ArticleNature communications2021
Hydrothermal plumes as hotspots for deep-ocean heterotrophic microbial biomass production.
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- Microbial metabolic potential of hydrothermal vent chimneys along the submarine ring of fire.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Hydrothermal vents supporting persistent plumes and microbial chemoautotrophy at Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean).Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Carbon budgets of hydrothermal plumes result from the balance between carbon sinks through plume chemoautotrophic processes and carbon release via microbial respiration. However, the lack of comprehensive analysis of the metabolic processes and biomass production rates hinders an accurate estimate of their contribution to the deep ocean carbon cycle. Here, we use a biogeochemical model to estimate the autotrophic and heterotrophic production rates of microbial communities in hydrothermal plumes and validate it with in situ data. We show how substrate limitation might prevent net chemolithoautotrophic production in hydrothermal plumes. Elevated prokaryotic heterotrophic production rates (up to 0.9 gCm
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