Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea
The world's largest continental shelf, the East Siberian Shelf Sea, receives substantial input of terrestrial organic carbon (terr-OC) from both large rivers and erosion of its coastline. Degradation of organic matter from thawing permafrost in the Arctic is likely to increase, potentially crea...
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ftstockholmuniv:oai:DiVA.org:su-66878 2023-05-15T15:19:12+02:00 Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea Karlsson, Emma Charkin, A. Dudarev, O. Semiletov, I. Vonk, J. E. Sanchez-Garcia, L. Andersson, August Gustafsson, Örjan 2011 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-66878 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1865-2011 eng eng Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM) Biogeosciences, 1726-4170, 2011, 8:7, s. 1865-1879 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/220424 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-66878 doi:10.5194/bg-8-1865-2011 ISI:000294153700009 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Geosciences Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinär geovetenskap Ecology Ekologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2011 ftstockholmuniv https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1865-2011 2023-02-23T21:42:22Z The world's largest continental shelf, the East Siberian Shelf Sea, receives substantial input of terrestrial organic carbon (terr-OC) from both large rivers and erosion of its coastline. Degradation of organic matter from thawing permafrost in the Arctic is likely to increase, potentially creating a positive feedback mechanism to climate warming. This study focuses on the Buor-Khaya Bay (SE Laptev Sea), an area with strong terr-OC input from both coastal erosion and the Lena river. To better understand the fate of this terr-OC, molecular (acyl lipid biomarkers) and isotopic tools (stable carbon and radiocarbon isotopes) have been applied to both particulate organic carbon (POC) in surface water and sedimentary organic carbon (SOC) collected from the underlying surface sediments. Clear gradients in both extent of degradation and differences in source contributions were observed both between surface water POC and surface sediment SOC as well as over the 100 s km investigation scale (about 20 stations). Depleted delta(13)C-OC and high HMW/LMW n-alkane ratios signaled that terr-OC was dominating over marine/planktonic sources. Despite a shallow water column (10-40 m), the isotopic shift between SOC and POC varied systematically from +2 to +5 per mil for delta(13)C and from +300 to +450 for Delta(14)C from the Lena prodelta to the Buor-Khaya Cape. At the same time, the ratio of HMW n-alkanoic acids to HMW n-alkanes as well as HMW n-alkane CPI, both indicative of degradation, were 5-6 times greater in SOC than in POC. This suggests that terr-OC was substantially older yet less degraded in the surface sediment than in the surface waters. This unusual vertical degradation trend was only recently found also for the central East Siberian Sea. Numerical modeling (Monte Carlo simulations) with delta(13)C and Delta(14)C in both POC and SOC was applied to deduce the relative contribution of - plankton OC, surface soil layer OC and yedoma/mineral soil OC. This three end-member dual-carbon-isotopic mixing model suggests quite ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic East Siberian Sea laptev Laptev Sea lena river permafrost Stockholm University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Laptev Sea East Siberian Sea ENVELOPE(166.000,166.000,74.000,74.000) Khaya ENVELOPE(135.167,135.167,60.567,60.567) Buor-Khaya ENVELOPE(127.803,127.803,72.287,72.287) East Siberian Shelf ENVELOPE(-162.267,-162.267,74.400,74.400) Biogeosciences 8 7 1865 1879 |
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Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Geosciences Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinär geovetenskap Ecology Ekologi Karlsson, Emma Charkin, A. Dudarev, O. Semiletov, I. Vonk, J. E. Sanchez-Garcia, L. Andersson, August Gustafsson, Örjan Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea |
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The world's largest continental shelf, the East Siberian Shelf Sea, receives substantial input of terrestrial organic carbon (terr-OC) from both large rivers and erosion of its coastline. Degradation of organic matter from thawing permafrost in the Arctic is likely to increase, potentially creating a positive feedback mechanism to climate warming. This study focuses on the Buor-Khaya Bay (SE Laptev Sea), an area with strong terr-OC input from both coastal erosion and the Lena river. To better understand the fate of this terr-OC, molecular (acyl lipid biomarkers) and isotopic tools (stable carbon and radiocarbon isotopes) have been applied to both particulate organic carbon (POC) in surface water and sedimentary organic carbon (SOC) collected from the underlying surface sediments. Clear gradients in both extent of degradation and differences in source contributions were observed both between surface water POC and surface sediment SOC as well as over the 100 s km investigation scale (about 20 stations). Depleted delta(13)C-OC and high HMW/LMW n-alkane ratios signaled that terr-OC was dominating over marine/planktonic sources. Despite a shallow water column (10-40 m), the isotopic shift between SOC and POC varied systematically from +2 to +5 per mil for delta(13)C and from +300 to +450 for Delta(14)C from the Lena prodelta to the Buor-Khaya Cape. At the same time, the ratio of HMW n-alkanoic acids to HMW n-alkanes as well as HMW n-alkane CPI, both indicative of degradation, were 5-6 times greater in SOC than in POC. This suggests that terr-OC was substantially older yet less degraded in the surface sediment than in the surface waters. This unusual vertical degradation trend was only recently found also for the central East Siberian Sea. Numerical modeling (Monte Carlo simulations) with delta(13)C and Delta(14)C in both POC and SOC was applied to deduce the relative contribution of - plankton OC, surface soil layer OC and yedoma/mineral soil OC. This three end-member dual-carbon-isotopic mixing model suggests quite ... |
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Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea |
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Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea |
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Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea |
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Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea |
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Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea |
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carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the buor-khaya bay, se laptev sea |
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