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Establishment of a New Palaeoceanographic Nitrogen Cycle Analysis Method Using a Nitrogen Isotope Model

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K22917
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 63:Environmental analyses and evaluation and related fields
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Yoshikawa Chisato  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 海洋機能利用部門(生物地球化学センター), 副主任研究員 (40435839)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 重光 雅仁  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境部門(海洋観測研究センター), 研究員 (20511695)
山本 彬友  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境部門(環境変動予測研究センター), 特任研究員 (30794680)
Project Period (FY) 2019-06-28 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords窒素同位体比 / 古海洋 / 窒素同位体モデル
Outline of Research at the Start

過去の海洋表層の窒素循環を復元するため、海底堆積物に含まれる全窒素の窒素同位体比が長らくプロキシとして用いられてきた。しかし、窒素同位体比の解釈は単純ではなく、常に複数の可能性が生じるため、複数の仮説をたててそれぞれについて考察する必要があった。またその解釈も定性的な考察に終始せざるを得なかった。そこで本研究では、窒素同位体モデルを用いて退氷期実験を行い、全球海洋を窒素同位体比の変動特性から区分けし、海区ごとに窒素同位体比変動を決める要因を定量的に明らかにすることで、海底堆積物の窒素同位体比記録の解釈を単純化する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Nitrate concentrations in marine surface water are a major determinant of marine primary production. Nitrogen isotope ratios of total nitrogen in marine sediments have been used as a proxy to reconstruct this factor. However, multiple possibilities for the interpretation of the nitrogen isotope ratio record arise, and it was necessary to examine the interpretation according to the characteristics of the region. This study used a global nitrogen isotope model to reconstruct the nitrogen isotope ratio distribution of sinking particles in the pre-industrial and Last Glacial Maximum periods. A cluster analysis of the seasonal changes in the nitrogen isotope ratios of sinking particles was performed, and the ocean was divided into 11 compartments based on seasonal variation characteristics. The factors determining the variation of nitrogen isotope ratios of sinking particles for each division were discussed.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、全球窒素同位体比モデルを用いて産業革命前と最終氷期最寒期の沈降粒子の窒素同位体比分布を復元した。復元結果を基にクラスター解析を行い、全球海洋を季節変動特性で区分けして各区画における沈降粒子の窒素同位体比変動を決める要因を明らかにした。本研究で開発した全球窒素同位体モデルは、退氷期における沈降粒子の窒素同位体比分布の時系列復元が可能であることから、退氷期を含む海底堆積物の窒素同位体比変動を定量的に考察できるようになると考えられる。また、本研究で行ったクラスター解析を退氷期の気候変動特性の区分けへ応用可することで、古海洋窒素サイクル解析の新たな手法へつながることが考えられる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2024 2023 2022

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] A nitrogen isoscape of phytoplankton in the western North Pacific created with a marine nitrogen isotope model2024

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa Chisato、Shigemitsu Masahito、Yamamoto Akitomo、Oka Akira、Ohkouchi Naohiko
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Marine Science

      Volume: 11 Pages: 1294608-1294608

    • DOI

      10.3389/fmars.2024.1294608

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Nitrogen isoscape of phytoplankton in the western North Pacific created nitrogen isotope model a marine2024

    • Author(s)
      Chisato Yoshikawa, Masahito Shigemitsu, Akitomo Yamamoto, Akira Oka and Naohiko Ohkouchi
    • Organizer
      Ocean Science Meeting 2024
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 西部北太平洋における一次生産者の窒素同位体比地図2023

    • Author(s)
      吉川知里・重光雅仁・山本彬友・岡顕・大河内直彦
    • Organizer
      日本地球化学会 第70回年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Building a nitrogen isoscape of phytoplankton in the western North Pacific using a marine nitrogen isotope model2022

    • Author(s)
      Chisato Yoshikawa, Masahito Shigemitsu, Akitomo Yamamoto, Akira Oka, Naohiko Ohkouchi
    • Organizer
      JPGU2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-07-04   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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