Glacial/interglacial variations in production and nitrogen fixation in the Cariaco Basin during the last 580 kyr

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作者
Haug, GH [1 ]
Pedersen, TF
Sigman, DM
Calvert, SE
Nielsen, B
Peterson, LC
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[1] Univ So Calif, Dept Earth Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
[2] Univ British Columbia, Dept Earth & Ocean Sci, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
[3] Univ Miami, Rosenstiel Sch Marine & Atmospher Sci, Miami, FL 33149 USA
[4] Princeton Univ, Dept Geosci, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
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PALEOCEANOGRAPHY | 1998年 / 13卷 / 05期
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10.1029/98PA01976
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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摘要
The effect of sea level change on nutrient supply to the anoxic Cariaco demonstrates the fundamental importance of nitrogen (N-2) fixation and phosphate to oceanic production. As N-2 fixation produces biomass of low delta(15)N and has been reported to be an important component of the nitrogen cycle in the modern Cariaco Basin, we propose that it contributes to the light interglacial delta(15)N (similar to 2% - 3%) values observed in the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) site 1002 sediment record. During the glacials the sediments are bioturbated (oxic conditions) with low total organic caebon (TOC) contents and sedimentary delta(15)N values of similar to 5%, suggesting that nitrogen (N-2) fixation contributed little to the N nutrition of Cariaco surface waters. The most plausible explanation for the inferred glacial/interglacial changes in N-2 fixation in the Cariaco is that they have occurred in response to variations in the N/P ratio of the nutrient supply, driven by changes in denitrification.
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