Persistent Identifier
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doi:10.14711/dataset/XMTKWW |
Publication Date
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2024-11-14 |
Title
| Sediment nitrogen fluxes and rates in the Pearl River Estuary region |
Author
| LI, Jiying (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) - ORCID: 0000-0003-1677-6922
SUN, Jing (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) - ORCID: 0000-0002-7698-7679 |
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LI, Jiying (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
Description
| We estimate sediment oxygen uptake (SOU), ammonium flux (FNH4), rates of nitrification (Fnitrif.) and nitrogen removal through denitrification (FN2; Fdenitrif.) in the sediments in the Pearl River Estuary and the adjacent shelf waters. Data from other similar coastal ecosystems are also including for comparison. (2024-11-14) |
Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Keyword
| coastal ocean
sediments
nitrogen cycle
The Pearl River Estuary |
Notes
| We collected water and sediment samples from the Pearl River Estuary and its adjacent coastal shelf. We measured dissolved oxygen, ammonium, and nitrate in the porewaters and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen. We estimate the sediment oxygen uptake using whole core incubations and estimate nitrogen fluxes (of ammonium and nitrate) using Fick’s law of diffusion. The rates of nitrification and N2 production were estimated using mass-balance model calculations. Water samples were collected using Rosette Niskin bottles attached to a Seabird 911plus conductivity-temperature-depth probe (CTD), which also profiled temperature and oxygen concentrations. Sediment samples were collected using a Uwitec corer. Oxygen profiles were measured using a Unisense microelectrode and the sediment oxygen uptake (SOU) was measured by using whole core incubations (Sun et al. 2024). Sediment cores were sectioned in a glove bag filled with N2, and porewaters were extracted using Rhizon Samplers of 0.1-𝜇m pore size. Porewater nitrate concentrations were measured using Dionex Aquion Ion Chromatography connected to a UV detector (Thermo Fisher ScientificTM, USA) with the wavelength of detection at 220 nm. Porewater ammonium concentrations were measured using the standard phenate method (APHA-4500-NH3) on a microplate reader (ClarioStar Plus, BMG Labtech, German). Sediment particulate organic carbon (POC) and particulate nitrogen (PN), as well as the physical properties, including water content, density, and porosity, were taken from Zhou 2022. Details of the model calculations for rates and fluxes are described in the metadata file (Metadata-PRE-N-JL). Data from literature were also complied for comparison. The complied data include those from the Changjiang Estuary region (Song et al. 2021), the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Lehrter et al. 2012, MaCarthy et al. 2013 and 2015), the Gulf of St Lawrence Alkhatib et al. 2012, Thibodeau et al. 2010, Mazur et al. 2021), and the Chesapeake Bay (Boynton et al. 2018, 2019, and 2022). |
Funding Information
| Research Grant Council (RGC) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau |
Depositor
| LI, Jiying |
Deposit Date
| 2024-11-14 |
Date of Collection
| Start: 2021-06-03 ; End: 2021-07-03 |
Related Dataset
| LI, Jiying; SUN, Jing; YU, Liuqian; GAN, Jianping; YANG, Xingyu, 2024, "Sediment oxygen uptake and hypoxia in the Pearl River Estuary Region", https://doi.org/10.14711/dataset/KCLUQW, DataSpace@HKUST, V1, UNF:6:CkRCkLArRYmQqn66DS8NQw== [fileUNF] |
Other Reference
| Sun, J., L. Yu, X. Yang, J. Gan, H. Yin, and J. Li. 2024. Sediment oxygen uptake and hypoxia in coastal oceans, the Pearl River Estuary region. Water Res. 267: 122499. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2024.122499; Zhou, L. 2022. Sediment oxygen uptake and carbon mineralization in the Pearl River Estuary and adjacent coastal waters.doi:10.14711/thesis-991013088359403412; Boynton, W. R., M. A. C. Ceballos, C. L. S. Hodgkins, D. Liang, and J. M. Testa. 2022. Large-Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Importance of Sediment–Water Oxygen and Nutrient Fluxes in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Estuaries Coasts 1–20. doi:10.1007/s12237-022-01127-0; Lehrter, J. C., D. L. Beddick, R. Devereux, D. F. Yates, and M. C. Murrell. 2012. Sediment-water fluxes of dissolved inorganic carbon, O2, nutrients, and N2 from the hypoxic region of the Louisiana continental shelf. Biogeochemistry 109: 233–252. doi:10.1007/s10533-011-9623-x; Mazur, C. I., A. N. Al-Haj, N. E. Ray, I. Sanchez-Viruet, and R. W. Fulweiler. 2021. Low denitrification rates and variable benthic nutrient fluxes characterize Long Island Sound sediments. Biogeochemistry 154: 37–62. doi:10.1007/s10533-021-00795-7; McCarthy, M. J., S. A. Carini, Z. Liu, N. E. Ostrom, and W. S. Gardner. 2013. Oxygen consumption in the water column and sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 123: 46–53. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2013.02.019; McCarthy, M. J., S. E. Newell, S. A. Carini, and W. S. Gardner. 2015. Denitrification Dominates Sediment Nitrogen Removal and Is Enhanced by Bottom-Water Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries Coasts 38: 2279–2294.; Song, G., S. Liu, J. Zhang, Z. Zhu, G. Zhang, H. K. Marchant, M. M. M. Kuypers, and G. Lavik. 2021. Response of benthic nitrogen cycling to estuarine hypoxia. Limnol Oceanogr 66: 652–666. doi:10.1002/lno.11630; Thibodeau, B., M. F. Lehmann, J. Kowarzyk, A. Mucci, Y. Gélinas, D. Gilbert, R. Maranger, and M. Alkhatib. 2010. Benthic nutrient fluxes along the Laurentian Channel: Impacts on the N budget of the St. Lawrence marine system. Estuar., Coast. Shelf Sci. 90: 195–205. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.08.015 |