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MARINE CHEMISTRY
卷 88, 期 1-2, 页码 1-20出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2004.02.001
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nitrate isotopes; sedimentary denitrification; nitrification; isotope effects; benthic flux chamber; Santa Monica Bay
We report N-15/N-14 and O-18/O-16 ratios of nitrate in benthic chamber incubations in the continental shelf sediments of the Santa Monica Bay (SMB) to deconvolve the effects of nitrification and denitrification. Estimates of denittification rate from benthic flux stoichiometry range from 0.9 to 2.5 mmol N m(-2) d(-1). Between 46% and 100% of the total denitrification can be explained by nitrate or nitrite from nitrification. In general and independent of the denitrification rate and the fraction of remineralized N being denitrified, nitrate N-15/N-14 and O-18/O-16 ratios do not change significantly with progressive nitrate depletion in the chambers. A lack of change in nitrate N-15/N-14 could be due to either the lack of effective N isotope fractionation associated with sedimentary denitrification or the balancing of a denitrification isotope effect by the addition of low-N-15/N-14 nitrate from nitrification. However, the lack of an increase in nitrate O-18/O-16 indicates that the isotopic fractionation specifically associated with sedimentary denittification is, in fact, negligible. The coupled N and O isotope measurements also indicate that there is no significant gross efflux of N-15-depleted nitrate from nitrification, leading to the conclusion that nitrification is closely coupled to denitrification, even in the bioturbated sediments of the SMB. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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