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Title: Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone

Abstract

Here we examine how marine microbial communities respond when dissolved organic matter (DOM) is mobilized from coastal wetlands. Biological transformations of this DOM may increase in the presence of reactive substrates, such as algal-derived DOM (ADOM) in the coastal zone—a process known as priming. We performed laboratory experiments examining transformations of DOM derived from coastal wetland peat (PDOM) with and without the presence ADOM. Associated shifts in microbial community composition and functional gene abundance were measured to evaluate mechanisms of priming effects. ADOM presence stimulated CO2 production when compared to the seawater control, which was further enhanced in the co-presence of PDOM. DOM characterization showed a substantial difference in features present at the end of the incubation when PDOM was present with and without ADOM, while metagenomic sequencing indicated shifts in microbial community composition and identified 23 unique functional genes associated with pathways for the breakdown of aromatic compounds.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6];  [7]
  1. Marine Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sequim Washington, School of Oceanography University of Washington Seattle Washington
  2. Department of Geological Sciences University of Florida Gainesville Florida, Soil &, Water Sciences Department University of Florida Gainesville Florida
  3. Geochemical and Environmental Research Group Texas A&,M University College Station Texas, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington
  4. Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington
  5. Soil &, Water Sciences Department University of Florida Gainesville Florida, Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience University of Florida St. Augustine Florida
  6. Soil &, Water Sciences Department University of Florida Gainesville Florida
  7. Department of Geological Sciences University of Florida Gainesville Florida
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1484390
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1484391; OSTI ID: 1572977
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-134462
Journal ID: ISSN 2378-2242
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐AC05‐76RL01830; AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Limnology and Oceanography Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Limnology and Oceanography Letters Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2378-2242
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; aquatic; bacteria; biogeochemistry; biology; blue carbon; carbon cycling; carbon dioxide; climate change; coastal; continuum; cycling; decomposition; dissolved organic carbon; ecosystem; ecotone; erosion; estuarine; exoenzyme; genomic; gradients; interface; marsh; metabalomic; metabolite; metagenome; microbes; microbial; organic matter; organic carbon; oxidation; priming; respiration; stable isotope; sequestration; terrestial aquatic interface; tidal; wetland; wetland soils

Citation Formats

Ward, Nicholas D., Morrison, Elise S., Liu, Yina, Rivas‐Ubach, Albert, Osborne, Todd Z., Ogram, Andrew V., and Bianchi, Thomas S. Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/lol2.10101.
Ward, Nicholas D., Morrison, Elise S., Liu, Yina, Rivas‐Ubach, Albert, Osborne, Todd Z., Ogram, Andrew V., & Bianchi, Thomas S. Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10101
Ward, Nicholas D., Morrison, Elise S., Liu, Yina, Rivas‐Ubach, Albert, Osborne, Todd Z., Ogram, Andrew V., and Bianchi, Thomas S. Mon . "Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10101.
@article{osti_1484390,
title = {Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone},
author = {Ward, Nicholas D. and Morrison, Elise S. and Liu, Yina and Rivas‐Ubach, Albert and Osborne, Todd Z. and Ogram, Andrew V. and Bianchi, Thomas S.},
abstractNote = {Here we examine how marine microbial communities respond when dissolved organic matter (DOM) is mobilized from coastal wetlands. Biological transformations of this DOM may increase in the presence of reactive substrates, such as algal-derived DOM (ADOM) in the coastal zone—a process known as priming. We performed laboratory experiments examining transformations of DOM derived from coastal wetland peat (PDOM) with and without the presence ADOM. Associated shifts in microbial community composition and functional gene abundance were measured to evaluate mechanisms of priming effects. ADOM presence stimulated CO2 production when compared to the seawater control, which was further enhanced in the co-presence of PDOM. DOM characterization showed a substantial difference in features present at the end of the incubation when PDOM was present with and without ADOM, while metagenomic sequencing indicated shifts in microbial community composition and identified 23 unique functional genes associated with pathways for the breakdown of aromatic compounds.},
doi = {10.1002/lol2.10101},
journal = {Limnology and Oceanography Letters},
number = 1,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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