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Organic geochemical studies of sinking particulate material in China sea area(I)

Organic matter fluxes and distributional features of hydrocarbon compounds and fatty acids

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Sinking particulate material collected from Nansha Yongshu reef lagoon and the continental shelf of the East China Sea by sediment traps has been analyzed and studied for the first time using organic geochemical method. The results show that about half of the sinking particulate organic matter in the two study areas are consumed before reaching the depth of 5 m to the sea floor and the degree of this consumption in Yongshu reef lagoon is larger than that in the continental shelf of the East China Sea. The distributions of hydrocarbons and fatty acids indicate that the minor difference of biological sources of sinking particulate organic matter exists between Yongshu reef lagoon and the continental shelf of the East China Sea, but they mainly come from marine plankton. Stronger biological and biochemical transformations of sinking particulate organic matter are also observed and the intensity of this transformation in Yongshu reef lagoon is greater than that in the continental shelf of the East China Sea. It is found that the occurrence of C25 highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) diene may be related to the composition of diatom species.

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  1. Lanzhou Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China

    Yi Duan, Mingzhong Cui & Binjie Luo

  2. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, China

    Jinming Song

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Duan, Y., Song, J., Cui, M. et al. Organic geochemical studies of sinking particulate material in China sea area(I). Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 41, 208–214 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932442

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