New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes
We report nitrogen (N) isotopic measurements of nitrate, total dissolved nitrogen, and particulate nitrogen from Antarctic pack ice in early and late spring. Salinity-normalized concentrations of total fixed N are approximately twofold higher than in seawater, indicating that sea ice exchanges fixed...
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ftunivbruxelles:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/156288 2023-05-15T13:44:43+02:00 New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes Fripiat, François Sigman, Daniel M Fawcett, S.E. Rafter, P.A. Weigand, M.A. Tison, Jean-Louis 2014 1 full-text file(s): application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/156288 https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/156288/3/156288.pdf en eng uri/info:doi/10.1002/2013GB004729 uri/info:scp/84894345782 https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/156288/3/156288.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/156288 1 full-text file(s): info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Global biogeochemical cycles Glaciologie Antarctic isotopes nitrification nitrogen paleoceanography sea ice info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ulb-repo/semantics/articlePeerReview info:ulb-repo/semantics/openurl/article 2014 ftunivbruxelles 2022-06-12T21:11:27Z We report nitrogen (N) isotopic measurements of nitrate, total dissolved nitrogen, and particulate nitrogen from Antarctic pack ice in early and late spring. Salinity-normalized concentrations of total fixed N are approximately twofold higher than in seawater, indicating that sea ice exchanges fixed N with seawater after its formation. The production of low-δ15N immobile organic matter by partial nitrate assimilation and the subsequent loss of high-δ15N nitrate during brine convection lowers the δ15N of total fixed N relative to the winter-supplied nitrate. The effect of incomplete nitrate consumption in sea ice is thus similar to that in the summertime surface ocean, but the degree of nitrate consumption is greater in ice, leading to a higher δ15N for organic N (~3.9‰) than in the open Antarctic Zone (~0.6‰). Relative to previous findings of very high-δ15N organic matter in sea ice (up to 41‰), this study indicates that it would be difficult for sea ice to explain the high δ15N of ice age Antarctic sediments. The partitioning of N isotopes between particulate and dissolved forms of reduced N suggests that primary production evolved from new to regenerated production from early to late spring. Even though nitrate assimilation raises the δ15N of nitrate, the δ15N of sea ice nitrate is frequently lower than that of seawater, providing direct evidence that the regeneration of reduced N in the ice includes nitrification, with mass and isotopic balances suggesting that nitrification supplies a substantial fraction (up to ~70%) of nitrate assimilated within Antarctic spring sea ice. Key Points Nitrate is mainly regenerated in spring sea ice Evolution in spring from new to regenerated sea ice primary production Sea ice alone is unlikely to explain δ15N variation in Antarctic sediments ©2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. SCOPUS: ar.j FLWIN info:eu-repo/semantics/published Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Sea ice DI-fusion : dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Antarctic |
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We report nitrogen (N) isotopic measurements of nitrate, total dissolved nitrogen, and particulate nitrogen from Antarctic pack ice in early and late spring. Salinity-normalized concentrations of total fixed N are approximately twofold higher than in seawater, indicating that sea ice exchanges fixed N with seawater after its formation. The production of low-δ15N immobile organic matter by partial nitrate assimilation and the subsequent loss of high-δ15N nitrate during brine convection lowers the δ15N of total fixed N relative to the winter-supplied nitrate. The effect of incomplete nitrate consumption in sea ice is thus similar to that in the summertime surface ocean, but the degree of nitrate consumption is greater in ice, leading to a higher δ15N for organic N (~3.9‰) than in the open Antarctic Zone (~0.6‰). Relative to previous findings of very high-δ15N organic matter in sea ice (up to 41‰), this study indicates that it would be difficult for sea ice to explain the high δ15N of ice age Antarctic sediments. The partitioning of N isotopes between particulate and dissolved forms of reduced N suggests that primary production evolved from new to regenerated production from early to late spring. Even though nitrate assimilation raises the δ15N of nitrate, the δ15N of sea ice nitrate is frequently lower than that of seawater, providing direct evidence that the regeneration of reduced N in the ice includes nitrification, with mass and isotopic balances suggesting that nitrification supplies a substantial fraction (up to ~70%) of nitrate assimilated within Antarctic spring sea ice. Key Points Nitrate is mainly regenerated in spring sea ice Evolution in spring from new to regenerated sea ice primary production Sea ice alone is unlikely to explain δ15N variation in Antarctic sediments ©2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. SCOPUS: ar.j FLWIN info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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Fripiat, François Sigman, Daniel M Fawcett, S.E. Rafter, P.A. Weigand, M.A. Tison, Jean-Louis |
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Fripiat, François Sigman, Daniel M Fawcett, S.E. Rafter, P.A. Weigand, M.A. Tison, Jean-Louis |
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Fripiat, François |
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes |
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes |
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes |
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes |
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New insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes |
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new insights into sea ice nitrogen biogeochemical dynamics from the nitrogen isotopes |
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