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Chemotactic Response of Marine Micro-Organisms to Micro-Scale Nutrient Layers
Published on: May 28, 2007
在北极海生态系统中,与直觉相反的碳与营养的合
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
概括
在北极水域,当微生物碳有限时,添加的有机碳可以减少整体碳积累,从而影响海洋碳循环. 这是因为细菌争夺必需的矿物营养,减少浮游植物活动和生物质.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物地质化学海洋生物地质化学
- 微生物生态学 微生物生态学
- 海洋碳循环是海洋的碳循环.
背景情况:
- 预测海洋的碳循环作用需要了解生物地化学过程中的石化学合.
- 一个高CO2的世界可能会增加溶解的有机物中的碳/比,但它的影响取决于矿化.
- 海洋生态系统中有机碳的命运与微生物食物网动态有关.
研究的目的:
- 研究可降解的有机碳如何影响北极海生态系统.
- 确定微生物食物网状态对有机碳命运和积累的影响.
- 了解碳和矿物营养素在自otrophic 和异otrophic 过程中的固体测量合.
主要方法:
- 在北极海生态系统中进行实地研究.
- 对可降解有机碳水平的操纵.
- 监测微生物食物网状态,细菌生长率和营养限制.
主要成果:
- 当细菌的矿物营养受限时,增加的有机碳积累起来.
- 当细菌有机碳有限时,添加的有机碳减少了植物浮游生物质和活动.
- 这导致了总有机碳积累的减少,这是一种反直觉的"更多的碳产生更少的碳"效应,特别是在藻丰富的系统中.
结论:
- 微生物食物网的状态极大地控制了海洋系统中有机碳的命运.
- 细菌对矿物营养的竞争可以抵消有机碳的积累,即使在高CO2的场景中.
- 精确的海洋碳循环建模需要详细了解微生物和浮游生物过程中的石化计合.
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