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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Déterminisme de la production bactérienne dans les vasières intertidales du Bassin de Marennes-Oléron : rôle des exopolysaccharides / Determinism of bacterial dynamics in microphytobenthic biofilms from intertidal mudflats : role of extracellular polymeric substances

De Crignis, Margot 14 December 2010 (has links)
Les vasières intertidales sont le siège d’une forte production primaire sous la forme d’un biofilmmicrophytobenthique qui se développe en surface à marée basse. Ce biofilm se compose principalement de diatomées et de bactéries hétérotrophes. Ces deux composantes sécrètent des substances polymériques extracellulaires (EPS) qui jouent différents rôles dans le biofilm. Le travail présenté s’est basé sur différentes échelles d’observation (in situ à 2 saisons, mésocosme en laboratoire, et échelle fine du biofilm en microscopie confocale) et a permis de mettre en évidence les interactions des diatomées et des bactéries à différents moments de la marée et du nycthémère. L’utilisation d’une nouvelle méthode d’extraction des EPS a permis d’éclaircir leur rôle en évitant les contaminations par les substances internes provoquées par les méthodes classiques. Les EPS colloïdales particulièrement riches en glucose s’associent au déplacement des diatomées, notamment lors d’un stress (sursalure, carence en nutriments) et sont préférentiellement consommées par les bactéries, après leur dégradation par les enzymes ou leur hydrolyse dans l’eau interstitielle. Les EPS liées au frustule, et plus particulièrement les sucres, inhiberaient le développement bactérien à proximité de la cellule algale. Elles sont surtout sécrétées lors de la mise en place du biofilm et pour protéger la cellule quand les conditions sont osmotiquement défavorables et leur richesse en protéine leur confère un potentiel intéressant pour les bactéries qui peuvent les utiliser comme substrat azoté en cas de carence. D’autres substances ont été plutôt sécrétées parles bactéries telles que les N-acétylglucosamines et les protéines colloïdales de bas poids moléculaire,certainement des enzymes bactériennes, ainsi que le glucose qui semble être associé au EPS colloïdaux des diatomées mais aussi aux EPS bactériens selon l’analyse en microscopie confocale en utilisant des lectines comme marqueurs d’EPS. / Microphytobenthic biofilms that develop at the intertidal mudflat surface are responsible of a substantialprimary production. These biofilms are composed of diatoms and heterotrophic bacteria, both excretingextracellular polymeric substances (EPS) that have various functions into the biofilm. The present thesis is basedon different observation scales that have highlighted the complex interactions between diatoms and bacteria fordifferent moment of the biofilm development (in situ at 2 seasons, in laboratory mesocosm and at the scale of thebiofilm at confocal microscopy). Furthermore, a new extraction method that avoids contamination with internalsubstances was used and provides new insights about the role of EPS. Colloidal EPS are excreted during thediatom migrations, notably in case of environmental stress (nutrient depletion, high salinity). They arepreferentially consumed by bacteria, after hydrolysis or enzymatic cleavage. Bound EPS are associated to abacterial inhibition, especially sugars. These EPS are mainly excreted during biofilm formation and also in caseof osmotic stress, if diatoms cannot migrate toward favorable slices. Some substances are associated to bacterialdevelopment, such as N-acetylglucosamine, low molecular weight proteins that probably consist of bacterialenzymes and also glucose that seems to be associated to colloidal EPS secreted by diatoms as well as bacterialEPS, when analyzing the biofilm with confocal microscopy by using lectins as EPS biomarkers.
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Isotopic approaches in the silicon cycle: the Southern Ocean case study / Approches isotopiques du silicium: l'Océan Austral comme cas d'étude.

Fripiat, François 12 January 2010 (has links)
We investigate the silicon (Si) cycle in the Southern Ocean through two isotopic approaches: (1) 30Si-incubation experiments and (2) natural silicon isotopic composition (ä30Si). 30Si-spiked incubation allows to discriminate the short-term (~ 1 day) net Si-uptake flux in bSiO2 production and dissolution. ä30Si of both biogenic silica and dissolved silicon integrates at seasonal/annual scale bSiO2 production or dissolution and mixing.<p>(1) A new mass spectrometer method (HR-SF-ICPMS) has been developed for 30Si-isotopic abundance measurements. This methodology is faster and easier than the previous available methodologies and has the same precision. A complete set of incubation was coupled with parallel 32Si-incubations and the two methodologies give not significantly different bSiO2 production rates. In the Southern Ocean, especially in the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the large silicic acid concentration degrades the sensitivity of the method with Si dissolution fluxes staying generally below the detection limit. In contrast, the 28Si-isotopic dilution was sensitive enough to assess low biogenic silica dissolution rates in silicic acid poor waters of the northern ACC. We show that large accumulation of detrital dissolving biogenic silica after productive period implies really efficient silicon loop with integrated (euphotic layer) dissolution:production ratio equal or larger than 1.<p> (2) We largely expand the silicic acid isotopic data in the open ocean. Relatively simple mass and isotopic balances have been performed in the Antarctic Zone and have allowed to apply for the first time ä30Si in a quantitative way to estimate regional net silica production and quantify source waters fueling bSiO2 productivity. We observe that at the end of the productive period as suggested with 30Si-incubation, large accumulation of detrital biogenic silica in the surface waters increase the D:P ratio and subsequently dampens the bSiO2 production mediated isotopic fractionation with residual biogenic silica carrying heavier ä30Si than expected. Seasonal isotopic evolution is simulated and seems in agreement with our observations. These simulations strongly suggest working with non-zero order equations to fully assess the seasonal expression of the different processes involved: mixing, uptake, dissolution. Si-isotopes are also tracking the origin and fates of the different ACC pools across the Southern Ocean meridional circulation. Moreover during the circumpolar eastward pathway, the bSiO2 dissolution in deep water decreases the corresponding ä30Si values and this imprint is further transmitted via the upper limb of the meridional circulation in the intermediate water masses.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Study and application of the Inherent Optical Properties of coastal waters from the Phaeocystis-dominated Sounthern Bight of the North Sea

Astoreca, Rosa 14 June 2007 (has links)
The Belgian Coastal Zone (BCZ) in the Southern Bight of the North Sea is a highly dynamic and optically complex area. This is due to high non-algal particles (NAP) and coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) content which in spring adds together with undesirable blooms of the haptophyte Phaeocystis globosa. There is a need for improving the algorithms for chlorophyll a (chl a) retrieval in these highly turbid waters and for developing algorithms for species detection in order to attempt to create an early warning bloom system. This information will contribute to the knowledge of the extent and magnitude of the P. globosa bloom in Belgian waters. In this study, pure cultures of the main taxa present in the BCZ, diatoms and P. globosa, were combined with field measurements of light absorption of total particles, phytoplankton and dissolved material, pigment determination and phytoplankton counts to address the main objectives. Sampling was performed during 8 cruises covering winter, spring, summer and late summer, and along nearshore-offshore gradients from 2003 to 2006. <p>The area is characterised by a high spatio-temporal variability of IOPs due to the high dynamics of the area in terms of currents, salinity gradients and biological production. During spring the presence of P. globosa modulates the IOPs across all the area, the particle absorption is significantly higher than summer and there is no significant coast-offshore variability for phytoplankton and CDOM. <p>The design of chl a retrieval algorithms assumes negligible absorption of NAP and CDOM in the near infrared (NIR) and the use of a fixed value of specific phytoplankton absorption. It is shown that neglecting the NAP and CDOM absorption in the NIR will have a significant overestimation impact in retrieval of chl a. On the other hand, the specific phytoplankton absorption was found to be highly variable (0.015 „b 0.011 m2 mg chl a-1). Both results will affect directly the retrieved chl a. The spatial variability of CDOM was significant varying between 0.20-1.31 m-1 in the marine area and between 1.81-4.29 m-1 in the Scheldt estuary. CDOM was found to be related to salinity with conservative mixing within the Scheldt estuary and during some seasons in the BCZ, however deviations from conservative mixing suggest other inputs to the CDOM pool. Analyses of the spectral slope of the CDOM absorption curve revealed two main CDOM pools in the area, an allochthonous one delivered by the Scheldt estuary and an autochthonous one associated with the phytoplankton spring bloom decomposition. Algorithms for CDOM retrieval will be affected if the variability in the relation between CDOM and salinity is not taken into account. <p>The optical characterisation of diatoms and P. globosa from the BCZ in pure cultures revealed that the main differences in the phytoplankton absorption spectra were found at 467 and 500 nm corresponding to the absorption of the pigments chlorophyll c3 (chl c3) characteristic of P. globosa and fucoxanthin, respectively. Accordingly, both the absorption at 467 nm and the ratio 500/467 nm were successfully used to discriminate the two taxa in cultures and field samples. This latter indicator was not preserved in the reflectance signal due to degradation of the signal when passing from absorption to reflectance, and thus could not be used for algorithm development. The spectral feature at 467 nm was later used as the basis for the development of a flag-type algorithm to detect chl c3 using either absorption or water-leaving reflectance data. Also, the correlation between the algorithm¡¦s retrieved chl c3 and P. globosa cell number allowed the quantification of the bloom. The main findings of this thesis highlight the importance of the IOPs characterisation for the improvement and development of ocean colour retrieval algorithms in these highly complex waters.<p> / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Processus contrôlant la distribution des isotopes du silicium dissous (δ30Si) dans l'océan Atlantique et Indien / Processes controlling the distribution of dissolved silicon isotopes (δ30Si) in the Atlantic and the Southern Ocean

Coffineau, Nathalie 13 December 2013 (has links)
L'utilisation des isotopes du silicium (δ30Si) comme proxy paléocéanographique nécessite une bonne connaissance de la répartition et du devenir des isotopes du silicium à travers l'océan. Au cours des dernières années, des efforts considérables ont été faits pour cartographier la composition isotopique du silicium dissous (acide silicique, DSi) et de la silice biogénique (BSi) dans l'océan. Les diatomées utilisent le DSi pour construire leur frustule fait d’opale (BSi). Durant ce processus, les diatomées discriminent l'isotope lourd de silicium (30Si) en faveur de l'isotope léger (28Si). Ce fractionnement conduit à une BSi qui a un δ30Si inférieur de 1,1 ‰ à 1,5 ‰ par rapport au DSi source. Cela se traduit dans les eaux de surface par de faibles concentrations en DSi en raison de l'utilisation biologique et par des valeurs de δ30Si élevées en raison de la distillation de Rayleigh. Inversement, lorsque la BSi se dissout, il y a une discrimination contre l’isotope lourd et ainsi produit du silicium dissous avec un δ30Si inférieur de 0,55 ‰. Dans le même temps, la circulation océanique et le mélange vertical contribuent à modifier le δ30Si du pool de silicium dissous dans la couche de surface, ce qui complique l'utilisation du δ30Si des diatomées comme proxy pour l’utilisation du DSi durant la saison de croissance. Cette thèse vise à mieux comprendre les processus qui régissent le cycle du silicium et la signature en δ30Si des masses d'eau dans les différentes régions de l'océan. De nouvelles données de δ30Si de silicium dissous sont présentées et discutées. Ces données proviennent de 6 profiles CTD de la campagne ANTXXIII/9 (Atlantique et secteur indien de l'océan Austral), 7 profiles CTD de la campagne ANTXXIV/3 (secteur Atlantique de l'océan Austral), et 5 profiles CTD de la campagne MSM10/1 (région subtropical et tropical de l’océan Atlantique nord). Les échantillons ont été purifiés par chromatographie échangeuse d'ions après préconcentration par précipitation de Mg(OH)2, et le silicium est extrait en utilisant du triéthylamine molybdate. Les analyses isotopiques ont été réalisées sur Spectromètre de Masse Multi-Collection à source Plasma (MC-ICP-MS, Naptune) à moyenne résolution (Ifremer, Brest). / Use of silicon isotopes (δ30Si) as a paleoceanographic proxy requires sound knowledge of the distribution and behaviour of silicon isotopes throughout the ocean. Over the past few years considerable effort has been made to map the silicon isotope composition (δ30Si) of silicic acid (dissolved silicon, DSi) and biogenic silica (BSi) throughout the ocean. Diatoms uptake DSi to build up their opal frustules (BSi). During this process, diatoms discriminate against the heavier isotope of silicon (30Si) in favor of the light isotope (28Si). This fractionation leads to BSi that has a lower δ30Si than the DSi source by 1.1 ‰ to 1.5 ‰. In turn, this results in surface waters with low DSi concentrations due to biological removal, and high δ30Si values due to Rayleigh distillation. Conversely, when the BSi dissolves it is with discrimination against the heavier isotope producing dissolved silicon with a δ30Si lower by 0.55 ‰. At the same time, episodes of upwelling occurring throughout the growing season, ocean circulation and mixing, contribute to modify the δ30Si of the dissolved silicon pool in the surface mixed layer, which complicate the use of diatom δ30Si as a proxy for DSi removal during the growing season. This dissertation aims to better understand the processes driving the Si cycle and the δ30Si signature of water masses in different regions of the ocean. New data of δ30Si of dissolved Si are presented and discussed. These data come from 6 CTD profiles from ANTXXIII/9 campaign (Atlantic and Indian sector of the Southern Ocean), 7 CTD profiles from ANTXXIV/3 (Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean), and 5 CTD profiles from the campaign MSM10/1 (north Subtropical and Tropical Atlantic Ocean). Samples were purified by ion-exchange chromatography following preconcentration via Mg(OH)2 precipitation and extraction of silicon using triethylamine molybdate. Isotopic analyses were carried on a Neptune MC-ICP-MS at medium resolution (Ifremer, Brest).
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Assessing freshwater biodiversity:insights from different spatial contexts, taxonomic groups and response metrics

Vilmi, A. (Annika) 24 October 2017 (has links)
Abstract Freshwater ecosystems are severely threatened by a variety of anthropogenic stressors. In order to keep track with at least part of the changes, it is important to efficiently assess and monitor freshwater biological diversity. Biological assessment programs are developed to detect human-induced changes in the ecological state of aquatic systems. These programs typically rely on the assumption that environmental conditions are the sole drivers of biological communities occupying a site and, thus, these local communities would correctly inform about environmental conditions. Recently, this background principle of current bioassessment methods has faced some criticism, stemming from the idea that community structuring is a more complex process than just a mere result of local environmental conditions. In this thesis, I studied the natural and anthropogenic drivers of freshwater biodiversity. I was particularly interested if the various biodiversity metrics studied showed any spatial patterns and if so, for which reasons these patterns might occur. To obtain a comprehensive picture of spatial patterns in biodiversity, I studied multiple spatial contexts, biological groups and indices. I found that environmental conditions were not the only drivers of freshwater biodiversity. Instead, different spatial patterns, likely stemming from dispersal processes, were surprisingly powerful drivers of aquatic communities and index values derived from them. The spatial context (i.e. spatial extent and connectivity) of the aquatic study systems likely played a major role in structuring biodiversity. I also found that the distinct biological groups and indices studied were partly related to different predictor variables. The findings of this thesis are of importance to the development of new bioassessment methods. The results of this thesis also suggest that the spatial context of the study setting should be acknowledged when interpreting results based on current bioassessment methods. / Tiivistelmä Makeanveden ekosysteemit ovat hyvin alttiita ihmistoiminnalle. Ekosysteemissä mahdollisesti tapahtuvien muutosten havaitseminen vaatii tehokkaita vesistöjen ekologisen tilan ja luonnon monimuotoisuuden arviointi- ja seurantamenetelmiä. Näiden menetelmien toimintaperiaatteen yleisenä tausta-ajatuksena on, että biologiset yhteisöt määräytyvät paikallisten ympäristöolojen mukaan. Tietyn paikan yhteisön oletetaan siis heijastavan kyseisen paikan ympäristön tilaa. Viime aikoina tausta-ajatus paikallisten ympäristöolojen merkityksestä ainoana eliöyhteisöjä muovaavana tekijänä on kuitenkin kohdannut kritiikkiä. Kriitikot painottavat, että biologisten yhteisöjen rakenteeseen vaikuttavat monet muutkin asiat kuin paikalliset ympäristöolosuhteet ja niissä tapahtuvat ihmisperäiset muutokset. Väitöskirjassani tutkin sisävesien luonnon monimuotoisuuteen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Olin erityisen kiinnostunut siitä, näkyykö tutkituissa biologisissa parametreissa maantieteellisessä tilassa ilmeneviä spatiaalisia säännönmukaisuuksia. Saadakseni mahdollisimman laaja-alaisen käsityksen luonnon monimuotoisuudessa esiintyvistä spatiaalisista säännönmukaisuuksista, tutkin useaa spatiaalista kontekstia, eliöryhmää ja indeksiä. Tutkimuksessa selvisi, että paikalliset ympäristöolosuhteet eivät ole ainoita luonnon monimuotoisuuteen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Erilaiset spatiaaliset säännönmukaisuudet, todennäköisesti eliöiden levittäytymiseen liittyvien seikkojen aiheuttamina, olivat yllättävän yleisiä makeiden vesien eliöyhteisöjen rakenteessa ja niihin perustuvien indeksien arvoissa. Tutkimussysteemien spatiaalinen konteksti (alueen laajuus ja paikkojen väliset spatiaaliset suhteet) selvästi vaikutti luonnon monimuotoisuutta kuvastavien indeksien arvojen vaihteluun. Lisäksi selvisi, että eri eliöryhmät ja indeksit olivat useimmiten liitoksissa hyvin erilaisiin selittäviin muuttujiin, osoittaen, että nämä mittarit kuvastavat eri asioita. Väitöskirjassa esitetyt havainnot on tärkeää huomioida vesistöjen ekologisen tilan ja luonnon monimuotoisuuden arviointi- ja seurantamenetelmiä kehitettäessä. Spatiaalisen kontekstin merkitys olisi hyvä huomioida myös nykyisten arviointi- ja seurantamenetelmien tuottamien tulosten tulkinnassa.
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Malformation in different species of benthic diatoms in three herbicide polluted streams in southern Sweden

Spångfors, Helena January 2017 (has links)
Målet med den här studien var att undersöka kiselalger och dess eventuella missbildningar i tre vattendrag i södra Sverige - Höje å, Skivarpsån och M42. Kiselalger används som bioindikator för vattenkvalitet i hela Europa, men de befintliga kiselalgsindexen visar inte eventuell förekomst av miljöfarliga ämnen. Det har dock visats att en förekomst &gt; 1 % av missbildade kiselalger indikerar påverkan av miljöfarliga ämnen, såsom pesticider och tungmetaller. Denna studie är en av få som har undersökt kiselalgers missbildningar i vattendrag som är mer eller mindre påverkade av herbicider. Sex prov från varje vattendrag analyserades - kiselalger räknades och identifierades till artnivå och missbildningar dokumenterades och kategoriserades. Vattendragen delades in efter PTI (Pesticide Toxicity Index), där Höje å hade lägst PTI och ansågs minst påverkad av herbicider. Skivarpsån och M42 hade högre PTI, och ansågs därför ha en högre herbicidpåverkan. Det fanns en signifikant skillnad i missbildningsfrekvens vattendragen emellan, den kunde dock inte kopplas till PTI. Både Höje å och M42 hade &gt; 1 % missbildningar. Skivarpsåns missbildningsfrekvens var &lt; 1 % trots vattendragets relativt höga PTI. Det är möjligt att missbildningsfrekvensen bättre hade reflekterat PTI om herbicidprovtagningen skett någon månad tidigare, då herbicidhalter kan variera och kiselalger har visat sig kunna spegla ett vattendrags mående upp till tre månader bakåt i tiden. En annan förklaring till en varierande missbildningsfrekvens kan vara en lika varierande artsammansättning. Vissa arter är mindre “benägna” att missbildas än andra - ett prov som domineras av sådana skulle därför kunna innehålla få missbildningar trots eventuell miljögiftspåverkan. Det krävs dock ytterligare studier för att bättre förstå kiselalgers missbildningar i förhållande till herbicider.
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Metacommunity structuring in stream systems:disentangling the roles of regional and local processes

Grönroos, M. (Mira) 20 October 2015 (has links)
Abstract Knowing which factors govern variation in community structure is crucial for assessing and conserving biodiversity. Two main processes structuring biological communities are selection by environmental conditions and dispersal between sites. In this thesis, I studied the potential importance of these two processes in structuring stream metacommunities (i.e. a set of local communities that are connected by the dispersal of individuals). I used altogether four datasets collected from three different drainage basins located in northern Finland. For small species, such as stream diatoms, bryophytes and macroinvertebrates, measuring dispersal directly and for all the species in a community, is very difficult. Thus, I used three kinds of spatial proxies to represent the potential effects of dispersal: (1) the size of species pool, (2) spatial locations of the sample sites and (3) distances between sites. In general, local environmental characteristics explained the variation in community structure better than any of the spatial proxies. The results suggested that stream diatoms, bryophytes and macroinvertebrates should not be dispersal limited at within-basin scale. However, in some cases spatial proxies explained a relatively larger proportion of community variation. One major difficulty when using such proxies is that high and limiting dispersal rates produce similar patterns. Here, I also present and test a novel hierarchical metacommunity approach for differentiating if a significant spatial signal is produced by high or limiting dispersal rates. This approach seemed promising. The results suggested that, at very small spatial scales (i.e. within a stream section) the community composition of stream macroinvertebrates is possibly influenced by high dispersal rates. I also used the so-called deconstructive approach and assigned the whole community into smaller groups of species based on their traits (i.e. feeding mode, dispersal mode and body size). This approach showed, for example, that metacommunity organization of species with actively dispersing terrestrial adults was, in general, more strongly related to environmental variables than the metacommunity organization of more passively dispersing species. I conclude that several approaches are needed for disentangling the importance of dispersal at the metacommunity level. / Tiivistelmä Eliöyhteisöjen rakenteeseen vaikuttavien tekijöiden tunteminen on välttämätöntä luonnon monimuotoisuuden hoidon ja suojelun kannalta. Kaksi merkittävää tekijää yhteisörakenteen säätelyssä ovat ympäristötekijöiden aiheuttama valinta ja levittäytyminen. Tutkin väitöskirjassani näiden kahden tekijän suhteellista merkitystä puroeliöiden metayhteisöjen rakentumiselle. Metayhteisöllä tarkoitetaan joukkoa paikallisia yhteisöjä, joiden välillä yksilöt kykenevät levittäytymään. Käytin neljää aineistoa, jotka oli kerätty yhteensä kolmelta valuma-alueelta Pohjois-Suomesta. Pienille lajeille, kuten piileville, sammalille ja pohjaeläimille, levittäytymisen mittaaminen suoraan ja kaikille yhteisön lajeille vertailukelpoisella tavalla on hyvin vaikeaa. Tässä väitöskirjassa tavoitteeni oli selvittää, kuinka hyvin epäsuoria menetelmiä voidaan käyttää levittäytymisen merkityksen selvittämisessä. Käytin kolmea erilaista niin sanottua spatiaalista muuttujaa kuvaamaan levittäytymisen potentiaalisia vaikutuksia: (1) alueellisen lajipoolin kokoa, (2) tutkimuspaikkojen spatiaalista sijaintia ja (3) paikkojen välisiä etäisyyksiä. Yleisesti ottaen tulokset osoittivat, että paikalliset ympäristötekijät selittivät yhteisörakenteen vaihtelua paremmin kuin mikään spatiaalisista muuttujista. Saadut tulokset viittasivat siihen, että valuma-alueen sisällä purojen piilevien, sammalten ja pohjaeläinten yhteisörakenteen ei pitäisi olla rajoittuneen levittäytymisen muokkaamaa. Joissain tapauksissa jokin levittäytymistä kuvaava muuttuja kuitenkin selitti suhteellisesti suuremman osuuden yhteisörakenteen vaihtelusta. Tämä tulos tuo esille yhden spatiaalisten muuttujien käyttöön liittyvän merkittävän haasteen: samankaltaiseen tulokseen voi johtaa sekä voimakas että rajoittunut levittäytyminen. Väitöskirjassani esittelen ja testaan myös uudenlaista lähestymistapaa, jonka tavoitteena on erottaa, onko merkitsevä spatiaalinen signaali voimakkaan vai rajoittuneen levittäytymisen aiheuttamaa. Tämä uusi menetelmä viittasi siihen, että erittäin pienillä spatiaalisilla mittakaavoilla, kuten saman purojakson sisällä, puropohjaeläinten yhteisörakenne voi olla voimakkaan levittäytymisen muovaamaa. Käytin myös niin kutsuttua dekonstruktiivista lähestymistapaa. Jaoin koko yhteisön pienempiin ryhmiin niiden lajiominaisuuksien perusteella (esim. ravinnonotto, levittäytymistyyppi, vartalon koko). Saadut tulokset antoivat muun muassa viitteitä siitä, että aktiivisesti levittäytyvien eliöiden metayhteisöjen rakentuminen saattaa olla passiivisesti levittäytyviä lajeja riippuvaisempi paikallisista ympäristötekijöistä. Yhteenvetona totean, että metayhteisötasolla levittäytymisen merkityksen selvittämiseksi on käytettävä samanaikaisesti hyvin monenlaisia menetelmiä, sillä jokaisella menetelmällä on puutteensa ja siten eri menetelmiä tarvitaan täydentämään toisiaan.
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Laminations sédimentaires et variabilité climatique et océanographique haute-fréquence sur la marge péruvienne / Sedimentary laminations and high-frequency climatic and oceanographic variability on the Peruvian margin

Fleury, Sophie 04 June 2015 (has links)
Le Système d’Upwelling Péruvien (PUS) et la Zone à Oxygène minimum (OMZ) qui y est associée font partie des régions les plus marquées par les variations climatiques de type El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), tant à l’échelle interannuelle qu’à l’échelle décennale. Or, peu d’enregistrements de l’impact de l’ENSO sur cette zone géographique atteignent ces résolutions temporelles, malgré des conditions propices à la conservation de dépôts sédimentaires laminés.Nous avons analysé ces archives sédimentaires à l’échelle de la lamine et en utilisant des marqueurs sédimentologiques, micro paléontologiques et géochimiques afin de retracer les variations de tous les paramètres susceptibles de répondre aux changements climatiques(précipitations, productivité, dénitrification, températures océaniques de surface). Cette approche nous a permis de disposer d’un enregistrement complet des conditions environnementales dans l’OMZ du Pérou à des échelles pluri-annuelle à multidécennale, ce qui est inégalé sur des périodes au-delà du dernier millénaire. Nous avons ainsi pu mettre en évidence une forte empreinte de la circulation de Walker sur le PUS. Cet impact est modulé par les régions extra tropicales de l’hémisphère Nord, en particulier par l’Oscillation Nord-Atlantique (NAO) à l’échelle multidécennale, par la circulation thermohaline à l’échelle centennale et par l’Anticyclone Sibérien à l’échelle millénaire. / The Peruvian Upwelling System (PUS) and the corresponding Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) are part of the regions where the imprint of climatic variations due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) at the interannual and multidecadal timescales is the strongest. However,only a few records of ENSO-like climatic variability reach such short timescales in thisgeographical area, despite prevailing conditions favorable to the preservation of laminatedsediments. We analyzed these sedimentary archives at the scale of the lamination, using sedimentology, micropaleontology and geochemistry. The aim was to trace variations in all parameters responding to climatic changes (rainfall, productivity, denitrification, sea surfacetemperatures). This approach has provided a full record of environmental conditions in thePeruvian OMZ at multiannual and multidecadal timescales for the first time on time intervals exceeding the last millennium. We thus evidenced a strong imprint of the Walker circulation on the PUS. This impact is paced by the extratropical northern hemisphere, especially by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) at the multidecadal timescale, by the thermohaline circulation at the centennial timescale and by the Siberian High at the millennial timescale.
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Diatom interactions in the open ocean : from the global patterns to the single cell / Interactions des diatomées dans l’océan : de l’échelle globale à la cellule unique

Vincent, Flora 21 November 2016 (has links)
Les diatomées sont des micro-algues unicellulaires, qui jouent un rôle primordial dans l’eco-système marin. En effet, elles sont responsables de 20% de l’activité photosynthétique sur Terre, et sont à la base de la chaîne alimentaire marine, toujours plus menacée par le changement climatique. Les diatomées établissent diverses interactions microbiennes avec des organismes issus de l’ensemble de l’arbre du vivant, à travers des méchanismes complexes tels que la symbiose, le parasitisme ou la compétition. L’objectif de ma thèse a été de comprendre comment ces interactions structurent la communauté du plancton, à grande échelle spatiale. Pour ce faire, j’ai développé de nouvelles approches basées sur le jeu de données inédit de Tara Océans, une expédition mondiale qui a exploré la diversité et les fonctions des microbes marins, en récoltant plus de 40.000 échantillons à travers 210 sites autour du monde. Grâce à l’analyse de réseaux de co-occurrence microbiens, je montre d’une part que les diatomées agissent comme des « ségrégateurs répulsifs » à l’échelle globale, en particulier envers les organismes potentiellement dangeureux tels que les prédateurs et les parasites, et d’autre part que la co-occurrence des espèces ne s’explique qu’en minorité par les facteurs environnementaux. Grâce à la richesse des données Tara Océans, j’ai par ailleurs permis la charactérisation d’une interaction biotique impliquant une diatomée et un cilié hétérotrophe à l’échelle de l’eco-système, illustrant de surcroît le succès des approches dirigées par les données. Dans l’ensemble, ma thèse contribue à notre compréhension des interactions biotiques impliquant les diatomées, de l’échelle globale à la cellule unique. / Diatoms are unicellular photosynthetic microeukaryotes that play a critical role in the functioning of marine ecosystems. They are responsible for 20% of global photosynthesis on Earth and lie at the base of marine food webs, ever more threatened by climate change.Diatoms establish microbial interactions with numerous organisms across the whole tree of life, through complex mechanisms including symbiosis, parasitism and competition. The goal of my thesis was to understand how those biotic interactions structure the planktonic community at large spatial scales, by using new approaches based on the unprecedented Tara Oceans dataset, a unique and worldwide circumnavigation that collected over 40.000 samples across 210 sites to explore the diversity and functions of marine microbes. Through the analysis of microbial association networks, I show that diatoms act as repulsive segregators in the ocean, in particular towards potentially harmful organisms such as predators as well as parasites, and that species co-occurrence is driven by environmental factors in a minority of cases. By leveraging the singularity of the Tara Oceans data, I provide a comprehensive characterization of a prevalent biotic interaction between a diatom and heterotrophic ciliates at large spatial scale, illustrating the success of data-driven research. Overall, my thesis contributes to our understanding of diatom biotic interactions, from the global patterns to the single cell.
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METAL EFFECTS ON FRESHWATER MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION IN AN URBAN STREAM

Roberto, Alescia 04 December 2018 (has links)
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