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DOI 10.1029/2017GB005854
Title (Primary) Aging and molecular changes of dissolved organic matter between two deep oceanic end-members
Author Bercovici, S.K.; Koch, B.P.; Lechtenfeld, O.J. ORCID logo ; McCallister, S.L.; Schmitt-Kopplin, P.; Hansell, D.A.
Source Titel Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Year 2018
Department ANA
Volume 32
Issue 10
Page From 1449
Page To 1456
Language englisch
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Keywords dissolved organic matter; radiocarbon; molecular composition; deep North Pacific
Abstract The global ocean contains a massive reservoir of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), rivaling the atmosphere's pool of CO2. The most recalcitrant fractions have mean radiocarbon ages of ~4,000 years in the Atlantic to ~6,000 years in the Pacific. Knowing the radiocarbon signatures of DOC and the molecular composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) is crucial to develop understanding of the persistence and lifetime of the DOC pool. In this research, we collected samples from the deep North Pacific in August 2013 (aboard the RV Melville) to couple the Δ14C content of solid‐phase‐extracted DOM (Δ14C‐SPE‐DOM) with its molecular composition in the ocean's oldest deep waters. We find that deep waters in this region held a mean Δ14C‐SPE‐DOM value of −554 ± 9‰ (~6,400 14C years), substantially more depleted than that in the deep Atlantic, which held a mean Δ14C‐SPE‐DOM value of −445 ± 5‰. While we find a more degraded molecular composition of DOM in the deep Pacific than the deep Atlantic, the molecular formulae within the Island of Stability (Lechtenfeld et al., 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.009), are largely retained. These results imply that a fraction of deep DOM is resistant to removal and present in both the deep Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Bercovici, S.K., Koch, B.P., Lechtenfeld, O.J., McCallister, S.L., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Hansell, D.A. (2018):
Aging and molecular changes of dissolved organic matter between two deep oceanic end-members
Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 32 (10), 1449 - 1456 10.1029/2017GB005854