Contributions of Vertically Migrating Metazoans to Sinking and Suspended Particulate Matter Fuel N2 Production in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Deficient Zone

IF 5.4 2区 地球科学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Clara A. Fuchsman, Megan E. Duffy, Jacob A. Cram, Paulina Huanca-Valenzuela, Benjamin P. Gregory, Louis V. Plough, James J. Pierson, Catherine L. Fitzgerald, Allan H. Devol, Richard G. Keil
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Oxygen Deficient Zones (ODZs) are the largest pelagic sinks of N containing nutrients in the ocean. The offshore Eastern Tropical North Pacific (ETNP) ODZ has been shown to be limited by organic matter. We propose zooplankton/forage fish as a key source of particulate and dissolved organic matter for N2 production that has previously been ignored. We examined data sets from four cruises (April 2012, January 2017, April 2018, October 2019) at a station in the central ETNP. Backscattering data were used to determine zooplankton vertical migration depths (250–450 m, maximum at 270–280 m). Metazoan DNA concentrations, as measured by quantitative PCR, had a reproducible maximum at 270–280 m, confirming that these signals indicate the presence of zooplankton/forage fish. Additionally, a large maximum in sinking pteropod shells was found at 270 m, indicating that pteropods were part of the migrating community. While crustacean zooplankton have been shown to reduce respiration and excretion of ammonium under anoxia, we found intermittently measurable ammonium concentrations at 270 m. Here we show signatures consistent with organic matter of zooplankton/forage fish origin in the C:N and δ13C of suspended and sinking organic matter at the vertical migration depth that suggest transportation to these depths by migrating zooplankton/forage fish. Also coincident with the migration maximum was a reproducible-between-years maximum in the biological N2 gas, and a repeatable shoulder on the nitrite maximum, which suggest that the migrating zooplankton partially fuels N loss. Thus, zooplankton/forage fish appear to be one source of organic matter which can fuel N2 production in ODZs.

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Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Global Biogeochemical Cycles 环境科学-地球科学综合
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8.90
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7.70%
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141
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8-16 weeks
期刊介绍: Global Biogeochemical Cycles (GBC) features research on regional to global biogeochemical interactions, as well as more local studies that demonstrate fundamental implications for biogeochemical processing at regional or global scales. Published papers draw on a wide array of methods and knowledge and extend in time from the deep geologic past to recent historical and potential future interactions. This broad scope includes studies that elucidate human activities as interactive components of biogeochemical cycles and physical Earth Systems including climate. Authors are required to make their work accessible to a broad interdisciplinary range of scientists.
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