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An Ecosystem Model Including Nitrogen Isotopes: Perspectives on a Study of the Marine Nitrogen Cycle
We have developed an ecosystem model including two nitrogen isotopes (14N and 15N), and validated this model using an actual data set. A study of nitrogen isotopic ratios (δ15N) using a marine ecosystem model is thought to be most helpful in quantitatively understanding the marine nitrogen cycle.
Moreover, the model study may indicate a new potential of δ15N as a tracer. This model has six compartments: phytoplankton, zooplankton, particulate organic nitrogen, dissolved organic
nitrogen, nitrate and ammonium in a two-box model, and has biological processes with/without isotopic fractionation. We have
applied this model to the Sea of Okhotsk and successfully reproduced the δ15N of nitrate measured in seawater and the seasonal variations in δ15N of sinking particles obtained from sediment trap experiments. Simulated δ15N of phytoplankton are determined by δ 15N of nitrate and ammonium, and the nitrogen f-ratio, defined as the ratio of nitrate assimilation by phytoplankton to total nitrogenous nutrient assimilation. Detailed
considerations of biological processes in the spring and autumn blooms have demonstrated that there is a significant difference
between simulated δ15N values of phytoplankton, which assimilates only nitrate, and only ammonium, respectively. We suggest that observations of
δ 15N values of phytoplankton, nitrate and ammonium in the spring and autumn blooms may indicate the ratios of nutrient selectivity
by phytoplankton. In winter, most of the simulated biogeochemical fluxes decrease rapidly, but nitrification flux decreases
much more slowly than the other biogeochemical fluxes. Therefore, simulated δ15N values and concentrations of ammonium reflect almost only nitrification. We suggest that the nitrification rate can be parameterized
with observations of δ15N of ammonium in winter and a sensitive study varying the parameter of nitrification rate. 相似文献
2.
Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in suspended matter and sediments from the Godavari estuary 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
V. V. S. S. Sarma J. Arya Ch. V. Subbaiah S. A. Naidu L. Gawade P. Praveen Kumar N. P. C. Reddy 《Journal of Oceanography》2012,68(2):307-319
Spatial distribution of the carbon and nitrogen content and their isotopic enrichment in suspended matter and sediments were
measured in the Godavari estuary to identify the sources and transformation mechanism of organic matter. Significant variability
in isotopic distribution was found over the entire length of the Godavari estuary, suggesting multiple sources of organic
matter. The mean isotopic ratios (δ13Csed −25.1 ± 0.9, δ13Csus −24.9 ± 1, δ15Nsed 8.0 ± 2 and δ15Nsus 6.5 ± 0.9‰) and elemental concentrations (Csed 0.45 ± 0.2%, Csus 0.9 ± 0.7%, Nsed 0.07 ± 0.05% and Nsus 0.16 ± 0.1%) support a predominantly terrigenous source. Significant enrichment in the isotopic ratios of δ13C from the upper to lower estuary in both suspended (−27.5 and −24.3‰, respectively) and sedimentary (−26.2 and −24.9‰, respectively)
phases indicates a decrease in the influence of terrigeneous material toward the mouth of the estuary. A significant positive
relationship exists between the δ13C of suspended and sediment, which indicates that these two organic carbon pools are likely coupled in the form of a significant
exchange between the two phases. A positive relationship exists between chlorophyll a and suspended organic matter, which may mean that a significant source of organic carbon is the in situ produced phytoplankton.
But, applying a simple mixing model to our isotopes, data yielded about 46% as the contribution of the terrestrial source
to suspended matter, which may support the excessive heterotrophic activity in the Godavari estuary reported earlier. 相似文献
3.
Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Characterization of Organic Matter in a Mangrove Ecosystem on the Southwestern Coast of Thailand 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Organic matter in a tropical mangrove ecosystem was characterized by stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyze, conducted
on various organic samples, including land and mangrove plants, soils, particulate organic matter (POM), and sea and river
sediments along the southwestern coast of Thailand. The δ13C values of land plants and POM in river water can be explained in terms of a greater influence of C3 plants than C4 plants in this area. The POM and sediments from the Trang River and Ko Talibong area showed systematically higher δ15N values than those from Ko Muk and other coastal areas. Organic matter in the Trang River might be influenced by nitrogen
released from agricultural or human waste, which could affect the isotopic composition of POM and sediments in the Trang River
estuary and along the coast near the river mouth. We used a stochastic method to estimate the contributions of four organic
end-members, identifiable by their δ13C and δ15N values. The results implied that seagrasses were a major source of sedimentary organic matter, contributing 42 ± 5% in the
Ko Muk area and 36 ± 5% in the Ko Talibong area. The contribution of coastal POM to sediments was estimated to be only 13%
in Ko Muk and 19% in Ko Talibong. Mangrove plants contributed approximately 23% in both areas. It was concluded that seagrasses
are an important source of sedimentary organic matter in this coastal region of southwestern Thailand.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
4.
To understand the processes transporting nitrate to the surface layer of the western and central equatorial Pacific, we measured
the nitrogen isotopic ratio of nitrate (δ
15NO
3
−
), which is a very useful tracer of the source of nitrate, above 200 m depth in this region in December 1999. δ
15NO
3
−
is higher (about 13.0‰) in the surface water than in the subsurface water (where it is about 6.5‰) due to isotopic fractionation
during nitrate uptake by phytoplankton. The δ
15NO
3
−
value has a roughly linear relationship with the natural logarithm of nitrate concentration (ln[NO
3
−
]). However, for values above 150 m depth, the intercept of this linear relationship varies with position from east to west.
On the other hand, the data at 200 m depth at all observation stations are concentrated around a single point (ln[NO
3
−
] = 2.5 and δ
15NO
3
−
= 6.5‰) and do not fit the linear relationships for the shallower values. To examine the meaning of the observed distributions
of δ
15NO
3
−
and nitrate concentration we developed a box model including nitrogen and nitrogen isotopic cycles. By reproducing the observed
relationship between δ
15NO
3
−
and nitrate concentration using this model we found that most nitrate is transported horizontally from the eastern equatorial
Pacific. We also conducted case studies and investigated the effects of differences in pathways of nitrate transport on the
distributions of δ
15NO
3
−
and nitrate concentration. From these studies we concluded that the observed linear relationships between δ
15NO
3
−
and ln[NO
3
−
], having a common slope around 6‰ but different intercepts at each station, are evidence of the significant horizontal transport
of nitrate to the surface water in this area. 相似文献
5.
Ryo Sugimoto Akihide Kasai Toshihiro Miyajima Kouichi Fujita 《Journal of Oceanography》2008,64(1):39-48
Temporal changes in nitrogen isotopic composition (δ15N) of the NO3
− pool in the water column below the pycnocline in Ise Bay, Japan were investigated to evaluate the effect of nitrification
on the change in the δ15N in the water column. The δ15N of NO3
− in the lower layers varied from −8.5‰ in May to +8.4‰ in July in response to the development of seasonal hypoxia and conversion
from NH4
+ to NO3
−. The significantly 15N-depleted NO3
− in May most likely arose from nitrification in the water column. The calculated apparent isotopic discrimination for water
column nitrification (ɛnit = δ15Nsubstrate − δ15Nproduct) was 24.5‰, which lies within the range of previous laboratory-based estimates. Though prominent deficits of NO3
− from hypoxic bottom waters due to denitrification were revealed in July, the isotopic discrimination of denitrification in
the sediments was low (ɛdenit = ∼1‰). δ15NNO3 in the hypoxic lower layer mainly reflects the isotopic effect of water column nitrification, given that water column nitrification
is not directly linked with sedimentary denitrification and the effect of sedimentary denitrification on the change in δ15NNO3 is relatively small. 相似文献
6.
Franck Lartaud Laurent Emmanuel Marc de Rafelis Stephane Pouvreau Maurice Renard 《Geo-Marine Letters》2010,30(1):23-34
Compared to oxygen isotopes, the carbon isotope composition of biogenic carbonates is less commonly used as proxy for palaeoenvironmental
reconstructions because shell δ13C is derived from both dissolved inorganic (seawater) and organic carbon sources (food), and interactions between these two
pools make it difficult to unambiguously identify any independent effect of either. The main purpose of this study was to
demonstrate any direct impact of variable food supply on bivalve shell δ13C signatures, using low/high rations of a 13C-light mixed algal diet fed to 14-month-old (adult) cultured Japanese Crassostrea gigas under otherwise essentially identical in vitro conditions during 3 summer months (May, June and July 2003, seawater temperature
means at 16, 18 and 20 °C respectively) in experimental tanks at the Argenton laboratory along the Brittany Atlantic coast
of France. At a daily ration of 12% (versus 4%) oyster dry weight, the newly grown part of the shells (hinge region) showed
significantly lower δ13C values, by 3.5‰ (high ration: mean of −5.8 ± 1.1‰, n = 10; low ration: mean of −2.3 ± 0.7‰, n = 6; ANOVA Scheffe’s test, p < 0.0001). This can be explained by an enhanced metabolic activity at higher food supply, raising 13C-depleted respiratory CO2 in the extrapallial cavity. Based on these δ13C values and data extracted from the literature, and assuming no carbon isotope fractionation between food and shell, the
proportion of shell metabolic carbon would be 26 ± 7 and 5 ± 5% for the high- and low-ration C. gigas shells respectively; with carbon isotope fractionation (arguably more realistic), the corresponding values would be 69 ± 14
and 24 ± 9%. Both groups of cultured shells exhibited lower δ13C values than did wild oysters from Marennes-Ol éron Bay in the study region, which is not inconsistent with an independent
influence of diet type. Although there was no significant difference between the two food regimes in terms of δ18O shell values (means of 0.1 ± 0.3 and 0.4 ± 0.2‰ at high and low rations respectively, non-significant Scheffe’s test),
a positive δ13C vs. δ18O relationship recorded at high rations supports the interpretation of a progressive temperature-mediated rise in metabolic
activity fuelled by higher food supply (in this case reflecting increased energy investment in reproduction), in terms not
only of δ13C (metabolic signal) but also of δ18O (seawater temperature signal). Overall, whole-shell δ18O trends faithfully recorded summer/winter variations in seawater temperature experienced by the 17-month-old cultured oysters. 相似文献
7.
Keiji Horikawa Masao Minagawa Yoshihisa Kato Masafumi Murayama Seiya Nagao 《Journal of Oceanography》2006,62(4):427-439
N2 fixation is an important biological process that adds new nitrogen to oceans and plays a key role in modulating the oceanic
nitrate inventory. However, it is not known how, when, and where N2 fixation rates have varied in response to past climate changes. This study presents a new record of nitrogen isotopic composition
(δ15N) over the last 83 kyr from a sediment core (KH02-4 SUP8) taken in the Sulu Sea in the western equatorial Pacific region;
data allow the N2 fixation variability in the sea to be reconstructed. Sediments, sinking, and suspended particulate organic matter (POM) all
have lighter isotopic values compared to the δ15N values of substrate nitrate (av. 5.8‰) in North Pacific Intermediate Water. These lighter δ15N values are regarded as reflecting N2 fixation in the Sulu Sea surface water. A δ15N mass balance model shows that N2 fixation rates were significantly enhanced during 54–34 kyr in MIS-3 and MIS-2. It has been speculated that higher interglacial
denitrification rates in the Arabian Sea and the eastern tropical Pacific would have markedly decreased the global oceanic
N inventory and contributed to the increase in N2 fixation in oligotrophic regions, but such a model was not revealed by our study. It is possible that changes in N2 fixation rates in the Sulu Sea were regional response, and accumulation of phosphate in the surface waters due to enhanced
monsoon-driven mixing is thought to have stimulated enhancements of N2 fixation during MIS-3 and MIS-2. 相似文献
8.
Surface sediment from the coastal bays of Gwangyang and Masan in South Korea were analyzed for their contents and isotopic
values of organic carbon and total nitrogen. The sources and diagenetic alteration of organic matter were also assessed. Total
organic carbon varied from 0.22% to 3.48% (average = 1.40%, n = 75), and C/N ratios varied from 2.4 to 15.2 (average = 8.79,
n = 75). δ13Corg ranged from −19.92‰ to −25.86‰ (average = −21.21‰, n = 75), and δ15NTN ranged from 8.57‰ to 3.93‰ (average = 6.49‰, n = 75). Total organic carbon in both areas was associated with grain-size,
with higher contents in finer grained sediment. The high carbon content observed in Masan Bay sediment correlated with its
higher C/N ratio. δ13Corg and δ15NTN varied widely, attributable to various influences such as the input of terrestrial organic matter and diagenetic alteration.
The depleted δ13Corg and higher δ15NTN observed in the sediment of Gwangyang Bay reflected terrestrial supply, implying that biogeochemical processes, i.e. bacterial
degradation, were more active in Masan Bay sediment, which showed less depleted δ13Corg and higher δ15NTN than Gwangyang Bay sediment. δ15NTN was the more useful indicator of biogeochemical processes in the highly anoxic sediment. These results indicate that the
δ13Corg and δ15NTN of sedimentary organic matter in coastal bays can indicate the source and degree of diagenetic alteration of sedimentary
organic matter. 相似文献
9.
Masao Minagawa Mami Ohashi Toshikatsu Kuramoto Norihiro Noda 《Journal of Oceanography》2001,57(3):285-300
Nitrogen isotope compositions of particulate organic matter and nitrate were analyzed for seawater sampled at five stations at the Alaskan Gyre, Western Subarctic Gyre and East China Sea, focusing on the samples from the surface to 5000 m water to characterize the nitrogen cycling in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean and its marginal sea. The 15N of particulate organic matter showed little agreement with a conceptual closed model that interprets isotopic variation as being caused by isotope discrimination on nitrate utilization. The 15N and 13C of particulate organic matter varied with the water depth. A correlation between isotope compositions and C/N elemental ratio was found generally at all stations, although some irregular data were also found in deep layers. We developed a hypothetical nitrogen balance model based on N2 fixation and denitrification in seawater and attempted to apply it to distinguish nutrient cycling using both 15N-NO3
– and N* variation in seawater. This model was applied to the observed data set of 15N-NO3
– and N* in the North Pacific water and estimated the 15N-NO3
– of primordial nitrate in the North Pacific deep water as 4.8. The North Pacific intermediate water for all stations showed similar 15N-NO3
– and N* values of 6 and –3 µmol/kg, respectively, suggesting a similar nitrogen biogeochemistry. In the East China Sea, analysis showed evidence of water exchange with the North Pacific intermediate water but a significant influence of nitrogen from the river runoff was found in depths shallower than 400 m. 相似文献
10.
Nitrogen isotope patterns in the oxygen-deficient waters of the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean
《Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers》2001,48(8):1905-1921
We analyzed the stable nitrogen isotope composition of an extensive set of samples of particulate matter (PM) and seawater nitrate collected during October/November 1997 along the Mexican coastline from 24° to 11.5°N. At the northern and southern end of our study area, the δ15N of PM ranged between 5 and 7‰ in the upper 200 m of the water column with higher values at intermediate depths. These data are very similar to those reported from other parts of the open ocean. In the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ), we found significantly higher δ15N values for suspended particles. Furthermore, the δ15N of nitrate (NO3) was elevated within the OMZ and we found a strong relationship between the oxygen concentration, nitrate deficit and the 15N content of the nitrate. The core of the OMZ between 22°N, 105°W and 15°N, 110°W coincided with higher nitrate deficits and δ15N values relative to the stations near the boundaries. The δ15N of nitrate was highest, with values up to 18.7‰, where oxygen concentrations were below 1–2 μmol/l. This pattern is consistent with an overall nitrogen isotopic enrichment factor of 22.5‰ for denitrification in the core of the OMZ using the Rayleigh equation (closed-system approach). Results from a diffusion model (open-system approach), however, gave a fractionation factor of 30±7.5‰, implying that the Rayleigh formula only gives a lower estimate of the fractionation factor ε. The vertical flux of particles collected in short-term deployments (ca. 35 h) of a drifting sediment trap was not significantly correlated with the water column nitrate deficit. The isotopic signature of the nitrate within the gradient is very similar to the δ15N value of sedimenting particles, suggesting that there might be a strong link between the production and sedimentation of particles. Upward flux of nitrate across the thermocline can account for less than half of the particle flux leaving the mixed layer. Mixing and transport of nitrate across the lower boundary of the OMZ can lead to significant enrichment in the 15N content of deep waters, and our isotopic data imply that at least 14% of the nitrate in the waters below the OMZ originates from this source. 相似文献
11.
Bulk δ15N values in surface sediment samples off the southwestern coast of Africa were measured to investigate the biogeochemical
processes occurring in the water column. Nitrate concentrations and the degree of utilization of the nitrate pool are the
predominant controls on sedimentary δ15N in the Benguela Current region. Denitrification does not appear to have had an important effect on the δ15N signal of these sediments and, based on δ15N and δ13C, there is little terrestrial input.
Received: 9 May 1996 / Revision received: 27 May 1997 相似文献
12.
The stable nitrogen isotope ratio (δ
15N) in macroalgae is effectively used as a time-integrated bioindicator to record nitrogen sources for primary producers during
their growing periods in aquatic ecosystems. However, the utility of this tool is limited because the occurrence of these
organisms is often restricted in space and time. To investigate the potential of chemical composition in sedimentary organic
matter (SOM) as a proxy for time-integrated environmental conditions, nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) contents and their stable
isotope ratios (δ
15N and δ
13C) were determined, and systematically cross-checked against corresponding values in macroalgae at the Shiraho fringing reef
in Okinawa, Japan. Preliminary trials showed that δ
15N in SOM processed by the “wash-out method” for δ
13C analysis yielded similar δ
15N values to the bulk sediment, despite the loss of some SOM during the process. The amounts of organic matter and the ratio
of the HCl-insoluble portion were variable within the reef, probably reflecting local vegetation and subsequent decomposition.
The distribution of δ
15N and δ
13C in SOM showed similar trends to those of macroalgae, with mostly constant differences of 1.4‰ and −6.7‰, respectively. These
differences throughout the reef appeared to be explained in terms of mixed contributions from macrophyte and epibenthic microalgae
growing in different seasons and years, with their debris undergoing diagenetic alteration. Therefore, macroalgae and SOM
δ-values can be used in a complementary manner, over various time scales, as indicators of the integrated effect of dissolved
inorganic nitrogen (DIN) sources on coral reef ecosystems. 相似文献
13.
Hodaka Kawahata Mayuri Inoue Masato Nohara Atsushi Suzuki 《Journal of Oceanography》2006,62(4):405-412
The δ18O, δ13C and trace element composition of pearls collected from Ago Bay, Japan, were investigated in order to evaluate biomineralization
in the cultured pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii). The oxygen isotopic data suggest that the pearls were produced around 23–24°C, mainly in June to early July, which is consistent
with their occurrence in the field. Therefore the pearls were produced under or close to isotopic equilibrium conditions,
although they showed high calcification rates (higher than 0.2–1.0 g cm− 2yr−1) under which, for example, coral skeletons (calcification rate ∼0.28 g cm− 2yr−1) often show non-equilibrium isotope partitioning. The δ13C values were ∼− 2.9‰ lower than those calculated for offshore waters under equilibrium conditions. This may be due to low-δ13C bottom waters resulting from the degradation of organic matter (OM) or to a contribution of low-δ 13C food. In the latter case, a simple mass balance calculation gives a respiration component of 14%. Twelve trace elements
of bulk pearl samples were classified into four groups on the basis of their enrichment/depletion patterns relative to seawater
and inter-element relationships: group 1, Co, Cr, Pb; group 2, Ba, Cs, U; group 3, Cu, Sn, V, and group 4, Mn, Rb, Mo. Comparison
with coral skeletons suggests that Ba and Mn (groups 2 and 4) were definitely much enriched in proteinaceous OM relative to
aragonite crystals in pearls and that V (group 3) in pearls showed only slight enrichment in the organicrich layer. By contrast,
the other elements showed small differences between both layers (enrichment factor of <3), suggesting that these elements
occur largely in aragonite crystals. 相似文献
14.
A time-series sediment trap was deployed at 1,034 m water depth in the eastern Bransfield Strait for a complete year from
December 25, 1998 to December 24, 1999. About 99% of total mass flux was trapped during an austral summer, showing distinct
seasonal variation. Biogenic particles (biogenic opal, particulate organic carbon, and calcium carbonate) account for about
two thirds of annual total mass flux (49.2 g m-2), among which biogenic opal flux is the most dominant (42% of the total flux). A positive relationship (except January) between
biogenic opal and total organic carbon fluxes suggests that these two variables were coupled, due to the surface-water production
(mainly diatoms). The relatively low δ13C values of settling particles result from effects on C-fixation processes at low temperature and the high CO2 availability to phytoplankton. The correspondingly low δ15N values are due to intense and steady input of nitrates into surface waters, reflecting an unlikely nitrate isotope fractionation
by degree of surface-water production. The δ15N and δ13C values of sinking particles increased from the beginning to the end of a presumed phytoplankton bloom, except for anomalous
δ15N values. Krill and the zooplankton fecal pellets, the most important carriers of sinking particles, may have contributed
gradually to the increasing δ13C values towards the unproductive period through the biomodification of the δ13C values in the food web, respiring preferentially and selectively12C atoms. Correspondingly, the increasing δ15N values in the intermediate-water trap are likely associated with a switch in source from diatom aggregates to some remains
of zooplankton, because organic matter dominated by diatom may be more liable and prone to remineralization, leading to greater
isotopic alteration. In particular, the tendency for abnormally high δ15N values in February seems to be enigmatic. A specific species dominancy during the production may be suggested as a possible
and speculative reason. 相似文献
15.
We present high-resolution isotopic records and cathodoluminescence studies of recently dead and live bivalve specimens from
cold seeps, in an attempt to reconstruct environmental conditions during organism growth, and thereby the possible variability
of fluid-venting activity at the seafloor. Shells of the burrowing lucinid Myrtea aff. amorpha were collected at three localities near actively venting methane seeps in the Eastern Mediterranean deep sea, using the Nautile
submersible during two French oceanographic cruises: from the Kazan mud volcano, in the vicinity of the Anaximander mounts
(MEDINAUT cruise, 1998), and from the central pockmark province and the Amon mud volcano of the Nile deep-sea fan (NAUTINIL
cruise, 2003). The oxygen and carbon isotope compositions of 18 shells from the various localities, and also from different
sites at the same locality show a rather strong scatter (1.8 < δ
18O‰ < 3.4; −10.2 < δ
13C‰ < 2.2), and values lower than those expected for carbonate precipitated at equilibrium with present-day bottom waters.
This means that warm methane-rich fluids were mixed with bottom seawater during precipitation of shell carbonates. We have
tried to determine ontogenetic age of two shells by using cathodoluminescence as a sclerochronological proxy, because the
direct counting of carbonate increments was not possible in these specimens. There is a relatively good correspondence between
cathodoluminescence trends and oxygen isotope profiles that might support the link between manganese incorporation during
growth and temperature. Eight specimens of lucinid shells were selected for high-resolution isotopic profiling. A few shells
exhibit decreasing δ
18O and δ
13C values from the umbo to the actively growing ventral shell margin, which can be attributed to the commonly observed physiologically
controlled deceleration of growth with increasing organism age, this metabolic effect corresponding to the increase of incorporation
of respiratory CO2. A few shells exhibit high-frequency δ
18O variations with an amplitude of about 1.5‰ that might be related to temperature variations controlled by fluid-venting activity.
One shell from the pockmark province of the Nile deep-sea fan records a strong, sharp δ
13C decrease of about 9‰, and extending over a 5-mm interval in the shell that can be related to a major methane release event.
Another shell from the Kazan mud volcano exhibits a progressive increase of δ
13C values from −10‰ to 0‰ with age, which might indicate decreasing methane flow throughout the organism’s life. This study
has demonstrated that bivalve shells from deep-sea cold seeps represent good indicators of variability in seepage activity
of methane-rich fluids, at various scales in both space and time. Although the precise chronology of the observed events was
not established, because shell growth rate is not known in this case, this remains a priority for future studies in such environments. 相似文献
16.
建立了测定天然海水中硝酸盐氮同位素组成的蒸馏法,该方法主要是在碱性条件下利用戴氏合金将海水中的硝酸盐还原为氨,后利用稀盐酸吸收生产的氨,将得到的氨吸收液浓缩后干燥结晶,利用同位素比值质谱仪测定所得晶体的氮同位素组成。研究中开展了戴氏合金添加量及氨吸收溶液在不同条件下干燥结晶对氮同位素测值的影响研究。结果表明,戴氏合金添加量为3.0 g及60 ℃下直接干燥结晶为最佳的实验条件。所建立的氨蒸馏法氮空白值仅为(0.90±0.19) μmol,低于此前文献报道的氮空白值;氮同位素组成(δ15N)空白值为(-14.7±4.1)×10-3。运用所建立的氨蒸馏法实测得到的硝酸盐δ15N值与氨扩散法、硝酸盐直接测定法得到的数值非常吻合,进一步证明所建立氨蒸馏法的可靠性。改进后的氨蒸馏法适用于硝酸盐浓度在2~50 μmol/dm3内的天然海水硝酸盐氮同位素组成的测定,方法的标准偏差为±0.3×10-3。 相似文献
17.
The stable isotopes of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are a powerful tool for distinguishing sources and inputs of organic matter in aquatic systems. While several methods exist to perform these analyses, no labs routinely utilize a high temperature combustion (HTC) instrument. Advantages of HTC instruments include rapid analysis, small sample volumes and minimal sample preparation, making them the favored devices for most routine oceanic DOC concentration measurements. We developed a stable carbon DOC method based around an HTC system. This method has the benefit of a simple setup, requiring neither vacuum nor high pressures. The main drawback of the method is a significant blank, requiring careful accounting of all blank sources for accurate isotopic and concentration values. We present here a series of experiments to determine the magnitude, source and isotopic composition of the HTC blank. Over time, the blank is very stable at 20 ng of carbon with a δ13C of − 18.1‰ vs. VPDB. The similarity of the isotopic composition of the blank and seawater samples makes corrections relatively minor. The precision of the method was determined by oxidizing organic standards with a wide isotopic and concentration range (− 9‰ to − 39‰; 18 μM to 124 μM). Analysis of seawater samples demonstrates the accuracy for low concentration, high salinity samples. The overall error on the measurement is approximately ± 0.8‰. 相似文献
18.
Seawater samples are collected in the spring of 2013 from the Taiwan Strait for the analysis of uranium(U)concentrations and isotopic compositions using MC-ICP-MS, and the geochemical behavior patterns of U in the Taiwan Strait are then investigated. Average concentrations of individual U isotopes are(3.23±0.14) μg/kg for 238 U,(2.34±0.09)×10~(–2) μg/kg for ~(235)U and(2.05±0.07)×10~(–4) μg/kg for 234 U. Correspondingly, the U isotopic compositions are 155±18 for δ234U and 138±2 for 238U:235U. The U concentrations and isotopic ratios in the Taiwan Strait are similar to those of open ocean seawater, suggesting the dominance of the open ocean input to the strait's U pool.However, river input, as suggested by the slightly lower salinity than that of the open ocean, also affected the U concentrations and isotopic compositions in the strait. From a compilation of U concentrations in the Taiwan Strait and adjacent areas, including the Jiulong Estuary and Zhujiang Estuary, the Xiamen Bay and the northern South China Sea, a strong and significant relationship between U concentration and salinity [U:S; U=(0.093 4±0.002 4)S+(0.092 0±0.061 5)] is revealed, suggesting conservative mixing of U in the Taiwan Strait. To better understand the U geochemistry in the Taiwan Strait, a multiple endmembers mixing model is applied to estimate the contributions of potential sources. The open ocean seawater contributed 69%–95% of U in the Taiwan Strait, with river water approximately 2%, and dust deposition only around 0.13%. Therefore, the model results supported the open ocean input source and the conservative mixing behavior of U derived from the observation of U concentrations and isotopic ratios and U:S ratios. The sediment interstitial water may be an important source of U to the Taiwan Strait with a possible contribution of 3%–29%, consistent with previous investigations based on radium isotopes.However, further investigations are warranted to examine the U concentration in the sediment interstitial water and its input to the overlying seawater in the Taiwan Strait. 相似文献
19.
Concentration and stable isotopic compositions (δ
18O) of dissolved O2 were measured in seawater samples collected from the Philippine Sea in June 2006. The in-situ O2 consumption rate and the isotopic fractionation factor (α
r
) during dissolved O2 consumption were obtained from field observations by applying a vertical one-dimensional advection diffusion model to the
deep water mass of about 1000–4000 m. The average O2 consumption rate and α
r
were, respectively, 0.11 ± 0.07 μmol kg−1yr−1 and 0.990 ± 0.001. These estimated values agree well with values from earlier estimations of Pacific deep water. The in-situ O2 consumption rates are two or more times higher north of 20°N, although the value of α
r
was not significantly different between the north and south. Its levels varied rapidly in the water mass of less about 2000
m depth. These results suggest that organic matter from the continent imparts a meaningful contribution to the upper water
in the northern part of the area; it might produce the strong O2 minimum that is evident in the water mass from about 1000–2000 m in the northern part of the Philippine Sea. 相似文献
20.
Assessment of nitrogen loading from the Kiso-Sansen Rivers into Ise Bay using stable isotopes 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Ryo Sugimoto Akihide Kasai Kouichi Fujita Kenichi Sakaguchi Tomomi Mizuno 《Journal of Oceanography》2011,67(2):231-240
Concentrations of particulate organic nitrogen (PN), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), and their nitrogen isotope ratios
(δ
15N) in the Kiso-Sansen Rivers were determined from monthly observations over the course of a year to assess variations in the
form and sources of riverine nitrogen discharged into Ise Bay. The δ
15N values of NO3
− observed in the Kiso-Sansen Rivers showed a logarithmic decreasing trend from 8 to 0‰, which varied with the river discharge,
indicating mixing between point sources with high δ
15N and non-point sources with low δ
15N. The influence of isotope fractionation of in situ biogeochemical processes (mainly DIN assimilation by phytoplankton) on
δ
15N of NO3
− was negligible, because sufficient concentrations of NH4
+ for phytoplankton demand would inhibit the assimilation of NO3
−. A simple relationship between river discharge and δ
15N of NO3
− showed that the fraction of total NO3
− flux arising from point sources increased from 4.0–6.3% (1.1–1.8 tN day−1) during higher discharge (>600 m3 s−1) to 30.2–48.3% (2.6–4.1 tN day−1) during lower discharge (<300 m3 s−1). Riverine NO3
− discharge from the Kiso-Sansen Rivers can explain 75% of the variations in surface NO3
− at the head of Ise Bay over the year. 相似文献