FTIR autecological analysis of bottom-ice diatom taxa across a tidal strait in the Canadian Arctic

Author:

Pogorzelec Nicole M.1,Gough Kathleen M.2,Ha Sun-Yong3,Campbell Karley14,Else Brent5,Kim Kwanwoo6,Lee Sang Heon6,Mundy C. J.1

Affiliation:

1. 1Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

2. 2Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

3. 3Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Incheon, South Korea

4. 4University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

5. 5University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

6. 6Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea

Abstract

A recent study demonstrated that an Arctic tidal strait, where a shoaled and constricted waterway increases tidally driven sub-ice currents and turbulence, represents a “hotspot” for ice algal production due to a hypothesized enhanced ocean-ice nutrient supply. Based on these findings, we sampled the bottom-ice algal community across the same tidal strait between the Finlayson Islands within Dease Strait, Nunavut, Canada, in spring 2017. Our objective was to examine cellular responses of sea-ice diatoms to two expected nutrient supply gradients in their natural environment: (1) a horizontal gradient across the tidal strait and (2) a vertical gradient in the bottom-ice matrix. Two diatom taxa, Nitzschia frigida and Attheya spp. in bottom-ice sections (0–2, 2–5, and 5–10 cm) under thin snow cover (<5 cm), were selected for Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrochemical analysis for lipid and protein content. Results from the FTIR technique strongly supported the existence of a horizontal nutrient gradient across the tidal strait of the Finlayson Islands, while estimates of particulate organic carbon and chlorophyll a concentrations were difficult to interpret. The larger N. frigida cells appeared to be more sensitive to the suspected horizontal nutrient gradient, significantly increasing in lipid content relative to protein beyond the tidal strait. In contrast, the epiphytic diatoms, Attheya spp., were more sensitive to the vertical gradient: above 2 cm in the bottom-ice matrix, the non-motile cells appeared to be trapped with a depleted nutrient inventory and evidence of a post-bloom state. Application of the FTIR technique to estimate biomolecular composition of algal cells provided new insights on the response of the bottom-ice algal community to the examined spatial gradients that could not be obtained from conventional bulk measurements alone. Future studies of sea ice and associated environments are thus encouraged to employ this technique.

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

Atmospheric Science,Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,Ecology,Environmental Engineering,Oceanography

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