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A lipid biomarker investigation of the sources and distribution of organic matter in river-influenced shelf sediments of NE Brazil
Organic Geochemistry ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104162
Renato S. Carreira , Ana Cecília R. de Albergaria-Barbosa , Maria de Lara P.M. Arguelho , Carlos A.B. Garcia

Abstract A better understanding of the sources – continental or marine – and distribution of organic matter (OM) in shelf sediments of areas under distinct natural and anthropogenic forces is essential to obtain a global view of the carbon cycle. In this study, we evaluated the influence of river discharge on the OM accumulation pattern in a portion of the NE Brazilian continental margin (10–15 °S) by considering a suite of lipid biomarkers (sterols, n-alcohols, phytol and taraxerol) in surface sediments. A total of 36 samples were collected adjacent to river mouths representing drainage basins of varying size and representing different human intervention levels, namely the Sao Francisco, Vaza Barris, Sergipe and Piaui-Real rivers. The average concentration of the total quantified lipids was 3.77 ± 1.93 µg g-1, with the lowest values detected at the Sao Francisco River pro-delta. This result seems to reflect the reductions in the Sao Francisco river flow during the last decades caused by human interventions (diverse water use and urbanization, among others) and climate change (reduced precipitation) along its drainage basin, which seems to affect other smaller basins to a lesser extent. Our findings highlight that human interventions and climate change are relevant drivers for biogeochemical processes even in shelves receiving the flow from small to medium rivers in Brazil, which agree with other records worldwide. Finally, we hope the data presented herein contribute to the development of a management system based on a watershed-coastal ocean scaling and socio-environmental perspective for the Sergipe and Alagoas shelf.

中文翻译:

巴西东北部受河流影响的陆架沉积物中有机物来源和分布的脂质生物标志物调查

摘要 更好地了解在不同自然和人为力量作用下的陆架沉积物中的大陆或海洋来源和有机物质 (OM) 的分布对于获得碳循环的全球视野至关重要。在这项研究中,我们通过考虑一系列脂质生物标志物(甾醇、正醇、植醇和蒲公英醇)评估了河流流量对巴西东北部大陆边缘(10-15°S)部分有机质积累模式的影响在表层沉积物中。总共在河口附近收集了 36 个样本,这些样本代表不同大小的流域,代表不同的人类干预水平,即圣弗朗西斯科河、瓦扎巴里斯河、塞尔吉佩河和皮奥伊雷亚尔河。总定量脂质的平均浓度为 3.77 ± 1.93 µg g-1,在圣弗朗西斯科河前三角洲检测到的最低值。这一结果似乎反映了过去几十年由于人为干预(多样化的用水和城市化等)和流域沿线的气候变化(降水减少)导致圣弗朗西斯科河流量减少,这似乎影响了其他较小的流域在较小的范围上。我们的研究结果强调,人类干预和气候变化是生物地球化学过程的相关驱动因素,即使在接收巴西中小河流水流的大陆架中也是如此,这与世界各地的其他记录一致。最后,我们希望此处提供的数据有助于开发基于流域-沿海海洋缩放和塞尔希比和阿拉戈斯大陆架社会环境视角的管理系统。这一结果似乎反映了过去几十年由于人为干预(多样化的用水和城市化等)和流域沿线的气候变化(降水减少)导致圣弗朗西斯科河流量减少,这似乎影响了其他较小的流域在较小的范围上。我们的研究结果强调,人类干预和气候变化是生物地球化学过程的相关驱动因素,即使在接收巴西中小河流水流的大陆架中也是如此,这与全球其他记录一致。最后,我们希望此处提供的数据有助于开发基于流域-沿海海洋缩放和塞尔希比和阿拉戈斯大陆架社会环境视角的管理系统。这一结果似乎反映了过去几十年由于人为干预(多样化的用水和城市化等)和流域沿线的气候变化(降水减少)导致圣弗朗西斯科河流量减少,这似乎影响了其他较小的流域在较小的范围上。我们的研究结果强调,人类干预和气候变化是生物地球化学过程的相关驱动因素,即使在接收巴西中小河流水流的大陆架中也是如此,这与世界各地的其他记录一致。最后,我们希望此处提供的数据有助于开发基于流域-沿海海洋缩放和塞尔希比和阿拉戈斯大陆架社会环境视角的管理系统。
更新日期:2021-01-01
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