Glacial Ice Melting Stimulates Heterotrophic Prokaryotes Production on the Getz Ice Shelf in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
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Title
- Glacial Ice Melting Stimulates Heterotrophic Prokaryotes Production on the Getz Ice Shelf in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica
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Author(s)
- Min, Jun‐Oh; Kim, Sung Han; Jung, Jinyoung; Jung, Ui Jung; Yang, Eun Jin; Lee, SangHoon; Hyun, Jung‐Ho
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- Kim, Sung Han(김성한)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 김성한
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Publication Year
- 2022-10
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Abstract
- Extensive oceanographic data sets were combined with microbiological parameters to elucidate the tight coupling between glacial meltwater and heterotrophic bacterial production (BP) on the Getz Ice Shelf (GtzIS) in the Amundsen Sea. BP in the eastern GtzIS (EG; 85.8 pM Leu. h−1), where basal glacier meltwater upwells, was significantly higher than BP measured in the western GtzIS (WG; 50.6 pM Leu. h−1) and the Amundsen Sea Polynya (ASP; 27.8 pM Leu. h−1). BP in the EG accounted for 49% of primary production, which was greater than that of the WG (10%) and ASP (9.2%). Enhanced BP in the eastern GtzIS was not coupled with phytoplankton biomass, but correlated significantly with the freshwater fraction containing meltwater-derived dissolved organic carbon (MW-DOC). These results suggest that warming-induced glacier melting weakens carbon sequestration efficiency in Antarctic coastal waters by stimulating heterotrophic metabolism that converts MW-DOC to CO2.
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ISSN
- 0094-8276
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/43247
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DOI
- 10.1029/2021gl097627
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Bibliographic Citation
- Geophysical Research Letters, v.49, no.19, 2022
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Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
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Keywords
- Amundsen Sea; bacterial production; DOC; Getz Ice Shelf; meltwater; microbial loop
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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