Sources, transformation and fate of particulate amino acids and hexosamines under varying hydrological regimes in the tropical wenchang/wenjiao rivers and estuary, Hainan, china

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-58

  Unger, Daniela ^a   Herbeck, Lucia S ^a   Li, Min ^a   Bao, Hongyan ^b   Wu, Ying ^b   Zhang, Jing ^b   Jennerjahn, Tim ^a  

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

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Hexosamines; Mangrove; Stable carbon isotopes; Suspended particulate matter; Wenchang Wenjiao Estuary

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; DISPERSAL; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; MONSOON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSFORMATION; TROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; HAINAN;

ANTHOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84876805355     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

References (98)

1. Abril G., Nogueira M., Etcheber H., Cabecadas G., Lemaire E., Brogueira M.J. Behaviour of organic carbon in nine contrasting European estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2002, 54:241-262. doi:210.1006/ecss.2001.0844.
2. Ashton E.C., Hogarth P.J., Ormond R. Breakdown of mangrove leaf litter in a managed mangrove forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Hydrobiologia 1999, 413:77-88.
3. Bao, H., Wu, Y., Unger, D., Du, J.Z., Sun, Y., Zhang, J., The impact of land-use change on the sedimentary organic matter in tidal flat during the past 100 years in Northeastern Hainan Island, China, Continental Shelf Research, submitted for publication.
4. 12C ratios of plants in relation to the pathway of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation. Phytochemistry 1971, 10:1239-1244.
5. Benner R., Kaiser K. Abundance of amino sugars and peptidoglycan in marine particulate and dissolved organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography 2003, 48:118-128.
6. Bianchi T.S., Mitra S., McKee B.A. Sources of terrestrially derived organic carbon in lower Mississippi River and Louisiana shelf sediments: Implications for differential sedimentation and transport at the coastal margin. Marine Chemistry 2002, 77:211-223.
7. Bouillon S., Dehairs F., Schiettecatte L.-S., Vieira Borges A. Biogeochemistry of the Tana estuary and delta (northern Kenya). Limnology and Oceanograph 2007, 52:46-59.
8. Bourgoin L.-H., Tremblay L. Bacterial reworking of terrigenous and marine organic matter in estuarine water columns and sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2010, 74:5593-5609.
9. Burns K.A., Brunskill G., Brinkman D., Zagorskis I. Organic carbon and nutrient fluxes to the coastal zone from the Sepik River outflow. Continental Shelf Research 2008, 28:283-301.
10. Chen J., Li Y., Yin K., Jin H. Amino acids in the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent waters: Origins, transformation and degradation. Continental Shelf Research 2004, 24:1877-1894.
11. Chen M.S., Wartel S., Van Eck B., Van Maldegem D. Suspended matter in the Scheldt estuary. Hydrobiologia 2005, 540:79-104.
12. Colombo J.C., Silverberg N., Gearing J.N. Amino acid biogeochemistry in the Laurentian Trough: Vertical fluxes and individual reactivity during early diagenesis. Organic Geochemistry 1998, 29:933-945.
13. Cowie G.L., Hedges J.I. Sources and reactivities of amino acids in a coastal marine environment. Limnology and Oceanography 1992, 37:703-724.
14. Cowie G.L., Hedges J.I. Biochemical indicators of diagenetic alteration in natural organic matter mixtures. Nature 1994, 369:304-307.
15. Cowie G.L., Hedges J.I. Digestion and alteration of the biochemical constituents of a diatom (Thalassiosira weissflogii) ingested by an herbivorous zooplakton (Calanus pacificus). Limnology and Oceanography 1996, 41:581-594.
16. Coynel A., Seyler P., Etcheber H., Meybeck M., Orange D. Spatial and seasonal dynamics of total suspended sediment and organic carbon species in the Congo River. Global Biogeochemical 2005, Cycles 19:GB4019.
17. Dauwe B., Middelburg J.J. Amino acids and hexosamines as indicators of organic matter degradation state in North Sea sediments. Limnology and Oceanography 1998, 43:782-798.
18. Dauwe B., Middelburg J.J., Herman P.M.J., Heip C.H.R. Linking diagenetic alteration of amino acids and bulk organic matter reactivity. Limnology and Oceanography 1999, 44:1809-1814.
19. Davies P. Nutrient processes and chlorophyll in the estuaries and plume of the Gulf of Papua. Continental Shelf Research 2004, 24:2317-2341.
20. Davis J., Kaiser K., Benner R. Amino acid and amino sugar yield and compositions as indicator for dissolved organic matter diagenesis. Organic Geochemistry 2009, 40:343-352.
21. Diaz R.J., Rosenberg R. Spreading dead zones and consequences for marine ecosystems. Science 2008, 321:926-929.
22. Gaye B., Fahl K., Kodina L.A., Lahajnar N., Nagel B., Unger D., Gebhardt A.C. Particulate matter fluxes in the southern and central Kara Sea compared to sediments: Bulk fluxes, amino acids, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, sterols and fatty acids. Continental Shelf Research 2007, 27:2570-2594.
23. Glaser B., Turrión M.-B., Alef K. Amino sugars and muramic acid-biomarkers for soil microbial community structure analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2004, 36:399-407.
24. Goni M.A., Monacci N., Gisewhite R., Ogston A., Crockett J., Nittrouer C. Distribution and sources of particulate organic matter in the water column and sediments of the Fly River Delta, Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2006, 69:225-245.
25. Goñi M.A., Teixeira M.J., Perkey D.W. Sources and distribution of organic matter in a river-dominated estuary (Winyah Bay, SC, USA). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2003, 57:1023-1048.
26. Goni M.A., Voulgaris G., Kim Y.H. Composition and fluxes of particulate organic matter in a temperate estuary (Winyay Bay, Soth Carolina, USA) under contrasting physical forcings. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2009, 85:273-291.
27. Gupta L.P., Kawahata H. Amino acid and hexosamine composition and flux of sinking particulate matter in the equatorial Pacific at 175[deg]E longitude. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research 2000, Papers 47:1937-1960.
28. Gupta L.P., Kawahata H. Amino acids and hexosamines in the Hess Rise core during the past 220,000 years. Quaternary Research 2003, 60:394-403.
29. Gupta L.P., Subramanian V., Ittekkot V. Biogeochemistry of particulate organic matter transported by the Godavari River, India. Biogeochemistry 1997, 38:103-128.
30. Haake B., Ittekkot V., Ramaswamy V., Nair R.R., Honjo S. Fluxes of amino acids and hexosamines to the deep Arabian Sea. Marine Chemistry 1992, 40:291-314.
31. Hecky R.E., Mopper K., Kilham P., Degens E.T. The amino acid and sugar composition of diatom cell-walls. Marine Biology 1973, 19:323-331.
32. Hedges J.I., Clark W.A., Cowie G.L. Organic matter sources to the water column and surficial sediments of a marine bay. Limnology and Oceanography 1988, 33:1116-1136.
33. Hedges J.I., Clark W.A., Quay P.D., Richey J.E., Devol A.H., Santos, U.de M. Compositions and fluxes of particulate organic material in the Amazon River. Limnology and Oceanography 1986, 31:717-738.
34. Hedges J.I., Cowie G.L., Richey J.E., Quay P.D., Benner R., Strom M., Forsberg B.R. Origins and processing of organic matter in the Amazon River as indicated by carbohydrates and amino acids. Limnology and Oceanography 1994, 39:743-761.
35. Hedges J.I., Ertel J.R. Characterization of lignin by capillary gas chromatography of cupric oxide oxidation products. Analytical Chemistry 1982, 54:174-178.
36. Hedges J.I., Keil R.G., Benner R. What happens to terrestrial organic matter in the ocean?. Organic Geochemistry 1997, 27:195-212.
37. Hedges J.I., Oades J.M. Comparative organic geochemistries of soils and marine sediments. Organic Geochemistry 1997, 27:319-361.
38. Herbeck L.S., Unger D., Krumme U., Liu S.M., Jennerjahn T.C. Typhoon-induced precipitation impact on nutrient and suspended matter dynamics of a tropical estuary affected by human activities in Hainan, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2011, 93:375-388.
39. Herbeck, L.S., 2011. Ecological Impact of Land-derived Anthropogenic Nutrients and Organic Matter on Tropical Estuaries and Coastal Systems of Hainan, China. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Bremen, 298 pp. 〈〉. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00102501-10.
40. Herbeck, L.S., Unger, D., Wu, Y., Jennerjahn, T.C., Effluent, nutrient and organic matter export from shrimp and fish ponds causing eutrophication in coastal and back-reef waters of NE Hainan, tropical China. Continental Shelf Research, submitted for publication.
41. Hernes P.J., Benner R. Terrigenous organic matter sources and reactivity in the North Atlantic Ocean and a comparison to the Arctic and Pacific oceans. Marine Chemistry 2006, 100:66-79.
42. Hoover D.J., Mackenzie F.T. Fluvial fluxes of water, suspended particulate matter, and nutrients and potential impacts on tropical coastal water biogeochemistry: Oahu, Hawaiỳi. Aquatic Geochemistry 2007, 15:547-570.
43. Ingalls A.E., Lee C., Wakeham S.G., Hedges J.I. The role of biominerals in the sinking flux and preservation of amino acids in the Southern Ocean along 170°W. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 2003, 50:713-738.
44. Ittekkot V. Global trends in the nature of organic matter in river suspensions. Nature 1988, 332:436-438.
45. Ittekkot V., Arain R. Nature of particulate organic matter in the river Indus, Pakistan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1986, 50:1643-1653.
46. Ittekkot V., Degens E.T., Honjo S. Seasonality in the fluxes of sugars, amino acids, and amino sugars to the deep ocean: Panama Basin. Deep-Sea Research 1984, 31:1071-1083.
47. Ittekkot V., Martins O., Seifert R. Nitrogenous Organic Matter Transported by the Major World Rivers 1983, SCOPE/UNEP Sonderband, pp. 119-127.
48. Ittekkot V., Safiullah S., Mycke B., Seifert R. Seasonal variability and geochemical significance of organic matter in the River Ganges, Bangladesh. Nature 1985, 317:800-802.
49. Jennerjahn T.C., Ittekkot V. Organic matter in sediments in the mangrove areas and adjacent continental margins of Brazil: 1. Amino acids and hexosamines. Oceanologica Acta 1997, 20:359-369.
50. Jennerjahn T.C., Ittekkot V. Changes in organic matter from surface waters to continental slope sediments off the Sao Francisco River, eastern Brazil. Marine Geology 1999, 161:129-140.
51. Jennerjahn T.C., Ittekkot V., Klopper S., Adi S., Purwo Nugroho S., Sudiana N., Yusmal A., Prihartanto, Gaye-Haake B. Biogeochemistry of a tropical river affected by human activities in its catchment: Brantas River estuary and coastal waters of Madura Strait, Java, Indonesia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2004, 60:503-514.
52. Jennerjahn, T., Soman, K., Ittekkot, V., Nordhaus, I., Sooraj, S., Priya, R.S., Lahajnar, N., 2008. Effect of land use on biogeochemistry of dissolved nutrients and suspended and sedimentary organic matter in the tropical Kallada River and Ashtamudi estuary, Kerala, India.. Biogeochemistry, 10.1007/s10533-10008-19228-10531.
53. Kandler O., König H. Chemical composition of the peptidoglycan-free cell walls of methanogenic bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 1978, 118:141-152.
54. Kessarkar, P.M., Rao, V.P., Shynu, R., Ahmad, I.M., Mehra, P., Michael, G.S., Sundar, D., 2009. Wind-driven estuarine turbidity maxima in Mandovi Estuary, central west coast of India. Journal Earth System Sciences.
55. Krumme, U., Herbeck, L.S., Wang, T. Tide- and rainfall-induced variations of physical and chemical parameters in a mangrove depleted estuary of East Hainan (South China Sea). Marine Environmental Research, submitted.
56. Krumme, U., Wang, T.C., Wang, D.R. From food to feed: assessment of the stationary lift net fishery of East Hainan, northern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, submitted for publication.
57. Lahajnar N., Wiesner M.G., Gaye B. Fluxes of amino acids and hexosamines to the deep South China Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research 2007, Papers 54:2120-2144.
58. Lee C., Cronin C. The vertical flux of particulate organic nitrogen in the sea: decomposition of amino acids in the Peru upwelling area and the equatorial Atlantic. Journal of Marine Research 1982, 40:227-251.
59. Lee C., Wakeham S.G., Hedges, J.I. Composition and flux of particulate amino acids and chloropigments in equatorial Pacific seawater and sediments. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research 2000, Papers 47:1535-1568.
60. Li D., Zhang J., Huang D., Wu Y., Liang J. Oxygen depletion off the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary. Science in China (Series D) 2002, 45:1137-1147.
61. Li M.S., Lee S.Y. Mangroves of China: A brief review. Forest Ecology and Management 1997, 96:241-259.
62. Liu S.M., Hong G.H., Zhang J., Ye X.W., Jiang X.L. Nutrient budgets for large Chinese estuaries. Biogeosciences 2009, 6:2245-2263.
63. Liu S.M., Li R.H., Zhang G.L., Wang D.R., Du J.Z., Herbeck L.S., Zhang J., Ren J.L. The impact of anthropogenic activities on nutrient dynamics in the tropical Wenchanghe and Wenjiaohe Estuary and Lagoon system in East Hainan, China. Marine Chemistry 2011, 125:49-68.
64. Lomstein B.A., Jorgensen B.B., Schubert C.J., Niggemann J. Amino acid biogeo- and stereochemistry in coastal Chilean sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2006, 70:2970-2989.
65. Ludwig W., Probst J.-L. Predicting the oceanic input of organic carbon by continental erosion. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 1996, 10:23-41.
66. Maier D. Variabilität des Phytoplanktons im tidenbeeinflussten Wenchangästuar, Ost-Hainan, Südchinesisches Meer. Fachbereich 2 Biologie 2010, Universität Bremen, Bremen, p. 108.
67. 13C composition of riverine particulate organic matter in the Piracicaba River Basin (southeast region of Brazil). Limnology and Oceanography 1999, 44:1826-1833.
68. McCallister S.L., Bauer J.E., Ducklow H.W., Canuel E.A. Sources of estuarine dissolved and particulate organic matter: A multi-tracer approach. Organic Geochemistry 2006, 37:454-468.
69. Meybeck M. Riverine transport and atmospheric carbon: Sources, global typology and budget. Water, Air and Soil pollution 1993, 70:443-463.
70. Meyers P.A. Preservation of elemental and isotopic source identification of sedimentary organic matter. Chemical Geology 1994, 114:289-302.
71. Middelburg J.J., Herman P.M.J. Organic matter processing in tidal estuaries. Marine Chemistry 2007, 106:127-147.
72. Middelburg J.J., Nieuwenhuize J. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in suspended matter and sediments from the Schelde Estuary. Marine Chemistry 1998, 60:217-225.
73. 15N in the Arabian Sea over the last 130 kyr. Marine Geology 2011, 284:127-138.
74. Müller P.J., Suess E., Ungerer C.A. Amino acids and amino sugars of surface particulate and sediment trap material from waters of the Scotia Sea. Deep-Sea Research 1986, 33:819-838.
75. Nguyen R.T., Harvey H.R. Protein and amino acid cycling during phytoplankton decomposition in oxic and anoxic waters. Organic Geochemistry 1997, 27:115-128.
76. Niggemann J., Schubert C.J. Sources and fate of amino sugars in coastal Peruvian sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2006, 70:2229-2237.
77. Pantoja S., Lee C. Amino acid remineralization and organic matter lability in Chilean coastal sediments. Organic Geochemistry 2003, 34:1047-1056.
78. Paolini J. Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen in the Orinoco River (Venezuela). Biogeochemistry 1995, 29:59-70.
79. Redfield A.C., Ketchum B.H., Richards F.A. The Influence of Organisms on the Composition of Sea-water. The sea 1963, 26-77. Wiley & Sons, New York. M.N. Hitt (Ed.).
80. Ringuet S., Mackenzie F. Controls on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics during normal flow and storm runoff conditions, southern Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Estuaries and Coasts 2005, 28:327-337.
81. Sheridan C.C., Lee C., Wakeham S.G., Bishop J.K.B. Suspended particle organic composition and cycling in surface and midwaters of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research 2002, Papers 49:1983-2008.
82. Siezen R.J., Mague T.H. Amino acids in suspended particulate matter from oceanic and coastal waters of the Pacific. Marine Chemistry 1978, 6:215-231.
83. Sigleo A.C., Shultz D.J. Amino acid composition of suspended particles, sediment-trap material, and Benthic Sediment in the Potomac Estuary. Estuaries 1993, 16:405-415.
84. Smith S.V., Swaney D.P., Talaue-McManus L., Bartley J.D., Sandhei P.T., McLaughlin C.J., Dupra V.D., Crossland C.J., Buddemaier R.W., Maxwell B.A., Wulff F. Humans, hydrology, and the distribution of inorganic nutrient loading to the ocean. BioScience 2003, 53:235-245.
85. Syvitski J.P.M., Vorosmarty C.J., Kettner A.J., Green P. Impact of humans on the flux of terrestrial sediment to the global coastal ocean. Science 2005, 308:376-380.
86. Tremblay L., Benner R. Microbial contributions to N-immobilization and organic matter preservation in decaying plant detritus. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2006, 70:133-146.
87. Unger D., Gaye-Haake B., Neumann K., Gebhardt C.A., Ittekkot V. Biogeochemistry of suspended and sedimentary material in the Ob and Yenisei rivers and Kara Sea: Amino acids and amino sugars. Continental Shelf Research 2005, 25:437-460.
88. Unger D., Ittekkot V., Schäfer P., Tiemann J. Biogeochemistry of particulate organic matter from the Bay of Bengal as discernible from hydrolysable neutral carbohydrates and amino acids. Marine Chemistry 2005, 96:155-184.
89. Verardo D.J., Froelich P.N., McIntyre A. Determination of a organic carbon and nitrogen in marine sediments using the Carlo Erba NA-1500 Analyzer. Deep-Sea Research 1990, 37:157-165.
90. Wakeham S.G., Lee C., Hedges J.I., Hernes P.J., Peterson M.L. Molecular indicators of diagenetic status in marine organic matter. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1997, 61:5363-5369.
91. Wu Y., Dittmar T., Ludwichowski K.-U., Kattner G., Zhang J., Zhu Z.Y., Koch B.P. Tracing suspended organic nitrogen from the Yangtze River catchment into the East China Sea. Marine Chemistry 2007, 107:367-377.
92. Wu Y., Zhang J., Liu S.M., Zhang Z.F., Yao Q.Z., Hong G.H., Cooper L. Sources and distribution of carbon within the Yangtze River system. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2007, 71:13-25.
93. Yang S.L., Zhang J., Xu X.J. Influence of the Three Gorges Dam on downstream delivery of sediment and its environmental implications, Yangtze River. Geophysical Research Letters 2007, 34:L10401. doi:10410.11029/12007GL029472.
94. 13C and C/N as indicators for sediment sources in the Pearl River delta and estuary, southern China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2010, 87:618-630.
95. Zhang J. Nutrient elements in large Chinese estuaries. Continental Shelf Research 1996, 16:1023-1045.
96. Zhang J., Gilbert D., Gooday A.J., Levin L., Naqvi S.W.A., Middelburg J.J., Scranton M., Ekau W., Peña A., Dewitte B., Oguz T., Monteiro P.M.S., Urban E., Rabalais N.N., Ittekkot V., Kemp W.M., Ulloa O., Elmgren R., Escobar-Briones E., Van der Plas A.K. Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: synthesis and future development. Biogeosciences 2010, 7:1443-1467.
97. Zhang S., Gan W.-B., Ittekkot V. Organic matter in large turbid rivers: The Huanghe and its estuary. Marine Chemistry 1992, 38:53-68.
98. Ziemann J.C., Macko S.A., Mills A.L. Role of seagrass and mangroves in estuarine food webs: Temporal and spatial changes in isotopic composition and amino acid content during composition. Bulletin of Marine Science 1984, 35:380-392.