Response of heterotrophic bacteria, autotrophic picoplankton and heterotrophic nanoflagellates to re-oligotrophication Norbert Kamjunke, Dietmar Straile, Ursula Gaedke J Plankton Res 2009; 31 (8): 899-907. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbp037 Overall, bacterial biomass did not change during re-oligotrophication, whereas chlorophyll-specific biomass of bacteria increased, APP biomass and phosphorus concentration showed a unimodal pattern and HNF biomass strongly declined with decreasing […]
Month: February 2017
A Nitrate Dosing Calculator For Better Tank Health (And Better Coral Color!)
by Stratos It has become a phenomenon of increasing frequency in the reefing hobby today to have “too clean” of a tank. Zero nitrates, and sometimes even zero phosphates are found behind more and more tank issues. Either can be quite problematic for the tank. With the ever popular “ULNS” systems and all methods of carbon […]
Red fish, blue fish: trade-offs between pigmentation and immunity in Betta splendens
Red fish, blue fish: trade-offs between pigmentation and immunity in Betta splendens Ethan D. Clotfelter, Daniel R. Ardia, Kevin J. McGraw Red fish, blue fish: trade-offs between pigmentation and immunity in Betta splendens. Behavioral Ecology 2007; 18 (6): 1139-1145. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arm090 At a very basic level, the fact that dietary supplementation with carotenoids enhances both immunity and coloration […]
Life without a cell membrane: Challenging the specificity of bacterial endophytes within Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)
Life without a cell membrane: Challenging the specificity of bacterial endophytes within Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) BMC Microbiology 2011 11:255 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-255 Once again a link about the pest algae Bryopsis. This algae tends to plague many unstable reef aquariums. After someone treating a fungal infection in fish coincidentally noticed Bryopsis die-off in their tank, folks have been using fluconazole to treat […]
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