Key biogeochemical processes evaluated by the stable nitrogen isotopes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen in the Yodo River estuary, Japan: significance of estuarine nutrient recycling as a possible source for coastal production

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作者
Sugimoto, Ryo [1 ]
Kasai, Akihide [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Fukui Prefectural Univ, Res Ctr Marine Bioresources, 49-8-2 Katsumi, Obama, Fukui 9170116, Japan
[2] Kyoto Univ, Field Sci Educ & Res Ctr, Sakyo Ku, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[3] Hokkaido Univ, Fac Fisheries Sci, 3-1-1 Minato Cho, Hakodate, Hokkaido 0418611, Japan
关键词
Nutrient; Stable isotope; Eutrophication; Regeneration; Estuary; SALT-WEDGE ESTUARY; OSAKA BAY; ALEXANDRIUM-TAMARENSE; NITRATE UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; AMMONIUM; MARINE; OXYGEN; EUTROPHICATION; NITRIFICATION;
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10.1007/s10533-016-0190-z
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Isotope analysis of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and a mixing model along the salinity gradient were used to clarify the dominant biogeochemical processes controlling nutrient dynamics within a shallow eutrophic estuary in Japan. Although delivery of riverine DIN into the estuary is largely dominated by mixing with seawater during most months, internal biogeochemical processes of DIN assimilation by phytoplankton and DIN production by remineralization and subsequent nitrification within the estuary offer the most reasonable explanation for observed deviations in the isotopic compositions of NO3- from mixing behavior. However, the balance of each process changed over time. During phytoplankton blooming in summer, co-occurrence of NO3- assimilation and NO3- regeneration inhibited the accumulation of NO3- within the estuary. Moreover, assimilation of NH4+ as well as NO3- by phytoplankton complicates the nutrient dynamics within the estuary. However, mostly conservative or productive behavior of DIN as well as PO43- showed that recycled nutrients are significant net source within the estuary. These results suggest recycled nutrients within the estuary could have a non-negligible impact on eutrophication in Osaka Bay.
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