DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005037
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84945196043
论文题名: The multiple fates of sinking particles in the North Atlantic Ocean
作者: Collins J ; R ; , Edwards B ; R ; , Thamatrakoln K ; , Ossolinski J ; E ; , Ditullio G ; R ; , Bidle K ; D ; , Doney S ; C ; , Van Mooy B ; A ; S
刊名: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
ISSN: 8866236
出版年: 2015
卷: 29, 期: 9 起始页码: 1471
结束页码: 1494
语种: 英语
英文关键词: bacterial growth efficiency
; bacterial respiration
; carbon cycle
; microbial respiration
; particle flux
Scopus关键词: bacterium
; carbon cycle
; carbon flux
; enzyme activity
; mesopelagic zone
; microbial community
; organic matter
; particulate flux
; remineralization
; respiration
; solubilization
; water column
; Atlantic Ocean
; Atlantic Ocean (North)
; Bacteria (microorganisms)
英文摘要: The direct respiration of sinking organic matter by attached bacteria is often invoked as the dominant sink for settling particles in the mesopelagic ocean. However, other processes, such as enzymatic solubilization and mechanical disaggregation, also contribute to particle flux attenuation by transferring organic matter to the water column. Here we use observations from the North Atlantic Ocean, coupled to sensitivity analyses of a simple model, to assess the relative importance of particle-attached microbial respiration compared to the other processes that can degrade sinking particles. The observed carbon fluxes, bacterial production rates, and respiration by water column and particle-attached microbial communities each spanned more than an order of magnitude. Rates of substrate-specific respiration on sinking particle material ranged from 0.007 ± 0.003 to 0.173 ± 0.105 day-1. A comparison of these substrate-specific respiration rates with model results suggested sinking particle material was transferred to the water column by various biological and mechanical processes nearly 3.5 times as fast as it was directly respired. This finding, coupled with strong metabolic demand imposed by measurements of water column respiration (729.3 ± 266.0 mg C m-2 d-1, on average, over the 50 to 150 m depth interval), suggested a large fraction of the organic matter evolved from sinking particles ultimately met its fate through subsequent remineralization in the water column. At three sites, we also measured very low bacterial growth efficiencies and large discrepancies between depth-integrated mesopelagic respiration and carbon inputs. ©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/77931
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作者单位: MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States; Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States; Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, United States; Hollings Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States
Recommended Citation:
Collins J,R,, Edwards B,et al. The multiple fates of sinking particles in the North Atlantic Ocean[J]. Global Biogeochemical Cycles,2015-01-01,29(9)