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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 46, Issue 12, Pages 6583-6593Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2019GL082224
Keywords
lake ecosystem; autochthonous carbonate deposition; recycled organic carbon; eutrophication; Lake Wuliangsu
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [41503090, 41877332, U1138301, 41373017]
- Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST [2018QNRC001]
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Based on similar to 150-year of sedimentary records, we identify that autochthonous carbonate deposition in Lake Wuliangsu, in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, was independent of both hydrological and ecological variations before 1965, influenced by hydrological changes due to agricultural activities during 1965-1990, and slightly impacted by higher productivity under the eutrophication process after 1990. By comparing with data from lakes across the globe, we find that lake size and lake stratification control the contribution of recycled organic carbon to autochthonous carbonate deposition. Continuous mixing and aeration in shallow lakes facilitate the transformation of organic carbon into 29-45% of sedimentary carbonate, different from large and deep lakes (2-25%). Organic carbon recycling in lakes remains generally stable or decreases under the pressure of lake eutrophication, requiring further investigations on whether more organic carbon will be buried in the carbonate form.
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