The effect of microorganisms and seasonal factors on the isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon from the black sea |
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Authors: | M. V. Ivanov A. Yu. Lein Yu. M. Miller S. K. Yusupov N. V. Pimenov B. Wehrli I. I. Rusanov A. Zehnder |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 2, 117811 Moscow, Russia;(2) Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskii pr. 36, 117218 Moscow, Russia;(3) Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | carbon isotope fractionation bacterial chemosynthesis particulate organic carbon the Black Sea |
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