Understanding predicted shifts in diazotroph biogeography using resource competition theory

S Dutkiewicz 1, * B.A. Ward 2 J.R. Scott 1 M. J. Follows 1
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1 MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 LEMAR - Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR)
Abstract : We examine the sensitivity of the biogeography of nitrogen fixers to a warming climate and increased aeo-lian iron deposition in the context of a global earth system model. We employ concepts from the resource-ratio theory to provide a simplifying and transparent interpretation of the results. First we demonstrate that a set of clearly defined, eas-ily diagnosed provinces are consistent with the theory. Us-ing this framework we show that the regions most vulnera-ble to province shifts and changes in diazotroph biogeogra-phy are the equatorial and South Pacific, and central Atlantic. Warmer and dustier climates favor diazotrophs due to an in-crease in the ratio of supply rate of iron to fixed nitrogen. We suggest that the emergent provinces could be a standard diagnostic for global change models, allowing for rapid and transparent interpretation and comparison of model predic-tions and the underlying mechanisms. The analysis suggests that monitoring of real world province boundaries, indicated by transitions in surface nutrient concentrations, would pro-vide a clear and easily interpreted indicator of ongoing global change.
Keywords : nitrogen fixation iron microbial community global change eolian deposit concentration (composition) biogeography competition (ecology)
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Biogeosciences Discussions, European Geosciences Union, 2014, 11 (19), pp.5445 - 5461. 〈10.5194/bg-11-5445-2014〉
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S Dutkiewicz, B.A. Ward, J.R. Scott, M. J. Follows. Understanding predicted shifts in diazotroph biogeography using resource competition theory. Biogeosciences Discussions, European Geosciences Union, 2014, 11 (19), pp.5445 - 5461. 〈10.5194/bg-11-5445-2014〉. 〈hal-01103843〉

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