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Foraminifera-bound nitrogen isotopes evidence for reduced nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean during the last ice age. Abby Ren, Princeton Daniel Sigman, Princeton Nele Meckler, Caltech Rebecca Robinson, URI Yair Rosenthal, Rutgers Gerald Haug, ETH. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Abby Ren, Princeton
Daniel Sigman, Princeton
Nele Meckler, Caltech
Rebecca Robinson, URI
Yair Rosenthal, Rutgers
Gerald Haug, ETH
Foraminifera-bound nitrogen isotopes evidence for reduced nitrogen fixation in the Atlantic Ocean during the last ice age
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Pleistocene glacial/interglacial cycles
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(C,N,P)org NO
3
-,PO4
-3=0
atmosphere
CO2, NO3
-, PO4
-3
Low-Latitude Biological Pump
thermocline
Biological pump
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Low Latitude: Change nutrient inventory
High Latitude: Change nutrient
consumption
Low vs. High Latitude
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(C,N,P)org NO
3
-,PO4
-3=0
atmosphere
CO2, NO3
-, PO4
-3
Low-Latitude Biological Pump
thermocline
Low-latitude biological pump
~3 kyr ~15-80 kyr
N2
N2
denitrification
N fixation
Broecker, 1982
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N isotopes in nature: 14N = 99.64% 15N = 0.36%
δ
15
(‰ . ) N vs air =
(
15
/N
14
)N
sample
(
15
/N
14
)N
air
- 1
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⎝
⎜
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* 1000
N isotope terms
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MS 172 Figure 5
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[NO3-] (factor of initial value)
newly fixed Nadded
δ15N~ -2-0‰
water columndenitrification
ε ∼ 20-30‰
sedimentarydenitrification
ε ∼ 0‰
nitrateuptake
ε ∼ 5‰
NO3- δ15N
(‰ . )vs air
Effects of major N fluxes on nitrate δ15N
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Lower water column denitrification during LGM
302520151050age (ka)
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δ15
(‰ N
. vs
)air
Denitrification increase
Santa BarbaraBasin
Arabian Sea
Chile Margin
Chile: de Pol-Holz et al, 2006SBB: Emmer and Thunell, 2000AS: Altabet et al., 2002
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Low δ15N of nitrate in the North Atlantic thermocline: Paleoceanographic utility
[NO3-] (µM)
δ15N of nitrate (‰ vs. air)
Knapp et al., 2005
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Planktonic foraminifera
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Orbulina universa
photo: H. Spero Montoya et al., 2002
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Study sites
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Bank
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Bank
Indonesia South Pacific South Pacific
Atlantic Pacific
Sargasso Sea subsurface
Indonesia Seasubsurface
Subantarctic
37 15.64 º ' S176 40.02 º ' E
36 22.63 º ' S177 .26.75 º ' E
6 46.25 º ' S116 58.47 º ' E
Mode Water
. G ruber . G sacculifer . O universa . G menardii . N dutertrei . G truncatulinoides . H pelagica . G inflata
Thermocline nitrate vs. coretop foraminifera
Ren et al., 2009
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> 355 µm 250~355 µm 125~250 µm
δ18O, age:Schmidt et al., 2004
LGMHolocene
ODP site 999A:
Caribbean Sea
Ren et al., 2009
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3.1‰
Modernδ15 :N suspended POM nitrate
- Foraminifera boundδ15 :N Holocene LGM :LGM interpretation
POM: Altabet, 1988NO3
- : Knapp et al., 2005
N fixation rate:LGM/Holocene ~ 20%
Ren et al., 2009
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Chile: de Pol-Holz et al, 2006SBB: Emmer and Thunell, 2000AS: Altabet et al., 2002Cariaco: Haug et al., 1998
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Denitrification increase
N fixation increase
Santa BarbaraBasin
Arabian Sea
Cariaco Basin
:Caribbean Sea . O universa . G sacculifer . G ruber
Chile MarginDeglacial increases
in both denitrification
and N fixation
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A stable N inventory regulated by N/P ratio?
Gruber and Sarmiento, 1997
~1P:16N
Fix!
Don’t Fix!
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Deglacial scenario:N fixation feedback through N/P sensitivity
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Summary
• In Caribbean Sea sediments, planktonic foraminiferal 15N/14N decreases from the last ice age to the current interglacial.
• The foraminiferal change is best explained by less N fixation in the Atlantic during the last ice age, leading to higher nitrate 15N/14N in the Caribbean thermocline.
• The reconstructed increase in N fixation at the end of the last ice age is most likely a response to the previously recognized deglacial increase in global denitrification.
• As with our findings regarding the modern Atlantic N fixation rate, this is consistent with a strong P control on N fixation.
• A significant glacial/interglacial change in the nitrate reservoir has not been ruled out. However, our evidence that Atlantic N fixation acts as a negative feedback argues qualitatively for limits to such a change.
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Acknowledgement
• Princeton University • Consortium of Ocean Leadership
• Sigman Group: Franky Wang, Brigitte Brunelle,
Julie Granger, Peter Difore.
• J. Bernhard and D. McCorkle
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Nitrogen cycle
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δ15
(‰ N
. vs
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δ18
O C
(‰
. vs
)VPDB
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(‰ N
. vs
)air
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(‰ N
. vs
)air
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b.
c.
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individual species
bulk sediment
mixed species
O. universa G. sacculifer G. ruber
> 355 µm 250~355 µm 125~250 µm
Minimal Holocene δ15N
decreasein
bulk sediment
δ18O, age:Schmidt et al., 2004
Ren et al., 2009
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Foraminifera-bound N isotope analysis
•Sieve, pick, crush
•Clean fragments with wet oxidation
•Acid dissolution to release
internal Norg
•Norg NO3- (persulfate oxidation)
•NO3- N2O (denitrifier method)
•N2O isotopic analysis (continuous
flow, purge/trap, gas
chromatography, gas-source magnetic
sector mass spectrometry)
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Carbon inventory
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Fig. S1
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15
10
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0
N content (µmol/g)
20151050
cleaning time (hours)
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δ15
(‰ N
. vs
)air
( / )N content µmol g δ15 (‰ )N
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Fig. S2
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foraminifera-bound N content (µmol/g)
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bulk sedimentary N content (µmol/g)
O. universa G. sacculifer G. ruber > 355µm 250~355µm 125~250µm bulk N content
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Thermocline nitrate/surface sediment comparison
Altabet, 2005
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-24.5
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. vs
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/ ( )C N weight ratio
/C N δ13 (‰ )C
Downcore changes in δ13Corg and Corg/TN
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4003002001000Corg (µmol/g)
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TN=0.0563(±0.0143)*Corg + 21.8695(±4.8225)
R2=0.36
TN=0.0549(±0.0131)*Corg + 14.6769(±4.3894)
R2=0.83
C/N~15 (by weight) terrestrial organics
Evidence for terrestrial and shelf materialin ODP 999A sediments
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(%)Carbonate content
δ13 (‰ C . vs )VPDB / ( / )C N g g (%)Carbonate content
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Fig. S4
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Bulk sediment δ15N records from the North Pacific
Kao et al., 2008
Bulk sediment recordsfrom diverse settings:Mean ocean nitrate δ15N did not decrease (much) into the Holocene.
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5.5
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2.0δ15
. (‰ N of N Atlantic thermocline nitrate
. vs
)air
1.41.21.00.80.60.40.20.0 fraction of modern N fixation
Holocene
LGM
Estimating N fixation change
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Surfacechlorophyll
Surfacenitrate
Incomplete nutrient consumption in the polar ocean
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WINDS
Siegenthaler (1983)
THERMOCLINE
35NO3-
232CO2
10Norg66Corg
25NO3-
166CO2
›
Eq. S
Rapid surface-deep exchange in the polar ocean releases deeply sequestered CO2 to the atmosphere
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Mechanisms for reducing the Southern Ocean CO2 leak
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The link between theN isotopes and nitrateconsumption
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. ( ) N pachyderma sin
(‰ . )v PDB
100806040200 ( )age ka
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2- diatom bound
δ15
(‰ . )N v air
δ18O + age: Ninneman and Charles, 1997
• More complete nitrate consumption in glacial Subantarctic
Subantarctic (E11-2) diatom-bound 15N/14N: Link to glacial/interglacial cycles
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Mahowald et al., 2005
modern annual average dust deposition (g m-2 yr-1)
Subantarctic is well situated fordust-driven iron fertilization during the
ice ages
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LGM
Antarctic 15N/14N:higher during the last glacial maximum
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Subantarctic nutrient drawdown:CO2 ~40 ppm
AA deep water formation “off”:CO2 ~35 ppm
Polar AA nutrient drawdown:More CO2 without complete deepwater formation shutdown
Glacial/interglacial changes in the Southern Ocean inferred from the N isotopes
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Low and High latitude connection
Lower rates of N fixation
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