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DOI | 10.1038/s41561-022-01066-2 |
Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology | |
Inomura, Keisuke; Deutsch, Curtis; Jahn, Oliver; Dutkiewicz, Stephanie; Follows, Michael J. | |
发表日期 | 2022 |
ISSN | 1752-0894 |
EISSN | 1752-0908 |
起始页码 | 1034 |
结束页码 | + |
卷号 | 15期号:12页码:19 |
英文摘要 | Ecosystem modelling suggests that a range of growth conditions and ecological selection of phytoplankton explain global patterns of C:N:P ratios in marine organic matter. The proportion of major elements in marine organic matter links cellular processes to global nutrient, oxygen and carbon cycles. Differences in the C:N:P ratios of organic matter have been observed between ocean biomes, but these patterns have yet to be quantified from the underlying small-scale physiological and ecological processes. Here we use an ecosystem model that includes adaptive resource allocation within and between ecologically distinct plankton size classes to attribute the causes of global patterns in the C:N:P ratios. We find that patterns of N:C variation are largely driven by common physiological adjustment strategies across all phytoplankton, while patterns of N:P are driven by ecological selection for taxonomic groups with different phosphorus storage capacities. Although N:C varies widely due to cellular adjustment to light and nutrients, its latitudinal gradient is modest because of depth-dependent trade-offs between nutrient and light availability. Strong latitudinal variation in N:P reflects an ecological balance favouring small plankton with lower P storage capacity in the subtropics, and larger eukaryotes with a higher cellular P storage capacity in nutrient-rich high latitudes. A weaker N:P difference between southern and northern hemispheres, and between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, reflects differences in phosphate available for cellular storage. Despite simulating only two phytoplankton size classes, the emergent global variability of elemental ratios resembles that of all measured species, suggesting that the range of growth conditions and ecological selection sustain the observed diversity of stoichiometry among phytoplankton. |
学科领域 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000886195100002 |
来源期刊 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272508 |
作者单位 | University of Rhode Island; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Princeton University; Princeton University |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Inomura, Keisuke,Deutsch, Curtis,Jahn, Oliver,et al. Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology[J],2022,15(12):19. |
APA | Inomura, Keisuke,Deutsch, Curtis,Jahn, Oliver,Dutkiewicz, Stephanie,&Follows, Michael J..(2022).Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology.NATURE GEOSCIENCE,15(12),19. |
MLA | Inomura, Keisuke,et al."Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology".NATURE GEOSCIENCE 15.12(2022):19. |
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