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Anna K. James Linda W. Kelly Craig E. Nelson Elizabeth G. Wilbanks Craig A. Carlson 《Environmental microbiology》2019,21(2):541-556
Factors that affect the respiration of organic carbon by marine bacteria can alter the extent to which the oceans act as a sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. We designed seawater dilution experiments to assess the effect of pCO2 enrichment on heterotrophic bacterial community composition and metabolic potential in response to a pulse of phytoplankton-derived organic carbon. Experiments included treatments of elevated (1000 p.p.m.) and low (250 p.p.m.) pCO2 amended with 10 μmol L−1 dissolved organic carbon from Emiliana huxleyi lysates, and were conducted using surface-seawater collected from the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre. To assess differences in community composition and metabolic potential, shotgun metagenomic libraries were sequenced from low and elevated pCO2 treatments collected at the start of the experiment and following exponential growth. Our results indicate bacterial communities changed markedly in response to the organic matter pulse over time and were significantly affected by pCO2 enrichment. Elevated pCO2 also had disproportionate effects on the abundance of sequences related to proton pumps, carbohydrate metabolism, modifications of the phospholipid bilayer, resistance to toxic compounds and conjugative transfer. These results contribute to a growing understanding of the effects of elevated pCO2 on bacteria-mediated carbon cycling during phytoplankton bloom conditions in the marine environment. 相似文献
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Changes in the trace gas composition of the atmosphere over glacial–interglacial cycles are linked to changes in the oceanic carbon cycle. This paper examines the role of biologically driven fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon in modifying the carbon dioxide chemistry of the oceans, and the corresponding implications for the partitioning of CO2 between the atmosphere and ocean. Relevant details of the marine carbon system are presented together with an assessment of the significance of remineralization and dissolution processes. Recent estimates of the marine carbonate fluxes show significant uncertainties and inconsistencies which must be resolved in order to assess fully the role of the oceans' biota in the marine carbon system. Various types of ocean carbon cycle models have been developed in order to interpret the changes in past atmospheric carbon dioxide. Some take account of the role of the oceans' biota, focussing in the main on the cycling of organic matter. Relatively few have considered the role of the carbonate pump and the subtle interactions between organic and inorganic carbon cycling. The significance of carbonate formation and dissolution, and of the effects of global change on the marine carbonate system, for air–sea fluxes of CO2 are discussed. Finally some recommendations for future research are made in order to improve our understanding of how spatial and temporal variation in marine carbonate fluxes, in conjunction with processes determining the oxidation and burial of organic matter in the oceans, affect levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. 相似文献
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Nagissa Mahmoudi Steven R. Beaupré Andrew D. Steen Ann Pearson 《Environmental microbiology》2017,19(7):2629-2644
Aquatic sediments harbour diverse microbial communities that mediate organic matter degradation and influence biogeochemical cycles. The pool of bioavailable carbon continuously changes as a result of abiotic processes and microbial activity. It remains unclear how microbial communities respond to heterogeneous organic matrices and how this ultimately affects heterotrophic respiration. To explore the relationships between the degradation of mixed carbon substrates and microbial activity, we incubated batches of organic‐rich sediments in a novel bioreactor (IsoCaRB) that permitted continuous observations of CO2 production rates, as well as sequential sampling of isotopic signatures (δ13C, Δ14C), microbial community structure and diversity, and extracellular enzyme activity. Our results indicated that lower molecular weight (MW), labile, phytoplankton‐derived compounds were degraded first, followed by petroleum‐derived exogenous pollutants, and finally by higher MW polymeric plant material. This shift in utilization coincided with a community succession and increased extracellular enzyme activities. Thus, sequential utilization of different carbon pools induced changes at both the community and cellular level, shifting community composition, enzyme activity, respiration rates, and residual organic matter reactivity. Our results provide novel insight into the accessibility of sedimentary organic matter and demonstrate how bioavailability of natural organic substrates may affect the function and composition of heterotrophic bacterial populations. 相似文献
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Carbon isotopic composition in suspended organic matter and bottom sediments of the East Arctic seas
The samples of water and bottom sediments of the East Siberian and Chukchi Seas collected during the second Russian-American RUSALCA expedition were used to analyze patterns of the isotopic composition of carbon in the organic matter (OM) of suspended material (SOM) and bottom sediments (BOM). Similar to other marine environments, the SOM isotopic composition depended on the ratio between the terrigenous and planktonic OM, both in the water body as a whole and in its parts. Thus, in the East Siberian Sea the carbon of SOM was poorer in 13C (??13C = ?24.51??) than the open part of the more productive Chukchi Sea (??13C = ?22.16??). In the less productive coastal waters of the Chukchi Sea, the ratio of terrigenous OM increased, resulting in a ??13C shift to lower values (?23.40??). Due to the influx of reduced products of anaerobic diagenesis of the sediments, elevated total number of microorganisms and dark CO2 fixation were found in the near-bottom water at the water-sediment biogeochemical barrier. The newly formed biomass of autotrophic microorganisms shifted the carbon isotopic composition of the near-bottom suspended material to more positive ??13C values, with the average values of ?23.39 and ?20.37?? for the East Siberian and Chukchi Sea, respectively. Changes in the carbon isotopic composition of OM resulting from microbial activity continued in the upper sediment layers. When the rate of biomass synthesis increased that of biomass consumption, the 13C content increased further. At higher rates of OM mineralization, 12C accumulated in its remaining part. 相似文献
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CRISTINA PULIDO ESTHER C. H. E. T. LUCASSEN OLE PEDERSEN JAN G. M. ROELOFS 《Freshwater Biology》2011,56(5):939-951
1. Despite real improvement in the water quality of many previously eutrophic lakes, the recovery of submerged vegetation has been poor. This lack of recovery is possibly caused by the accumulation of organic matter on the top layer of the sediment, which is produced under eutrophic conditions. Hence, our objective was to study the combined effects of quantity and lability of sediment organic matter on the biomass of Echinodorus repens and Littorella uniflora and on the force required to uproot plants of L. uniflora. 2. Lake sediments, rich in organic matter, were collected from four lakes, two with healthy populations of isoetids and two from which isoetids had disappeared. The four lake sediments were mixed with sand to prepare a range of experimental sediments that differed in quantity and lability of sediment organic matter. Two isoetid species, E. repens and L. uniflora, were grown in these sediments for 8 weeks. Sediment quality parameters, including elemental composition, nutrient availability and mineralisation rates, were determined on the raw sources of sediment from the lakes. Porewater and surface water were analysed for the chemical composition in all mixtures. At the end of the experiment, plants were harvested and their biomass, tissue nutrient concentration and (for L. uniflora) uprooting force were measured. 3. For both species, all plants survived and showed no signs of stress on all types of sediment. The biomass of E. repens increased as the fraction of organic matter was increased (from 6 to 39% of organic content, depending upon sediment type). However, in some of the sediment types, a higher fraction of organic matter led to a decline in biomass. The biomass of L. uniflora was less responsive to organic content and was decreased significantly only when the least labile sediment source was used to create the gradient of organic matter. The increase in shoot biomass for both species was closely related to higher CO2 concentrations in the porewater of the sediment. The force required to uproot L. uniflora plants over a range of sediment organic matter fitted a Gaussian model; it reached a maximum at around 15% organic matter and declined significantly above that. 4. Increasing organic matter content of the sediment increased the biomass of isoetid plants, as the positive effects of higher CO2 production outweighed the negative effects of low oxygen concentration in more (labile) organic sediments. However, sediment organic matter can adversely affect isoetid survival by promoting the uprooting of plants. 相似文献
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Lake Matano, Indonesia, is a stratified anoxic lake with iron‐rich waters that has been used as an analogue for the Archean and early Proterozoic oceans. Past studies of Lake Matano report large amounts of methane production, with as much as 80% of primary production degraded via methanogenesis. Low δ13C values of DIC in the lake are difficult to reconcile with this notion, as fractionation during methanogenesis produces isotopically heavy CO2. To help reconcile these observations, we develop a box model of the carbon cycle in ferruginous Lake Matano, Indonesia, that satisfies the constraints of CH4 and DIC isotopic profiles, sediment composition, and alkalinity. We estimate methane fluxes smaller than originally proposed, with about 9% of organic carbon export to the deep waters degraded via methanogenesis. In addition, despite the abundance of Fe within the waters, anoxic ferric iron respiration of organic matter degrades <3% of organic carbon export, leaving methanogenesis as the largest contributor to anaerobic organic matter remineralization, while indicating a relatively minor role for iron as an electron acceptor. As the majority of carbon exported is buried in the sediments, we suggest that the role of methane in the Archean and early Proterozoic oceans is less significant than presumed in other studies. 相似文献
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Chiara Ravaglioli Fabio Bulleri Saskia Rühl Sophie J. McCoy Helen S. Findlay Stephen Widdicombe Ana M. Queirs 《Global Change Biology》2019,25(12):4165-4178
Anthropogenic stressors can alter the structure and functioning of infaunal communities, which are key drivers of the carbon cycle in marine soft sediments. Nonetheless, the compounded effects of anthropogenic stressors on carbon fluxes in soft benthic systems remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the cumulative effects of ocean acidification (OA) and hypoxia on the organic carbon fate in marine sediments, through a mesocosm experiment. Isotopically labelled macroalgal detritus (13C) was used as a tracer to assess carbon incorporation in faunal tissue and in sediments under different experimental conditions. In addition, labelled macroalgae (13C), previously exposed to elevated CO2, were also used to assess the organic carbon uptake by fauna and sediments, when both sources and consumers were exposed to elevated CO2. At elevated CO2, infauna increased the uptake of carbon, likely as compensatory response to the higher energetic costs faced under adverse environmental conditions. By contrast, there was no increase in carbon uptake by fauna exposed to both stressors in combination, indicating that even a short‐term hypoxic event may weaken the ability of marine invertebrates to withstand elevated CO2 conditions. In addition, both hypoxia and elevated CO2 increased organic carbon burial in the sediment, potentially affecting sediment biogeochemical processes. Since hypoxia and OA are predicted to increase in the face of climate change, our results suggest that local reduction of hypoxic events may mitigate the impacts of global climate change on marine soft‐sediment systems. 相似文献
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Sedimentation in Boreal Lakes—The Role of Flocculation of Allochthonous Dissolved Organic Matter in the Water Column 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
We quantified sedimentation of organic carbon in 12 Swedish small boreal lakes (<0.48 km2), which ranged in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from 4.4 to 21.4 mg C l−1. Stable isotope analysis suggests that most of the settling organic matter is of allochthonous origin. Annual sedimentation
of allochthonous matter per m2 lake area was correlated to DOC concentration in the water (R
2 = 0.41), and the relationship was improved when sedimentation data were normalized to water depth (R
2 = 0.58). The net efflux of C as CO2 from the water to the atmosphere was likewise correlated to DOC concentration (R
2 = 0.52). The losses of organic carbon from the water column via mineralization to CO2 and via sedimentation were approximately of equal importance throughout the year. Our results imply that DOC is a precursor
of the settling matter, resulting in an important pathway in the carbon cycle of boreal lakes. Thus, flocculation of DOC of
terrestrial origin and subsequent sedimentation could lead to carbon sequestration by burial in lake sediments. 相似文献
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Algesten G Sobek S Bergström AK Jonsson A Tranvik LJ Jansson M 《Microbial ecology》2005,50(4):529-535
We measured sediment production of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) and the net flux of CO2 across the surfaces of 15 boreal and subarctic lakes of different humic contents. Sediment respiration measurements were
made in situ under ambient light conditions. The flux of CO2 between sediment and water varied between an uptake of 53 and an efflux of 182 mg C m−2 day−1 from the sediments. The mean respiration rate for sediments in contact with the upper mixed layer (SedR) was positively correlated
to dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration in the water (r2 = 0.61). The net flux of CO2 across the lake surface [net ecosystem exchange (NEE)] was also closely correlated to DOC concentration in the upper mixed
layer (r2 = 0.73). The respiration in the water column was generally 10-fold higher per unit lake area compared to sediment respiration.
Lakes with DOC concentrations <5.6 mg L−1 had net consumption of CO2 in the sediments, which we ascribe to benthic primary production. Only lakes with very low DOC concentrations were net autotrophic
(<2.6 mg L−1) due to the dominance of dissolved allochthonous organic carbon in the water as an energy source for aquatic organisms. In
addition to previous findings of allochthonous organic matter as an important driver of heterotrophic metabolism in the water
column of lakes, this study suggests that sediment metabolism is also highly dependent on allochthonous carbon sources. 相似文献
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M. V. Ivanov A. Yu. Lein A. S. Savvichev I. I. Rusanov E. F. Veslopolova E. E. Zakharova T. S. Prusakova 《Microbiology》2013,82(6):735-742
At ten stations of the meridian profile in the eastern Kara Sea from the Yenisei estuary through the shallow shelf and further through the St. Anna trough, total microbial numbers (TMN) determined by direct counting, total activity of the microbial community determined by dark CO2 assimilation (DCA), and the carbon isotopic composition of organic matter in suspension and upper sediment horizons (δ13C, ‰) were investigated. Three horizons were studied in detail: (1) the near-bottom water layer (20–30 cm above the sediment); (2) the uppermost, strongly hydrated sediment horizon, further termed fluffy layer (5–10 mm); and (3) the upper sediment horizon (1–5 cm). Due to a decrease in the amount of isotopically light carbon of terrigenous origin with increasing distance from the Yenisei estuary, the TMN and DCA values decreased, and the δ13C changed gradually from ?29.7 to ?23.9‰. At most stations, a noticeable decrease in TMN and DCA values with depth was observed in the water column, while the carbon isotopic composition of suspended organic matter did not change significantly. Considerable changes of all parameters were detected in the interface zone: TMN and DCA increased in the sediments compared to their values in near-bottom water, while the 13C content increased significantly, with δ13C of organic matter in the sediments being at some stations 3.5–4.0‰ higher than in the near-bottom water. Due to insufficient illumination in the near-bottom zone, newly formed isotopically heavy organic matter (δ13C ~ ?20‰) could not be formed by photosynthesis; active growth of chemoautotrophic microorganisms in this zone is suggested, which may use reduced sulfur, nitrogen, and carbon compounds diffusing from anaerobic sediments. High DCA values for the interface zone samples confirm this hypothesis. Moreover, neutrophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were retrieved from the samples of this zone. 相似文献
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Bioturbation and directionality in Earth's carbon isotope record across the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian transition
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Mixing of sediments by moving animals becomes apparent in the trace fossil record from about 550 million years ago (Ma), loosely overlapping with the tail end of the extreme carbonate carbon isotope δ13Ccarbonate fluctuations that qualitatively distinguish the Proterozoic geochemical record from that of the Phanerozoic. These Precambrian‐scale fluctuations in δ13Ccarbonate (PSF‐δ13Ccarbonate) remain enigmatic, due to their high amplitude and inclusion of global‐scale negative δ13Ccarbonate values, below anything attributable to mantle input. Here, we note that different biogeochemical‐model scenarios plausibly explaining globally synchronous PSF‐δ13Ccarbonate converge: via mechanistic requirements for extensive anoxia in marine sediments to support sedimentary build‐up of 13C‐depleted carbon. We hypothesize that bioturbation qualitatively reduced marine sediment anoxia by exposing sediments to oxygenated overlying waters, which ultimately contributed to decreasing the carbon cycle's subsequent susceptibility to PSF‐ δ13Ccarbonate. Bioturbation may also have reduced the quantity of (isotopically light) organic‐derived carbon available to contribute to PSF‐ δ13Ccarbonate via ocean crust carbonatization at depth. We conduct a comparative modelling exercise in which we introduce bioturbation to existing model scenarios for PSF‐ δ13Ccarbonate: expressing both the anoxic proportion of marine sediments, and the global organic carbon burial efficiency, as a decreasing function of bioturbation. We find that bioturbation's oxygenating impact on sediments has the capacity to prevent PSF‐ δ13Ccarbonate caused by authigenic carbonate precipitation or methanogenesis. Bioturbation's impact on the f‐ratio via remineralization is partially offset by liberation of organic phosphate, some of which feeds back into new production. We emphasize that this study is semiquantitative, exploratory and intended merely to provide a qualitative theoretical framework within which bioturbation's impact on long‐term, first‐order δ13Ccarbonate can be assessed (and it is hoped quantified in more detail by future work). With this proviso, we conclude that it is entirely plausible that bioturbation made a decisive contribution to the enigmatic directionality in the δ13Ccarbonate record, from the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian boundary onwards. 相似文献
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Carbon isotope composition of suspended organic matter (CICSOM) and of organic carbon of the bottom sediments (CICBS) was studied in a series of expeditions (starting in 1993) to the White, Kara, Chukchi, and Barents seas in the Russian Arctic. For each sea, CICSOM and CICBS was found to depend primarily on the ratio of OM produced in the water and OM of terrigenous origin. While in the White Sea, where the primary production (PP) is 5.3 times higher than the yearly inflow of terrigenous OM, δ13C of SOM carbon is ?29.1‰, in the Chukchi Sea, where PP is more than 300 times higher than the inflow of terrigenous OM, δ13C of SOM carbon is ?21.8‰. In the Barents and Chukchi seas, a considerable effect of suspended material arriving with the currents from the neighboring seas on formation of the CICSOM was demonstrated. The difference between CIC OM of the bottom sediments form CICSOM, the main component of organic matter in the sediments of all shelf seas, was demonstrated for the first time for all the seas studied. This results from production of additional microbial OM due to CO2 assimilation at the water-sediment redox boundary or in near-bottom water. 相似文献
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ELKE BRANDES NAOMI KODAMA KATHERINE WHITTAKER† CHRISTOPHER WESTON† HEINZ RENNENBERG CLAUDIA KEITEL‡ MARK A. ADAMS§ ARTHUR GESSLER†‡ 《Global Change Biology》2006,12(10):1922-1939
We aimed to quantify the separate effects of photosynthetic and postphotosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination on δ13C of the fast‐turn‐over carbon pool (water soluble organic carbon and CO2 emitted from heterotrophic tissues), including their diel variation, along the pathway of carbon transport from the foliage to the base of the stem. For that purpose, we determined δ13C in total and water‐soluble organic matter of the foliage plus δ13C and δ18O in phloem organic matter of twigs and at three heights along the stem of Pinus sylvestris over a nine‐day period, including four measurements per day. These data were related to meteorological and photosynthesis parameters and to the δ13C of stem‐emitted CO2. In the canopy (foliage and twigs), the δ13C of soluble organic matter varied diurnally with amplitudes of up to 1.9‰. The greatest 13C enrichment was recorded during the night/early morning, indicating a strong influence of starch storage and remobilization on the carbon isotope signatures of sugars exported from the leaves. 13C enrichment of soluble organic matter from the leaves to the twig phloem and further on to the phloem of the stem was supposed to be a result of carbon isotope fractionation associated with metabolic processes in the source and sink tissues. CO2 emitted from the stem was enriched by 2.3–5.2‰ compared with phloem organic matter. When day‐to‐day variation was addressed, water‐soluble leaf δ13C and twig phloem δ18O were strongly influenced by ci/ca and stomatal conductance (Gs), respectively. These results show that both photosynthetic and postphotosynthetic carbon isotope fractionation influence δ13C of organic matter over time, and over the length of the basipetal transport pathway. Clearly, these influences on the δ13C of respired CO2 must be considered when using the latter for partitioning of ecosystem CO2 fluxes or when the assessment of δ13C in organic matter is applied to estimate environmental effects in ci/ca. 相似文献
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We studied the biochemical degradation of organic matter comprising marine diatom, land grass, and salt marsh plant in estuarine
ecosystems in two laboratory microcosms consisting of estuarine sediments and coastal seawater. The materials were incubated
separately and together under controlled oxic and anoxic conditions to test effects of co-metabolism and redox on overall
degradation of organic matter. We followed variations of bulk parameters [total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN),
C/N ratio, δ13CTOC, and δ15NTN], fatty acid concentrations, and compound-specific δ13C values over 3 months. Coexistence of marine diatom (relatively labile) with land grass/salt marsh plant (relatively refractory)
in the microcosms yielded a negative co-metabolism effect (retardation rather than acceleration) on the overall degradation
of organic matter. The ratios of oxic to anoxic degradation rate constants (k
ox/k
an) of TOC and most fatty acids were in a range of 1.1–1.7, implying that redox conditions per se had a limited influence on
degradation of fresh organic materials in estuarine ecosystems. Variations of two bacteria-specific fatty acids (iso- and
anteiso-15:0) and their δ13C values indicated that bacterial metabolism could use organic carbon (OC) from any available material when only one single-source
material was dominant in the ecosystems. However, bacteria probably utilized OC preferentially from labile marine diatom when
multiple-source materials were almost equally present in the ecosystems. 相似文献
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We collected benthic bacterial production data measured by 3H thymidine incorporation (TTI) (25 studies), frequency of dividing cells (FDC) (3 studies), dark-C02 assimilation (1 study) and 3H-adenine uptake (2 studies) from the literature, which included 18 marine, 6 river, and 2 lake studies. In all of the studies that used the TTI method, 3H-DNA was isolated and incubations were carried out at in situ temperatures. Most of the researchers also determined 3H-DNA extraction efficiencies and isotope dilution, thus interpretable estimates of bacterial production were used in the analysis. In marine sediments, bacterial production rates were linked to bacterial biomass, bacterial abundance, sediment organic matter, temperature, and sediment chlorophyll a, with these variables explaining between 40% and 68% of the variation in production rates. Simple relationships between production and bacterial biomass or bacterial abundance, or between production and sediment organic matter, were improved by also including temperature in the analysis of marine sediments. Sediment organic matter explained an appreciable fraction (58%) of the observed production in freshwater sediments. Temperature was the most powerful predictor of the observed variability in specific growth rates (r
2 = 0.48 and r
2 = 0.58) in marine and freshwater sediments, respectively. Thus, bacterial production and specific growth rates are most closely linked to substrate supply and temperature in marine and freshwater sediments.
Offprint requests to: B. C. Sander. 相似文献
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Manfred Schidlowski 《Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere》1985,15(4):263-277
The isotopic composition of organic carbon from extant stromatolite-type microbial ecosystems is commonly slanted toward heavy 13 C values as compared to respective compositions of average organic matter (including that from Precambrian stromatolites). This seems the more enigmatic as the bulk of primary producers from benthic microbial communities are known to fix carbon via the C3 pathway normally entailing the sizable fractionations of the RuBP carboxylase reaction.There is reason to believe that the small fractionations displayed by aquatic microorganisms result from the limitations of a diffusion-controlled assimilatory pathway in which the isotope effect of the enzymatic reaction is largely suppressed. Apart from the diffusion-control exercised by the aqueous environment, transport of CO2 to the photosynthetically active sites will be further impeded by the protective slime (polysaccharide) coatings commonly covering microbial mats in which gas diffusivities are extremely low. Ineffective discrimination against13C becomes, however, most pronounced in hypersaline environments where substantially reduced CO2 solubilities tend to push carbon into the role of a limiting nutrient (brine habitats constitute preferential sanctuaries of mat-forming microbenthos since the emergence of Metazoan grazers 0.7 Ga ago). As the same microbial communities had been free to colonize normal marine environments during the Precambrian, the CO2 concentration effect was irrelevant to the carbon-fixing pathway of these ancient forms. Therefore, it might not surprise that organic matter from Precambrian stromatolites displays the large fractionations commonly associated with C3 photosynthesis. Increased mixing ratios of CO2 in the Precambrian atmosphere may have additionally contributed to the elimination of the diffusion barrier in the carbon-fixing pathways of ancient mat-forming microbiota. 相似文献
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1. Lake eutrophication has increased phytoplankton blooms and sediment organic matter. Among higher plants, small, oligotrophic rosette species (isoetids) have disappeared, while a few tall, eutrophic species (elodeids) may have persisted. Despite recent reduction of nutrient loading in restored lakes, the vegetation has rarely regained its former composition and coverage. Patterns of recovery may depend on local alkalinity because HCO3? stimulates photosynthesis of elodeids and not of isoetids. In laboratory growth experiments with two isoetids (Lobelia dortmanna and Littorella uniflora) and two elodeids (Potamogeton crispus and P. perfoliatus), we test whether organic enrichment of lake sediments has a long‐lasting influence by: (i) reducing plant growth because of oxygen stress on plant roots and (ii) inhibiting growth more for isoetids than elodeids. We also test whether (iii) increasing alkalinity (from 0.17 to 3.20 meq. L?1) enhances growth and reduces inhibition of organic sediment enrichment for elodeids but not for isoetids. 2. In low organic sediments, higher oxygen release from roots of isoetids than elodeids generated oxic conditions to greater sediment depth for Lobelia (4.3 cm) and Littorella (3.0 cm) than for Potamogeton species (1.6–2.2 cm). Sediment oxygen penetration depth fell rapidly to 0.4–1.0 cm for all four species at even modest organic enrichment and oxygen consumption in the sediments. Roots became shorter and isoetid roots became thicker to better supply oxygen to apical meristems. 3. Growth of elodeids was strongly inhibited across all levels of organic enrichment of sediments being eight‐fold lower at the highest enrichment compared to the unenriched control. Leaf biomass of isoetids increased three‐fold by moderate organic enrichment presumably because of greater CO2 supply from sediments being their main CO2 source. At higher organic enrichment, isoetid biomass was reduced, leaf chlorophyll declined up to 10‐fold, root length declined from 7 to <2 cm and mortality rose (up to 50%) signalling high plant stress. 4. Lobelia was not affected by HCO3? addition in accordance with its use of sediment CO2. Biomass of elodeids increased severalfold by rising alkalinity from 0.17 to 3.20 meq. L?1 in accordance with their use of HCO3? for photosynthesis, while the negative impact of organically enriched sediments remained. 5. Overall, root development of all four species was so strongly restricted in sediments enriched with labile organic matter that plants if growing in situ may lose root anchorage. Other experiments demonstrate that this risk is enhanced by greater water content and reduced consolidation in organically rich sediments. Therefore, formation of more muddy and oxygen‐demanding sediments during eutrophication will impede plant recovery in restored lakes while high local alkalinity will help elodeid recovery. 相似文献
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The ecological significance of sulfur in the energy dynamics of salt marsh and coastal marine sediments 总被引:8,自引:4,他引:4
Robert W. Howarth 《Biogeochemistry》1984,1(1):5-27
Sulfur is an important element in the metabolism of salt marshes and subtidal, coastal marine sediments because of its role as an electron acceptor, carrier, and donor. Sulfate is the major electron acceptor for respiration in anoxic marine sediments. Anoxic respiration becomes increasingly important in sediments as total respiration increases, and so sulfate reduction accounts for a higher percentage of total sediment respiration in sediments where total respiration is greater. Thus, sulfate accounts for 25% of total sediment respiration in nearshore sediments (200 m water depth or less) where total respiration rates are 0.1 to 0.3gCm–1 day–1 , for 50% to 70% in nearshore sediments with higher rates of total respiration (0.3 to 3gCm–2 day–1), and for 70% to 90% in salt marsh sediments where total sediment respiration rates are 2.5 to 5.5gcm–2 day–1 .During sulfate reduction, large amounts of energy from the respired organic matter are conserved in inorganic reduced sulfur compounds such as soluble sulfides, thiosulfate, elemental sulfur, iron monosulfides, and pyrite. Only a small percentage of the reduced sulfur formed during sulfate reduction is accreted in marine sediments and salt marshes. When these reduced sulfur compounds are oxidized, energy is released. Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria which catalyze these oxidations can use the energy of oxidation with efficiencies (the ratio of energy fixed in organic biomass to energy released in sulfur oxidation) of up to 21–37% to fix CO2 and produce new organic biomass.Chemolithoautotrophic bacterial production may represent a significant new formation of organic matter in some marine sediments. In some sediments, chemolithoautotrophic bacterial production may even equal or exceed organoheterotrophic bacterial production. The combined cycle of anaerobic decomposition through sulfate reduction, energy conservation as reduced sulfur compounds; and chemolithoautotrophic production of new organic carbon serves to take relatively low-quality organic matter from throughout the sediments and concentrate the energy as living biomass in a discrete zone near the sediment surface where it can be readily grazed by animals.Contribution from a symposium on the role of sulfur in ecosystem processes held August 10, 1983, at the annual meeting of the A.I.B.S., Grand Forks, ND; Myron Mitchell, convenor. 相似文献
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Organic matter diagenesis at the oxic/anoxic interface in coastal marine sediments,with emphasis on the role of burrowing animals 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
The present paper reviews the current knowledge on diagenetic carbon transformations at the oxic/anoxic interface in coastal marine sediments. Oxygen microelectrodes have revealed that most coastal sediments are covered only by a thin oxic surface layer. The penetration depth of oxygen into sediments is controlled by the balance between downward transport and consumption processes. Consumption of oxygen is directly or indirectly caused by respiration of benthic organisms. Aerobic organisms have the enzymatic capacity for complete oxidation of organic carbon. Anaerobic decay occurs stepwise, involving several types of bacteria. Large organic molecules are first fermented into small moieties. These are then oxidized completely by anaerobic respirers using a sequence of electron acceptors: Mn4+, NO3
-, Fe3+, SO4
2- and CO2. The quantitative role of each electron acceptor depends on the sediment type and water depth. Since most of the sediment oxygen uptake is due to reoxidation of reduced metabolites, aerobic respiration is of limited importance. It has been suggested that sediments contain three major organic fractions: (1) fresh material that is oxidized regardless of oxygen conditions; (2) oxygen sensitive material that is only degraded in the presence of oxygen; and (3) totally refractory organic matter. Processes occurring at the oxic/anoxic boundaries are controlled by a number of factors. The most important are: (1) temperature, (2) organic supply, (3) light, (4) water currents, and (5) bioturbation. The role of bioturbation is important because the infauna creates a three-dimensional mosaic of oxic/anoxic interfaces in sediments. The volume of oxic burrow walls may be several times the volume of oxic surface sediment. The infauna increases the capacity, but not the overall organic matter decay in sediments, thus decreasing the pool of reactive organic matter. The increase in decay capacity is partly caused by injection of oxygen into the sediment, and thereby enhancing the decay of old, oxygen sensitive organic matter several fold. Finally, some future research directions to improve our understanding of diagenetic processes at the oxic/anoxic interface are suggested. 相似文献
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M. V. Ivanov A. Yu. Lein Yu. M. Miller S. K. Yusupov N. V. Pimenov B. Wehrli I. I. Rusanov A. Zehnder 《Microbiology》2000,69(4):449-459
The isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon (POC) from the Black Sea deep-water zone was studied during a Russian-Swiss
expedition in May 1998. POC from the upper part of the hydrogen sulfide zone (the C-layer) was found to be considerably enriched
with the12C isotope, as compared to the POC of the oxycline and anaerobic zone. In the C-layer waters, the concurrent presence of dissolved
oxygen and hydrogen sulfide and an increased rate of dark CO2 fixation were recorded, suggesting that the change in the POC isotopic composition occurs at the expense of newly formed
isotopically light organic matter of the biomass of autotrophic bacteria involved in the sulfur cycle. In the anaerobic waters
below the C-layer, the organic matter of the biomass of autotrophs is consumed by the community of heterotrophic microorganisms;
this results in weighting of the POC isotopic composition. Analysis of the data obtained and data available in the literature
allows an inference to be made about the considerable seasonable variability of the POC δ13C value, which depends on the ratio of terrigenic and planktonogenic components in the particulate organic matter. 相似文献