Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean
Biogeochemical cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the ocean depends on both the composition and activity of underlying biological communities and on abiotic factors. The Southern Ocean is encircled by a series of strong currents and fronts, providing a barrier to microbial dispersion into adj...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:54557 2024-09-15T18:37:01+00:00 Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean Hörstmann, Cora Raes, Eric J. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi Lo Monaco, Claire John, Uwe Waite, Anya M. 2021 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54557/ https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3733-2021 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.468ea141-7724-4a57-9790-dea5e50982a7 unknown Hörstmann, C. orcid:0000-0002-0097-2454 , Raes, E. J. , Buttigieg, P. L. orcid:0000-0002-4366-3088 , Lo Monaco, C. , John, U. orcid:0000-0002-1297-4086 and Waite, A. M. (2021) Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean , Biogeosciences, 18 (12), pp. 3733-3749 . doi:10.5194/bg-18-3733-2021 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3733-2021> , hdl:10013/epic.468ea141-7724-4a57-9790-dea5e50982a7 EPIC3Biogeosciences, 18(12), pp. 3733-3749, ISSN: 1726-4189 Article peerRev 2021 ftawi https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3733-2021 2024-06-24T04:27:29Z Biogeochemical cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the ocean depends on both the composition and activity of underlying biological communities and on abiotic factors. The Southern Ocean is encircled by a series of strong currents and fronts, providing a barrier to microbial dispersion into adjacent oligotrophic gyres. Our study region straddles the boundary between the nutrient-rich Southern Ocean and the adjacent oligotrophic gyre of the southern Indian Ocean, providing an ideal region to study changes in microbial productivity. Here, we measured the impact of C and N uptake on microbial community diversity, contextualized by hydrographic factors and local physico-chemical conditions across the Southern Ocean and southern Indian Ocean. We observed that contrasting physico-chemical characteristics led to unique microbial diversity patterns, with significant correlations between microbial alpha diversity and primary productivity (PP). However, we detected no link between specific PP (PP normalized by chlorophyll-a concentration) and microbial alpha and beta diversity. Prokaryotic alpha and beta diversity were correlated with biological N2 fixation, which is itself a prokaryotic process, and we detected measurable N2 fixation to 60◦S. While regional water masses have distinct microbial genetic fingerprints in both the eukaryotic and prokaryotic fractions, PP and N2 fixation vary more gradually and regionally. This suggests that microbial phylogenetic diversity is more strongly bounded by physical oceanographic features, while microbial activity responds more to chemical factors. We conclude that concomitant assessments of microbial diversity and activity are central to understanding the dynamics and complex responses of microorganisms to a changing ocean environment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Biogeosciences 18 12 3733 3749 |
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Biogeochemical cycling of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) in the ocean depends on both the composition and activity of underlying biological communities and on abiotic factors. The Southern Ocean is encircled by a series of strong currents and fronts, providing a barrier to microbial dispersion into adjacent oligotrophic gyres. Our study region straddles the boundary between the nutrient-rich Southern Ocean and the adjacent oligotrophic gyre of the southern Indian Ocean, providing an ideal region to study changes in microbial productivity. Here, we measured the impact of C and N uptake on microbial community diversity, contextualized by hydrographic factors and local physico-chemical conditions across the Southern Ocean and southern Indian Ocean. We observed that contrasting physico-chemical characteristics led to unique microbial diversity patterns, with significant correlations between microbial alpha diversity and primary productivity (PP). However, we detected no link between specific PP (PP normalized by chlorophyll-a concentration) and microbial alpha and beta diversity. Prokaryotic alpha and beta diversity were correlated with biological N2 fixation, which is itself a prokaryotic process, and we detected measurable N2 fixation to 60◦S. While regional water masses have distinct microbial genetic fingerprints in both the eukaryotic and prokaryotic fractions, PP and N2 fixation vary more gradually and regionally. This suggests that microbial phylogenetic diversity is more strongly bounded by physical oceanographic features, while microbial activity responds more to chemical factors. We conclude that concomitant assessments of microbial diversity and activity are central to understanding the dynamics and complex responses of microorganisms to a changing ocean environment. |
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Hörstmann, Cora Raes, Eric J. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi Lo Monaco, Claire John, Uwe Waite, Anya M. |
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Hörstmann, Cora Raes, Eric J. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi Lo Monaco, Claire John, Uwe Waite, Anya M. Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean |
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Hörstmann, Cora Raes, Eric J. Buttigieg, Pier Luigi Lo Monaco, Claire John, Uwe Waite, Anya M. |
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Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean |
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Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean |
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Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean |
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Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean |
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Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean |
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hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern indian ocean and the southern ocean |
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EPIC3Biogeosciences, 18(12), pp. 3733-3749, ISSN: 1726-4189 |
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Hörstmann, C. orcid:0000-0002-0097-2454 , Raes, E. J. , Buttigieg, P. L. orcid:0000-0002-4366-3088 , Lo Monaco, C. , John, U. orcid:0000-0002-1297-4086 and Waite, A. M. (2021) Hydrographic fronts shape productivity, nitrogen fixation, and microbial community composition in the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean , Biogeosciences, 18 (12), pp. 3733-3749 . doi:10.5194/bg-18-3733-2021 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3733-2021> , hdl:10013/epic.468ea141-7724-4a57-9790-dea5e50982a7 |
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