scholarly journals Historical reconstruction of organic carbon decay and preservation in sediments on the East China Sea shelf

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 1079-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinxin Li ◽  
Thomas S. Bianchi ◽  
Mead A. Allison ◽  
Piers Chapman ◽  
Guipeng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
East China Sea ◽  
East China ◽  
Historical Reconstruction ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
East China Sea Shelf

Tidal and low-frequency currents along the CK Line (31deg 45min N) over the East China Sea shelf

2012 ◽  
Vol 50-51 ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Yoshikawa ◽  
Takeshi Matsuno ◽  
Taku Wagawa ◽  
Toru Hasegawa ◽  
Kou Nishiuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
East China Sea Shelf

Holocene Climate Modulates Mud Supply, Transport, and Sedimentation on the East China Sea Shelf

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Dong ◽  
Anchun Li ◽  
Xiting Liu ◽  
Shiming Wan ◽  
Fangjian Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
Holocene Climate ◽  
China Sea ◽  
East China Sea Shelf

scholarly journals The large variation in organic carbon consumption in spring in the East China Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 2931-2943 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-C. Chen ◽  
G.-C. Gong ◽  
F.-K. Shiah ◽  
W.-C. Chou ◽  
C.-C. Hung
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
East China Sea ◽  
Phytoplankton Growth ◽  
East China ◽  
Changjiang River ◽  
Carbon Consumption ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Changjiang River

Abstract. A tremendous amount of organic carbon respired by plankton communities has been found in summer in the East China Sea (ECS), and this rate has been significantly correlated with fluvial discharge from the Changjiang River. However, respiration data has rarely been collected in other seasons. To evaluate and reveal the potential controlling mechanism of organic carbon consumption in spring in the ECS, two cruises covering almost the entire ECS shelf were conducted in the spring of 2009 and 2010. These results showed that although the fluvial discharge rates were comparable to the high riverine flow in summer, the plankton community respiration (CR) varied widely between the two springs. In 2009, the level of CR was double that of 2010, with mean (± SD) values of 111.7 (±76.3) and 50.7 (±62.9) mg C m−3 d−1, respectively. The CR was positively correlated with concentrations of particulate organic carbon and/or chlorophyll a (Chl a) in 2009 (all p < 0.01). These results suggest that the high CR rate in 2009 can be attributed to high planktonic biomasses. During this period, phytoplankton growth flourished due to allochthonous nutrients discharged from the Changjiang River. Furthermore, higher phytoplankton growth led to the absorption of an enormous amount of fugacity of CO2 (fCO2) in the surface waters, even with a significant amount of inorganic carbon regenerated via CR. In 2010, even more riverine runoff nutrients were measured in the ECS than in 2009. Surprisingly, the growth of phytoplankton in 2010 was not stimulated by enriched nutrients, and its growth was likely limited by low water temperature and/or low light intensity. Low temperature might also suppress planktonic metabolism, which could explain why the CR was lower in 2010. During this period, lower surface water fCO2 may have been driven mainly by physical process(es). To conclude, these results indicate that high organic carbon consumption (i.e. CR) in the spring of 2009 could be attributed to high planktonic biomasses, and the lower CR rate during the cold spring of 2010 might be likely limited by low temperature in the ECS. This further suggests that the high inter-annual variability of organic carbon consumption needs to be kept in mind when budgeting the annual carbon balance.

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