The Role of Benthic Organisms in the Degradation and Preservation of Planktonic Lipids in Coastal Sediments

9521231几种浮游类脂化合物的韦克汉姆降解速率常数将在受控的实验室条件下进行研究。底栖动物的活动是造成现场测量的缺氧和缺氧沉积物剖面的速率常数差异的最有可能的因素。动物可以改变缺氧/缺氧的边界，控制物质的运输过程，直接或间接影响微生物种群，并直接消耗有机碎屑。在缺氧和缺氧条件下，再矿化效率和中间产物形成的差异表明，降解遵循不同的途径。研究将特别考虑放牧、生物扰动以及底栖动物引起的缺氧和缺氧条件之间的振荡对浮游生物脂肪降解和保存的影响。底栖动物不同影响下放射性示踪剂的降解速率和途径。进一步深入研究培养实验中产生的代谢物的结构将为这些重要化合物的降解提供更详细的图景。

9521231 WAKEHAM Degradation rate constants for several planktonic lipid compound will be investigated under controlled laboratory conditions. Activity of benthic animals was the most likely factor causing the difference observed between rate constants in oxic and anoxic sediments profiles measured in the field. Animals can alter oxic/anoxic boundaries, control material transport processes, directly or indirectly affect microbial populations, and directly consume organic detritus. Differences under oxic versus anoxic conditions in remineralization efficiency and formation of intermediate products show that degradation follows different pathways. Research will specially consider the effects on degradation and preservation of planktonic lipids of grazing, bioturbation and oscillation between oxic and anoxic conditions caused by benthic animals. Radiolabelled tracers degradation rates and pathways under various influences of benthic animals. Further intensive study of the structure of metabolites produced during incubation experiments will provide a more detailed picture of the degradation of these important compounds.