泥炭区的变暖影响了分支四乙烯脂质的丰富性和分布:对温度重建的影响
Nicholas O E Ofiti1, Arnaud Huguet2, Paul J Hanson3
1Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; CEREEP-Ecotron Ile De France, ENS, CNRS, PSL Research University, Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, France.
The Science of the total environment
|March 15, 2024
概括
分支糖醇二甲基糖醇四乙烯 (brGDGTs) 是作为气候代理物使用的细菌脂质. 变暖增加了泥炭地中的brGDGTs,变化集中在表面层,表明生理适应和深度特异性反应改善了古气候重建.
科学领域:
- 生物地质科学 生物地质科学
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 微生物生态学 微生物生态学
背景情况:
- 分支甘二甲基甘四乙醇 (brGDGTs) 是细菌膜脂质,被用作古气候代理物.
- 现有的基于brGDGT的温度模型具有很高的不确定性和生态系统层面的不一致性.
- 对brGDGT温度机制和其他因素影响的有限理解有助于不准确.
研究的目的:
- 调查现场变暖对北极泥炭地brGDGT丰度和分布的影响.
- 评估brGDGTs对变暖的深度特异反应.
- 为了评估土壤温度和水表深度对brGDGT代理的影响.
主要方法:
- 在四年内对北极泥炭地进行实验性变暖,并控制温度的增加.
- 在不同深度的土壤样本中分析brGDGT度和分布.
- 计算5-甲基brGDGTs (MBT'5Me) 的甲基化指数作为温度代理.
主要成果:
- 总brGDGT度随着实验变暖而增加.
- brGDGT分布在表面有氧层 (0-30厘米) 转移,但在更深的无氧层 (> 40厘米) 没有转移.
- MBT'5Me指数显示,随着气候变暖而大幅增加,但其与温度的关系随着深度而变化.
- 土壤温度和水表深度被确定为brGDGT度和分布的关键驱动因素.
结论:
- 变暖导致brGDGT产生的微生物的生理适应,导致脂质分布的快速变化.
- brGDGTs对变暖的深度特异性反应是显著的,必须在古环境研究中考虑.
- brGDGT仍然是可行的温度代理,但它们的应用需要考虑土壤温度和水表影响.
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