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Arsenolipids in Plankton from High- and Low-Nutrient Oceanic Waters Along a eTransect in the North Atlantic

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 55, 期 8, 页码 5515-5524

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06901

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  1. Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [23761-N17]
  2. US National Science Foundation (NSF) [OCE-1031143, OCE-1756254]
  3. NAWI Graz

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The study found arsenolipids in 61 plankton samples with varying levels of nutrients in the North Atlantic Ocean. The relative amounts of six identified arsenolipids in the samples showed a clear dependence on the nutrient status of the surrounding water. By combining field data with global phytoplankton productivity, it is estimated that oceans' phytoplankton convert 50,000-100,000 tons of arsenic into arsenolipids annually.
Although the natural occurrence of arsenic-containing lipids (arsenolipids) in marine organisms is now well established, the possible role of these unusual compounds in organisms and in the cycling of arsenic in marine systems remains largely unexplored. We report the finding of arsenolipids in 61 plankton samples collected from surface marine waters of high-and low-nutrient content along a transect spanning the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic Ocean. Using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to both elemental and molecular mass spectrometry, we show that all 61 plankton samples contained six identifiable arsenolipids, namely, three arsenosugar phospholipids (AsPL958, 10-13%; AsPL978, 13-25%; and AsPL1006, 7-10% of total arsenolipids), two arsenic-containing hydrocarbons (AsHC332, 4-10% and AsHC360, 1-2%), and a methoxy-sugar arsenolipid that contained phytol (AsSugPhytol, 1-3%). The relative amounts of the six arsenolipids showed clear dependence on the nutrient status of the ambient water with plankton collected from high-nutrient waters having less of the arsenosugar phospholipids and more of the three non-P containing arsenolipids compared to low-nutrient waters. By combining these first field data of arsenolipids in plankton with reported global phytoplankton productivity, we estimate that the oceans' phytoplankton transform per year 50 000-100 000 tons of arsenic into arsenolipids.

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