Riverine input and air-sea CO2 exchanges near the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary: Status quo and implication on possible future changes in metabolic status

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1476-1482

  Chen, Chen Tung Arthur ^a   Zhai, Weidong ^b   Dai, Minhan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air sea exchange; Changjiang; East China Sea; Metabolic status; pCO2; Three Gorge's Dam

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER FLOW;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; PACIFIC OCEAN; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 46549084496     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Abril G., Etcheber H., Borges A.V., and Frankignoulle M. Excess atmospheric carbon dioxide transported by rivers into the Scheldt estuary. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences II(A) 330 (2000) 761-768
2. Breed G.A., Jackson G.A., and Richardson T.L. Sedimentation, carbon export and food web structure in the Mississippi River plume described by inverse analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 278 (2004) 35-51
3. Cai W.J., and Wang Y. The chemistry, fluxes and sources of carbon dioxide in the estuarine waters of the Satilla and Altamaha Rivers, Georgia. Limnology and Oceanography 43 (1998) 657-668
4. - flux in the world's major rivers with emphasis on the Changjiang, Huanghe, Zhujiang (Pearl) and Mississippi Rivers. Continental Shelf Research, this issue, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.014.
5. Carbon Cycle Research Unit. The amount of carbon transported to the sea by the Yangtze and Huanghe rivers (People's Republic of China) during the half year July-December, 1981. In: Degens E.T. (Ed). Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers, Part 1, SCOPE/UNEP vol. 52 (1982), University of Hamburg, Germany 437-448
6. Chen C.T.A. The Kuroshio intermediate water is the major source of nutrients on the East China Sea continental shelf. Oceanologica Acta 19 (1996) 523-527
7. Chen C.T.A. The Three Gorges Dam: reducing the upwelling and thus productivity of the East China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters 27 (2000) 381-383
8. Chen C.T.A. The impact of dams on fisheries: case of the Three Gorges Dam. In: Steffen W., Jager J., Carson D.J., and Bradshaw C. (Eds). Challenges of a Changing Earth, Chapter 16 (2002), Springer, Berlin 97-99
9. Chen C.T.A. Rare northward flow in the Taiwan Strait in winter: a note. Continental Shelf Research 23 (2003) 387-391
10. Chen C.T.A. Exchanges of carbon in the coastal seas. In: Field C.B., and Raupauch M.R. (Eds). The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World (2004), Island Press 341-351
11. Chen C.T.A. Tracing tropical and intermediate waters from the South China Sea to the Okinawa Trough and beyond. Journal of Geophysical Research 110 (2005) C05012 10.1029/2004JC002494
12. Chen C.T.A., and Wang S.L. Carbon, alkalinity and nutrient budget on the East China Sea continental shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research 104 (1999) 20675-20686
13. Chen C.T.A., Ruo R., Pai S.C., Liu C.T., and Wong G.T.F. Exchange of water masses between the East China Sea and the Kuroshio off northeastern Taiwan. Continental Shelf Research 15 (1995) 19-39
14. Chen C.T.A., Lin C.M., Huang B.T., and Chang L.F. The stoichiometry of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur and oxygen in the particular matter of the western North Pacific marginal seas. Marine Chemistry 54 (1996) 179-190
15. Chen J., Li D., Chen B., Hu F., Zhu H., and Liu C. The processes of dynamic sedimentation in Changjiang Estuary. Journal of Sea Research 41 (1999) 129-140
16. Chen Y.L., Lu H.B., Shian F.K., Gong G.C., Liu K.K., and Kanda J. New production and F-ratio on the continental shelf of the East China Sea: comparisons between nitrate inputs from the subsurface Kuroshio current and the Changjiang River. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 48 (1999) 59-75
17. Chen, C., Zhu, J., Beardsley, R.C., Franks, P.J.S., 2003a. Physical-biological sources for dense algal blooms near the Changjiang River. Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1515, doi:10.1029/2002GL016391.
18. Chen Y.Q., Chen Y.Q., and Jiang W. Present status of ecological environment in estuarine area of Changjiang River and project of moving water from south Changjiang River to north and its impact on eco-environment and fisheries. In: Chen J.Y. (Ed). Impacts and Countermeasures of the South-To-North Water Diversion Projects on the Ecological Environment of Changjiang Estuary (2003), Publication of ECNU, Shanghai 140-151
19. Chen, C.T.A., Wang, S.L., Lu, X.X., Zhang, S.R., Lui, H.K., Tseng, H.C., Wang, B.J., Huang, H.I., 2008. Hydrogeochemistry and greenhouse gases of the Pearl River, its estuary and beyond. Quaternary International, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.024.
20. Crossland C.J., Kremer H.H., Lindeboom H.J., Crossland J.I.M., and Le Tissier M.D.A. Coastal Fluxes in the Anthropocene (2005), Springer, Berlin 231pp.
21. Dagg M., Benner R., Lohrenz S., and Lawrence D. Transformation of dissolved and particulate materials on continental shelves influenced by large rivers: plume processes. Continental Shelf Research 24 (2004) 833-858
22. Dai M.H., Guo X.H., Zhai W.D., Yuan L.Y., Wang B.W., Wang L.F., Cai P.H., Tang T.T., and Cai W.-J. Oxygen depletion in the upper reach of the Pearl River estuary during a winter drought. Marine Chemistry 102 (2006) 159-169
23. Dai, M.H., Zhai, W.D., Cai, W.J., Callahan, J., Huang, B., Shang, S.L., Huang, T., Li, X.L., Lu, Z.M., Chen, W.F., Chen, Z.Z., 2008. Effects of an estuarine plume-associated bloom on the carbonate system in the lower reaches of the Pearl River estuary and the coastal zone of the northern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, this issue, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.04.018.
24. Fang T.H. Phosphorus speciation and budget of the East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research 24 (2004) 1285-1299
25. Frankignoulle M., Abril G., Borges A., Bourge I., Canon C., Delille B., Libert E., and Ehéate J.M. Carbon dioxide emission from European estuaries. Science 282 (1998) 434-436
26. Gan W.B., Chen H.M., and Han Y.F. Carbon transport by the Yangtze (at Nanjing) and Huanghe (at Jian) Rivers, People's Republic of China. In: Degens E.T., Kempe S., and Soliman H. (Eds). Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers, Part 2, SCOPE/UNEP vol. 55 (1983), University of Hamburg, Germany 459-470
27. Gao, S., Wang, Y.P., 2008. Changes in material fluxes from the Changjiang River and their implications on the adjoining continental shelf ecosystems. Continental Shelf Research, this issue, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.02.010.
28. Gattuso J.P., Frankignoulle M., and Wollast R. Carbon and carbonate metabolism in coastal aquatic ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecological System 29 (1998) 405-434
29. Gong G.C., Shiah F.K., Liu K.K., Wen Y.H., and Liang M.H. Spatial and temporal variation of chlorophyll a, primary productivity and chemical hydrography in the southern East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research 20 (2000) 411-436
30. Global Carbon Project, 2003. Science Framework and Implementation. Earth System Science Partnership (IGBP, IHDP, WCRP, DIVERSITAS) Report No. 1. Global Carbon Project Report No. 1, Canberra, 69pp.
31. 2 fluxes and bottom water hypoxia. Estuaries and Coasts 29 (2006) 579-597
32. Ito T., Kaneko A., Tsubota H., and Gohda N. The characteristic distribution of silica over the East China Sea shelf slope. Journal of Oceanography 50 (1994) 465-477
33. 2 sink in the tropical Atlantic Ocean associated with the Amazon River plume. Geophysical Research Letters 30 24 (2003) 2287 10.1029/2003GL018841
34. Li J.F., and Chen Z. Sediment resuspension and implications for turbidity maximum in the Changjiang Estuary. Marine Geology 148 (1998) 117-124
35. Li D.J., Zhang J., Wu Y., Cao Y., and Liang J. Impact of water transfer from Changjiang (Yangtze River) drainage basin on ecosystems of Changjiang Estuary and its adjacent sea. In: Chen J.Y. (Ed). Impacts and Countermeasures of the South-To-North Water Diversion Projects on the Ecological Environment of Changjiang Estuary (2003), Publication of ECNU, Shanghai 186-195
36. Li M.T., Xu K.Q., Watanabe M., and Chen Z.Y. Long-term variations in dissolved silicate, nitrogen, and phosphorus flux from the Yangtze River into the East China Sea and impacts on estuarine ecosystem. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 71 (2007) 3-12
37. Liu K.K., Gong G.C., Lin S., Wang C.Y., Wei C.L., Pai S.C., and Wu C.K. The year-round upwelling at the shelf break near the northern tip of Taiwan as evidenced by chemical hydrography. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 3 (1992) 243-275
38. Liu S.M., Zhang J., Chen H.T., Wu Y., Xiong H., and Zhang Z.F. Nutrients in the Changjiang and its tributaries. Biogeochemistry 62 (2003) 1-18
39. 2 in a river-dominated coastal margin. Geophysical Research Letters 33 (2006) L01601 10.1029/2005GL023942
40. Redfield A.C., Ketchum B.H., and Richards F.A. The influence of organisms on the composition of seawater. In: Hill M.N. (Ed). The Sea vol. 2 (1963), Wiley, New York 26-77
41. Sabine C.L., Heiman M., Artaxo P., Bakker D., Chen C.T.A., Field C.B., Gruber N., LeQuéré C., Prinn R.G., Richey J.E., Lankao P.R., Sathaye J., and Valentini R. Current status and past trends of the carbon cycle. In: Field C.B., and Raupauch M.R. (Eds). The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World (2004), Island Press 17-44
42. Sarin M.M., Krishnaswami S., Dilli K., Somayajulu B.L.K., and Moore W.S. Major ion chemistry of the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system: weathering processes and fluxes to the Bay of Bengal. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53 (1989) 997-1009
43. Shen H.T. Material Flux of the Changjiang Estuary (2001), China Ocean Press, Beijing 176pp (in Chinese)
44. Shen Z.L. Nitrogen biogeochemistry in Changjiang River and the river mouth-nitrogen flux. Marine Science 24 11 (2000) inside back cover (in Chinese)
45. Shen Z.L. Nitrogen biogeochemistry in Changjiang River and the river mouth-concentration of inorganic nitrogen species. Marine Sciences 24 10 (2000) 40 (in Chinese)
46. Shen H.T., and Pan D.G. A Turbidity Maximum in the Changjiang Estuary (2001), China Ocean Press, Beijing 194pp (in Chinese)
47. Shen Z.L., Liu Q., Zhang S.M., Miao H., and Zhang P. The dominant controlling factors of high content inorganic N in the Changjiang River and its mouth. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 32 (2001) 465-473 (in Chinese)
48. Shen H.T., Mao Z.C., and Zhu Z.R. Saltwater Intrusion in the Changjiang Estuary (2003), China Ocean Press, Beijing 175pp (in Chinese)
49. Smith S.V., and Hollibaugh J.T. Coastal metabolism and the oceanic carbon balance. Reviews of Geophysics 31 (1993) 75-89
50. Sun, H.L., Cheng, S.K., Min, Q.W., 2002. Regional sustainable development review: China. In: Knowledge for Sustainable Development, UNESCO Publishing/EOLSS Publishers, Paris, pp. 1043-1065.
51. 2 flux at air-sea interface in western part of the East China Sea. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 35 (2004) 239-245 (in Chinese)
52. 2 in the Atlantic Ocean: the role of the Amazon River discharge. Marine Chemistry 68 (2000) 183-201
53. 2?. Tellus 51B (1999) 701-712
54. 2 cycle. Nature 291 (1981) 196-201
55. Wang S.L., and Chen C.T.A. Bottom water at the center of the north East China Sea in summer: remnant winter water. Continental Shelf Research 18 (1998) 1573-1580
56. Wang S.L., Chen C.T.A., Hong G.H., and Chung C.S. Carbon dioxide and related parameters in the East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research 20 (2000) 525-544
57. Wong G.T.F., Pai S.C., Liu K.K., Liu C.T., and Chen C.T.A. Variability of the chemical hydrography at the frontal region between the East China Sea and the Kuroshio northeast of Taiwan. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 33 (1991) 105-120
58. Wong G.T.F., Gong G.C., Liu K.K., and Pai S.C. Excess nitrate in the East China Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 46 (1998) 411-418
59. Xu Z.X., and Yin H.L. Study on Huangpu River pollution amelioration. Shanghai Environmental Sciences 22 (2003) 167-170 (in Chinese)
60. Ye S.F., Ji H.H., Cao L., and Huang X. Red tides in the Yangtze River Estuary and adjacent sea areas: causes and mitigation. Marine Sciences 28 5 (2004) 26-32 (in Chinese)
61. 2 and its maintaining mechanism in a subtropical estuary, the Pearl River estuary, China. Marine Chemistry 93 (2005) 21-32
62. Zhai W.D., Dai M.H., and Guo X.H. Carbonate system and CO2 degassing fluxes in the inner estuary of Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China. Marine Chemistry 107 (2007) 342-356
63. Zhang E., and Zhang J. Analysis of the Three-Gorge reservoir impacts on the retention of N and P in the Yangtze River. Journal of Lake Sciences 15 1 (2003) 41-48 (in Chinese)
64. Zhou W.H., Yuan X.C., Huo W.Y., and Yin K.D. Distribution of chlorophyll a and primary productivity in the adjacent sea area of Changjiang River Estuary. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 26 3 (2004) 143-150 (in Chinese)
65. Zhu J.R., Wang J.H., Shen H.T., and Wu H. Observation and analysis of the diluted water and red tide in the sea off the Changjiang River mouth in middle and late June 2003. Chinese Science Bulletin 50 3 (2005) 1-8