Origin and composition of sediment organic matter in a coastal semi-enclosed ecosystem: An elemental and isotopic study at the ecosystem space scale

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-73

  Dubois, S ^a   Savoye, N ^a   Gremare A ^a   Plus, M ^b   Charlier, K ^a   Beltoise, A ^a   Blanchet, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Arcachon Bay; C and N stable isotopes; Primary producers; Sediment organic matter; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ARCACHON BAY; C AND N STABLE ISOTOPES; PRIMARY PRODUCERS; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTER; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CURRENT;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; FRANCE; GIRONDE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84856290236     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. Adam P. Salt Marsh Ecology 1990, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2. Auby, I., 1991. Contribution à l'étude des herbiers de Zostera noltii dans le Bassin d'Arcachon: dynamique, production et dégradation, macrofaune associée. Thèse de doctorat en Ecologie. Université Bordeaux 1.
3. Auby I., Labourg P.-J. Seasonal dynamics of Zostera noltii hornem. In the bay of arcachon (France). Journal of Sea Research 1996, 35:269-277.
4. Blanchet H., De Montaudouin X., Lucas A., Chardy P. Heterogeneity of macrozoobenthic assemblages within a Zostera noltii seagrass bed: diversity, abundance, biomass and structuring factors. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2004, 61:111-123.
5. Borowitzka M.A., Lavery P.S., van Keulen M. Epiphytes of seagrasses. Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation 2006, Springer, Dordrecht. A.W.D. Larkum, R.J. Orth, C.M. Duarte (Eds.).
6. Boschker H.T.S., Wielemaker A., Schaub B.E.M., Holmer M. Limited coupling of macrophyte production and bacterial carbon cycling in the sediments of Zostera spp. meadows. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2000, 203:181-189.
7. e Colloque International d'Océanographie du Golfe de Gascogne 1993, 33-39. Station Marine d'Arcachon, Arcachon. J.-C. Sorbe, J.-M. Joueanneau (Eds.).
8. Canton M., Anschutz P., Coynel A., Polsenaere P., Auby I., Poirier D. Nutrient export to an Eastern Atlantic coastal zone: first modeling and nitrogen mass balance. Biogeochemistry. 2010, doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9558-7.
9. Cardinale B.J. Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning. Nature 2011, 472:86-89.
10. Carlier A., Riera P., Amouroux J.-M., Bodiou J.-Y., Escoubeyrou K., Desmalades M., Caparros J., Grémare A. A seasonal survey of the food web in the Lapalme Lagoon (northwestern Mediterranean) assessed by carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2007, 73:299-315.
11. Carlier A., Riera P., Amouroux J.-M., Bodiou J.-Y., Desmalades M., Grémare A. Food web structure of two Mediterranean lagoons under varying degree of eutrophication. Journal of Sea Research 2008, 60:264-275.
12. Cifuentes L.A., Sharp J.H., Fogel M.L. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry in the Delaware estuary. Limnology and Oceanography 1988, 33:1102-1115.
13. Clarke K.R., Warwick R.M. Change in Marine Communities: An Approach to Statistical Analysis and Interpretation 2001, Plymouth, PRIMER-E. 2nd edition.
14. Costanza R., d'Arge R., de Groot R., Farber S., Grasso M., Hannon B., Limburg K., Naeem S., O'Neill R.V., Paruelo J., Raskin R., Sutton P., van den Belt M. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 1997, 387:253-260.
15. Couch C.A. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of meiobenthos and their food resources. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 1989, 28:433-441.
16. Dang C., Sauriau P.G., Savoye N., Caill-Milly N., Martinez P., Millaret C., Haure J., de Montaudouin X. Determination of diet in Manila clams by spatial analysis of stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 387:167-177.
17. Decottignies P., Beninger P.G., Rincé Y., Robins R.J., Riera P. Exploitation of natural food sources by two sympatric, invasive suspension-feeders: Crassostrea gigas and Crepidula fornicata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 334:179-192.
18. Duarte C.M. Seagrass depth limits. Aquatic Botany 1991, 40:363-377.
19. Duarte C.M., Chiscano C.L. Seagrass biomass and production: a reassessment. Aquatic Botany 1999, 65:159-174.
20. Dubois S., Jean-Louis B., Bertrand B., Lefebvre S. Isotope trophic-step fractionation of suspension-feeding species: implications for food partitioning in coastal ecosystems. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 351:121-128.
21. Duffy J.E. Biodiversity and the functioning of seagrass ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2006, 311:233-250.
22. Escaravage V., Garcia M.E., Castel J. The distribution of meiofauna and its contribution to detritic pathways in tidal flats (Arcachon Bay, France). Scientia Marina 1989, 52:551-559.
23. Fahl K., Stein R. Modern organic carbon deposition in the Laptev Sea and the adjacent continental slope: surface water productivity vs. terrigenous input. Organic Geochemistry 1997, 26:379-390.
24. Fonseca M.S., Fisher J.S. A comparison of canopy friction and sedimen movement between four species of seagrass with reference to their ecology and restoration. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1986, 29:15-22.
25. Freese E., Köster J., Rullkötter J. Origin and composition of organic matter in tidal flat sediments from the German Wadden Sea. Organic Geochemistry 2008, 39:820-829.
26. 13C measurements as indicators of carbon flow in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Contributions in Marine Science 1984, 27:13-47.
27. Gacia E., Duarte C.M., Middelburg J.J. Carbon and nutrient deposition in a Mediterrannean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow. Limnology and Oceanography 2002, 47:23-32.
28. Glé C., Del Amo Y., Sautour B., Laborde P., Chardy P. Variability of nutrients and phytoplankton primary production in a shallow macrotidal coastal ecosystem (Arcachon Bay, France). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2008, 76:642-656.
29. Godschalk G.L., Wetzel R.G. Decomposition of aquatic angiosperms. c. Zostera marina L. and a conceptual model of decomposition. Aquatic Botany 1978, 5:329-354.
30. Graham M.C., Eaves M.A., Farmer J.G., Dobson J., Fallick A.E. A study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope and elemental ratios as potential indicators of source and fate of organic matter in sediments of the Forth Estuary, Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2001, 52:375-380.
31. Green E.P., Short F.T. World Atlas of Seagrasses 2003, California University Press.
32. Grémare A., Amouroux J.M., Charles F., Dinet A., Riaux-Gobin C., Baudart J., Medernach L., Bodiou J.Y., Vétion G., Colomines J.C., Albert P. Temporal changes in the biochemical composition and nutritional value of the particulate organic matter available to surface deposit-feeders: a two year study. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1997, 150:195-206.
33. Hemminga M.A., Slim F.J., Kazungu J., Ganssen G.M., Nieuwenhuize J., Kruyt N.M. Carbon outwelling from a mangrove forest with adjacent seagrass beds and coral reefs (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Marine Ecology Progress Series 1994, 106:291-301.
34. Hemminga M.A., Mateo M.A. Stable carbon isotopes in seagrasses: variability in ratios and use in ecological studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1996, 140:285-298.
35. Herlory O., Richard P., Blanchard G.F. Methodology of light response curves: application of chlorophyll fluorescence to microphytobenthic biofilms. Marine Biology 2007, 153:91-101.
36. Jaschinski S., Brepohl D.C., Sommer U. Carbon sources and trophic structure in an eelgrass Zostera marina bed, based on stable isotope and fatty acid analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008, 358:103-114.
37. Kang C.K., Sauriau P.-G., Richard P., Blanchard G.F. Food sources of the infaunal suspension-feeding bivalve Cerastoderma edule in a muddy sandflat of Marennes-Oléron Bay, as determined by analyses of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1999, 187:147-158.
38. Kathiresan K., Bingham B.L. Biology of mangroves and mangrove ecosystems. Advances in Marine Biology, Book 40 2001, Academic Press.
39. Kennedy H., Gacia E., Kennedy D.P., Papadimitriou S., Duarte C.M. Organic carbon sources to SE Asian coastal sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2004, 60:59-68.
40. Kennedy P., Kennedy H., Papadimitriou S. The effect of acidification on the determination of organic carbon, total nitrogen and their stable isotopic composition in algae and marine sediment. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2005, 19:1063-1068.
41. Kennedy H., Beggins J., Duarte C.M., Fourqurean J.W., Holmer M., Marbà N., Middelburg J.J. Seagrass sediments as a global carbon sink: Isotopic constraints. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2010, 24:GB4026. 10.1029/2010GB003848.
42. Larkum A.W.D., Orth R.J., Duarte C.M., Larkum A., Drew E., Ralph P. Photosynthesis and metabolism in seagrasses at the cellular level. Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation 2006, Springer, Dordrecht. A.W.D. Larkum, R.J. Orth, C.M. Duarte (Eds.).
43. Liu M., Hou L.J., Xu S.Y., Ou D.N., Yang Y., Yu J., Wang Q. Organic carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in the intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2006, 52:1625-1633.
44. Machás R., Santos R. Sources of organic matter in Ria Formosa revealed by stable isotope analysis. Acta Oecologica 1999, 20:463-469.
45. Machás R., Santos R., Peterson B. Tracing the flow of organic matter from primary producers to filter feeders in Ria Formosa lagoon, Southern Portugal. Estuaries and Coasts 2003, 26:846-856.
46. Madsen J.D., Chambers P.A., James W.F., Koch E.W., Westlake D.F. The interaction between water movement, sediment dynamics and submersed macrophytes. Hydrobiologia 2001, 444:71-84.
47. Mann K.H. Seaweeds: their productivity and strategy for growth. Science 1973, 182:975-981.
48. McClelland J.W., Valiela I. Changes in food web structure under the influence of increased anthropogenic nitrogen inputs to estuaries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1998, 168:259-271.
49. McClelland J.W., Valiela I. Linking nitrogen in estuarine producers to land-derived sources. Limnology and Oceanography 1998, 43:577-585.
50. Middelburg J.J., Herman P.M.J. Organic matter processing in tidal estuaries. Marine Chemistry 2007, 106:127-147.
51. Moncreiff C.A., Sullivan M.J., Daehnick A.E. Primary production dynamics in seagrass beds of Mississippi Sound: the contributions of seagrass, epiphytic algae, sand microflora, and phytoplankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1992, 87:161-171.
52. Nyunja J., Ntiba M., Onyari J., Mavuti K., Soetaert K., Bouillon S. Carbon sources supporting a diverse fish community in a tropical coastal ecosystem (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2009, 83:333-341.
53. Orth R.J., Carruthers T.J.B., Dennison W.C., Duarte C.M., Fourqurean J.W., Heck K.L., Hughes A.R., Kendrick G.A., Kenworthy W.J., Olyarnik S., Short F.T., Waycott M., Williams S.L. A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems. BioScience 2006, 56:987-996.
54. Papadimitriou S., Kennedy H., Kennedy D.P., Duarte C.M., Marbá N. Sources of organic matter in seagrass-colonized sediments: a stable isotope study of the silt and clay fraction from Posidonia oceanica meadows in the western Mediterranean. Organic Geochemistry 2005, 36:949-961.
55. Parnell A.C., Inger R., Bearhop S., Jackson A.L. Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too much variation. PLoS One 2010, 5:e9672.
56. Perdue E.M., Koprivnjak J.-F. Using the C/N ratio to estimate terrigenous inputs of organic matter to aquatic environments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2007, 73:65-72.
57. Phillips D.L., Gregg J.W. Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too many sources. Oecologia 2003, 136:261-269.
58. Plus M., Dumas F., Stanisière J.-Y., Maurer D. Hydrodynamic characterization of the Arcachon Bay, using model-derived descriptors. Continental Shelf Research 2009, 29:1008-1013.
59. Plus M., Dalloyau S., Trut G., Auby A., de Montaudouin X., Eric E., Noël C., Viala C. Long-term evolution (1988-2008) of Zostera spp. meadows in Arcachon Bay (Bay of Biscay). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2010, 87:357-366.
60. Polsenaere, P., Savoye, N., Etcheber, H., Canton, M., Poirier, D., Bouillon, S., Abril, G., submitted for publication. Export and degassing of terrestrial carbon from small rivers and streams draining a temperate sandy podsolised catchment. Limnology and Oceanography.
61. Ramaswamy V., Gaye B., Shirodkar P.V., Rao P.S., Chivas A.R., Wheeler D., Thwin S. Distribution and sources of organic carbon, nitrogen and their isotopic signatures in sediments from the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) continental shelf, northern Andaman Sea. Marine Chemistry 2008, 111:137-150.
62. Rice D.L., Tenore K.R. Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen during the decomposition of detritus derived from estuarine macrophytes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 1981, 13:681-690.
63. Riera P., Richard P., Grémare A., Blanchard G. Food source of intertidal nematodes in the Bay of Marennes-Oléron (France), as determined by dual stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1996, 142:303-309.
64. Riera P., Stal L.J., Nieuwenhuize J., Richard P., Blanchard G., Gentil F. Determination of food sources for benthic invertebrates in a salt marsh (Aiguillon Bay, France) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: importance of locally produced sources. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1999, 187:301-307.
65. Riera P., Stal L.J., Nieuwenhuize J. Heavy δ15N in intertidal benthic algae and invertebrates in the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands): effect of river nitrogen inputs. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2000, 51:365-372.
66. 13C during spring phytoplankton blooms in a macrotidal ecosystem (Bay of Seine, France). Marine Ecology Progress Series 2003, 255:27-41.
67. Schaal G., Riera P., Leroux C. Trophic coupling between two adjacent benthic food webs within a man-made intertidal area: a stable isotopes evidence. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2008, 77:523-534.
68. Smith K.A., Suthers I.M. Consistent timing of juvenil fish recruitment to seagrass beds within two Sydney estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research 2000, 51:765-776.
69. Soriano-Serra, E.-J., 1992. Etude écologique des marais salés du Bassin d'Arcachon: structure et évolution des schorres, production et dégradation de leur végétation et échanges de matières particulaires entre les schorres et le bassin. Thèse de Doctorat. Université Bordeaux 1.
70. Tenore K.R., Dunstan W.M. Comparison of rates of feeding and biodeposition of the american oyster, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin, fed different species of phytoplankton. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 1973, 12:19-26.
71. Terrados J., Duarte C.M. Experimental evidence of reduced particle resuspension within a seagrass (Posidonia oceanica L.) meadow. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2000, 243:45-53.
72. Vincent D., Luczak C., Sautour B. Effects of a brief climatic event on zooplankton community structure and distribution in Arcachon Bay (France). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2002, 82:21-30.
73. Volkman J.K., Revill A.T., Bonham P.I., Clementson L.A. Sources of organic matter in sediments from the Ord River in tropical northern Australia. Organic Geochemistry 2007, 38:1039-1060.
74. Ward T.J. Temporal variation of metals in the seagrass (Posidonia autralis) and its potential as a sentinel accumulator near a lead smelter. Marine Biology 1987, 95:315-321.
75. Waycott M., Duarte C.M., Carruthers T.J.B., Orth R.J., Dennison W.C., Olyarnik S., Calladine A., Fourqurean J.W., Heck K.L., Hughes A.R., Kendrick G.A., Kenworthy W.J., Short F.T., Williams S.L. Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2009, 106:12377-12381.
76. Wetz M.S., Hales B., Wheeler P.A. Degradation of phytoplankton-derived organic matter: Implications for carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in coastal ecosystems. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2008, 77:422-432.
77. Widdows J., Pope N.D., Brinsley M.D., Asmus H., Asmus R.M. Effects of seagrass beds (Zostera noltii and Z. marina) on near-bed hydrodynamics and sediment resuspension. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008, 358:125-136.
78. Yamamuro M. Chemical tracers of sediment organic matter origins in two coastal lagoons. Journal of Marine Systems 2000, 26:127-134.
79. Yentsch C.S., Menzel D.W. A method for the determination of phytoplankton chlorophyll and pheophytin by fluorescence. Deep-Sea Res 1963, 10:221-231.
80. Zhou J., Wu Y., Zhang J., Kang Q., Liu Z. Carbon and nitrogen composition and stable isotope as potential indicators of source and fate of organic matter in the salt marsh of the Changjiang Estuary, China. Chemosphere 2006, 65:310-317.