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  Macro-nutrient concentrations in Antarctic pack ice: Overall patterns and overlooked processes

Fripiat, F., Meiners, K. M., Vancoppenolle, M., Papadimitriou, S., Thomas, D. N., Ackley, S. F., et al. (2017). Macro-nutrient concentrations in Antarctic pack ice: Overall patterns and overlooked processes. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 5: 13. doi:10.1525/elementa.217.

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Fripiat, F.1, Author           
Meiners, Klaus M.2, Author
Vancoppenolle, Martin2, Author
Papadimitriou, Stathys2, Author
Thomas, David N.2, Author
Ackley, Stephen F.2, Author
Arrigo, Kevin R.2, Author
Carnat, Gauthier2, Author
Cozzi, Stefano2, Author
Delille, Bruno2, Author
Dieckmann, Gerhard S.2, Author
Dunbar, Robert B.2, Author
Fransson, Agneta2, Author
Kattner, Gerhard2, Author
Kennedy, Hilary2, Author
Lannuzel, Delphine2, Author
Munro, David R.2, Author
Nomura, Daiki2, Author
Rintala, Janne-Markus2, Author
Schoemann, Veronique2, Author
Stefels, Jacqueline2, AuthorSteiner, Nadja2, AuthorTison, Jean-Louis2, Author more..
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1Climate Geochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Max Planck Society, ou_2237635              
2external, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Antarctic pack ice is inhabited by a diverse and active microbial community reliant on nutrients for growth. Seeking patterns and overlooked processes, we performed a large-scale compilation of macro-nutrient data (hereafter termed nutrients) in Antarctic pack ice (306 ice-cores collected from 19 research cruises). Dissolved inorganic nitrogen and silicic acid concentrations change with time, as expected from a seasonally productive ecosystem. In winter, salinity-normalized nitrate and silicic acid concentrations (C*) in sea ice are close to seawater concentrations (Cw), indicating little or no biological activity. In spring, nitrate and silicic acid concentrations become partially depleted with respect to seawater (C* < Cw), commensurate with the seasonal build-up of ice microalgae promoted by increased insolation. Stronger and earlier nitrate than silicic acid consumption suggests that a significant fraction of the primary productivity in sea ice is sustained by flagellates. By both consuming and producing ammonium and nitrite, the microbial community maintains these nutrients at relatively low concentrations in spring. With the decrease in insolation beginning in late summer, dissolved inorganic nitrogen and silicic acid concentrations increase, indicating imbalance between their production (increasing or unchanged) and consumption (decreasing) in sea ice. Unlike the depleted concentrations of both nitrate and silicic acid from spring to summer, phosphate accumulates in sea ice (C* > Cw). The phosphate excess could be explained by a greater allocation to phosphorus-rich biomolecules during ice algal blooms coupled with convective loss of excess dissolved nitrogen, preferential remineralization of phosphorus, and/or phosphate adsorption onto metal-organic complexes. Ammonium also appears to be efficiently adsorbed onto organic matter, with likely consequences to nitrogen mobility and availability. This dataset supports the view that the sea ice microbial community is highly efficient at processing nutrients but with a dynamic quite different from that in oceanic surface waters calling for focused future investigations.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2017
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Identifiers: ISI: 000397959000001
DOI: 10.1525/elementa.217
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Title: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
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Publ. Info: Oakland, CA : Univ. of California Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 5 Sequence Number: 13 Start / End Page: - Identifier: Other: 2325-1026
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/2325-1026