Journal
CHEMICAL GEOLOGY
Volume 354, Issue -, Pages 33-41Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.06.025
Keywords
Porifera; Spicules; Zinc isotopes; Particulate organic matter
Categories
Funding
- Antarctic Science Ltd.
- Bursary, National Science Foundation (US)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC UK) [NE/J00474X/1]
- Climate Change Consortium of Wales (C3W)
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/J00474X/1, NE/J00474X/2] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/J00474X/1, NE/J00474X/2] Funding Source: UKRI
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The zinc (Zn) content and isotopic composition of marine biogenic opal have the potential to yield information about the nutrient availability, utilization and export of particulate organic matter from surface to deep waters. Here, we report the first measurements of the Zn isotopic composition of deep-sea marine sponge skeletal elements - spicules -collected in the Southern Ocean. Our results highlight different Zn uptake and isotopic fractionation behavior between the two major siliceous sponge clades (hexactinellids and demosponges), which is most likely linked to sponge feeding strategy. Hexactinellid spicule Zn isotopic compositions are not fractionated with respect to seawater, most likely due to Zn transport via the open internal structure of the sponges. In contrast, demosponge spicules exhibit a wide range of Zn isotopic compositions that are related to the opal Zn concentration, most likely reflecting variable Zn isotope compositions in the organic matter particles on which they feed, and internal fractionation processes. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available