The relationship of turbidity and organic matter to bacterial productivity and biomass in a small Texas lake.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lind, Owen T., 1934- | |
| dc.contributor.other | Baylor University. | en |
| dc.creator | Davalos, Laura | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-01T20:59:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-01T20:59:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The relationship between water turbidity and bacterial cell synthesis, specific production and bacterial productivity was investigated in a small Texas reservoir. Sampling dates were selected to include a variety of water turbidities. Bacterial cell synthesis calculated from rates 3 7 of H-thymidine incorporation ranged from 1.97X10 to 4.79X10 cell 1 h . Specific production ranged from 0.006 to 0.03 ug C ug C”^ 1“^ h”^. Bacterial production varied between 0.23 and 0.83 ug C l”"*" h”^. Multiple regression analysis showed that turbidity explained 63.6% of the variation in cell synthesis. When combining turbidity with the biomass of the particle-attached bacteria 82% of the changes were explained and 95.6% were explained when combining turbidity, attached cell biomass and total organic carbon. Changes in specific production were determined primarily by the turbidity (r=.76), combining turbidity with dissolved organic carbon the variation explained was 90.3%. The absolute bacterial production changes were not explained by any of the environmental variables measured during the study. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2104/11542 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
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| dc.rights.accessrights | Worldwide access. | |
| dc.subject | Bacterial cell synthesis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Turbidity | en_US |
| dc.title | The relationship of turbidity and organic matter to bacterial productivity and biomass in a small Texas lake. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Baylor University. Dept. of Biology. | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Baylor University. | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. |