A study on particulate nitrogen isotope distribution,  isotope characteristics and controlling factors in the southern Yellow Sea in summer

Yan Maojun; Dong Shuhang; Zhong Xiaosong; Ning Xiaoyan; Xin Yu

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.12.002

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Yan Maojun，Dong Shuhang，Zhong Xiaosong, et al. A study on particulate nitrogen isotope distribution, isotope characteristics and controlling factors in the southern Yellow Sea in summer[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2019, 41(12)：14–25，doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253−4193.2019.12.002

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A study on particulate nitrogen isotope distribution, isotope characteristics and controlling factors in the southern Yellow Sea in summer

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2019.12.002

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Collge of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100 China
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Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China

Received Date: 2019-04-12
Rev Recd Date: 2019-07-22

Available Online: 2021-04-21

Publish Date: 2019-12-25

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Abstract

Yellow Sea is a semi-enclosed marginal sea that is significantly impacted by human activities. One of the major characteristics of Yellow Sea is the long-term existence of intensive cold water mass in summer. In order to study the cycling of particulate nitrogen in summer Yellow Sea, we analyzed the organic carbon and nitrogen content and isotope of the suspended particulate matter and of the surface sediments in South Yellow Sea in summer, 2016. We focus on the spatial variances in particulate nitrogen content, isotope character and the controlling factors respectively in coastal waters and cold water masse realm. In the coastal waters, the particulate nitrogen (PN) are comparatively higher and the vertical variances of nitrogen isotope (δ¹⁵N_PN) are small, while total nitrogen content (TN) in coastal sediment are lower and the nitrogen isotope (δ¹⁵N_TN) are mostly negative. In central south Yellow Sea where cold water masses exists, the PN is characterized of low content, significant vertical variances in δ¹⁵N_PN, while TN in sediment are characterized of high content and positive δ¹⁵N_TN. We further run bottom critical shear stress simulation and environmental factors analysis, and found out that the spatial variances of particulate nitrogen content and nitrogen isotopes in the South Yellow Sea was mainly controlled by the vertical mixing in water column, benthic boundary dynamic processes, and partially contributed by re-mineralization and terrestrial PN input.
- southern Yellow Sea,
- particulate nitrogen,
- marine sediment,
- nitrogen isotope

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