Communications Earth & Environment (Jul 2022)

Intracellular nitrate storage by diatoms can be an important nitrogen pool in freshwater and marine ecosystems

  • Peter Stief,
  • Clemens Schauberger,
  • Marie B. Lund,
  • Andreas Greve,
  • Raeid M. M. Abed,
  • Mohammad A. A. Al-Najjar,
  • Karl Attard,
  • Stefano Bonaglia,
  • Jörg S. Deutzmann,
  • Belén Franco-Cisterna,
  • Emilio García-Robledo,
  • Moritz Holtappels,
  • Uwe John,
  • Adele Maciute,
  • Michael J. Magee,
  • Rie Pors,
  • Tina Santl-Temkiv,
  • Anja Scherwass,
  • Duygu S. Sevilgen,
  • Dirk de Beer,
  • Ronnie N. Glud,
  • Andreas Schramm,
  • Anja Kamp

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00485-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The accumulation and storage of nitrate by diatoms can contribute up to 1% of total pelagic nitrate and as much as 95% of total benthic nitrate, which indicates a potentially important contribution of diatoms to benthic nitrogen cycling, according to a global analysis