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Denitrification by benthic foraminifera and their contribution to N-loss from a fjord environment
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- Choquel, Constance (author)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- Geslin, Emmanuelle (author)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- Metzger, Edouard (author)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- Filipsson, Helena L. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Kvartärgeologi,Geologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Quaternary Sciences,Department of Geology,Faculty of Science
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- Risgard-Petersen, Nils (author)
- Aarhus University
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- Launeau, Patrick (author)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- Giraud, Manuel (author)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- Jauffrais, Thierry (author)
- Ifremer, New Caledonia,The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- Jesus, Bruno (author)
- University of Lisbon,University of Nantes
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- Mouret, Aurelia (author)
- The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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- 2021-01-15
- 2021
- English 15 s.
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In: Biogeosciences. - : Copernicus GmbH. - 1726-4170 .- 1726-4189. ; 18:1, s. 327-341
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- Oxygen and nitrate availabilities impact the marine nitrogen cycle at a range of spatial and temporal scales. Here, we demonstrate the impact of denitrifying foraminifera on the nitrogen cycle at two oxygen and nitrate contrasting stations in a fjord environment (Gullmar Fjord, Sweden). Denitrification by benthic foraminifera was determined through the combination of specific density counting per microhabitat and specific nitrate respiration rates obtained through incubation experiments using N2O microsensors. Benthic nitrate removal was calculated from submillimeter chemical gradients extracted from 2D porewater images of the porewater nitrate concentration. These were acquired by combining the DET technique (diffusive equilibrium in thin film) with chemical colorimetry and hyperspectral imagery. Sediments with high nitrate concentrations in the porewater and oxygenated overlying water were dominated by the non-indigenous species (NIS) Nonionella sp. T1. Denitrification by this species could account for 50 %-100 % of the nitrate loss estimated from the nitrate gradients. In contrast sediments below hypoxic bottom waters had low inventories of porewater nitrate, and denitrifying foraminifera were rare. Their contribution to benthic nitrate removal was negligible (< 5 %). Our study showed that benthic foraminifera can be a major contributor to nitrogen mitigation in oxic coastal ecosystems and should be included in ecological and diagenetic models aiming to understand biogeochemical cycles coupled to nitrogen.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Geologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Geology (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)
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