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    Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press
    Call number: 10/M 12.0302
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Chapter 1. Metabolic Synthesis Chapter 2. Chemical Biomarker Applications to Ecology and Paleoecology Chapter 3. Stable Isotopes and Radiocarbon Chapter 4. Analytical Chemical Methods and Instrumentation Chapter 5. Carbohydrates: Neutral and Minor Sugars Chapter 6. Proteins: Amino Acids and Amines Chapter 7. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Tools Chapter 8. Lipids: Fatty Acids Chapter 9. Isoprenoid Lipids: Steroids, Hopanoids, and Triterpenoids Chapter 10. Lipids: Hydrocarbons Chapter 11. Lipids: Alkenones, Polar Lipids, and Ether Lipids Chapter 12. Photosynthetic Pigments: Chlorophylls, Carotenoids, and Phycobilins Chapter 13. Lignins, Cutins, and Suberins Chapter 14. Anthropogenic Markers Appendix I. Atomic Weights of Elements Appendix II. Useful SI Units and Conversion Factors Appendix III. Physical and Chemical Constants Glossary Bibliography
    Type of Medium: Monograph available for loan
    Pages: xvii, 396 S. , Ill., graph. Darst. , 26 cm
    ISBN: 9780691134147
    Classification:
    Geochemistry
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Description: The goal of this research topic was to motivate innovative research that blurs traditional disciplinary and geographical boundaries. As the scientific community continues to gain momentum and knowledge about how the natural world functions, it is increasingly important that we recognize the interconnected nature of earth systems and embrace the complexities of ecosystem transitions. We are pleased to present this body of work, which embodies the spirit of research spanning across the terrestrial-aquatic continuum, from mountains to the sea. Sincerely, The Editors
    Keywords: GB3-5030 ; GC1-1581 ; Q1-390 ; atmosphere ; dynamics ; ecosystem ; interface ; Carbon ; estuarine ; organic matterriver ; marine ; transition
    Language: English
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: A substantial increase in the number of studies using the optical properties (absorbance and fluorescence) of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a proxy for its chemical properties in estuaries and the coastal and open ocean has occurred during the last decade. We are making progress on finding the actual chemical compounds or phenomena responsible for DOM’s optical properties. Ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry, in particular, has made important progress in making the key connections between optics and chemistry. But serious questions remain and the last major special issue on DOM optics and chemistry occurred nearly 10 years ago. Controversies remain from the non-specific optical properties of DOM that are not linked to discrete sources, and sometimes provide conflicting information. The use of optics, which is relatively easier to employ in synoptic and high resolution sampling to determine chemistry, is a critical connection to make and can lead to major advances in our understanding of organic matter cycling in all aquatic ecosystems. The contentions and controversies raised by our poor understanding of the linkages between optics and chemistry of DOM are bottlenecks that need to be addressed and overcome.
    Keywords: QD1-999 ; GB3-5030 ; GC1-1581 ; Q1-390 ; CDOM ; dissolved organic matter ; Absorbance ; fluorescence ; biomarkers ; Stable isotopes ; Mass Spectrometry ; dissolved organic carbon ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry
    Language: English
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2015-09-15
    Description: We use a dated sediment core from Lake Whittington (USA) in the lower Mississippi River to reconstruct linkages in the carbon cycling and fluvial sediment dynamics over the past 80 years. Organic carbon (OC) sources were characterized using bulk (δ 13 C, ramped pyrolysis-oxidation (PyrOx) 14 C, δ 15 N, and TN:C ratios) and compound-specific (lignin phenols and fatty acids, including δ 13 C and 14 C of the fatty acids) analyses. Damming of the Missouri River in the 1950s, other hydrological modifications to the river, and soil conservation measures resulted in reduced net OC export, in spite of increasing OC concentrations. Decreasing δ 13 C values coincided with increases in δ 15 N, TN:C ratios, long-chain fatty acids and lignin-phenol concentrations, suggesting increased inputs of soil-derived OC dominated by C 3 vegetation, mainly resulting from changes in farming practices and crop changes. However, PyrOx 14 C showed no discernible differences down-core in thermochemical stability, indicating a limited impact on soil OC turnover.
    Print ISSN: 0094-8276
    Electronic ISSN: 1944-8007
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Published by Wiley on behalf of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2015-05-29
    Description: Nature Geoscience 8, 450 (2015). doi:10.1038/ngeo2421 Authors: Richard W. Smith, Thomas S. Bianchi, Mead Allison, Candida Savage & Valier Galy The deposition and long-term burial of organic carbon in marine sediments has played a key role in controlling atmospheric O2 and CO2 concentrations over the past 500 million years. Marine carbon burial represents the dominant natural mechanism of long-term organic carbon sequestration. Fjords—deep, glacially carved estuaries at high latitudes—have been hypothesized to be hotspots of organic carbon burial, because they receive high rates of organic material fluxes from the watershed. Here we compile organic carbon concentrations from 573 fjord surface sediment samples and 124 sediment cores from nearly all fjord systems globally. We use sediment organic carbon content and sediment delivery rates to calculate rates of organic carbon burial in fjord systems across the globe. We estimate that about 18 Mt of organic carbon are buried in fjord sediments each year, equivalent to 11% of annual marine carbon burial globally. Per unit area, fjord organic carbon burial rates are one hundred times as large as the global ocean average, and fjord sediments contain twice as much organic carbon as biogenous sediments underlying the upwelling regions of the ocean. We conclude that fjords may play an important role in climate regulation on glacial–interglacial timescales.
    Print ISSN: 1752-0894
    Electronic ISSN: 1752-0908
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Springer Nature
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    Publication Date: 2015-06-23
    Description: Surface sediments from the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent shelf were analyzed using a variety of bulk and molecular techniques, including grain size composition, sediment surface area (SSA), elemental composition (C, N), stable carbon isotopic composition (δ 13 C), n -alkanes, lignin phenols, and glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids (GDGTs), to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the sources and fate of sedimentary organic carbon (SOC) in this dynamic region. Bulk N/C ratios of 0.09 to 0.15, δ 13 C of −24.4 ‰ to −21.1 ‰, branched/isoprenoid tetraether (BIT) index of 0 to 0.74, n -alkane content of 0.02 to 0.37 mg g −1 OC and lignin content (Λ 8 ) of 0.10 to 1.46 mg/100 mg OC and other related molecular indices in these samples indicate a mixed source of marine, soil and terrestrial plant derived OC in the study area. A three end-member mixing model using principal component analysis (PCA) factors as source markers and based on Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation was constructed to estimate the relative contributions of OC from different sources. Compared with traditional mixing models, commonly based on a few variables, this newly-developed PCA-MC model supported bulk and biomarker data and yielded a higher resolution OC inputs to different sub-regions of this system. In particular, the results showed that the average contributions of marine, soil and terrestrial OC in the study area were 35.3 %, 47.0 % and 17.6 %, and the highest contribution from each OC source was mainly observed in the shelf, inner estuary, and coastal region, respectively.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Biology , Geosciences
    Published by Wiley on behalf of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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    Publication Date: 2015-06-27
    Description: The role of priming processes in the remineralization of terrestrially-derived dissolved organic carbon (TDOC) in aquatic systems has been overlooked. We provide evidence for TDOC priming using a lab-based microcosm experiment in which TDOC was primed by the addition of 13 C-labelled algal dissolved organic carbon (ADOC) or a 13 C-labelled disaccharide (trehalose). The rate of TDOC remineralization to carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) occurred 4.1 ± 0.9 and 1.5 ± 0.3 times more rapidly with the addition of trehalose and ADOC, respectively, relative to experiments with TDOC as the sole carbon source over the course of a 301 hour incubation period. Results from these controlled experiments provide fundamental evidence for the occurrence of priming of TDOC by ADOC and a simple disaccharide. We suggest that priming effects on TDOC should be considered in carbon budgets for large-river deltas, estuaries, lakes, hydroelectric reservoirs, and continental shelves.
    Print ISSN: 0094-8276
    Electronic ISSN: 1944-8007
    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2011-02-10
    Description: Major rivers (and associated deltaic environments) provide the dominant pathway for the input of terrestrial-derived organic carbon in sediments (TOCT) to the ocean. Natural watershed processes and land-use changes are important in dictating the amount and character of carbon being buried on continental margins. Seven core sites were occupied on the Louisiana continental margin aboard the R/V Pelican in July 2003 along two major sediment transport pathways south and west of the Mississippi River mouth. Lignin profiles in these age-dated cores (210Pb geochronology) indicate artificial reservoir retention as a primary control on organic carbon quantity and quality reaching the margin post-1950, whereas pre-1950 sediments may reflect soil erosion due to land clearing and farming practices. Lignin (Λ8) concentrations (range 0.2 to 1.7) also indicate that TOCT delivery rates/decay processes have probably remained relatively consistent from proximal to distal stations along transects. The down-core profile at the Canyon station seems to be temporally linked and connected to inner shelf deposition, suggestive of rapid cross-shelf transport. Sources of terrestrially derived organic carbon were reflective of mixed angiosperms over the last 150 years in cores west and south of the Mississippi River delta. The lignin-phenol vegetation index (LPVI) (range 130.0 to 510) proved to be a sensitive indicator of source changes in these sediments and eliminated some of the variability compared to C/V (range 0.01 to 0.4) and S/V (range 0.9 to 2.1) ratios. Stochastic events such as hurricanes and large river floods have a measurable, albeit ephemeral, effect on the shelf TOCT record. Burial of TOCT on the river-dominated Louisiana continental margin is largely driven by anthropogenic land-use alterations in the last 150 years. Land-use changes in the Mississippi River basin and river damming have likely affected carbon cycling and TOCT burial on the Louisiana continental margin over a large spatial extent as observed by similar trends in cores from across and along the margin.
    Print ISSN: 0148-0227
    Topics: Biology , Geosciences
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: Abstract Biological processes exert important controls on geomorphic evolution of karst landscapes because carbonate mineral dissolution can be augmented and spatially focused by production of CO2 and biogenic acids from organic matter (OM) decomposition. In Big Cypress National Preserve in southwest Florida, depressional wetlands (called cypress domes) dissolved into surface‐exposed carbonate rocks and exhibit regular patterning (size, depth, and spacing) within the pine upland mosaic. To understand when wetland basins began to form and the role of spatially varying OM decomposition on bedrock weathering, we constructed age profiles of sediment accretion using compound‐specific radiocarbon analysis of long‐chain fatty acids and measured bulk OM properties and biomarker proxies (fatty acids and lignin phenols) in different zones (center vs. edge) of the wetlands. Based on compound‐specific radiocarbon analysis, landscape patterning likely began in the middle to late Holocene, with wetlands beginning to form earlier at higher elevations than at lower elevations within the regional landscape. Dominant vegetation appears to have shifted from graminoids to woody plants around 3,000 calendar years before the present, as reflected in downcore bulk carbon isotope data and lignin concentration, likely from increased precipitation and hydroperiods. OM is mostly accumulated in wetland centers, and wetland centers exhibit more carbonate dissolution due to inundation limiting atmospheric ventilation of CO2. Landscape development and patterning thus arise from interactions between hydrology, ecology, and ecological community evolution that control carbonate mineral dissolution.
    Print ISSN: 2169-8953
    Electronic ISSN: 2169-8961
    Topics: Biology , Geosciences
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    Publication Date: 2019
    Description: Abstract Wax Lake Delta, southern Louisiana, is a coastal delta that formed following the dredging of a river channel in 1941 and is a field model for investigating the geomorphology, ecology, carbon dynamics, and carbon storage capacity in young prograding deltas. However, it is unknown how the transition from subaqueous to subaerial sediments affects the sources and quality of the sequestered carbon. We investigated these variations within the sediments of Wax Lake Delta using amino acid, lignin, and stable carbon isotope compositions of the organic matter (OM). A principal component analysis of these proxies highlighted variability in organic carbon (OC) composition with changes in elevation. The transition from subaqueous to subaerial sediments at 0‐cm mean lower low water is an important component of the OM composition. In addition to the changes observed for OM source and quality, the OC loadings (OC/SA; mg C/m2) also increase as the delta aggrades and accumulates sediments with loadings typical of delta topsets and mobile mud banks (OC/SA 〈 0.4) to riverine sediments (0.5 〈 OC/SA 〈 1) and eventually to highly productive regions (OC/SA 〉 1). Linking this multiproxy approach with environmental variables such as elevation provides a path for incorporating OM dynamics into geomorphic models.
    Print ISSN: 2169-8953
    Electronic ISSN: 2169-8961
    Topics: Biology , Geosciences
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