Whole-lake mineralization of allochthonous and autochthonous organic carbon in a large humic lake (Örträsket, N. Sweden)

Jonsson, Anders (author): Umeå universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

Meili, Markus (author)

Bergström, Ann-Kristin (author): Umeå universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

Jansson, Mats (author): Umeå universitet,Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

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2001-11-23
2001
English.
In: Limnology and Oceanography. - : Wiley. - 0024-3590 .- 1939-5590. ; 46:7, s. 1691-1700

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Abstract Subject headings

Organic carbon mineralization was studied. in a large humic lake (Lake Örträsket) in northern Sweden during a well-defined summer stratification period following high water flow during snowmelt. Several independent methods including plankton counts, measurements of bacterioplankton and phytoplankton production, stable isotope monitoring, sediment trapping, and mass balance calculations were used. Total organic carbon mineralization showed a summer mean of 0.3 g C m(-2) d(-1) and was partitioned about equally between water and sediment. In the water column, organic matter was mineralized by bacteria (60%) and protozoan and metazoan zooplankton (30%), as well as by photooxidation (10%). Most of the mineralized organic carbon was of allochthonous origin. Primary production in the lake contributed at most 5% of the total organic carbon input and about 20% of the total organic carbon mineralization. Total carbon mineralization in. the epilimnion and metalimnion agreed well with an estimate of CO2 evasion from the stratified lake, while CO2 accumulation in the hypolimnion matched the O-2 consumption and resulted in a very negative delta C-13 of DIC before autumn overturn (-23 parts per thousand). Isotopic compositions of DIC and POC confirmed the dominant influence of terrestrial organic input on the cycling of both organic and inorganic carbon in the lake.

By the author/editor: Jonsson, Anders; Meili, Markus; Bergström, Ann-K ...; Jansson, Mats

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