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Dos piscinas químicamente distintas de nitrógeno orgánico se acumulan en el océano

Lihini I Aluwihare¹, Daniel J Repeta, Silvio Pantoja

¹Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. laluwihare@ucsd.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|May 14, 2005

Resumen

Los perfiles de nitrógeno orgánico disuelto marino (DON) están formados por dos piscinas de amidas distintas. Las aguas superficiales contienen N-acetil amino polisacáridos, mientras que el DON de aguas profundas consiste en amidas resistentes, que afectan el ciclo del nitrógeno.

Área de la Ciencia:

Química marina La química marina es la química de los océanos.
Los ciclos biogeoquímicos son ciclos biogeoquímicos.
La geoquímica orgánica es la geoquímica orgánica.

Sus antecedentes:

El nitrógeno orgánico disuelto marino (DON) se acumula en la superficie, incluso en regiones limitadas en nitrógeno.
La naturaleza química y la dinámica de las DON marinas siguen siendo poco conocidas.
Comprender el DON es crucial para la productividad marina y el ciclo del nitrógeno.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para investigar la composición química del DON de alto peso molecular (HMW-DON).
Para determinar los factores que contribuyen a los perfiles verticales DON en el océano.
Para diferenciar entre varios tipos de enlaces de amida dentro de HMW-DON.

Principales métodos:

Aprovechando las diferencias en la labilidad ácida de los enlaces amídicos en HMW-DON.
Experimentaciones de hidrólisis química.
Análisis de la composición de HMW-DON en muestras de agua de superficie y de aguas profundas.

Principales resultados:

Se identificaron dos piscinas de amida químicamente distintas dentro de HMW-DON.
La superficie de HMW-DON está compuesta de aproximadamente 50% de polisacáridos amino N-acetil.
HMW-DON de aguas profundas se compone predominantemente de amidas resistentes a la degradación química y biológica.

Conclusiones:

Los perfiles verticales DON se explican en parte por la presencia de estos dos grupos de amidas distintos.
La naturaleza recalcitrante de las amidas HMW-DON de aguas profundas sugiere un largo tiempo de residencia.
Estos hallazgos mejoran nuestra comprensión del ciclo del nitrógeno marino y el papel de DON.

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