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Chemotactic Response of Marine Micro-Organisms to Micro-Scale Nutrient Layers
Published on: May 28, 2007
光合成によるバイオフィルムのカルシフィケーションと,ファネロゾーイク時代の海洋におけるカルシウム濃度
1Göttinger Zentrum für Geowissenschaften, Abteilung Geobiologie, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany. garp@gwdg.de
まとめ
光合成による炭素の吸収は,サイアノバクテリアのストロマトライトにカルシウム炭酸の降水を引き起こしますが,低溶解無機炭素と高カルシウム環境でのみです. ファネロゾイク時代の海はカルシウムが高く,カルシ化されたサイアノバクテリアが説明できたが,プレカンブリア時代の海は溶解した無機炭素が多く,そのカルシ化を防ぐことができた.
科学分野:
- ジオバイオロジー・ジオバイオロジー
- パレオセアノグラフィー
- バイオミネラライゼーション
背景:
- シアノバクテリアのバイオフィルムはカルシウム炭酸を沈殿し,ストロマトライトを形成する.
- 光合成による炭素同化が,この化のための提案されたメカニズムである.
- このメカニズムの適用は,特定の環境条件に限定されています.
研究 の 目的:
- シアノバクテリアの光合成カルシフィケーションに必要な環境条件を調査する.
- 異なる地質時代の化サイアノバクテリアの存在と欠如を説明するために.
- ストロマトライトの形成を,時間とともに海洋化学と調和させるため.
主な方法:
- 最近の湖のバイオフィルムカルシフィケーションパターンの分析.
- 光合成によるカルシウム炭酸超飽和のシミュレーション.
- 二酸化炭素のパレオ・パーチアル圧力曲線の統合.
主要な成果:
- 光合成による化は,低溶解無機炭素 (DIC) と高カルシウム (Ca2+) の環境でのみ有効である.
- ファネロゾイク時代の海は,現在の海よりもかなり高いCa2+濃度を持っていた可能性が高い.
- プレキャンブリア海における高濃度のDICは,サイアノバクテリアの化を阻害した可能性がある.
結論:
- ストロマトライト形成の提案されたメカニズムは,環境的な制約があります.
- 海洋の化学,特にCa2+とDICレベルは,化サイアノバクテリアの流行を決定する.
- 海洋化学の進化は,プレカンブリア期とファネロゾイク期のストロマトライト記録を理解するための枠組みを提供します.
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