Characterization of particulate organic matter cycling during a summer North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom using amino acid C and N stable isotopes

Pelagic food webs are the central driver of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling in the ocean, of which particulate organic matter (POM) is a key component. However, determining the source and fate of fixed C and N in marine food webs usually requires a suite of techniques such as the elemental and i...

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Published in:Marine Chemistry
Main Authors: Sabadel, AJM, Van Oostende, N, Ward, BB, Woodward, EMS, Van Hale, R, Frew, RD
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8903/
http://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8903/1/Sabadel%20et%20al%202019_Published%20paper.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2019.103670
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Summary:Pelagic food webs are the central driver of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling in the ocean, of which particulate organic matter (POM) is a key component. However, determining the source and fate of fixed C and N in marine food webs usually requires a suite of techniques such as the elemental and isotopic composition of POM, or flow cytometry and microscopic analyses of the planktonic community, or even better, a combination thereof (Fawcett et al., 2011; Painter et al., 2014).

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