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北極のペラジック生態系における,直感に反する炭素と栄養素の結合です
T F Thingstad1, R G J Bellerby, G Bratbak
1Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Jahnebakken 5PO Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway. frede.thingstad@bio.uib.no
Nature
|August 22, 2008
まとめ
北極の水域では,微生物が炭素を限られているとき,加えた有機炭素が全体的な炭素蓄積を減少させ,海洋の炭素循環に影響を与える可能性があります. これは,細菌が不可欠なミネラル栄養素を争い,植物プランクトンの活動とバイオマスを減少させるため起こります.
科学分野:
- 海洋生物ジオケミストリー
- 微生物生態学とは
- 海洋の炭素循環とは
背景:
- 海洋の炭素循環の役割を予測するには,生物地球化学的過程におけるステキオメトリックカップリングの理解が必要です.
- 高CO2の世界では,溶解した有機物質の炭素/窒素比が増加するかもしれませんが,その影響は鉱化に依存します.
- 海洋生態系における有機炭素の運命は,微生物の食物網のダイナミクスと結びついている.
研究 の 目的:
- 分解可能な有機炭素が北極のペラジック生態系にどのような影響を与えるかを調査する.
- 微生物の食物網状態が有機炭素の運命と蓄積に及ぼす影響を決定する.
- 炭と鉱物栄養素のステキオメトリック結合を,オートトロフィックおよびヘテロトロフィックプロセスで理解する.
主な方法:
- 北極のペラジック生態系におけるフィールド研究.
- 分解可能な有機炭素濃度の操作.
- 微生物の食物網の状態,バクテリアの成長率,栄養素の制限のモニタリング.
主要な成果:
- バクテリアがミネラル栄養素に制限されたとき,追加された有機炭素が蓄積されました.
- バクテリアが有機炭素に限定されていたとき,追加された有機炭素は植物プランクトンのバイオマスと活動を減少させた.
- これにより,全有機炭素の蓄積が減少し,直感に反する"より多くの炭素は,より少ない炭素を生成する"効果,特にダイアトムに富んだシステムに起きました.
結論:
- 微生物の食物網の状態は,海洋システムにおける有機炭素の運命を決定的に制御する.
- ミネラル栄養素に対するバクテリアの競争は,高CO2シナリオでも,有機炭素の蓄積を相殺することができます.
- 海洋の炭素循環の正確なモデリングには,微生物と植物プランクトンのプロセスにおけるステキオメトリックカップリングの詳細な知識が必要です.
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