由浮游生物多样性和海洋循环调节的海洋气储备
1University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. tweber@atmos.ucla.edu
Nature
|September 22, 2012
概括
海洋植物浮游生物海洋植物浮游生物
科学领域:
- 海洋生态海洋生态学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
背景情况:
- 海洋植物浮游生物的平均与比率 (16N:1P) 非常接近海洋水 (14.3N:1P).
- 这种平衡归因于海洋预算的生物控制,其中无化细菌和二氧化植物浮游生物扮演着关键角色.
研究的目的:
- 研究浮游植物代谢多样性对海洋和预算的影响.
- 为了调和模拟和观察到的海洋酸盐赤字之间的差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了一个现实的海洋循环模型.
- 纳入了各种植物浮游植物的与 (N:P) 要求,超出了统一的N:P比率.
- 模拟了分离体和高N:P植物浮游生物群落之间的竞争.
主要成果:
- 模型中均的N:P比率导致酸盐赤字是观察值的两倍.
- 包括多样化的浮游植物N:P需求增加了海洋库存.
- 浅的循环被认为是防止与的比率超过浮游生物平均值的关键.
结论:
- 植物浮游生物的代谢多样性对于准确建模海洋营养循环至关重要.
- 海洋循环模式显著影响固定的分布和可用性.
- 大规模的浮游生物多样性和循环是海洋库存的关键决定因素.
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