The structure of plankton in a lowland river was studied with a particular focus on autotrophic as well as heterotrophic picoplankton cells. Water samples were collected in the middle, meridional section of the Warta River in 2005. Heterotrophic picoplankton (HPP) were represented by bacteria varying in size and form, but mainly by cocci and rods. HPP abundance ranged from 3.5 × 10^6 to 9.5 × 10^6 cells m1^-1. Autotrophic picoplankton (APP) densities were considerably lower and ranged from 1.2 × 10^3 to 92 × 10^3 cells ml^-1. They were represented by prokaryotes (picocyanobacteria) and eukaryotes (small chlorophytes). Both components occurred together but eukaryotic APP usually prevailed in terms of biomass. In terms of biomass, APP seemed to play a minor role in this ecosystem in comparison with heterotrophic picoplankton.
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The phytoseston of the Warta, a polluted eutrophic river in western Poland, was studied from spring to autumn 2003. The focus of the study was autotrophic picoplankton (APP). APP abundance fluctuated from 1.3×10sup>6 to 1.05×10sup>8cells Lsup>-1 and was characterized by a maximum in late July. APP biomass was low, ranging from 0.5 to 19.7μg C Lsup>-1. Both cyanobacteria and eukaryotic organisms were found within the picoplankton. The picocyanobacterial community was often dominated by colonial forms, mostly Aphanocapsa spp. and Cyanogranis ferruginea (Wawrik) Hindák. Eukaryotic picoplankton included chlorophytes of the genera Chlorella, Choricystis, and Pseudodictyosphaerium jurisii (Hindák) Hindák. Among the phytoplankton larger than 2 μm, the most abundant species were diatoms and chlorophytes, except in late August, when filamentous cyanobacteria dominated. The contribution of APP to the total phytoplankton biomass was usually below 1%, and the mean (0.6%) was close to the lower limit of values found in lakes.
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