Acclimation of Phytoplankton Fe:C Ratios Dampens the Biogeochemical Response to Varying Atmospheric Deposition of Soluble Iron

Wiseman, N. A.; Moore, J. K.; Twining, B. S.; Hamilton, D. S.; Mahowald, N. M.

doi:10.1029/2022GB007491

Title: Acclimation of Phytoplankton Fe:C Ratios Dampens the Biogeochemical Response to Varying Atmospheric Deposition of Soluble Iron

Journal Article · Mon Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Global Biogeochemical Cycles

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007491· OSTI ID:1970413

^[1]; Moore, J. K. ^[1];

^[2];

^[3];

^[4]

Department of Earth System Science University of California Irvine Irvine CA USA
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences East Boothbay ME USA
Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences North Carolina State University Raleigh NC USA, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science Cornell University Ithaca NY USA
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science Cornell University Ithaca NY USA

Abstract Dissolved iron (dFe) plays an important role in regulating marine productivity. In high nutrient, low chlorophyll regions (>33% of the global ocean), iron is the primary growth limiting nutrient, and elsewhere iron can regulate nitrogen fixation by diazotrophs. The link between iron availability and carbon export is strongly dependent on the phytoplankton iron quotas or cellular Fe:C ratios. This ratio varies by more than an order of magnitude in the open ocean and is positively correlated with ambient dFe concentrations in field observations. Representing Fe:C ratios within models is necessary to investigate how ocean carbon cycling will interact with perturbations to iron cycling in a changing climate. The Community Earth System Model ocean component was modified to simulate dynamic, group‐specific, phytoplankton Fe:C that varies as a function of ambient iron concentration. The simulated Fe:C ratios improve the representation of the spatial trends in the observed Fe:C ratios. The acclimation of phytoplankton Fe:C ratios dampens the biogeochemical response to varying atmospheric deposition of soluble iron, compared to a fixed Fe:C ratio. However, varying atmospheric soluble iron supply has first order impacts on global carbon and nitrogen fluxes and on nutrient limitation spatial patterns. Our results suggest that pyrogenic Fe is a significant dFe source that rivals mineral dust inputs in some regions. Changes in dust flux and iron combustion sources (anthropogenic and wildfires) will modify atmospheric Fe inputs in the future. Accounting for dynamic phytoplankton iron quotas is critical for understanding ocean biogeochemistry and projecting its response to variations in atmospheric deposition.

View Accepted Manuscript (Publisher)

Cite

Export

Save

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: DE‐SC0016539; DE‐SC0022177; DE‐SC0021302; DE‐AC02‐06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1970413

Journal Information:: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Journal Name: Global Biogeochemical Cycles Vol. 37 Journal Issue: 4; ISSN 0886-6236

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (66)

The underappreciated role of anthropogenic sources in atmospheric soluble iron flux to the Southern Ocean Liu, Mingxu; Matsui, Hitoshi; Hamilton, Douglas S. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Vol. 5, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00250-w	journal	April 2022
Low iron requirement for growth in oceanic phytoplankton Sunda, William G.; Swift, Dorothy G.; Huntsman, Susan A. Nature, Vol. 351, Issue 6321 https://doi.org/10.1038/351055a0	journal	May 1991
An iron cycle cascade governs the response of equatorial Pacific ecosystems to climate change Tagliabue, Alessandro; Barrier, Nicolas; Du Pontavice, Hubert Global Change Biology, Vol. 26, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15316	journal	September 2020
A model of phytoplankton acclimation to iron-light colimitation Buitenhuis, Erik T.; Geider, Richard J. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 55, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.2.0714	journal	February 2010
The Elemental Composition of some Marine Phytoplankton1 Ho, Tung-Yuan; Quigg, Antonietta; Finkel, Zoe V. Journal of Phycology, Vol. 39, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-090.x	journal	December 2003
Marine phytoplankton stoichiometry mediates nonlinear interactions between nutrient supply, temperature, and atmospheric CO₂ Moreno, Allison R.; Hagstrom, George I.; Primeau, Francois W. Biogeosciences, Vol. 15, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-2761-2018	journal	January 2018
Convergent estimates of marine nitrogen fixation Wang, Wei-Lei; Moore, J. Keith; Martiny, Adam C. Nature, Vol. 566, Issue 7743 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0911-2	journal	February 2019
GEOTRACES: Accelerating Research on the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Their Isotopes Anderson, Robert F. Annual Review of Marine Science, Vol. 12, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-010318-095123	journal	January 2020
Fractional solubility of aerosol iron: Synthesis of a global-scale data set Sholkovitz, Edward R.; Sedwick, Peter N.; Church, Thomas M. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 89 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.022	journal	July 2012
Modeling the geochemical cycle of iron in the oceans and its impact on atmospheric CO₂concentrations Lefèvre, Nathalie; Watson, Andrew J. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 13, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1029/1999gb900034	journal	September 1999
A global compilation of dissolved iron measurements: focus on distributions and processes in the Southern Ocean Tagliabue, A.; Mtshali, T.; Aumont, O. Biogeosciences, Vol. 9, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-2333-2012	journal	January 2012
Structural Basis of Biological Nitrogen Fixation Howard, James B.; Rees, Douglas C. Chemical Reviews, Vol. 96, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr9500545	journal	January 1996
Iron in the Sargasso Sea: Implications for the processes controlling dissolved Fe distribution in the ocean Wu, Jingfeng; Boyle, Edward Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 16, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1029/2001gb001453	journal	November 2002
Nitrogen cycling driven by organic matter export in the South Pacific oxygen minimum zone Kalvelage, Tim; Lavik, Gaute; Lam, Phyllis Nature Geoscience, Vol. 6, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1739	journal	February 2013
Global-scale constraints on light-absorbing anthropogenic iron oxide aerosols Lamb, K. D.; Matsui, H.; Katich, J. M. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Vol. 4, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00171-0	journal	March 2021
Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean Sañudo-Wilhelmy, Sergio A.; Kustka, Adam B.; Gobler, Christopher J. Nature, Vol. 411, Issue 6833 https://doi.org/10.1038/35075041	journal	May 2001
Sedimentary and mineral dust sources of dissolved iron to the world ocean Moore, J. K.; Braucher, O. Biogeosciences, Vol. 5, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-5-631-2008	journal	January 2008
Summarizing multiple aspects of model performance in a single diagram Taylor, Karl E. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 106, Issue D7 https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JD900719	journal	April 2001
Importance of stirring in the development of an iron-fertilized phytoplankton bloom Abraham, Edward R.; Law, Cliff S.; Boyd, Philip W. Nature, Vol. 407, Issue 6805 https://doi.org/10.1038/35037555	journal	October 2000
A simple nutrient-dependence mechanism for predicting the stoichiometry of marine ecosystems Galbraith, Eric D.; Martiny, Adam C. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 112, Issue 27 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423917112	journal	June 2015
Pyrogenic iron: The missing link to high iron solubility in aerosols Ito, Akinori; Myriokefalitakis, Stelios; Kanakidou, Maria Science Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau7671	journal	May 2019
Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation Liu, Y.; Moore, J. K.; Primeau, F. Nature Climate Change, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01555-7	journal	December 2022
Ferritin is used for iron storage in bloom-forming marine pennate diatoms Marchetti, Adrian; Parker, Micaela S.; Moccia, Lauren P. Nature, Vol. 457, Issue 7228 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07539	journal	November 2008
The fate of biogenic iron during a phytoplankton bloom induced by natural fertilisation: Impact of copepod grazing Sarthou, Géraldine; Vincent, Dorothée; Christaki, Urania Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 55, Issue 5-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.033	journal	March 2008
Recent (1980 to 2015) Trends and Variability in Daily‐to‐Interannual Soluble Iron Deposition from Dust, Fire, and Anthropogenic Sources Hamilton, Douglas S.; Scanza, Rachel A.; Rathod, Sagar D. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 47, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl089688	journal	September 2020
Desert dust and anthropogenic aerosol interactions in the Community Climate System Model coupled-carbon-climate model Mahowald, N.; Lindsay, K.; Rothenberg, D. Biogeosciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-387-2011	journal	January 2011
Oceanic nitrogen reservoir regulated by plankton diversity and ocean circulation Weber, Thomas; Deutsch, Curtis Nature, Vol. 489, Issue 7416 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11357	journal	September 2012
The elemental composition of plankton Martin, John H.; Knauer, George A. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 37, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(73)90154-3	journal	July 1973
Quantifying Trace Elements in Individual Aquatic Protist Cells with a Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microprobe Twining, Benjamin S.; Baines, Stephen B.; Fisher, Nicholas S. Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 75, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1021/ac034227z	journal	August 2003
Anthropogenic combustion iron as a complex climate forcer Matsui, Hitoshi; Mahowald, Natalie M.; Moteki, Nobuhiro Nature Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03997-0	journal	April 2018
Limitation of productivity by trace metals in the sea Morel, François M. M.; Hudson, Robert J. M.; Price, Neil M. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 36, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1991.36.8.1742	journal	December 1991
Endocytosis-mediated siderophore uptake as a strategy for Fe acquisition in diatoms Kazamia, Elena; Sutak, Robert; Paz-Yepes, Javier Science Advances, Vol. 4, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar4536	journal	May 2018
Variations in Synechococcus cell quotas of phosphorus, sulfur, manganese, iron, nickel, and zinc within mesoscale eddies in the Sargasso Sea Twining, Benjamin S.; Nuñez-Milland, Daliangelis; Vogt, Stefan Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 55, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.2.0492	journal	December 2009
Upper ocean ecosystem dynamics and iron cycling in a global three-dimensional model: GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM-BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL Moore, J. Keith; Doney, Scott C.; Lindsay, Keith Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 18, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GB002220	journal	December 2004
Mesoscale Iron Enrichment Experiments 1993-2005: Synthesis and Future Directions Boyd, P. W.; Jickells, T.; Law, C. S. Science, Vol. 315, Issue 5812 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1131669	journal	February 2007
Taxonomic and nutrient controls on phytoplankton iron quotas in the ocean Twining, Benjamin S.; Antipova, Olga; Chappell, P. Dreux Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Vol. 6, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10179	journal	December 2020
Impact of phytoplankton on the biogeochemical cycling of iron in subantarctic waters southeast of New Zealand during FeCycle McKay, R. M. L.; Wilhelm, S. W.; Hall, J. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 19, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GB002482	journal	December 2005
Metal contents of phytoplankton and labile particulate material in the North Atlantic Ocean Twining, Benjamin S.; Rauschenberg, Sara; Morton, Peter L. Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 137 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.07.001	journal	September 2015
PISCES-v2: an ocean biogeochemical model for carbon and ecosystem studies Aumont, O.; Ethé, C.; Tagliabue, A. Geoscientific Model Development, Vol. 8, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2465-2015	journal	January 2015
Simulations With the Marine Biogeochemistry Library (MARBL) Long, Matthew C.; Moore, J. Keith; Lindsay, Keith Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Vol. 13, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002647	journal	November 2021
Marine nitrogen fixers mediate a low latitude pathway for atmospheric CO2 drawdown Buchanan, Pearse J.; Chase, Zanna; Matear, Richard J. Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12549-z	journal	October 2019
Iron availability limits the ocean nitrogen inventory stabilizing feedbacks between marine denitrification and nitrogen fixation: NITROGEN CYCLE NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS Moore, J. Keith; Doney, Scott C. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 21, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GB002762	journal	April 2007
Interactive influences of bioactive trace metals on biological production in oceanic waters Bruland, Kenneth W.; Donat, John R.; Hutchins, David A. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 36, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1991.36.8.1555	journal	December 1991
lron transport in marine phytoplankton: Kinetics of cellular and medium coordination reactions Hudson, Robert J. M.; Morel, FraÇois M. M. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 35, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1990.35.5.1002	journal	July 1990
Atmospheric Iron Deposition: Global Distribution, Variability, and Human Perturbations Mahowald, Natalie M.; Engelstaedter, Sebastian; Luo, Chao Annual Review of Marine Science, Vol. 1, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163727	journal	January 2009
Tracing and constraining anthropogenic aerosol iron fluxes to the North Atlantic Ocean using iron isotopes Conway, Tim M.; Hamilton, Douglas S.; Shelley, Rachel U. Nature Communications, Vol. 10, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10457-w	journal	June 2019
Planktonic C:Fe ratios and carrying capacity in the southern Drake Passage Hopkinson, Brian M.; Seegers, Brian; Hatta, Mariko Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 90 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.09.001	journal	June 2013
A nutrient limitation mosaic in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean Twining, Benjamin S.; Rauschenberg, Sara; Baer, Steven E. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 166 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.05.001	journal	August 2019
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Pollution: Aerosol Nutrient Sources and Impacts on Ocean Biogeochemistry Hamilton, Douglas S.; Perron, Morgane M. G.; Bond, Tami C. Annual Review of Marine Science, Vol. 14, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-031921-013612	journal	January 2022
Cellular iron contents of plankton during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX) Twining, Benjamin S.; Baines, Stephen B.; Fisher, Nicholas S. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Vol. 51, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.08.007	journal	December 2004
Sustained climate warming drives declining marine biological productivity Moore, J. Keith; Fu, Weiwei; Primeau, Francois Science, Vol. 359, Issue 6380 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao6379	journal	March 2018
Dust impact on marine biota and atmospheric CO₂during glacial periods Bopp, Laurent; Kohfeld, Karen E.; Le Quéré, Corinne Paleoceanography, Vol. 18, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1029/2002pa000810	journal	June 2003
Dynamic Biological Functioning Important for Simulating and Stabilizing Ocean Biogeochemistry Buchanan, P. J.; Matear, R. J.; Chase, Z. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 32, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gb005753	journal	April 2018
Metagenomic analysis reveals global-scale patterns of ocean nutrient limitation Ustick, Lucas J.; Larkin, Alyse A.; Garcia, Catherine A. Science, Vol. 372, Issue 6539 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe6301	journal	April 2021
Iron availability, cellular iron quotas, and nitrogen fixation in Trichodesmium Berman-Frank, Ilana; Cullen, Jay T.; Shaked, Yeala Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 46, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2001.46.6.1249	journal	August 2001
Evolution of the nitrogen cycle and its influence on the biological sequestration of CO2 in the ocean Falkowski, Paul G. Nature, Vol. 387, Issue 6630 https://doi.org/10.1038/387272a0	journal	May 1997
Tracking Improvement in Simulated Marine Biogeochemistry Between CMIP5 and CMIP6 Séférian, Roland; Berthet, Sarah; Yool, Andrew Current Climate Change Reports https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-020-00160-0	journal	August 2020
Effects of depth- and CO₂-dependent C:N ratios of particulate organic matter (POM) on the marine carbon cycle Schneider, Birgit; Engel, Anja; Schlitzer, Reiner Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 18, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GB002184	journal	June 2004
A comparison of biogenic iron quotas during a diatom spring bloom using multiple approaches King, A. L.; Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. A.; Boyd, P. W. Biogeosciences, Vol. 9, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-667-2012	journal	January 2012
Metal quotas of plankton in the equatorial Pacific Ocean Twining, Benjamin S.; Baines, Stephen B.; Bozard, James B. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 58, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.08.018	journal	February 2011
Reviews and syntheses: the GESAMP atmospheric iron deposition model intercomparison study Myriokefalitakis, Stelios; Ito, Akinori; Kanakidou, Maria Biogeosciences, Vol. 15, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6659-2018	journal	January 2018
Size-fractionated biological iron and carbon uptake along a coastal to offshore transect in the NE Pacific Schmidt, M. A.; Hutchins, D. A. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 46, Issue 11-12 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(99)00073-9	journal	November 1999
Processes and patterns of oceanic nutrient limitation Moore, C. M.; Mills, M. M.; Arrigo, K. R. Nature Geoscience, Vol. 6, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1765	journal	March 2013
Responses of ocean biogeochemistry to atmospheric supply of lithogenic and pyrogenic iron-containing aerosols Ito, Akinori; Ye, Ying; Yamamoto, Akitomo Geological Magazine, Vol. 157, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756819001080	journal	November 2019
Iron and phosphorus co-limit nitrogen fixation in the eastern tropical North Atlantic Mills, Matthew M.; Ridame, Celine; Davey, Margaret Nature, Vol. 429, Issue 6989 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02550	journal	May 2004
The integral role of iron in ocean biogeochemistry Tagliabue, Alessandro; Bowie, Andrew R.; Boyd, Philip W. Nature, Vol. 543, Issue 7643 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21058	journal	March 2017

Similar Records

Impact of Changes to the Atmospheric Soluble Iron Deposition Flux on Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles in the Anthropocene

Journal Article · Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · OSTI ID:1970413

Hamilton, Douglas S.; Moore, J. Keith; Arneth, Almut; +10 more

Taxonomic and nutrient controls on phytoplankton iron quotas in the ocean

Journal Article · Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Limnology and Oceanography Letters · OSTI ID:1970413

Twining, Benjamin S.; Antipova, Olga; Chappell, P. Dreux; +7 more

The Unique Biogeochemical Signature of the Marine Diazotroph Trichodesmium

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Frontiers in Microbiology · OSTI ID:1970413

Nuester, Jochen; Vogt, Stefan; Newville, Matthew; +2 more

Title: Acclimation of Phytoplankton Fe:C Ratios Dampens the Biogeochemical Response to Varying Atmospheric Deposition of Soluble Iron

Citation Formats

References (66)

Similar Records

Related Subjects