Nitrogen fixation and growth rates of Trichodesmium IMS-101 as a function of light intensity
| Autor: | Eike Breitbarth, Jessica Kläs, Ilka Peeken, Julie LaRoche, Julia Wohlers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Chlorophyll a 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology chemistry.chemical_element Aquatic Science Biology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Nitrogen Carbon cycle chemistry.chemical_compound Light intensity Trichodesmium chemistry 13. Climate action Environmental chemistry Botany Nitrogen fixation 14. Life underwater Diazotroph Carbon Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Marine Ecology Progress Series, 359 . pp. 25-36. |
| ISSN: | 1616-1599 0171-8630 |
| Popis: | The diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium is a significant contributor to marine nitrogen and carbon cycles and has been incorporated in biogeochemical ocean circulation models. To date, parameterization of light as a controlling factor for nitrogen fixation has been based on field observations, where factors other than light also affect Trichodesmium physiology. Here we present data on light-dependent (15 to 1100 µmol quanta m–2 s–1) diazotrophic growth from controlled laboratory experiments and their implications for modeling approaches. We supply a simple empirical model to describe nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in batch cultures. Diazotrophic growth of axenic Trichodesmium IMS-101 was light saturated at 180 µmol quanta m–2 s–1 and did not vary significantly at higher photon irradiances up to 1100 µmol quanta m–2 s–1 (μcarbon based ≈ 0.26 d–1). Chlorophyll a (chl a) normalized N2 fixation rates were significantly affected by light intensity during mid-exponential growth (0.74 to 4.45 mol N fixed mol chl a–1 h–1) over the range of photon irradiances tested. In contrast, nitrogen fixation rates normalized to the cellular carbon content were relatively unaffected by light intensity (0.42 to 0.59, averaging 0.5 mmol N mol particulate organic carbon [POC]–1 h–1). Trichodesmium carbon biomass can be used to estimate the nitrogen input by this diazotroph into the ocean; the maximum input rate is 350 nmol N fixed l–1 h–1. |
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