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MARINE CHEMISTRY
卷 244, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2022.104137
关键词
Amino acids; Organic matter; Trophic status; Mangroves; Core sediments
资金
- University Grants Commission through Maulana Azad National Fellowship [MANF-2015-17-KER-50363]
- University Grants Commission through Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship [RGNF-2015-17-SC-KER-21330]
This study investigates the organic matter sources, trophic status, diagenesis, and the applicability of biogeochemical indicators in a highly urbanized tropical mangrove forest. The results show that urbanization has caused changes in sediment composition, and eutrophication has led to the transition from a land plant-dominated aquatic system to enhanced algal productivity.
Present study has been designed to reveal the organic matter sources (algal vs. terrestrial), trophic status, the role of diagenesis and the applicability of biogeochemical indicators in a highly urbanized tropical mangrove forest. This has been achieved through a multiproxy approach by investigating the downcore distribution of bulk elemental properties (Total organic carbon (TOC%), total nitrogen (TN%)), biochemical composition, phytopigments and total hydrolysable amino acids (THAA). Both cores have a strong increase in algal biomass in the upper more fine grained part while core C2 has higher land plant fraction in its lower part compared to C1. The THAA profile decreased downcore ranging from 6.07 to 602.93 mu mol g-1, contributing 7-53% THAA-N and 6-23% THAA-C to the sediments. Amino acids namely, serine (Ser) and tyrosine (Tyr) suggesting the contribution of fresh plankton organic matter likely by bacterial activity, while valine (Val), phenylalanine (Phe), isoleucine (Iso) and leucine (Lue) indicated more land plant derived organic matter. The surface dominance of proteins (PRT) and phaeophytin (Phaeo) pigment supporting the change from a more land plant derived organic matter to a more aquatic/marine driven productivity in the upper core sediments. Biochemical ratio (PRT/CHO >1), biopolymeric carbon (BPC), algal contribution to BPC (AL%-BPC) and degradation index (DI) indicated eutrophication related with the increase in algal organic matter. Based on mol%, amino acids viz., glycine (Gly) and alanine (Ala) were significantly enriched in downcore diagenetically reworked sediments indicating the growth of bacterial colonies and the selective preservation of bacterial biomass. Organic matter transformation from labile form into refractory character and vice versa through bacterial reworking, plays a major role in the development from oligotrophy to hypertrophy in the Cochin lagoon. The increasing urbanization have caused anthropogenic induced change in sediment composition, and recent eutrophication changed a more land plant dominated aquatic system to enhanced algal productivity.
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