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Lake sedimentary biogenic silica from diatoms constitutes a significant global sink for aluminium.


ABSTRACT: Diatoms play an important role in marine biogeochemical cycle of aluminum (Al), as dissolved Al is taken up by diatoms to build their siliceous frustules and is involved in the sedimentation of diatomaceous biogenic silica (BSi). The Al incorporation in BSi facilitates decreasing the dissolution of marine BSi and thus substantially influences the biochemical processes driven by diatoms, such as CO2 sequestration. However, the role of lake BSi in the terrestrial biochemical Al cycle has not been explored, though lakes represent the second-largest sink for BSi. By identifying the previously unexplored high Al/Si atomic ratios (up to 0.052) in lake BSi, here we show lake BSi is a large terrestrial Al pool due to its high Al content, and lake sedimentary BSi constitutes a significant global sink for Al, which is on the same magnitude as the Al sink in global oceans.

SUBMITTER: Liu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6811591 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lake sedimentary biogenic silica from diatoms constitutes a significant global sink for aluminium.

Liu Dong D   Yuan Peng P   Tian Qian Q   Liu Hongchang H   Deng Liangliang L   Song Yaran Y   Zhou Junming J   Losic Dusan D   Zhou Jieyu J   Song Hongzhe H   Guo Haozhe H   Fan Wenxiao W  

Nature communications 20191023 1


Diatoms play an important role in marine biogeochemical cycle of aluminum (Al), as dissolved Al is taken up by diatoms to build their siliceous frustules and is involved in the sedimentation of diatomaceous biogenic silica (BSi). The Al incorporation in BSi facilitates decreasing the dissolution of marine BSi and thus substantially influences the biochemical processes driven by diatoms, such as CO<sub>2</sub> sequestration. However, the role of lake BSi in the terrestrial biochemical Al cycle ha  ...[more]

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