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《中国科学:地球科学》2016,(2)
湖泊沉积物中甘油二烷基甘油四醚化合物(GDGTs)在记录陆地古气候方面有着重要作用.然而,这些化合物,尤其是细菌支链GDGTs(bGDGTs)异构体(5-,6-甲基bGDGTs)在中国不同酸碱性湖泊中的分布及其影响因素仍未可知.本文通过对碱酸度不同的湖泊进行对比,并结合其他环境变量,调查了GDGTs各类化合物在中国中东部湖泊系统和西南酸性青海中的分布特征及其影响因素.结果表明,湖水含氧量能够影响湖泊古菌群落结构,从而影响古菌iGDGTs的分布.GDGT-0/crenarchaeol比值随着含氧量降低而增高,表明厌氧的产甲烷古菌或混杂型泉古菌(MCG)与奇古菌相对含量受控于湖水含氧量.含氧量较低的湖泊奇古菌贡献GDGTs化合物比例较小,四醚指数TEX_(86)不能用来重建表层湖水温度.与土壤不同的是,湖水pH并不会影响古菌iGDGTs和细菌bGDGTs的相对含量,但在单一湖泊,如腾冲青海中,古菌与细菌的相对含量(R_(ilb))与水深相关.虽然这些湖泊中细菌bGDGTs的甲基化指数(MBT')与年均大气温度(MAT)和pH(或年均降雨量)相关,环化指数(CBT)仅与pH相关,但基于5-甲基bGDGTs的MBT'_(5ME)与MAT的关系并不明显,反而是表征6-甲基bGDGTs甲基化程度的MBT'_(6ME)与MAT更相关.与全球土壤相似,湖泊中5-,6-甲基bGDGTs的相对含量也主要受pH影响.因此,6-甲基bGDGTs的相对含量(IR)或CBT'可以作为潜在的湖泊pH计.但在较小pH梯度下,IR和CBT'两个指标可能受其他环境因子,如温度等的影响. 相似文献
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来源于微生物膜脂的甘油二烷基甘油四醚类(GDGTs)化合物是近年来被广泛用于古环境定量重建研究的化合物之一,究其原因在于此类化合物对环境响应敏感,特别是温度与pH值等,据此而建立的一系列GDGTs指标有效定量重建海洋、湖泊、泥炭以及土壤等不同沉积载体的环境信息.目前已在全球范围广泛开展湖泊沉积物GDGTs的研究工作,相继建立的全球以及不同区域尺度的湖泊沉积物GDGTs校正方程,已被用于湖泊古环境的定量重建研究,有效记载古湖泊环境变迁信息.相较之下,基于湖泊水体GDGTs的调查工作则起步较晚,但越来越多的研究显示,不同类型湖泊水体普遍贡献GDGTs,然而究竟此类水生来源GDGTs是否与陆源以及湖泊沉积物GDGTs具有类似的分布,以及他们对环境因素的响应如何,这都为湖泊古温度定量重建研究带来不确定性.基于此,本文总结这10年来湖泊水体GDGTs研究工作的进展,首先阐述湖泊水体不同来源(古菌以及细菌)GDGTs的分布情况,研究发现水体不同层位GDGTs浓度以及各组分之间存在差异,并且水深在不同湖泊对GDGTs浓度以及各组分相对比例的影响存在差异.此外还总结湖泊水体中古菌来源isoGDGTs以及细菌来源brGDGTs的生物来源,并进一步分析环境因素对不同深度水体GDGTs分布的影响,虽然温度依然是影响水体中GDGTs分布的首要因素之一,然而湖泊水深、温度以及水体中溶解氧浓度等因素存在着一定的耦合关系,这些因素往往协同作用于水体GDGTs,因此会为评估环境因素对水体GDGTs的影响带来难度. 相似文献
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《中国科学:地球科学》2016,(2)
过去温度变化的定量记录对于深入探讨气候变化机制非常重要,不仅有助于检验并改善气候模式模拟的准确性,也可以为全球变化背景下的气候变化幅度提供参考.青藏高原由于其特殊的地理位置影响着大气环流格局,研究青藏高原气候变化有助于理解高原对全球气候变化的响应及其与全球气候系统之间的关系.生物标志化合物代用指标在气候变化研究中的应用为定量重建高原过去温度变化提供了可能.湖泊沉积物中甘油二烷基甘油四醚类化合物(GDGTs)来源相对复杂,其分布特征受多种气候与环境因素影响.本文对青藏高原27个湖泊表层沉积物及部分湖泊流域表土样品GDGTs进行分析,探讨湖泊表层沉积物中GDGTs分布特征的影响因素,并建立其与气候要素的定量关系.结果显示:(1)绝大多数湖泊表层沉积物GDGTs以b GDGTs为主,crenarchaeol和GDGT-0含量较低;(2)高原多数湖泊表层沉积物与表土GDGTs分布没有显著差异,表明i GDGTs可能同时来源于湖泊环境和陆源输入;(3)湖泊表层沉积物i GDGTs分布主要受湖水水化学要素(p H和盐度)及近地表大气年均温的影响,对于青藏高原小型湖泊,TEX86可能反映湖水p H的变化;(4)湖泊表层沉积物b GDGTs分布主要受气候要素(温度和降水)控制;(5)利用已发表的转换方程重建高原同一地区温度差异明显,因此利用GDGTs定量重建青藏高原过去气候前必须开展GDGTs的现代过程调查.本研究基于湖泊表层沉积物b GDGTs分布,分别利用代用指标(MBT,CBT)及不同b GDGTs化合物组分丰度(fabun)与湖泊所在地的年均气温(MAAT)建立了适用于青藏高原湖泊古气候研究的转换方程,为高原古气候定量重建提供研究基础. 相似文献
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甘油二烷基甘油四醚脂(GDGTs)是目前生物地球化学研究的热点之一.与GDGTs有关的指标已成功地应用在海洋环境中有关来源判识和古环境古气候重建的研究,但是在湖泊环境中的应用目前还比较有限.通过开展巢湖柱状沉积物中GDGTs的组成测定,为GDGTs类脂分子标志物在湖泊系统中的应用提供依据.研究表明由柱状沉积物中支链GDGTs参数计算得到的量化结果与巢湖周围流域的环境温度、pH等历史记录能较好地吻合;柱状沉积物中类异戊二烯类GDGTs来源的不确定性可能是造成TEX_(86)指标的量化结果和实际的水体温度出现较大偏差的重要原因.另外,沉积物中GDGTs指标和TOC、C/N、δ~(13)C_(org)、δ~(15)N等传统湖泊总体有机质参数以及其它分子标志物指标相比,具有高分辨性和抗干扰等特点.因此,湖泊中GDGTs有望成为湖泊古气候和古环境重建的重要指标. 相似文献
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甘油二烷基甘油四醚化合物(GDGTs)是陆地和海洋环境中古环境和生态定量重建的重要工具.目前对陆地土壤GDGTs的研究主要集中在相对暖湿和冷干气候区,冷湿条件下GDGTs对环境的响应尚不清晰.基于此,本文选取具有冷湿气候条件的长白山作为主要研究对象,探究长白山不同海拔土壤GDGTs的分布特征及相关指标对环境的响应.结果表明,长白山冷湿气候条件下,由古菌iso GDGTs分布反映的长白山不同海拔土壤古菌群落结构发生了显著变化,古菌群落结构对温度指标TEX_(86)产生影响;此外,温度季节性对TEX_(86)的影响也较为显著.细菌5-甲基br GDGTs的甲基化指数MBT′_(5me)及MBT_(5/6)与土壤含水量具有一定的相关性而与温度关系不显著,说明MBT′_(5me)及MBT_(5/6)指标可能并不适用于冷湿环境下的温度和海拔重建.6-甲基br GDGTs甲基化指数MBT′_(6me)、环化指数(CBT、CBT_(5me)、CBT_(6me))与甲基位置异构化指数(IR_(IIa′)、IR_(IIIa′))都与p H呈现显著相关性,表明这些指标在冷湿条件下仍具有反映土壤p H的潜力.不同地区的MBT′_(5me),MBT′_(6me)组合与典型气候型(冷干、暖湿、冷湿和暖干)存在较好的对应关系,冷湿条件下MBT′_(5me)值较小(0.65),而MBT′_(6me)值较大(0.55),表明MBT′_(5me)-MBT′_(6me)联合具有指示古气候型的潜力. 相似文献
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东亚夏季风北边界的湖泊水位记录所指示的区域全新世夏季风演化历史备受争议.文章以中国北方一个封闭湖泊过去15000年来甘油二烷基甘油四醚(GDGTs)的记录来探讨此问题.湖泊表层和岩芯沉积物数据结果显示,GDGT-0和brGDGTs均来源于湖泊内部自生.从湖岸到湖中心,表层沉积物中GDGT-0和brGDGTs含量随着水深... 相似文献
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《中国科学:地球科学》2016,(4)
甘油二烷基甘油四醚(glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers,GDGTs)作为古菌和细菌的生物标志物,广泛存在于陆地(土壤、泥炭、石笋、湖泊、河流和热泉等)和海洋环境中.近年来,基于这些化合物的环境指标(如表层海水温度指标TEX_(86),陆源输入指标BIT,平均大气温度指标MBT/CBT)已经被广泛应用于大洋和陆相环境,成为研究古环境和生物地球化学过程强有力的工具.相对而言,这些指标在边缘海尚未得到充分应用,主要是由于边缘海沉积环境复杂、物源多样且受人类活动影响.本文总结了已发表的关于中国边缘海(南海、东海和黄海)及主要大河河口(珠江口和长江口)的GDGTs研究结果,以更好地理解GDGTs及相关环境指标在中国边缘海的分布特征和应用潜力. 相似文献
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青藏高原东北部青海湖距今12ka以来的四醚指标BIT记录:对古环境重建的启示 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
《中国科学:地球科学》2016,(2)
早期的研究认为湖泊沉积物中的支链GDGTs(b GDGTs)主要来自陆地土壤细菌,而奇古菌醇由水生奇古菌产生,因此湖泊中表示b GDGTs与奇古菌醇比值的BIT指标可用于衡量陆源有机质的输入程度.然而越来越多的研究表明,湖泊环境中普遍存在着自生的b GDGTs,这样,湖泊沉积物中的BIT指标可能不能用来指示陆源物质输入.尽管如此,最近对非洲Challa湖的研究表明BIT仍可作为一个有效的古水文指标,但是在不同的湖泊中BIT对古水文变化的响应可能有所不同.本文调查了距今12 ka以来青海湖沉积物中的BIT及其相关GDGTs含量的变化.结合已发表的表层样品数据发现,青海湖沉积物中BIT的变化主要反映了奇古菌醇含量的变化,而不是细菌b GDGTs含量的变化.在青海湖中,由于奇古菌醇含量与水深正相关,因此BIT与水深负相关.这与Challa湖BIT与湖面或降雨正相关的情况相反,表明不同湖泊中BIT对水文变化的响应有所差异.因而在应用BIT重建特定湖泊古水文变化时,需要先确定控制其沉积物BIT值的主要因素. 相似文献
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水体和沉积物是湖泊生态系统中迥异但又紧密相连的两类生境,栖息在这两类生境中的细菌在维持生态系统平衡和驱动元素循环中起着关键性作用。为了探究湖泊水体和沉积物细菌群落的分布格局,本文对太湖四个湖区水体和沉积物中细菌群落进行调查,基于高通量测序技术和统计分析手段,分析这两类生境中的细菌群落组成和多样性水平、分布特征及其驱动因素。结果表明:放线菌门(Actinobacteria)、变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和蓝细菌门(Cyanobacteria)是水体细菌群落中最主要的细菌门,而沉积物中Proteobacteria占据优势地位。在两类生境中,太湖西部区域细菌群落丰富度和独特性(LCBD)相对较高,各区域群落结构表现出显著性差异。对水体而言,电导率、pH值、PC1(重金属组成)和沉积物孔隙度是驱动细菌丰富度的重要因子,PC1、水温及pH值是影响细菌群落LCBD的重要因子,而细菌网络复杂性随pH值的增加而增加,且在高pH环境中占主导地位;对沉积物而言,其丰富度和LCBD的重要影响因子均是沉积物中总磷和锂,细菌网络复杂性随金属元素施加的环境压力增大而降低,但随总磷、磷酸盐和铵态氮浓度的... 相似文献
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《中国科学:地球科学》2016,(6)
古菌在全球碳、氮循环中发挥着重要作用,其细胞膜膜脂,如类异戊二烯甘油二烷基甘油四醚化合物(isoprenoidal Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers,i GDGTs)作为一种重要的生物标志物,能够对自然界中古菌群落结构的变化及其参与的生物地球化学过程起到很好的指示作用.本研究对九龙江-河口区域表层沉积物及其周边土壤中古菌脂类的空间分布特征进行了调查分析.结果表明:在九龙江和九龙江河口区域,古菌膜脂组成分别以GDGT-0和泉古菌醇(crenarchaeol)为主.从河流到河口,i GDGTs、GDGT-0、泉古菌醇和古菌醇(archaeol)浓度呈现出明显的空间变化.GDGT-0和古菌醇在河流区域丰度相对较高,这表明GDGT-0和古菌醇可能主要来自九龙江产甲烷菌(methanogens)的原位生产;而泉古菌醇在河口区域丰度相对较高,这表明泉古菌醇可能主要来自九龙江河口区域奇古菌(Thaumarchaea)的原位生产.根据以上脂类研究结果,推测九龙江和九龙江河口区域古菌群落组成存在明显变化,分别以产甲烷菌和奇古菌为主,这与其他河流-河口系统中的古菌群落结构特征一致. 相似文献
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Yue Li Shijin Zhao Hongye Pei Shi Qian Jingjie Zang Xinyue Dang Huan Yang 《中国科学:地球科学(英文版)》2018,61(7):925-939
Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers(GDGTs)serve as important tools for the quantitative reconstruction of paleoclimate and paleoecology in both continental and marine environments.Previous studies of GDGTs in the terrestrial environments focused primarily on the soils from the relatively warm-humid or cold-dry regions.However,it is still unclear how GDGTs respond to environmental variables in the cold-humid regions.Here,we collected soils along an altitudinal transect of Mountain(Mt.)Changbai,which has a typical cold-humid climate,to investigate the distribution of GDGTs and the response of GDGT-based proxies to changes in climate along the transect.The shift in the distribution of archaeal isoprenoidal GDGTs(iso GDGTs)revealed that the archaeal community varied significantly along the transect,which can affect the relationship between TEX_(86)and mean annual air temperature(MAT).In addition,the increased temperature seasonality at higher altitudes exerted a significant impact on TEX_(86).We proposed a global calibration of TEX_(86)for the growing season temperature reconstruction in the soil environments:T=85.19×TEX_(86)-46.30(R~2=0.84,p0.001).The methylation indices for 5-methyl branched GDGTs(br GDGTs)including MBT′_(5me)and MBT_(5/6),showed correlation with soil water content but no relationship with MAT,indicating that MBT′_(5me)and MBT_(5/6)from cold-humid environments may be not suitable for temperature and altitude reconstruction.In contrast,the recently developed p H proxies,including MBT′_(6me)(the methylation index for 6-methyl br GDGTs),CBT(Cyclisation index of Branched Tetraethers),IR_(IIa’)(Isomer ratio of IIa′)and IR_(IIIa′)(Isomer ratio of IIIa′)exhibited significant correlations with soil p H,suggesting these proxies can still be used for soil p H reconstruction in the coldhumid regions.The combination of MBT′_(5me)and MBT′_(6me)was strongly related to different types of climate(cold-dry,warmhumid,cold-humid,and warm-dry).For example,MBT′_(5me)0.65 and MBT′_(6me)0.55 are diagnostic for the cold-humid climate.Thus,the combination of MBT′_(5me)and MBT′_(6me)has the potential as a tool for the identification of different types of paleoclimate. 相似文献
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FengFeng Zheng ChuanLun Zhang YuFei Chen FuYan Li CenLing Ma Yang Pu YuanQing Zhu YongLi Wang WeiGuo Liu 《中国科学:地球科学(英文版)》2016,59(7):1353-1367
The ubiquitous occurrence of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers(br GDGTs) in soils has allowed development of new proxies for reconstruction of past climate and environment. The methylation and cyclization degrees of br GDGTs, expressed as MBT and CBT, respectively, are reported to be mainly controlled by mean annual air temperature(MAAT) and soil p H. However, the br GDGT-derived temperatures and soil p H scatter widely when data from different environmental conditions are considered. In this study, we collected over 300 soil samples from China, which are representative of humid(Xishuangbanna, Guangzhou, and Shanghai), semi-arid(Dongying) and semi-arid/arid(Lanzhou, Tibetan Plateau) regions. Collectively we have the most extensive dataset that broadly characterizes the distribution of br GDGTs according to climate zones in China. The overall data demonstrate that the MBT/CBT derived temperatures better match the measured MAATs in humid and non-alkaline regions than those from regions of low MAP(400 mm/yr) and above neutral soil p H(7.0–7.5). Similarly, CBT describes soil p H much better in humid and non-alkaline soils than in semi-arid/arid and alkaline soils; the semi-arid/arid and alkaline soils tend to show a positive correlation between soil p H and CBT, which contradicts that in the humid and non-alkaline soils. While soil p H, MAAT and mean annual precipitation(MAP) are dominating factors controlling the br GDGT distribution across all climate zones, conductivity, total organic carbon and total nitrogen, as well as soil water content can also play an important role locally. Removing br GDGT-II resulted in a revised CBT index that provides more accurate estimation of p H, especially in semi-arid/arid and alkaline soils. The overall Chinese dataset demonstrates that continental air temperature derived from br GDGT-proxies can vastly deviate from real measurements and should be used with extreme caution in paleo-climate or-environment studies. 相似文献
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Branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers(brGDGTs),likely produced by bacteria in soil and peat,are widely distributed,easily detected,newly adopted biomarker compounds.In this study,brGDGTs were used to explore the relationship between the absolute abundance of brGDGTs and the distribution of oil and gas fields in the Duoshiqiao area of the Jiyang depression.The results showed that the concentrations at the Xiakou fault and in the oil and gas fields were obviously higher than those in the contrast areas.The clear relationship among the concentration of brGDGTs,the distribution of oil and gas fields,and the acidolysis hydrocarbon(ethane)indicates that the concentration effectively responds to hydrocarbon seeps from the oil and gas field below.brGDGTs may become some of the most important indicators in surface geochemical prospecting for oil and gas. 相似文献
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Archaeal and bacterial glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) play a unique role in discerning the biogeochemical processes and climate change in terrestrial (e.g. soil, peat, stalagmites, lakes, rivers, hot springs) and marine environments. Organic proxies based on GDGTs (e.g. TEX86, MBT/CBT and BIT) have made impressive applications in the open ocean and terrestrial environments. However, the applicability of these proxies in marginal seas has not been thoroughly evaluated, which is necessary given the complexity and dynamics of these systems, such as organic matter (OM) flux, hydrodynamic conditions, and human impact. This review aims to summarize recent studies of GDGTs and GDGT-based proxies in the Chinese marginal seas (CMS), which are characterized by diverse gradient in terrigenous supplies and ocean productivity and hold rich information on climate and sea level changes, ocean current dynamics, sedimentary evolution and biogeochemical processes. 相似文献
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《中国科学:地球科学(英文版)》2017,(12)
Lake Zigetang is located on the central Tibetan Plateau(TP) and represents a rare but typical meromictic lake in China.The lake's stable meromixis sustains microflora communities, and changes in these communities are relatively independent of climate. Therefore, these communities can be used as paleoclimate proxies. In this paper, the stratification properties and their relationships with the microflora of Lake Zigetang were analyzed. We found that water depth and climate conditions were two important factors for maintaining meromixis in Lake Zigetang. Generally, stratification was enhanced during warm periods, while temperature differences between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion were decreased during cold periods. The presence of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria(APB) was demonstrated by the discovery of bacteriopheophytin-a(Bph-a) in the sediments.This bacterial community is mainly concentrated at the bottom of the chemocline and the top of the monimolimnion, where it forms a thin APB layer. Moreover, total APB productivity is mainly affected by the light intensity penetrating to the APB layer,which exponentially increases as the thermocline becomes shallow. Therefore, high Bph-a values in the lake corresponded to a shallow thermocline and warm periods, low Bph-a values corresponded to cold periods, and zero changes indicated that the water was completely mixed and reflected an extreme cold climate or low lake level period. Thus, Bph-a can be used as a climate proxy to reconstruct the history of lake stratification and climate changes. 相似文献
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Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers(GDGTs) in lake sediments are useful biomarkers for the continental paleoclimatic reconstruction. However, the environmental controls on the distribution of these compounds, in particular the 6-methyl isomers of bacterial branched GDGTs(bGDGTs), in the lakes with contrasting pH, are still unknown, hindering their application for paleo-reconstructions. Here, we investigated the environmental impacts on the distribution of GDGTs in 17 alkaline lakes and 1 acid lake in China. It was found that the dissolved oxygen content in water column may have an impact on the distribution of archaeal isoprenoid GDGTs(iGDGTs) by causing the change in archaeal communities. The ratio of GDGT-0/crenarchaeol increases with decreasing oxygen content, indicating that the relative abundance of anaerobic methanogenic archaea or Miscellaneous Crenarchaeotic Group(MCG) vs. aerobic Thaumarchaeota is controlled by the oxygen content dissolved in water of these lakes. Thaumarchaeota are likely to contribute only a small proportion of iGDGTs in the relatively oxygen-depleted lakes, and thus TEX_(86) is not suitable for the reconstruction of the surface temperature of these lakes. The abundance ratio of iGDGTs to bGDGTs(R_(i/b)) appears to show no relationship with water pH in all the lakes, but exhibits a significant positive correlation with the water depth of the acid Lake Qinghai in Tengchong. As expected, the methylation degree of bGDGTs(MBT′) was found to correlate with both mean annual air temperature(MAT) and water pH, and the cyclization degree of bGDGTs(CBT) correlates only with water pH in these lakes. However, the MBT′_(5ME), an index to measure the methylation degree of 5-methyl bGDGTs, exhibits no relationship with MAT, whereas MBT′_(6ME), the methylation degree of 6-methyl bGDGTs, was found to correlate significantly with MAT. This is opposite to the situation observed in the global soils, pointing to a different adaptation of b GDGT-producing bacteria to environmental variables or different microbial sources of bGDGTs in these lakes. The relative abundance of 6- vs. 5-methyl bGDGTs is controlled by pH in these lakes, similar to that observed in worldwide soils. Hence, the isomer ratio(IR) of 6-methyl bGDGTs or CBT′ can be used as a proxy for water pH, although they might be influenced by other environmental factors including temperature in the lakes with a narrow range of pH. 相似文献
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HuaYong Li HuCai Zhang FengQin Chang Qian Zheng WenXiang Zhang GuoLiang Lei YanBin Lei Yang Pu JunFeng Ji 《中国科学:地球科学(英文版)》2017,60(12):2171-2180
Lake Zigetang is located on the central Tibetan Plateau (TP) and represents a rare but typical meromictic lake in China. The lake’s stable meromixis sustains microflora communities, and changes in these communities are relatively independent of climate. Therefore, these communities can be used as paleoclimate proxies. In this paper, the stratification properties and their relationships with the microflora of Lake Zigetang were analyzed. We found that water depth and climate conditions were two important factors for maintaining meromixis in Lake Zigetang. Generally, stratification was enhanced during warm periods, while temperature differences between the mixolimnion and monimolimnion were decreased during cold periods. The presence of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) was demonstrated by the discovery of bacteriopheophytin-a (Bph-a) in the sediments. This bacterial community is mainly concentrated at the bottom of the chemocline and the top of the monimolimnion, where it forms a thin APB layer. Moreover, total APB productivity is mainly affected by the light intensity penetrating to the APB layer, which exponentially increases as the thermocline becomes shallow. Therefore, high Bph-a values in the lake corresponded to a shallow thermocline and warm periods, low Bph-a values corresponded to cold periods, and zero changes indicated that the water was completely mixed and reflected an extreme cold climate or low lake level period. Thus, Bph-a can be used as a climate proxy to reconstruct the history of lake stratification and climate changes. 相似文献
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Quantitative paleotemperature records are vital not only for verifying and improving the accuracy of climate model simulations, but also for estimating the amplitude of temperature variability under global warming scenarios. The Tibetan Plateau (TP) affects atmospheric circulation patterns due to its unique geographical location and high elevation, and studies of the mechanisms of climate change on the TP are potentially extremely valuable for understanding the relationship of the region with the global climate system. With the development of biomarker-based proxies, it is possible to use lake sediments to quantitatively reconstruct past temperature variability. The source of Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers (GDGTs) in lake sediments is complex, and their distribution is controlled by both climatic and environmental factors. In this work, we sampled the surface sediments of 27 lakes on the TP and in addition obtained surface soil samples from six of the lake catchments. We analyzed the factors that influence GDGT distribution in the lake sediments, and established quantitative relationship between GDGTs and Mean Annual Air Temperature (MAAT). Our principal findings are as follows: the majority of GDGTs in the lake sediments are bGDGTs, followed by crenarchaeol and GDGT-0. In most of the lakes there were no significant differences between the GDGT distribution within the lake sediments and the soils in the same catchment, which indicates that the contribution of terrestrial material is important. iGDGTs in lake sediments are mainly influenced by water chemistry parameters (pH and salinity), and that in small lakes on the TP, TEX86 may act as a potential proxy for lake pH; however, in contrast bGDGTs in the lake sediments are mainly controlled by climatic factors. Based on the GDGT distribution in the lake sediments, we used proxies (MBT, CBT) and the fractional abundance of bGDGTs (fabun) to establish calibrations between GDGTs and MAAT, respectively, which potentially provide the basis for paleoclimatic reconstruction on the TP. 相似文献