Distributions and origins of lipid biomarkers in surface sediments from the southern Yellow Sea

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1584-1593

  Xing, Lei ^a,b   Tao, Shuqin ^a,b   Zhang, Hailong ^a,b   Liu, Yanguang ^c   Yu, Zhigang ^a,b   Zhao, Meixun ^a,b  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONES; C-NUMBER; CONTROLLING MECHANISM; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MARGINAL SEAS; N-ALKANES; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHANDONG PENINSULA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; PARAFFINS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACES; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOMARKER; LIPID; MARGINAL SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; JIANGSU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; SHANDONG PENINSULA; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79961021399     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Alexander C.R., DeMaster D.J., Nittrouer C.A. Sediment accumulation in a modern epicontinental-shelf setting: the Yellow Sea. Mar. Geol. 1991, 98:51-72.
2. Baldock J.A., Skjemstad J.O. Role of the soil matrix and minerals in protecting natural organic materials against biological attack. Org. Geochem. 2000, 31:697-710.
3. Batchelder, H., Ishida, Y., Kashiwai, M., Kim, K., McKinnell, S., Perry, R., Radchenko, V., Stein, J., 2004. Marine ecosystems of the North Pacific. North Pacific Marine Science Organization.
4. Cai D., Shi X., Zhou W., Liu W. The carbon stable isotope evidence: the source and transport of suspended particles and sediments in southern Yellow Sea. Chinese Sci. Bull. 2001, 46(Suppl):16-23. (in Chinese).
5. Calvo E., Pelejero C., Logan G.A., De Deckker P. Dust-induced changes in phytoplankton composition in the Tasman Sea during the last four glacial cycles. Paleoceanography 2004, 19:PA2020. 10.1029/2003PA000992.
6. Chen C.-T.A., Borges A.V. Reconciling opposing views on carbon cycling in the coastal ocean: continental shelves as sinks and near-shore ecosystems as sources of atmospheric CO2. Deep-Sea Res. PT II 2009, 56:578-590.
7. Chen Z., Shi X., Chen Z. The analysis of the sedimentary character of the microfossils and the material resource in the surface sediments from the South Yellow Sea. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 1999, 17(Suppl):775-781. (in Chinese).
8. Choi J., Noh J., Shin K., Hong K. The early autumn distribution of chlorophyll-a and primary productivity in the Yellow Sea, 1992. The Yellow Sea 1995, 1:68-80.
9. Dahl K.A., Repeta D.J., Goericke R. Reconstructing the phytoplankton community of the Cariaco Basin during the Younger Dryas cold event using chlorin steryl esters. Paleoceanography 2004, 19:PA1006. 10.1029/2003PA000907.
10. Eglinton G., Hamilton R.J. Leaf epicuticular waxes. Science 1967, 156:1322-1335.
11. Englebrecht A.C., Sachs J.P. Determination of sediment provenance at drift sites using hydrogen isotopes and unsaturation ratios in alkenones. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2005, 69:4253-4265.
12. Fan D., Sun X., Yang Z., Guo Z. A mathematical model on the quantitative provenance identification-take the identification of the surface sediment sources from ECS as example. Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 2002, 20:30-33.
13. Feng S., Li F., Li S. Introduction to Marine Science 2004, Higher Education Press, Beijing, (in Chinese).
14. Hedges J.I., Keil R.G. Sedimentary organic matter preservation: an assessment and speculative synthesis. Mar. Chem. 1995, 49:81-115.
15. Hu L., Guo Z., Feng J., Yang Z., Fang M. Distributions and sources of bulk organic matter and aliphatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments of the Bohai Sea, China. Mar. Chem. 2009, 113:197-211.
16. Ishiwatari R., Yamada K., Matsumoto K., Houtatsu M., Naraoka H. Organic molecular and carbon isotopic records of the Japan Sea over the past 30kyr. Paleoceanography 1999, 14:260-270.
17. Jeng W.-L., Huh C.-A. A comparison of sedimentary aliphatic hydrocarbon distribution between East China Sea and southern Okinawa Trough. Cont. Shelf Res. 2008, 28:582-592.
18. Kim D.S., Park B.K., Shin I.C. Paleoenvironmental changes of the Yellow Sea during the Late Quaternary. Geo-Mar. Lett. 1999, 18:189-194.
19. Lan X., Wang H., Li R., Lin Z., Zhang Z. Major elements composition and provenance analysis in the sediments of the South Yellow Sea. Earth Sci. Front. 2007, 14(4):197-203. (in Chinese).
20. Lan X., Zhang X., Zhang Z. Material sources and transportation of sediments in the southern Yellow Sea. Trans. Oceanol. Limnol. 2005, (4):53-60. (in Chinese).
21. Lee H.J., Chough S.K. Sediment distribution, dispersal and budget in the Yellow Sea. Mar. Geol. 1989, 87:195-205.
22. Li, B., 2000. The Distribution of Polycyclic Acromatic Hydrocarbons and n-Alkanes in the Sediments of Yellow Sea and Bohai. Ocean Univ. Qingdao, Master Thesis. Qingdao (in Chinese).
23. Lim D.I., Choi J.Y., Jung H.S., Rho K.C., Ahn K.S. Recent sediment accumulation and origin of shelf mud deposits in the Yellow and East China Seas. Prog. Oceanogr. 2007, 73:145-159.
24. Lipiatou E., Albaigés J. Atmospheric deposition of hydrophobic organic chemicals in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: comparison with the Rhone River input. Mar. Chem. 1994, 46:153-164.
25. Liu J.P., Milliman J.D., Gao S., Cheng P. Holocene development of the Yellow River's subaqueous delta, North Yellow Sea. Mar. Geol. 2004, 209:45-67.
26. Liu X. Sedimentary division in marginal seas of China. Mar. Geol. Quatern. Geol. 1996, 16(3):1-11. (in Chinese).
27. Marret F., Scourse J., Versteegh G., Jansen J., Schneider R. Integrated marine and terrestrial evidence for abrupt Congo River palaeodischarge fluctuations during the last deglaciation. J. Quatern. Sci. 2001, 16:761-766.
28. Menzel D., van Bergen P.F., Schouten S., Sinninghe Damste J.S. Reconstruction of changes in export productivity during Pliocene sapropel deposition; a biomarker approach. Paleogeogr. Paleoclimatol. Paleoecol. 2003, 190:273-287.
29. Mollenhauer G., Eglinton T.I., Ohkouchi N., Schneider R.R., Müller P.J., Grootes P.M., Rullkötter J. Asynchronous alkenone and foraminifera records from the Benguela Upwelling System. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2003, 67:2157-2171.
30. Muller-Karger F., Varela R., Thunell R., Luerssen R., Hu C., Walsh J. The importance of continental margins in the global carbon cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2005, 32:L01602.
31. Ohkouchi N., Eglinton T.I., Keigwin L.D., Hayes J.M. Spatial and temporal offsets between proxy records in a sediment drift. Science 2002, 298:1224-1227.
32. Schlesinger W., Melack J. Transport of organic carbon in the world's rivers. Tellus 1981, 33:172-187.
33. Schubert C.J., Villanueva J., Calvert S.E., Cowie G.L., von Rad U., Schultz H., Berner U., Erlenkeuser H. Stable phytoplankton community structure in the Arabian Sea over the past 200,000years. Nature 1998, 394:563-566.
34. Seki O., Ikehara M., Kawamura K., Nakatsuka T., Ohnishi K., Wakatsuchi M., Narita H., Sakamoto T. Reconstruction of paleoproductivity in the Sea of Okhotsk over the last 30kyr. Paleoceanography 2004, 19:PA1016. 10.1029/2002PA000808.
35. Shi X., Shen S., Yi H.-i., Chen Z., Meng Y. Modern sedimental environment and dynamical sedimental system in southern Yellow Sea. Chinese Sci. Bull. 2001, 46(Suppl):1-6. (in Chinese).
36. Sikes E.L., Uhle M.E., Nodder S.D., Howard M.E. Sources of organic matter in a coastal marine environment: Evidence from n-alkanes and their δ13C distributions in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. Mar. Chem. 2009, 113:149-163.
37. Son S., Campbell J., Dowell M., Yoo S., Noh J. Primary production in the Yellow Sea determined by ocean color remote sensing. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser. 2005, 303:91-103.
38. Song Z., Zhang Z., Yu J., Liu X. Study on distribution and material sources of clay minerals in surface sediments of the Southern Yellow Sea. J. Shandong Univ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 27(3):1-4. (in Chinese).
39. Volkman J.K., Barrett S.M., Blackburn S.I., Mansour M.P., Sikes E.L., Gelin F. Microalgal biomarkers: a review of recent research developments. Org. Geochem. 1998, 29:1163-1179.
40. Wang J. Study on phytoplankton in the Yellow Sea in Autumn and Winter. Mar. Fish. Res. 2003, 24(1):15-23. (in Chinese).
41. Werne J.P., Hollander D.J., Lyons T.W., Peterson L.C. Climate-induced variations in productivity and planktonic ecosystem structure from the Younger Dryas to Holocene in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela. Paleoceanography 2000, 15:19-29.
42. Wu, Y., 2001. Some progresses on organic geochemistry study of Bohai, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and large estuaries. East China Normal University, Postdoctoral Research Report. Shanghai (in Chinese).
43. Wu Y., Zhang J., Mi T., Li B. Occurrence of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the core sediments of the Yellow Sea. Mar. Chem. 2001, 76:1-15.
44. Xiang R., Yang Z., Saito Y., Fan D., Chen M., Guo Z., Chen Z. Paleoenvironmental changes during the last 8400years in the southern Yellow Sea: Benthic foraminiferal and stable isotopic evidence. Mar. Micropaleontol. 2008, 67:104-119.
45. Xing L., Zhao M., Zhang H., Liu Y., Shi X. Biomarker reconstruction of phytoplankton productivity and community structure changes in the middle Okinawa Trough during the last 15ka. Chin. Sci. Bull. 2008, 53:2552-2559.
46. Xing L., Zhao M., Zhang H., Sun Y., Tang Q., Yu Z., Sun X. Biomarker records of phytoplankton community structure changes in the Yellow Sea over the last 200years. Periodical Ocean Univ. China 2009, 39(2):317-322. (in Chinese).
47. Yang S., Youn J. Geochemical compositions and provenance discrimination of the central south Yellow Sea sediments. Mar. Geol. 2007, 243:229-241.
48. Yang S.Y., Jung H.S., Lim D.I., Li C.X. A review on the provenance discrimination of sediments in the Yellow Sea. Earth-Sci. Rev. 2003, 63:93-120.
49. Yin X., Liu W., Lan X., Wan X. Detrital minerals and geochemistry of the surface soft sediments and their provenance, South Yellow Sea, China. J. Jilin Univ. (Earth Sci. Edit.) 2007, 37(3):491-499. (in Chinese).
50. Zhao M.X., Mercer J.L., Eglinton G., Higginson M.J., Huang C.Y. Comparative molecular biomarker assessment of phytoplankton paleoproductivity for the last 160kyr off Cap Blanc, NW Africa. Org. Geochem. 2006, 37:72-97.