Summary of Study ST002539

This data is available at the NIH Common Fund's National Metabolomics Data Repository (NMDR) website, the Metabolomics Workbench, https://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org, where it has been assigned Project ID PR001635. The data can be accessed directly via it's Project DOI: 10.21228/M8C42F This work is supported by NIH grant, U2C- DK119886.

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Study IDST002539
Study TitleMicrobial metabolomic responses to changes in temperature and salinity along the western Antarctic Peninsula.
Study TypeStudy of particulate metabolites in phytoplankton and sea-ice algae along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Study SummarySeasonal cycles within the marginal ice zones in polar regions include large shifts in temperature and salinity that strongly influence microbial abundance and physiology. However, the combined effects of concurrent temperature and salinity change on microbial community structure and biochemical composition during transitions between seawater and sea ice are not well understood. Coastal marine communities along the western Antarctic Peninsula were sampled and surface seawater was incubated at combinations of temperature and salinity mimicking the formation (cold, salty) and melting (warm, fresh) of sea ice to evaluate how these factors may shape community composition and particulate metabolite pools during seasonal transitions. Bacterial and algal community structures were tightly coupled to each other and distinct across sea-ice, seawater, and sea-ice-meltwater field samples, with unique metabolite profiles in each habitat. During short-term (approximately 10-day) incubations of seawater microbial communities under different temperature and salinity conditions, community compositions changed minimally while metabolite pools shifted greatly, strongly accumulating compatible solutes like proline and glycine betaine under cold and salty conditions. Lower salinities reduced total metabolite concentrations in particulate matter, which may indicate a release of metabolites into the labile dissolved organic matter pool. Low salinity also increased acylcarnitine concentrations in particulate matter, suggesting a potential for fatty acid degradation and reduced nutritional value at the base of the food web during freshening. Our findings have consequences for food web dynamics, microbial interactions, and carbon cycling as polar regions undergo rapid climate change.
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University of Washington, School of Oceanography
DepartmentSchool of Oceanography
LaboratoryYoung Lab
Last NameDawson
First NameHannah
Address1501 NE Boat St, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
Emailhmdawson@uw.edu
Phone5404547754
Submit Date2023-03-27
Raw Data AvailableYes
Raw Data File Type(s)mzXML
Analysis Type DetailLC-MS
Release Date2023-05-25
Release Version1
Hannah Dawson Hannah Dawson
https://dx.doi.org/10.21228/M8C42F
ftp://www.metabolomicsworkbench.org/Studies/ application/zip

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Treatment:

Treatment ID:TR002651
Treatment Summary:On 12th November 2018 (sample SW_12), additional seawater was collected for incubation experiments that simulated temperature(T)-salinity(S) conditions of sea-ice meltwater (3˚C and salinity 21, designated Meltwater_T-S), ambient seawater (0˚C and salinity 35, SW_T-S), and sea ice (3˚C and salinity 52, Sea ice_T-S) in triplicate. All other samples received no treatment and were samples of the natural marine microbial population in the surface ocean and sea ice along the western Antarctic Peninsula.
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