Sedimentary ladderane core lipids as potential indicators of hypoxia in the East China Sea

Zongshan Zhao; Yali Cao; Li Li; Guodong Song; Hongmei Yang; Sumei Liu; Meixun Zhao

doi:10.1007/s00343-013-1308-y

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Sedimentary ladderane core lipids as potential indicators of hypoxia in the East China Sea

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- Sedimentary ladderane core lipids as potential indicators of hypoxia in the East China Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 31, Issue 1, Pages: 237-244(2013)
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  Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology Ministry of Education Ocean University of China
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-013-1308-y
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Zhao, Z., Cao, Y., Li, L. et al. Sedimentary ladderane core lipids as potential indicators of hypoxia in the East China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 237–244 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-1308-y
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Zhao, Z., Cao, Y., Li, L. et al. Sedimentary ladderane core lipids as potential indicators of hypoxia in the East China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 237–244 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-1308-y DOI：

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Anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) is an important process in many suboxic to anoxic marine environments for converting fixed nitrogen to N2

and has a major impact on the marine nitrogen cycle. Ladderane core lipids have been utilized as an indicator of the contribution of anammox to the marine nitrogen cycles. However

such studies have not been reported for the China seas and little is known about the importance of anammox within the nitrogen cycle of these marginal seas. In the research reported here

the ladderane core lipid contents of 17 surface sediment samples from the East China Sea are reported

and their spatial distribution is investigated. C18 -[5]-ladderane FAME

C20-[5]-ladderane FAME and C20-[3]-ladderane FAME have all been detected

suggesting that the anammox bacteria are widely present within the study area. The total contents of the three ladderane lipids (ΣFAMEs) range from 24–355 ng/g (weight of dry sediments)

with higher contents occurring in the Minzhe Mud Zone and broadly coincident with the spatial distribution of hypoxia. It is suggested that the sedimentary ladderane core lipids are mainly produced in the water column and their sedimentary contents can be used as indicators of water column hypoxia.

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