Amino acid and carbohydrate patterns across Fram Strait during POLARSTERN cruise PS107

Amino acids (AA) and carbohydrates (CHO) are produced by phytoplankton as part of the particulate organic carbon (POC) fraction, and can subsequently be released into the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) pool serving as food for heterotrophs. We investigated changes in quantity and quality of POC and...

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Main Authors: Grosse, Julia, Nöthig, Eva-Maria, Torres-Valdés, Sinhue, Engel, Anja
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2021
Subjects:
Alanine
Amino acids
dissolved
Carbon
Ammonium
Arabinose
Arctic Ocean
Arginine
ARK-XXXI/2
Aspartic acid and Asparagine
Carbohydrates
particulate
organic
CTD/Rosette
CTD-RO
DATE/TIME
degradation
Density
sigma-theta (0)
DEPTH
water
Event label
FRAM
FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring
Fucose
Galactosamine
Galactose
Galacturonic acid
gamma-Aminobutyric acid
Gluconic acid
Glucosamine
Glucose
Glucuronic acid
Glutamine and Glutamic acid
Glycine
High performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD)
Dionex 3000
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) ortho-phthaldialdehyde derivatization
Agilent 1260
Isoleucine
LATITUDE
Leucine
Arctic
Fram Strait
Phytoplankton
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932068
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932068
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Summary:Amino acids (AA) and carbohydrates (CHO) are produced by phytoplankton as part of the particulate organic carbon (POC) fraction, and can subsequently be released into the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) pool serving as food for heterotrophs. We investigated changes in quantity and quality of POC and DOC, individual AA and individual CHO across Fram Strait in summer 2017. We evaluate the organic matter processing and show that AA and CHO composition substantially differs between the particulate and dissolved fractions. The particulate fraction was enriched in essential AA and the CHO galactose, xylose/mannose, and muramic acid. In the dissolved fraction non-essential AA, several neutral CHO, and acidic and amino CHO were enriched. Our results are important for the future when changing conditions in the Central Arctic Ocean (Atlantification, warming, decreasing ice concentrations) may increase primary production and consequently degradation. The AA and CHO signatures left behind could be used as tracers after the fact to infer changes in microbial loop processes and food web interactions.

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