signature=5dd3f675332448cbe48d657ff930a326,Understanding 2H/1H systematics of leaf wax n-alkanes in ...-CSDN博客

本文探讨了土壤水、木质水、叶片水及叶蜡烷氢同位素组成中环境因素与生物化学过程的交互作用，发现叶蜡烷δH范围广泛，暗示重建古气候时需进一步研究影响物种特异性脂质合成的生物学机制，特别是植物对水分压力适应的生物化学途径。理解这些机制如何与环境条件相互作用对于地质记录中氢同位素信号的准确解释至关重要。

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Interpretation of sedimentary -alkyl lipid δH data is complicated by a limited understanding of factors controlling interspecies variation in biomarker H/H composition. To distinguish between the effects of interrelated environmental, physical and biochemical controls on the hydrogen isotope composition of -alkyl lipids, we conducted linked δH analyses of soil water, xylem water, leaf water and -alkanes from a range of Cand Cplants growing at a UK saltmarsh (i) across multiple sampling sites, (ii) throughout the 2012 growing season, and (iii) at different times of the day. Soil waters varied isotopically by up to 35‰ depending on marsh sub-environment, and exhibited site-specific seasonal shifts in δH up to a maximum of 31‰. Maximum interspecies variation in xylem water was 38‰, while leaf waters differed seasonally by a maximum of 29‰. Leaf wax -alkane H/H, however, consistently varied by over 100‰ throughout the 2012 growing season, resulting in an interspecies range in the εvalues of -79 to -227‰. From the discrepancy in the magnitude of these isotopic differences, we conclude that mechanisms driving variation in the H/H composition of leaf water, including (i) spatial changes in soil water H/H, (ii) temporal changes in soil water H/H, (iii) differences in xylem water H/H, and (iv) differences in leaf water evaporative H-enrichment due to varied plant life forms, cannot explain the range of -alkane δH values we observed. Results from this study suggests that accurate reconstructions of palaeoclimate regimes from sedimentary -alkane δH require further research to constrain those biological mechanisms influencing species-specific differences in H/H fractionation during lipid biosynthesis, in particular where plants have developed biochemical adaptations to water-stressed conditions. Understanding how these mechanisms interact with environmental conditions will be crucial to ensure accurate interpretation of hydrogen isotope signals from the geological record.

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