Differences in urbanization and degree of marine influence are reflected in δ13C and δ15N of producers and consumers in seagrass habitats of Puerto Rico

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-206

  Olsen, Ylva S ^a   Fox, Sophia E ^a   Kinney, Erin L ^a   Teichberg, Mirta ^b   Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land sea coupling; Stable isotopes; Thalassia testudinum; Trophic level; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOOD WEBS; HIGH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MARINE FOOD WEB; MARINE SOURCES; N VALUE; PUERTO RICO; SEAGRASS HABITATS; SEPTIC SYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL SYSTEMS;

DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAND USE; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER;

MARINE COUPLINGS;

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; RAIN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOOD WEB; LAND USE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEAN CURRENT; PRECIPITATION; PUERTO RICO; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCHARITACEAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PUERTO RICO; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SOIL; URBANIZATION;

PUERTO RICO;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 75449120350     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. 15N). Estuaries and Coasts 29 (2006) 277-285
2. Anderson W.T., and Fourqurean J.W. Intra- and interannual variability in seagrass carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes from south Florida, a preliminary study. Organic Geochemistry 34 (2003) 185-194
3. Bannon R.O., and Roman C.T. Using stable isotopes to monitor anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries. Ecological Applications 18 (2008) 22-30
4. Beer S., Bjork M., Hellblom F., and Axelsson L. Inorganic carbon utilization in marine angiosperms (seagrasses). Functional Plant Biology 29 (2002) 349-354
5. 15N to assess coupling between watersheds and estuaries in temperate and tropical regions. Journal of Coastal Research 24 (2008) 804-813
6. Bowen J.L., Kroeger K.D., Tomasky G., Pabich W.J., Cole M.L., Carmichael R.H., and Valiela I. A review of land-sea coupling by groundwater discharge of nitrogen to New England estuaries: mechanisms and effects. Applied Geochemistry 22 (2007) 175-191
7. Caraco N.F., and Cole J.J. Human influence on nitrogen export: a comparison of mesic and xeric catchments. Marine and Freshwater Research 52 (2001) 119-125
8. Carmichael R.H., and Valiela I. Coupling of near-bottom seston and surface sediment composition: changes with nutrient enrichment and implications for estuarine food supply and biogeochemical processing. Limnology and Oceanography 50 (2005) 97-105
9. 15N of macrophytes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 351 (2007) 43-51
10. Coffin R.B., Cifuentes L.A., and Elderidge P.M. The use of stable carbon isotopes to study microbial processes in estuaries. In: Lajtha K., and Michener R.H. (Eds). Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science (1994), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 222-240
11. 15N isotopic method to indicate anthropogenic eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Quality 33 (2004) 124-132
12. Deegan L.A., Wright A., Ayvazian S.G., Finn J.T., Golden H., Merson R.R., and Harrison J. Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic levels. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 12 (2002) 193-212
13. DeNiro M.J., and Epstein E.S. Influence of diet on the distribution of carbon isotopes in animals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 42 (1978) 495-506
14. DNER, 2005. Plan Integral de Recursos de Agua de Puerto Rico, Oficina del Plan Integral de Aguas. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, San Juan.
15. 15N of Thalassia testudinum from South Florida and its implications for ecosystem studies. Estuaries 28 (2005) 447-461
16. 13C measurements as indicators of carbon flow in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Contributions in Marine Science 27 (1984) 13-47
17. 15N Studies of nitrogen use by the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle L. in South Florida. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 50 (2000) 291-296
18. Galloway J.N., Levy H., and Kashibhatla P.S. Year 2020 - consequences of population-growth and development on deposition of oxidized nitrogen. Ambio 23 (1994) 120-123
19. Gerbert, W.H., Graczyk, D.J., Krug, W.R., 1987. Average annual runoff in the United States, 1951-80. US Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas 710.
20. Harmsen, E.W., Perez, A.G., Winter A., 2003. Estimating long-term average monthly evapotranspiration from pan evaporation data at seven locations in Puerto Rico. In: NOAA-CREST/NASA-EPSCoR Joint Symposium for Climate Studies. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 10-11 January, 2003.
21. Hemminga M.A., and Mateo M.A. Stable carbon isotopes in seagrasses: variability in ratios and use in ecological studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 140 (1996) 285-298
22. Hemminga M.A., Slim F.J., Kazungu J., Ganssen G.M., Nieuwenhuize J., and Kruyt N.M. Carbon outwelling from a mangrove forest with adjacent seagrass beds and coral-reefs (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Marine Ecology Progress Series 106 (1994) 291-301
23. Kellman L., and Hillaire-Marcel C. Evaluation of nitrogen isotopes as indicators of contamination sources in an agricultural watershed. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 95 (2003) 87-102
24. Kreitler C.W., and Browning L.A. Nitrogen-isotope analysis of groundwater nitrate in carbonate aquifers: natural sources versus human pollution. Journal of Hydrology 61 (1983) 285-301
25. Kreitler C.W., and Jones D.C. Natural soil nitrate: the cause of the nitrate contamination of ground water in Runnels County, Texas. Ground water 13 (1975) 53-61
26. 14N ratios of ground-water nitrate, Long Island, New York. Ground Water 16 (1978) 404-409
27. Lajtha K., and Marshall J.D. Sources of variation in the stable isotopic composition of plants. In: Lajtha K., and Michener R.M. (Eds). Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science (1994), Blackwell Scientific, Oxford 1-21
28. Larsen M.C., and Webb R.M.T. Potential effects of runoff, fluvial sediment and nutrient discharges on the coral reefs of Puerto Rico. Journal of Coastal Research 25 (2009) 189-208
29. 13C values for the seagrass Thalassia testudinum and its relations to mangrove carbon. Aquatic Botany 40 (1991) 333-341
30. Macko, S.A., Ostrom, N.E., 1994. Pollution studies using stable isotopes. In: Lajtha, K., Michener, R. (Eds.), Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp. 45-62.
31. 15N. Marine Ecology Progress Series 151 (1997) 115-121
32. Martinetto P., Teichberg M., and Valiela I. Coupling of estuarine benthic and pelagic food webs to land-derived nitrogen sources in Walquoit Bay, Massachusetts, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 307 (2006) 37-48
33. McClelland J.W., and Valiela I. Linking nitrogen in estuarine producers to land-derived sources. Limnology and Oceanography 43 (1998) 577-585
34. McClelland J.W., Valiela I., and Michener R.H. Nitrogen stable isotope signatures in estuarine food webs: a record of increasing urbanization in coastal watersheds. Limnology and Oceanography 42 (1997) 930-937
35. Michener R.H., and Schell D.M. Stable isotope ratios as tracers in marine aquatic food webs. In: Lajtha K., and Michener R.H. (Eds). Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science (1994), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 138-157
36. Molina-Rivera, M.L., 1996. Puerto Rico Water-use Program: Public-supply Water Use and Wastewater Disposal During 1990. Department of the Interior - US Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-098-96. Printed May 1996.
37. Ng J.S.S., Wai T.C., and Williams G.A. The effects of acidification on the stable isotope signatures of marine algae and molluscs. Marine Chemistry 103 (2007) 97-102
38. Nieuwenhuize J., Maas Y., and Middelburg J. Rapid analysis of organic carbon and nitrogen in particulate materials. Marine Chemistry 45 (1994) 217-224
39. Nixon S.W. Coastal marine eutrophication: a definition, social causes, and future concerns. Ophelia 41 (1995) 199-219
40. NOAA National Weather Service, 2000. Puerto Rico Mean Annual Precipitation 1971-2000. National Weather Service Forescast Office Website. (accessed 29.01.08).
41. Peterson B.J., and Fry B. Stable isotopes in ecosystem studies. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 18 (1987) 293-320
42. Post D.M. Using stable isotopes to estimate trophic position: models, methods, and assumptions. Ecology 83 (2002) 703-718
43. Raven J.A., Johnston A.M., Kubler J.E., Korb R., McInroy S.G., Handley L.L., Scrimgeour C.M., Walker D.I., Beardall J., Vanderklift M., Fredriksen S., and Dunton K. Mechanistic interpretation of carbon isotope discrimination by marine macroalgae and seagrasses. Functional Plant Biology 29 (2002) 355-378
44. Rodriguez, J.M., 2006. Evaluation of hydrologic conditions and nitrate concentrations in the Río Nigua de Salinas alluvial fan aquifer, Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2002-03. US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5062, 38 p.
45. Rolston D.E., Fogg G.E., Decker D.L., Louie D.J., and Grimser M.E. Nitrogen isotope ratios identify nitrate contamination sources. California Agriculture 50 (1996) 32-36
46. 12C ratios for higher plants. Plant Physiology 47 (1971) 380-384
47. Spiker, E.C., Schemel, L.E., 1979. Distribution and stable isotope composition of carbon in San Francisco Bay. In: San Francisco Bay: The Urbanized Estuary: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division/American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, 12-16 June, 1977.
48. Tewfik A., Rasmussen J.B., and McCann K.S. Simplification of seagrass food webs across a gradient of nutrient enrichment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64 (2007) 956-967
49. Valiela I., Foreman K., LaMontagne M., Hersh D., Costa J., Peckol P., DeMeo-Anderson B., D'Avanzo C., Babione M., Sham C.H., Brawley J., and Lajtha K. Sources and consequences of nutrient enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 15 (1992) 443-457
50. Valiela I., McClelland J., Hauxwell J., Behr P.J., Hersh D., and Foreman K. Macroalgal blooms in shallow estuaries: controls and ecophysiological and ecosystem consequences. Limnology and Oceanography 42 (1997) 1105-1118
51. 13C trophic fractionation: implications for aquatic food web studies. Limnology and Oceanography 46 (2001) 2061-2066
52. 15N enrichment: a meta-analysis. Oceologia 136 (2003) 169-182
53. Wada E., Mizutani H., and Minagawa M. The use of stable isotopes for food web analysis. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 30 (1991) 361-371
54. Wigand C., McKinney R.A., Cole M.L., Thursby G.B., and Cummings J. Varying stable nitrogen isotope ratios of different coastal marsh plants and their relationships with wastewater nitrogen and land use in New England, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 131 (2007) 71-81
55. Wooller M., Smallwood B., Jacobson M., and Fogel M. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic variation in Laguncularia racemosa (L.) (white mangrove) from Florida and Belize: implications for trophic level studies. Hydrobiologia 499 (2003) 13-23
56. 15N of seagrass leaves for monitoring anthropogenic nutrient increases in coral reef ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46 (2003) 452-458
57. Zieman J.C., Iverson R.L., and Ogden J.C. Herbivory effects on Thalassia testudinum leaf growth and nitrogen content. Marine Ecology Progress Series 15 (1984) 151-158