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Las redes de plancton que impulsan la exportación de carbono en el océano oligotrófico
Lionel Guidi1,2, Samuel Chaffron3,4,5, Lucie Bittner6,7,8
1Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS, Laboratoire d'oceanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire Océanologique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.
Nature
|February 11, 2016
Resumen
La bomba biológica de carbono secuestra el carbono en las profundidades del océano. Las comunidades específicas de plancton y los genes microbianos se correlacionan con la exportación de carbono en aguas pobres en nutrientes, revelando los impulsores clave de este proceso.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología marina
- La oceanografía
- Biogeoquímica
Sus antecedentes:
- La bomba de carbono biológico (BCP) transforma el CO2 atmosférico en carbono orgánico, exportándolo a las profundidades del océano.
- La composición de la comunidad de plancton influye en la intensidad del BCP, pero las estructuras específicas del ecosistema que impulsan este proceso son poco conocidas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar la relación entre la estructura de la comunidad de plancton y la exportación de carbono en los océanos oligotróficos.
- Identificar taxones y genes microbianos clave asociados con la exportación de carbono.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizó datos ambientales y metagenómicos de la expedición de los Océanos Tara.
- Se analizaron las comunidades de plancton de las capas máximas de clorofila superficial y profunda.
- Composición correlacionada de la comunidad y abundancia de genes con exportación de carbono a 150 m.
Principales resultados:
- Las comunidades específicas de plancton, incluidas Radiolaria, parásitos alveolares, Synechococcus y sus fagos, están fuertemente asociadas con la exportación de carbono.
- La abundancia relativa de ciertos genes bacterianos y virales predice significativamente la variabilidad de la exportación de carbono en las regiones oligotróficas.
Conclusiones:
- La composición de la comunidad de plancton y los genes microbianos específicos son determinantes críticos de la eficiencia de la exportación de carbono en los océanos oligotróficos.
- Los taxones inesperados juegan un papel importante en la bomba de carbono biológica.
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