DIEL AND DEPTH VARIATIONS IN DISSOLVED FREE AMINO-ACIDS AND AMMONIUM IN THE BALTIC SEA DETERMINED BY SHIPBOARD HPLC ANALYSIS
DIEL AND DEPTH VARIATIONS IN DISSOLVED FREE AMINO-ACIDS AND AMMONIUM IN THE BALTIC SEA DETERMINED BY SHIPBOARD HPLC ANALYSIS
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DOI:
10.4319/lo.1982.27.2.0336
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
LINDROTH, P
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作者:
MOPPER, K;LINDROTH, P
A precolumn fluorimetric labeling method was tested for shipboard HPLC [high pressure liquid chromatography] analysis of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) in natural waters. No sample preparation is required and all naturally occurring amino acids [AA] plus NH4+ are sufficiently separated within 30 min. Striking diel trends were observed to a depth of at least 60 m, with maximal DFAA concentrations (200-400 nM) in the late evening and minimal concentrations (30-40 nM) in the early day. Concurrent with the evening concentration maxima were elevated relative abundances of basic amino acids (especially ornithine and lysine) and NH4+. During the day very low levels of amino acids were found in the upper water. The magnitude of the night-to-day drop in total DFAA suggests a net heterotrophic uptake rate of up to 6 .mu.g AA .cntdot. l-1 .cntdot. h-1. A pronounced amino acid maximum at the O2-HS- interface in the water column was presumably derived from microbial populations inhabiting this region. Pronounced, coincidental minima in amino acid and NH4+ concentrations just above this interface may be related either to scavaging by precipitating metal oxyhydroxides or to enhanced heterotrophic use.