Amino acid carbon isotope profiles provide insight into lability and origins of particulate organic matter,Limnology and Oceanography

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Amino acid carbon isotope profiles provide insight into lability and origins of particulate organic matter
Limnology and Oceanography ( IF 4.5 ) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 , DOI: 10.1002/lno.12567
Peihong Kang ₁ , Lingyu Ma ₁ , Han Zhang ₂ , Xi Dai ₁ , Jie Liu ₁ , Weifang Chen ₁ , Tiantian Tang _{1,

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Identifying the phytoplankton origin of particulate organic matter (POM) in the deep ocean is challenging due to the changing phytoplankton composition and varied extent of decomposition by heterotrophic bacteria and zooplankton. Here, we report vertical distributions of amino acid stable carbon isotope values (δ13C) measured in particles in the South China Sea. Carbon‐weighted amino acid δ13C values generally parallel bulk POM δ13C profiles with a positive offset from 2.4‰ in the surface water to 6.0‰ in deep. Accordingly, a lability model is introduced to describe the relative distribution and isotopic linkage of labile and refractory particulate organic carbon. Temporal changes of amino acid δ13C were observed during the microbial decomposition of two phytoplankton strains, the prokaryote cyanobacterium Synechococcus and the eukaryote diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii. Principal component analysis of individual amino acid δ13C values from the decomposing cells separate samples into two components, reflecting the influence of microbial decomposition and taxonomic differences, respectively. These two components were further applied to particles. A major contribution from decomposing phytoplankton to particles below the euphotic zone was observed, with more prokaryote organic matter in the basin and a larger contribution from eukaryotes at stations near the productive northern shelf. Our findings show the applicability of amino acid δ13C values in tracing the lability and phytoplankton origins of POM in samples with varied extents of decomposition in marine environments.

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