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Denitrification by benthic foraminifera and their contribution to N-loss from a fjord environment

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  • Constance Choquel, Universite d'Angers, Frankrig
  • Emanuelle Geslin, University of Angers, Frankrig
  • Eduard Metzger, University of Angers, Frankrig
  • Helena Filipsson, Lund University, Sverige
  • Nils Risgaard-Petersen
  • Patric Launeau, Universite d'Angers
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  • Mannuel Giraud, University of Angers
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  • Thierry Jauffrais, Universite d'Angers
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  • Bruno Jesus, Universite de Nantes
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  • Aurélia Mouret, Universite d'Angers, Frankrig

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.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBiogeosciences
Vol/bind18
Nummer1
Sider (fra-til)327-341
Antal sider15
ISSN1726-4170
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

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