Deep ocean nutrients during the Last Glacial Maximum deduced from sponge silicon isotopic compositions

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2010-02Author
Hendry, Katharine R.
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Georg, R. Bastian
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Rickaby, Rosalind E. M.
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Robinson, Laura F.
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Halliday, Alex N.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.005Keyword
Porifera; Spicule; Silicic acid; Deep-water; Silicon cycle; GlacialAbstract
The relative importance of biological and physical processes within the Southern
Ocean for the storage of carbon and atmospheric pCO2 on glacial-interglacial
timescales remains uncertain. Understanding the impact of surface biological
production on carbon export in the past relies on the reconstruction of the nutrient
supply from upwelling deep-waters. In particular, the upwelling of silicic acid
(Si(OH)4) is tightly coupled to carbon export in the Southern Ocean via diatom
productivity. Here, we address how changes in deep-water Si(OH)4 concentrations
can be reconstructed using the silicon isotopic composition of deep-sea sponges. We
report δ30Si of modern deep-sea sponge spicules and show that they reflect seawater
Si(OH)4 concentration. The fractionation factor of sponge δ30Si compared to seawater
δ30Si shows a positive relationship with Si(OH)4, which may be a growth rate effect.
Application of this proxy in two down-core records from the Scotia Sea reveals that
Si(OH)4 concentrations in the deep Southern Ocean during the Last Glacial
Maximum (LGM) were no different than today. Our result does not support a
coupling of carbon and nutrient build up in an isolated deep-ocean reservoir during
the LGM. Our data, combined with records of stable isotopes from diatoms, are only
consistent with enhanced LGM Southern Ocean nutrient utilization if there was also
a concur rent reduction in diatom silicification or a shift from siliceous to organic walled phytoplankton.
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Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters 292 (2010): 290-300, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.005.
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Preprint: Hendry, Katharine R., Georg, R. Bastian, Rickaby, Rosalind E. M., Robinson, Laura F., Halliday, Alex N., "Deep ocean nutrients during the Last Glacial Maximum deduced from sponge silicon isotopic compositions", 2010-02, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.005, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/3445Related items
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