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Sources, Composition, and Export of Particulate Organic Matter Across British Estuaries

Garcia-Martin, E. Elena (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Sanders, Richard (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.;Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, NORCE Norwegian Res Ctr, Bergen, Norway.
Evans, Chris D. (author)
UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Environm Ctr Wales, Bangor, England.
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Kitidis, Vassilis (author)
Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth, England.
Lapworth, Dan J. (author)
British Geol Survey, Wallingford, England.
Spears, Bryan M. (author)
UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Penicuik, England.
Tye, Andy (author)
British Geol Survey, Environm Sci Ctr, Nottingham, England.
Williamson, Jennifer L. (author)
UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Environm Ctr Wales, Bangor, England.
Balfour, Chris (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Liverpool, England.
Best, Mike (author)
Environm Agcy, Peterborough, England.
Bowes, Michael (author)
British Geol Survey, Environm Sci Ctr, Nottingham, England.
Breimann, Sarah (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.;Univ Southampton, Ocean & Earth Sci, Southampton, England.
Brown, Ian J. (author)
Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth, England.
Burden, Annette (author)
UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Environm Ctr Wales, Bangor, England.
Callaghan, Nathan (author)
UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Environm Ctr Wales, Bangor, England.
Dise, Nancy B. (author)
UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Penicuik, England.
Farr, Gareth (author)
Cardiff Univ, British Geol Survey, Cardiff, Wales.
Felgate, Stacey L. (author)
Uppsala universitet,Analytisk kemi,Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England
Fishwick, James (author)
Fraser, Mike (author)
Gibb, Stuart (author)
Univ Highlands & Isl North Highland, Environm Res Inst, Thurso, England.
Gilbert, Pete J. (author)
Univ Highlands & Isl North Highland, Environm Res Inst, Thurso, England.
Godsell, Nina (author)
Gomez-Castillo, Africa P. (author)
Hargreaves, Geoff (author)
Harris, Carolyn (author)
Jones, Oban (author)
Kennedy, Paul (author)
Lichtschlag, Anna (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Martin, Adrian P. (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
May, Rebecca (author)
Mawji, Edward (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Mounteney, Ian (author)
Nightingale, Philip D. (author)
Univ East Anglia, Ctr Ocean & Atmospher Sci, Sch Environm Sci, Norwich, England.;Sustainable Agr Syst, Rothamsted Res, North Wyke, England.
Olszewska, Justyna P. (author)
Painter, Stuart C. (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Pearce, Christopher R. (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Pereira, M. Gloria (author)
Lancaster Environm Ctr, UK Ctr Ecol & Hydrol, Lancaster, England.
Peel, Kate (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Pickard, Amy (author)
Stephens, John A. (author)
Stinchcombe, Mark (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Thornton, Barry (author)
James Hutton Inst, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Woodward, E. Malcolm S. (author)
Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth, England.
Yarrow, Deborah (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.
Mayor, Daniel J. (author)
Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.;Univ Exeter, Sch Biosci, Exeter, England.
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Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England Natl Oceanog Ctr, Southampton, England.;Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, NORCE Norwegian Res Ctr, Bergen, Norway. (creator_code:org_t)
American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2023
2023
English.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. - : American Geophysical Union (AGU). - 2169-8953 .- 2169-8961. ; 128:4
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  • Estuaries receive and process a large amount of particulate organic carbon (POC) prior to its export into coastal waters. Studying the origin of this POC is key to understanding the fate of POC and the role of estuaries in the global carbon cycle. Here, we evaluated the concentrations of POC, as well as particulate organic nitrogen (PON), and used stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to assess their sources across 13 contrasting British estuaries during five different sampling campaigns over 1 year. We found a high variability in POC and PON concentrations across the salinity gradient, reflecting inputs, and losses of organic material within the estuaries. Catchment land cover appeared to influence the contribution of POC to the total organic carbon flux from the estuary to coastal waters, with POC contributions >36% in estuaries draining catchments with a high percentage of urban/suburban land, and <11% in estuaries draining catchments with a high peatland cover. There was no seasonal pattern in the isotopic composition of POC and PON, suggesting similar sources for each estuary over time. Carbon isotopic ratios were depleted (-26.7 +/- 0.42 parts per thousand, average +/- sd) at the lowest salinity waters, indicating mainly terrigenous POC (TPOC). Applying a two-source mixing model, we observed high variability in the contribution of TPOC at the highest salinity waters between estuaries, with a median value of 57%. Our results indicate a large transport of terrigenous organic carbon into coastal waters, where it may be buried, remineralized, or transported offshore. Plain Language Summary Estuaries transport and process a large amount terrigenous particulate organic matter (i.e., carbon and nitrogen) prior to its export to coastal waters. In order to understand the fate of organic carbon and the role of estuaries in the global carbon cycle it is essential to improve our knowledge on its composition, origin, and amount of carbon transported. We quantified the elemental concentrations and stable isotopes composition of carbon and nitrogen to quantify the amount of terrigenous particulate organic matter transported by 13 British estuaries, which drain catchments of diverse land cover under different hydrological conditions. We found a great variability in particulate organic carbon (POC) and particulate organic nitrogen concentrations across the salinity gradient, implying inputs, and losses of material within the estuaries. Each estuary had similar sources of particulate material throughout the year. In most of the estuaries, the POC had a terrigenous origin at the lowest salinity waters. The terrigenous organic carbon contribution decreased toward coastal waters with an average contribution of 57% at the highest salinity waters, indicating a large transport of terrigenous organic carbon into coastal waters.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Oceanografi, hydrologi och vattenresurser (hsv//swe)
NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources (hsv//eng)

Keyword

particulate matter
land ocean aquatic continuum
terrigenous material
isotopic signatures

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