海洋窒素固定の収束した推定値
Wei-Lei Wang1, J Keith Moore1, Adam C Martiny1,2
1Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Nature
|February 15, 2019
まとめ
海洋の窒素固定は 海洋の炭素循環に不可欠です この研究は,栄養素の比率と動物プランクトンの放牧の影響で,以前よりも高い世界的な窒素固定率と生物学的炭素輸出を明らかにしています.
科学分野:
- 海洋生物化学
- 海洋学
- エコロジー
背景:
- 海洋の窒素の固定パターンは 十分に理解されていないため 海洋の窒素と炭素の循環が 環境の変化に反応することを 理解することが困難です
- 局所測定が限られているため,窒素固定分布をマッピングし,生態学的要因を特定することは困難です.
研究 の 目的:
- 逆の生地化学および予測海洋モデルを使用して,海洋窒素固定の収束的な見積もりを提供する.
- 窒素の固定と炭素の輸出に対する栄養素の比率,外部からの輸入,そして上から下の放牧の影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- 窒素の固定を推定するために逆の生地化学モデルを使用した.
- 窒素の固定と炭素の輸出をシミュレートするために予測海洋モデルを使用しました.
- 輸出された有機物の窒素とリンの比率の空間的変動を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 輸出された有機物質の窒素とリン比の空間的変動が顕著で,世界の窒素固定率が増加した.
- 新しく固定された窒素と外部インプットは,亜熱帯圏の炭素輸出の50%まで貢献することを発見しました.
- 窒素の固定と脱窒素化の空間的分離が観察されているが,全体的な窒素源と吸収槽は,過去数十年にわたって均衡しているように見える.
結論:
- 動物プランクトンの放牧が世界の窒素固定パターンを制御する上で重要な役割を担うことを提案する.
- 生物学的炭素の輸出は以前考えられていたより高いことを示唆しています
- 窒素サイクルを安定させるフィードバックが予想より弱かったことを示す.
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