Microbialite crusts in Irish limestone lakes reflect lake nutrient status

Doddy,; Roden,; Gammell, Martin P.

doi:10.3318/bioe.2019.01

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“…This recognition of microbial influence has led to the term 'krustenstein' (Kann, 1941), which has been applied to tufa/marl microbialite crusts (Doddy et al, 2019;Pentecost, 1981).…”

Section: Fluvial Crust and Lacustrine Crustmentioning

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Reviews and syntheses: Tufa microbialites on rocky coasts towards an integrated terminology

Garner,

Cooper,

Smith

et al. 2024

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Abstract. Microbialites are known from a range of terrestrial, freshwater, marine, and marginal settings with the applied descriptive terminology depending largely on the historical legacy derived from previous studies in similar environmental settings. This has led to a diversity of nomenclature and a lack of conformity in the terms used to describe and categorise microbialites. As the role of microbial mats and biofilms is increasingly recognised in the formation of tufa and terrestrial carbonates, deposits such as tufa microbialites bridge the spectrum of microbialites and terrestrial carbonate deposits. Groundwater spring-fed tufa microbialites in supratidal rock coast environments occur at the interface of terrestrial and marine domains and necessitatethe adoption of an integrative and systematic nomenclature approach. To date, their global distribution and complex relationships with pre-defined deposits have resulted in the application of a variety of descriptive terminologies, most frequently at the macro- and meso-scale. Here we review and consolidate the multi-scale library of terminologies for microbialites and present a new geomorphological scheme for their description and classification. This scheme has greater alignment with terrestrial carbonate nomenclature at the macroscale and with marine and lacustrine microbialites at the mesoscale. The proposed terminology can primarily be applied to tufa microbialites in spring-fed supratidal settings but may also be applied to other relevant environmental settings, terrestrial carbonates, microbial mats and other microbialites.

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“…This recognition of microbial influence has led to the term 'krustenstein' (Kann, 1941), which has been applied to tufa/marl microbialite crusts (Doddy et al, 2019;Pentecost, 1981).…”

Section: Fluvial Crust and Lacustrine Crustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reviews and syntheses: Tufa microbialites on rocky coasts towards an integrated terminology

Garner,

Cooper,

Smith

et al. 2024

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“…This recognition of microbial influence has led to the term 'krustenstein' (Kann, 1941), which has been applied to tufa/marl microbialite crusts (Doddy et al, 2019;Pentecost, 1981).…”

Section: Fluvial Crust and Lacustrine Crustmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Enrichment of a shallow, subarctic lake by N and P strongly and marginally affected assemblage composition, respectively, even though biomass and primary production did not change (McCormick, Phillips, & Ives, 2019). Doddy, Roden, and Gammell (2019a) found the diverse community of filamentous and coccoid cyanobacteria, chlorophytes, and diatoms of microbialite of limestone lakes in Ireland strongly correlated with total P. In a second publication, Doddy, Roden, and Gammell (2019b) conducted nutrient enrichment and transplant experiments in the lab and the field, respectively, with microbialite crusts from Irish lakes. They found increased nutrient conditions caused replacement of the dominant cyanobacteria by green algae and degradation of the crusts; this phenomenon could be a useful indicator of water quality for marl lakes.…”

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Substratum‐associated microbiota

Furey

Lee

Clemans

2020

Water Environment Research

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Highlights of new, interesting, and emerging research findings on substratum-associated microbiota covered from a survey of 2019 literature from primarily freshwaters provide insight into research trends of interest to the Water Environment Federation and others interested in benthic, aquatic environments. Coverage of topics on bottom-associated or attached algae and cyanobacteria, though not comprehensive, includes new methods, taxa new-to-science, nutrient dynamics, auto-and heterotrophic interactions, grazers, bioassessment, herbicides and other pollutants, metal contaminants, and nuisance, and bloom-forming and harmful algae. Coverage of bacteria, also not comprehensive, focuses on the ecology of benthic biofilms and microbial communities, along with the ecology of microbes like Caulobacter crescentus, Rhodobacter, and other freshwater microbial species. Bacterial topics covered also include metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, toxins and pollutants, bacterial pathogens and bacteriophages, and bacterial physiology. Readers may use this literature review to learn about or renew their interest in the recent advances and discoveries regarding substratum-associated microbiota. © 2020 Water Environment Federation • Practitioner points • This review of literature from 2019 on substratum-associated microbiota presents highlights of findings on algae, cyanobacteria, and bacteria from primarily freshwaters. • Coverage of algae and cyanobacteria includes findings on new methods, taxa new to science, nutrient dynamics, auto-and heterotrophic interactions, grazers, bioassessment, herbicides and other pollutants, metal contaminants, and nuisance, bloomforming and harmful algae. • Coverage of bacteria includes findings on ecology of benthic biofilms and microbial communities, the ecology of microbes, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics, toxins and pollutants, bacterial pathogens and bacteriophages, and bacterial physiology. • Highlights of new, noteworthy and emerging topics build on those from 2018 and will be of relevance to the Water Environment Federation and others interested in benthic, aquatic environments

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Microbialite crusts in Irish limestone lakes reflect lake nutrient status

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Reviews and syntheses: Tufa microbialites on rocky coasts towards an integrated terminology

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