Identifying the sources of organic matter in marine and riverine sediments of Bohai Bay and its catchment using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

Yan Zhang; Xueqiang Lu; Honglei Liu; Qiongqiong Liu; Dan Yu

doi:10.1007/s00343-015-4068-z

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Identifying the sources of organic matter in marine and riverine sediments of Bohai Bay and its catchment using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

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- Identifying the sources of organic matter in marine and riverine sediments of Bohai Bay and its catchment using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 33, Issue 1, Pages: 204-209(2015)
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  Tianjin Academy of Environmental Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-015-4068-z
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- Online First：21 October 2014，
  
  Published：2015
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Zhang, Y., Lu, X., Liu, H. et al. Identifying the sources of organic matter in marine and riverine sediments of Bohai Bay and its catchment using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 33, 204–209 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-015-4068-z
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Zhang, Y., Lu, X., Liu, H. et al. Identifying the sources of organic matter in marine and riverine sediments of Bohai Bay and its catchment using carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 33, 204–209 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-015-4068-z DOI：

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Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes are useful tracers for distinguishing marine and terrestrial plant sources of sedimentary organic matter (OM)

and for identifying OM from different types of plants. By analyzing the carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of marine and riverine sediments from Bohai Bay and its catchment

we were able to identify the source of OM in these sediments. The stable carbon isotope values of Bohai Bay sediments were between −22.94‰ and −23.90‰

while those of riverine sediments were from −24.45‰ to −32.50‰. Marine algae were the main source of OM in Bohai Bay sediments. However

lacustrine algae were the main source of riverine sediments

not terrestrial OM. The nitrogen isotopes in Bohai Bay sediments decreased in eastward direction

with increasing distance from the coastline

which suggested a higher degree of impact from human activities along the coast.

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