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Effects of iron limitation on intracellular cadmium of cultured phytoplankton: implications for surface dissolved cadmium to phosphate ratios
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Lane, ES and Semeniuk, DM and Strzepek, RF and Cullen, JT and Maldonado, MT, Effects of iron limitation on intracellular cadmium of cultured phytoplankton: implications for surface dissolved cadmium to phosphate ratios, Marine Chemistry, 115, (3-4) pp. 155-162. ISSN 0304-4203 (2009) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2009.07.008
Abstract
This study compares intracellular Cd content (Cd:C) of cultured marine phytoplankton grown under various Fe levels, with estimated particulate Cd:P ratios derived from regression slopes of Cd versus PO43− relationships from a global dataset. A 66-fold difference in Cd:C ratios was observed among the seven species grown under identical Fe concentrations, with oceanic diatoms having the highest Cd quotas and prymesiophytes the lowest. Interestingly, all species significantly increased their Cd:C ratios under Fe-limitation (on average 2-fold). The global data set also showed that the mean estimated Cd:P ratio of surface water particulates in HNLC (high nutrient low chlorophyll) regions were approximately 2-fold higher than non-HNLC regions. A sequence of events are proposed to explain high Cd:P ratios in HNLC waters. First, the seasonal relief from Fe-limitation in HNLC regions leads to blooms of large chain forming diatoms with high intrinsic Cd:P ratios. These large blooms may, in theory, deplete surface water CO2 and Zn concentrations, which ultimately, would result in increased Cd uptake. Eventually these blooms will run out of Fe, which has been shown to further increase intercellular Cd via growth biodilution and increased Cd uptake through non-specific Fe(II) transporters. Ultimately, Fe-limited diatoms with enhanced Cd quotas will sink out of surface waters leading to pronounced regional differences in Cd:P ratios between HNLC and non-HNLC waters in the global ocean.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | cadmium, iron, species composition, phytoplankton, dissolved cadmium to phosphate ratios |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Oceanography |
| Research Field: | Biological oceanography |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments |
| Objective Field: | Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes |
| UTAS Author: | Strzepek, RF (Dr Robert Strzepek) |
| ID Code: | 147721 |
| Year Published: | 2009 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 51 |
| Deposited By: | Australian Antarctic Program Partnership |
| Deposited On: | 2021-11-11 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-11-17 |
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