interval of 0.2 to 1 mm and with a turnover time of a few minutes. The photic zone reached 2.5 mm into the mat in summer, and the main
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CO
2
light fixation took place at 1 to 2 mm of depth. During winter, light and photosynthesis were restricted to the uppermost 1 mm. The quantitative dynamics of O
2
and H
2
S were calculated from the chemical gradients and from the measured diffusion coefficients.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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