Dimethylsulphide and dimethylsulphoniopropionate in Antarctic sea ice and their release during sea ice melting

Trevena, Anne; Jones, Graham B

doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2005.09.005

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“…MSA is one of the atmospheric oxidation products of dimethyl sulfide, a metabolic byproduct of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), produced primarily by haptophytes (a phylum of algae), as shown by Keller et al (1989). Prymnesiophytes (including coccolithophores), some dinoflagellate species, chrysophytes, and centric and pennate diatoms produce the largest amounts of DMS (Keller et al, 1989;Levasseur et al, 1994;Trevena and Jones, 2006). The DMS is emitted at sea ice margins during blooms that follow decay of the sea ice.…”

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Fluxes of microbes, organic aerosols, dust, sea-salt Na ions, non-sea-salt Ca ions, and methanesulfonate onto Greenland and Antarctic ice

2009

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Abstract. Using a spectrofluorimeter with 224-nm laser excitation and six emission bands from 300 to 420 nm to measure fluorescence intensities at 0.3-mm depth intervals in ice cores, we report results of the first comparative study of concentrations of microbial cells (using the spectrum of proteinbound tryptophan (Trp) as a proxy) and of aerosols with autofluorescence spectra different from Trp (denoted "nonTrp") as a function of depth in ice cores from West Antarctica (WAIS Divide and Siple Dome) and Greenland (GISP2). The ratio of fluxes of microbial cells onto West Antarctic (WAIS Divide) versus Greenland sites is 0.13±0.06; the ratio of non-Trp aerosols onto WAIS Divide versus Greenland sites is 0.16±0.08; and the ratio of non-sea-salt Ca 2+ ions (a proxy for dust grains) onto WAIS Divide versus Greenland sites is 0.06±0.03. All of these are roughly comparable to the ratio of fluxes of dust onto Antarctic versus Greenland sites (0.08±0.05). By contrast to those values, which are considerably lower than unity, the ratio of fluxes of methanesulfonate (MSA) onto Antarctic versus Greenland sites is 1.9±0.4 and the ratio of sea-salt Na 2+ ions onto WAIS Divide versus Greenland sites is 3.0±2. These ratios are more than an order of magnitude higher than those in the first grouping. We infer that the correlation of microbes and nonTrp aerosols with non-sea-salt Ca and dust suggests a largely terrestrial rather than marine origin. The lower fluxes of microbes, non-Trp aerosols, non-sea-salt Ca and dust onto WAIS Divide ice than onto Greenland ice may be due to the smaller areas of their source regions and less favorable wind patterns for transport onto Antarctic ice than onto Greenland ice. The correlated higher relative fluxes of MSA and marine Na onto Antarctic versus Greenland ice is consistent with the Correspondence to: P. B. Price (bprice@berkeley.edu) view that both originate largely on or around sea ice, with the Antarctic sea ice being far more extensive than that around Greenland.

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Fluxes of microbes, organic aerosols, dust, sea-salt Na ions, non-sea-salt Ca ions, and methanesulfonate onto Greenland and Antarctic ice

2009

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“…DMS is oxidized in the atmosphere to sulfate aerosols which nucleate cloud condensation, altering global albedo (Charlson et al, 1987(Charlson et al, , 1992. Estimates suggest that the Antarctic region contributes 17% of the global DMS emissions (Curran and Jones, 2000), with the highest concentrations of these DMSP and DMS compounds often found amongst sea ice (e.g., Kirst et al, 1991;Turner et al, 1995;Trevena and Jones, 2006;Jones et al, 2010;Vance et al, 2013). Any climate-induced decline in SIE and/or duration (see above) could reduce the magnitude of DMS production in the SSIZ, feeding back to global climate by reducing cloud-induced albedo.…”

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Southern Ocean Phytoplankton in a Changing Climate

2017

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Phytoplankton are the base of the Antarctic food web, sustain the wealth and diversity of life for which Antarctica is renowned, and play a critical role in biogeochemical cycles that mediate global climate. Over the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean (SO), the climate is variously predicted to experience increased warming, strengthening wind, acidification, shallowing mixed layer depths, increased light (and UV), changes in upwelling and nutrient replenishment, declining sea ice, reduced salinity, and the southward migration of ocean fronts. These changes are expected to alter the structure and function of phytoplankton communities in the SO. The diverse environments contained within the vast expanse of the SO will be impacted differently by climate change; causing the identity and the magnitude of environmental factors driving biotic change to vary within and among bioregions. Predicting the net effect of multiple climate-induced stressors over a range of environments is complex. Yet understanding the response of SO phytoplankton to climate change is vital if we are to predict the future state/s of the ecosystem, estimate the impacts on fisheries and endangered species, and accurately predict the effects of physical and biotic change in the SO on global climate. This review looks at the major environmental factors that define the structure and function of phytoplankton communities in the SO, examines the forecast changes in the SO environment, predicts the likely effect of these changes on phytoplankton, and considers the ramifications for trophodynamics and feedbacks to global climate change. Predictions strongly suggest that all regions of the SO will experience changes in phytoplankton productivity and community composition with climate change. The nature, and even the sign, of these changes varies within and among regions and will depend upon the magnitude and sequence in which these environmental changes are imposed. It is likely that predicted changes to phytoplankton communities will affect SO biogeochemistry, carbon export, and nutrition for higher trophic levels.

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“…DMS, the enzymatic cleavage product of DMSP, has long remained difficult to measure in sea ice, since the thawing of the ice samples and the subsequent osmotic shock result in cell lysis and in the artificial conversion of DMSP into DMS [Stefels et al, 2012]. However, techniques such as acidification of samples [Trevena and Jones, 2006], drycrushing and addition of stable isotopes Stefels et al, 2012], have all been successfully used to confirm the important stocks of DMS in sea ice.…”

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“…Melting of sea ice considerably increases the concentration of DMS in surface waters of the polar ocean either through the direct release of DMS(P) or through the onset of phytoplankton blooms [Levasseur et al, 1994;Curran and Jones, 2000;Trevena and Jones, 2006;Trevena and Jones, 2012]. These pulses of DMS(P) may considerably increase the regional oceanic DMS emissions [see Levasseur et al, 1994;Tison et al, 2010 andJones, 2012 for estimates].…”

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Role of sea ice in global biogeochemical cycles: emerging views and challenges

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Michel

et al. 2013

Quaternary Science Reviews

215

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International audienceObservations from the last decade suggest an important role of sea ice in the global biogeochemical cycles, promoted by (i) active biological and chemical processes within the sea ice; (ii) fluid and gas exchanges at the sea ice interface through an often permeable sea ice cover; and (iii) tight physical, biological and chemical interactions between the sea ice, the ocean and the atmosphere. Photosynthetic micro-organisms in sea ice thrive in liquid brine inclusions encased in a pure ice matrix, where they find suitable light and nutrient levels. They extend the production season, provide a winter and early spring food source, and contribute to organic carbon export to depth. Under-ice and ice edge phytoplankton blooms occur when ice retreats, favoured by increasing light, stratification, and by the release of material into the water column. In particular, the release of iron - highly concentrated in sea ice - could have large effects in the iron-limited Southern Ocean. The export of inorganic carbon transport by brine sinking below the mixed layer, calcium carbonate precipitation in sea ice, as well as active ice-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO₂) fluxes, could play a central role in the marine carbon cycle. Sea ice processes could also significantly contribute to the sulphur cycle through the large production by ice algae of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), the precursor of sulphate aerosols, which as cloud condensation nuclei have a potential cooling effect on the planet. Finally, the sea ice zone supports significant ocean-atmosphere methane (CH₄) fluxes, while saline ice surfaces activate springtime atmospheric bromine chemistry, setting ground for tropospheric ozone depletion events observed near both poles. All these mechanisms are generally known, but neither precisely understood nor quantified at large scales. As polar regions are rapidly changing, understanding the large-scale polar marine biogeochemical processes and their future evolution is of high priority. Earth system models should in this context prove essential, but they currently represent sea ice as biologically and chemically inert. Palaeoclimatic proxies are also relevant, in particular the sea ice proxies, inferring past sea ice conditions from glacial and marine sediment core records and providing analogues for future changes. Being highly constrained by marine biogeochemistry, sea ice proxies would not only contribute to but also benefit from a better understanding of polar marine biogeochemical cycles

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Dimethylsulphide and dimethylsulphoniopropionate in Antarctic sea ice and their release during sea ice melting

Cited by 100 publications

References 42 publications

Fluxes of microbes, organic aerosols, dust, sea-salt Na ions, non-sea-salt Ca ions, and methanesulfonate onto Greenland and Antarctic ice

Fluxes of microbes, organic aerosols, dust, sea-salt Na ions, non-sea-salt Ca ions, and methanesulfonate onto Greenland and Antarctic ice

Southern Ocean Phytoplankton in a Changing Climate

Role of sea ice in global biogeochemical cycles: emerging views and challenges

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