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Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-201-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-201-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
Research article
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13 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 13 Jan 2022

Bacteriohopanetetrol-x: constraining its application as a lipid biomarker for marine anammox using the water column oxygen gradient of the Benguela upwelling system

Zoë R. van Kemenade, Laura Villanueva, Ellen C. Hopmans, Peter Kraal, Harry J. Witte, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, and Darci Rush

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Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is an important nitrogen-removal process in the ocean. We assess the distribution of bacteriohopanetetrol-x (BHT-x), used to trace past anammox, along a redox gradient in the water column of the Benguela upwelling system. BHT-x / BHT ratios of >0.18 correspond to the presence of living anammox bacteria and oxygen levels <50 μmol L−1. This allows for a more robust application of BHT-x to trace past marine anammox and deoxygenation in dynamic marine systems.
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