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

Dong Liu; Peng Yuan; Qian Tian; Hongchang Liu; Liangliang Deng; Yaran Song; Junming Zhou; Dusan Losic; Jieyu Zhou; Hongzhe Song; Haozhe Guo; Wenxiao Fan

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12828-9

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

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

Dong Liu,
Peng Yuan,
Qian Tian,
Hongchang Liu,
Liangliang Deng,
Yaran Song,
Junming Zhou,
Dusan Losic,
Jieyu Zhou,
Hongzhe Song,
Haozhe Guo,
Wenxiao Fan

Affiliations

Dong Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peng Yuan: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qian Tian: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongchang Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liangliang Deng: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaran Song: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junming Zhou: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dusan Losic: School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide
Jieyu Zhou: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongzhe Song: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haozhe Guo: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenxiao Fan: CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Institutions of Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12828-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Diatoms drive biogeochemical cycling of aluminum by incorporating this element into their shells, but this process has not been quantified in freshwater systems. Here the authors quantify diatom-mediated aluminum fluxes in lakes and determine that they rival the aluminum sink in the global ocean.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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