Historical changes of nutrient utilization of seawater reconstructed with nitrogen isotopes in sedimentary cores from the southern Yellow Sea

Cai Deling; Yang Shu; Wang Yukun; Yang Qian; Sun Yao

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.02.003

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Cai Deling, Yang Shu, Wang Yukun, Yang Qian, Sun Yao. Historical changes of nutrient utilization of seawater reconstructed with nitrogen isotopes in sedimentary cores from the southern Yellow Sea[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2019, 41(2): 31-40. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.02.003

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Cai Deling, Yang Shu, Wang Yukun, Yang Qian, Sun Yao. Historical changes of nutrient utilization of seawater reconstructed with nitrogen isotopes in sedimentary cores from the southern Yellow Sea[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2019, 41(2): 31-40. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.02.003

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Cai Deling, Yang Shu, Wang Yukun, Yang Qian, Sun Yao. Historical changes of nutrient utilization of seawater reconstructed with nitrogen isotopes in sedimentary cores from the southern Yellow Sea[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2019, 41(2): 31-40. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.02.003

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Historical changes of nutrient utilization of seawater reconstructed with nitrogen isotopes in sedimentary cores from the southern Yellow Sea

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.02.003

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Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science, Qingdao 266071, China;First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science, Qingdao 266071, China;Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Marine Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science, Qingdao 266071, China

Received Date: 2018-04-02
Rev Recd Date: 2018-06-20

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Abstract

The distributions of total nitrogen (TN), C/N, and nitrogen stable isotope ratio (δ¹⁵N) in surface sediments are first studied in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. The content of TN in surface sediment ranges from 0.023% to 0.33%, while C/N and δ¹⁵N are about 1.4-50.3 and 4.0‰-16.0‰ respectively. Significant negative correlation exists between TN and C/N, and no correlation is found between TN and δ¹⁵N or between C/N and δ¹⁵N. These relationships reflect the complexity of the nitrogen cycles in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, both belonging to typical continental shelf marginal sea. Then, three sediment cores collected from the southern Yellow Sea were analyzed for TN, C/N and δ¹⁵N values. And the long-term change trends of TN, C/N and δ¹⁵N were subsequently rebuilt combing with ²¹⁰Pb chronological study. The results indicate that the long-term changes of TN, C/N and δ¹⁵N show some periodical trends. The temporal changes of TN show similar change trends in the three sea areas, with generally increasing trends over the past 100 years. And C/N trends also follow relatively similar patterns in the three sediment cores, while the average cycle of δ¹⁵N is about 24 years. Finally, the historical changes of nutrient usability in the upper water of the southern Yellow Sea over the past 200 years are reconstructed, and their responses to climate change are discussed preliminarily.
- sediment core,
- the southern Yellow Sea,
- C/N,
- δ¹⁵N,
- nutrient usability

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