Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 169, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112551
Keywords
Dissolved organic nitrogen; Hydrophilic component; Phytoplankton; Bioavailability; Coastal water
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [41676062, 42076221]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [201962008]
- Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Project (MSTIP) of Shandong [2019JZZY020705]
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The study showed that animal-derived DON from domestic and livestock breeding had higher bioavailability compared to vegetal DON derived from agricultural sources. Both forms of DON could be absorbed by marine phytoplankton, with Hic DON exhibiting higher bioavailability.
Increasing human activities have caused the accumulation of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the ocean, which can alter dominant coastal phytoplankton species. However, insights into DON's effects on marine phytoplankton growth are insufficient compared with those of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), especially regarding the role of specific DON components. Therefore, in this study, the effects of the hydrophilic (Hic) and low molecular weight (LMW) components of two anthropogenic DON sources on the growth and bioavailable nitrogen uptake of phytoplankton were studied using in situ cultural experiments conducted in Jiaozhou Bay, China. Animal-derived DON from domestic and livestock breeding showed a higher bioavailability compared with that of vegetal DON derived from agricultural sources, with bioavailable component proportions of 76% +/- 4% and 66% +/- 3%, respectively. Both forms of DON could be absorbed by Skeletonema costatum, stimulating it to become the dominant species in the mesocosm ecosystem; the hydrophilic components of DON contributed approximately 75% of the uptake of DON by S. costatum. The bioavailability of LMW DON was significantly (p < 0.05) lower than that of the Hic DON. The high bioavailability of the Hic DON was mainly associated with its protein-like T1 and T2 components, identified using parallel factor analysis on the excitation-emission-matrix spectra, while the low bioavailability of LMW DON was mainly associated with the humus-like A component. The protein-like T2 components may be directly absorbed by algae, while T1 may be transformed through mineralization and algal absorption. Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic DON and its components on phytoplankton will help improve coastal environmental management. More knowledge of the effect of anthropogenic DON on the phytoplankton community structure in coastal waters should be accumulated in the future.
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