The role of cryptic nutrient cycling within sinking particles on trace element transport in oxygen minimum zones

下沉颗粒内隐秘养分循环对最低氧区微量元素运输的作用

基本信息

批准号：
1636332
负责人：
James Moffett
金额：
$ 83.9万
依托单位：
University of Southern California
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-09-01 至 2020-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1636332&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
role cryptic nutrient cycling within

项目摘要

The major process controlling the internal cycling of biologically active trace metals in the oceans is through uptake onto and remineralization from sinking particles. Uptake can occur through active biological uptake into living cells as micronutrients, or chemical adsorption onto sinking materials. This latter process is often referred to as scavenging. The relative importance of these processes is often unclear, especially for elements that are both biologically active and also "particle reactive." The latter characteristic is associated with sparing solubility in seawater and the formation of strong complexes with surface sites, with examples such as iron. Recent evidence suggests that the simplistic view of a sinking particle as a passive surface for metal complexation may require some revision. Investigators James Moffett and Seth John propose to study the chemistry of transition metals within large sinking particles and the resultant effects on metal biogeochemical cycling. They will collaborate with a group at the University of Washington, recently funded to study the microbiology and molecular biology of these particles. The central hypothesis of this project is that reducing microbial microenvironments within large particles support high rates of nitrogen and sulfur cycling, greatly enhancing the particles' influence on metal chemistry. The investigators will study these processes in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ). This regime was selected because of the wide range of redox conditions in the water column, and strong preliminary evidence that microenvironments within sinking particles have major biogeochemical impacts.The primary objective is to investigate the interactions of metals with particles containing microenvironments that are more highly reducing than the surrounding waters. Such microenvironments arise when the prevailing terminal electron acceptor (oxygen, or nitrate in oxygen minimum zones) becomes depleted and alternative terminal electron acceptors are utilized. Within reducing microenvironments metal redox state and coordination chemistry are different from the bulk water column, and these microenvironments may dominate metal particle interactions. For example, reduction of sulfate to sulfide could bind metals that form strong sulfide complexes, such as cadmium and zinc, processes previously thought to be confined to sulfidic environments. Reducing microenvironments may account for the production of reduced species such as iron(II), even when their formation is thermodynamically unfavorable in the bulk water column. Tasks include observational characterization of dissolved and particulate trace metals and stable isotopes in the study area, sampling and in situ manipulation of particles using large-dimension sediment traps, shipboard experimental incubations under a range of redox conditions, and modeling, providing insight from microscopic to global scales. The metal chemistry data will be interpreted within a rich context of complimentary data including rates of nitrogen and sulfur cycling, phylogenetics and proteomic characterization of the concentration of key enzymes. Broader impacts include training of a postdoctoral scientist, international collaborations with Mexican scientists, and involvement of undergraduate students in the research.

控制海洋中生物活性痕量金属内部循环的主要过程是通过吸收并回想起下沉颗粒的。可以通过以微量营养素的活性生物学吸收对活细胞的活性或化学吸附在沉没材料上进行摄取。后一个过程通常称为清除。这些过程的相对重要性通常不清楚，尤其是对于既有生物活性又具有“粒子反应性”的元素。后一种特征与海水中的溶解度和与表面位点的强络合物形成有关，并带有诸如铁等示例。最近的证据表明，沉没粒子作为金属络合的被动表面的简单视图可能需要进行一些修改。研究人员詹姆斯·莫菲特（James Moffett）和塞思·约翰（Seth John）提议研究大沉没颗粒内过渡金属的化学，以及对金属生物地球化学循环的影响。他们将与华盛顿大学的一个小组合作，最近资助研究这些颗粒的微生物学和分子生物学。该项目的中心假设是，降低大颗粒内的微生物微环境支持高氮和硫循环的速率，从而大大增强了颗粒对金属化学的影响。研究人员将在东部热带北太平洋氧最小区（OMZ）中研究这些过程。之所以选择该机制，是因为水柱中的氧化还原条件很广，并且有力的初步证据表明，下沉颗粒内的微环境具有主要的生物地球化学影响。主要目标是研究金属与含有比周围水域更高度降低的微环境的金属的相互作用。当盛行的末端电子受体（氧或氧最小区域中的硝酸盐）耗尽并使用替代末端电子受体时，就会出现这种微环境。在还原微环境中，金属氧化还原状态和配位化学与大量水柱不同，这些微环境可能主导金属颗粒相互作用。例如，将硫酸盐还原为硫化物可以结合形成强硫化物复合物（例如镉和锌）的金属，以前被认为局限于硫化环境。降低微环境可能会解释减少物种（例如铁（II））的产生，即使它们的形成在大量水柱中是热力学在热力学上不利的。任务包括研究区域中溶解和颗粒物痕量金属和稳定的同位素的观察表征，采样和原位操纵颗粒，使用大尺寸的沉积物陷阱，在一系列的氧化还原条件下进行船舶实验孵育，以及建模，可从微观尺度到全球尺度。金属化学数据将在免费数据的丰富背景下进行解释，包括氮气和硫循环，系统发育学和蛋白质组学的浓度浓度。更广泛的影响包括培训博士后科学家，与墨西哥科学家的国际合作以及本科生参与研究。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（4）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

The Distribution and Redox Speciation of Iodine in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean

DOI：
10.1029/2019gb006302
发表时间：
2020-02-01
期刊：
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
影响因子：
5.2
作者：
Moriyasu, Rintaro;Evans, Natalya;Moffett, James W.
通讯作者：
Moffett, James W.

Limited iodate reduction in shipboard seawater incubations from the Eastern Tropical North Pacific oxygen deficient zone

DOI：
10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116676
发表时间：
2021-01-15
期刊：
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
影响因子：
5.3
作者：
Hardisty, D. S.;Horner, T. J.;Nielsen, S. G.
通讯作者：
Nielsen, S. G.

Determination of iron(II) by chemiluminescence using masking ligands to distinguish interferences

DOI：
10.1002/lom3.10279
发表时间：
2018-09
期刊：
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
影响因子：
0
作者：
K. Bolster;M. Heller;J. Moffett
通讯作者：
K. Bolster;M. Heller;J. Moffett

The role of water masses in shaping the distribution of redox active compounds in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific oxygen deficient zone and influencing low oxygen concentrations in the eastern Pacific Ocean

水团在塑造东部热带北太平洋缺氧区氧化还原活性化合物分布和影响东太平洋低氧浓度中的作用

DOI：
10.1002/lno.11412
发表时间：
2020
期刊：
Limnology and Oceanography
影响因子：
4.5
作者：
Evans, Natalya;Boles, Elisabeth;Kwiecinski, Jarek V.;Mullen, Susan;Wolf, Martin;Devol, Allan H.;Moriyasu, Rintaro;Nam, SungHyun;Babbin, Andrew R.;Moffett, James W.
通讯作者：
Moffett, James W.