Pigment Preservation in Lake Sediments: A Comparison of Sedimentary Environments in Trout Lake, Wisconsin

Fluxes and concentrations of a phorbins and major algal carotenoids were quantified in sediment trap material and sediment cores from two basins of Trout Lake, Wisconsin (TrDH and TrAB). The basins were chosen to contrast the influence of oxygen content at the sediment–water interface (TrDH, oxic and TrAB, reducing), sediment accumulation rate, and focusing. Pigment diagenesis occurred in both basins, but transformations and destruction were more extensive in TrDH. Although untransformed chlorophyll a was the major phorbin deposited at the sediment surface of both basins (51–64 mol%), pigment destruction, coupled with transition to pheophytin, accounted for substantial losses, especially in oxic TrDH sediments. Fucoxanthin, peridinin, and diadinoxanthin, despite representing > 70% of the deposited carotenoid flux, were substantially degraded or transformed in both basins. However, preservation was relatively high for secondary carotenoids, such as diatoxanthin and β-carotene, and for a major cryptomonad pigment, alloxanthin. Residual profiles in sediments show that pigment sedimentation from the epilimnion and accumulation in the permanent sediments are not directly related and that diagenesis must be considered in interpreting sedimentary pigments.

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Time averaging and stratigraphic unmixing: reconstructing ecological decline in molluscan production (Holocene, Brijuni, NE Adriatic)

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11698 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Adam Tomašových ◽

Martin Zuschin ◽

Ivo Gallmetzer ◽

Alexandra Haselmair

Keyword(s):

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Coralline Algae ◽

Time Averaging ◽

Sedimentation Rates ◽

Amino Acid Racemization ◽

Ecological History ◽

Shell Bed ◽

Warm Temperate

The northeastern Adriatic seafloor is formed by warm-temperate bioclastic carbonates with coralline algae, bryozoans and mollusks. These sediments represent a mixture of past and present-day production owing to low sedimentation rates and bioturbation. Although low sedimentation rates do not allow resolution of ecological history at centennial or even millennial scales on the basis of raw stratigraphic data, age unmixing based on radiocarbon-calibrated amino acid racemization shows that one of the major molluscan sediment producers &#8211; the infaunal suspension-feeder Timoclea ovata &#160;&#8211; markedly peaked in production ~5,000 years during the maximum flooding and earliest highstand phase and significantly diminished in abundance during the late highstand phase at Brijuni, with a large proportion of dead shells now present in surface sediments representing shells that are several centuries old. This species still occurs in living assemblages but our analyses indicate that its former production was by several orders of magnitude higher. In contrast, stratigraphic trends in absolute and proportional abundance of this species in ~1.5 m-thick sediment cores show a gradual or a very mild upcore decline, indicating that raw stratigraphic data do not efficiently detect millennial-scale ecological dynamic. The temporal decline in production of Timoclea ovata is associated with an increase in water depth and an increase in sediment-accumulation rate, and led to a transition from molluscan oyster-scallop shell bed to late highstand bryomol sediments.

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Sedimentological and limnological evolution of recreational lakes in a former asbestos mining region (Québec, Canada): insights from paleolimnology

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3741 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Reinhard Pienitz ◽

Olivier Jacques

Keyword(s):

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Ecological Condition ◽

Nutrient Concentrations ◽

Mineral Matter ◽

Mining Activities ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Efficient Management ◽

A Chain

The B&#233;cancour River basin in southern Qu&#233;bec (Canada) has been impacted by more than a hundred years of asbestos mining activities in the Thetford Mines region. Several recreational water bodies located downstream from the city are suffering from high sediment and contaminant loads and eutrophication. In order to prepare an efficient management of the fluvial lakes, we completed paleolimnological investigations to evaluate the extent of their deterioration and identify catchment disturbances that influenced their present-day condition. Here we present the results of a multi-proxy study of sediment cores collected from a chain of 5 lakes. The sedimentary records from these lakes indicate severe perturbations associated with the complete draining of Lac Noir, a former lake near Thetford Mines excavated and drained for mining purposes between 1955-1959. Radiometric 210Pb dating revealed extreme increases in the sediment accumulation rate following this event. Analyses of loss-on-ignition, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotopes, grain-size, and X-ray microfluorescence indicated that the post-1960 sediments were enriched in fine-grained mineral matter and had higher metal and nutrient concentrations as compared to older sediments at the bottom of the cores. Changes in the &#948;13C and C/N ratios and the predominance of diatom taxa (class Bacillariophyceae) typical of nutrient-rich waters (e.g., Cyclostephanos invisitatus, Cyclotella meneghiniana) also showed that the 1955-1959 event led to a rapid eutrophication of some lakes. Results from our study illustrate that the asbestos mining activities had dramatic impacts on lake biota and contaminant levels, and suggest that major restoration efforts will be needed to improve their ecological condition.

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SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION PROFILE IN MANGROVE RESTORATION AREA OF LEMBAR BAY-LOMBOK ISLAND

Jurnal Ilmu dan Teknologi Kelautan Tropis ◽

10.29244/jitkt.v9i1.17943 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 301-313

Author(s):

Mohammad Sumiran Paputungan ◽

Alan Frendy Koropitan ◽

Tri Prartono ◽

Ali Arman Lubis

Keyword(s):

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Coastal Region ◽

Sediment Accumulation Rate ◽

Ecosystem Functions ◽

Sampling Location ◽

Mangrove Restoration ◽

Mangrove Area ◽

Lombok Island

Mangrove restoration is really needed for restoring its ecosystem functions, so that it could be able to support fisheries activity and to protect coastal by extreme weather. In addition, mangrove is able to accumulate sediment that important in protecting the coastal area from sea level rise. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate sediment accumulation rate in mangrove area during post restoration. Sampling location were divided into three different stations based on estimated restoration ages, such as ≥ 15 years old (Station 1), 4 - 10 years old (Station 2) and 2 - 8 years old (Station 3). Sediment cores were carried out by inserting 7.6 cm diameter and 100 cm length of polyvinyl chloride pipes. Sedimentation rate is measured by using Pb-210 radionuclide analysis. The results show that the sediment accumulation rate in the last 20th years from all station ranges from 0.17 to 0.42 g/cm2/year. The highest accumulation rate is found at oldest year old station while the lowest accumulation rate is found at younger year old station of mangrove restoration area. Restoration process is clearly able to recover the mangrove’s role in trapping sediment in coastal region. Keywords: sediment accumulation, mangrove restoration, Lembar Bay- Lombok Island

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Evaluating the historical sedimentation patterns in two different Mediterranean deep environments (Sardinia and Sicily Channels)

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.19558 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 542 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

NOUR EL HOUDA HASSEN ◽

NAFAÂ REGUIGUI ◽

MOHAMED AMINE HELALI ◽

NEZHA MEJJAD ◽

ABDELMOURHIT LAISSAOUI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Water Depth ◽

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Inverse Correlation ◽

Accumulation Rates ◽

Deep Sediment ◽

210Pb And 137Cs ◽

Excess 210Pb

The sediment accumulation rate in the Sardinia and Sicily channels in the central part of the Mediterranean Sea was studied by using short-lived radionuclides (210Pb and 137Cs) in two deep sediment cores. Different sedimentation regimes were identified indicating substantial differences in accumulation rates and historical patterns. The 210Pb-derived mean accumulation rate found in the Strait of Sardinia was 0.05 g.cm-2.y-1, lower than that in Sicily Channel (0.1 g.cm-2.y-1) suggesting an inverse correlation with water depth. Excess 210Pb inventories were 24 ± 1 and 6.0 ± 0.4 kBq.m-2, while the fluxes to the sediment were 745 ± 31 and 188 ± 11 Bq.m-2.y-1 in Sicily and Sardinia channels, respectively. 137Cs failed to use for the validation of the established chronologies, while its inventories found 450 Bq.m-2 and 355 Bq.m-2 in the Sicily and Sardinia channel, respectively.

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Relationships among Tubificid Abundances, Sediment Composition, and Accumulation Rates in Lake Erie

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f89-031 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 223-231 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

J. A. Robbins ◽

T. Keilty ◽

D. S. White ◽

D. N. Edgington

Keyword(s):

Organic Carbon ◽

Carbon Flux ◽

Lake Erie ◽

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Tubifex Tubifex ◽

Sediment Reworking ◽

Organic Carbon Flux ◽

Limnodrilus Hoffmeisteri

Sediment cores taken at 15 sites within the three main depositional basins of Lake Erie from 1976 to 1982 were sectioned in 1-cm intervals and analyzed for the abundance and vertical distribution of benthic organisms, 137Cs, and 210Pb (in some cores) and for surficial (upper 2 cm) organic and inorganic carbon. Zoobenthos populations were dominated (>85%) by tubificids (Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, Quistadrilus multisetosus, and Tubifex tubifex) and varied in abundance from 6600 to 55 300 individuals∙m−2. The depth above which 90% of the individuals occurred correlated significantly with their abundance and with radiometrically determined mixed depths. Rates of sediment reworking by tubificids exceeded sedimentation rates by 5–80 times, indicating that worms alone can produce the observed zone of constant tracer activity at the sediment–water interface. Tubificid abundance was not significantly related to organic carbon but instead correlated strongly with the sediment accumulation rate and organic carbon flux. In Lake Erie the abundance of tubificids may be limited by the rate of supply of nutrients as measured roughly in terms of the organic carbon flux.

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Rates of Sediment Accumulation in Pollen Cores from Small Lakes and Mires of Eastern North America

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1016/0033-5894(88)90004-x ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 284-297 ◽

Cited By ~ 68

Author(s):

Robert Stabler Webb ◽

Thompson Webb

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Linear Interpolation ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Eastern North America ◽

Small Lakes ◽

Data Set ◽

Depositional Processes

Data from 291 small lakes and mires in eastern North America provide information on the natural variability of rates of sediment accumulation in these environments over the last 18,000 yr. Accumulation rates were calculated by linear interpolation between radiocarbon and biostratigraphic dates from sediment cores taken for pollen analysis. Within the data set, the rates were lognormally distributed with a mean accumulation rate of 91 cm/103 yr, and a range from less than 1 to over 3500 cm/103 yr. The accumulation rate data were divided into five subsets that were temporally or spatially distinct and therefore represent different geomorphic and climatic conditions at the time of deposition. Sediments deposited in basins north of 50°N, south of 40°N, and before 10,000 yr B.P. accumulated at much slower rates than sediments accumulating in midlatitude basins (between 40° and 50°N) between 10,000 and 330 yr B.P. Sediment accumulation over the last 330 yr has, on average, been at rates four to five times faster than any time previously. Inorganic sediments that could be radiocarbon-dated have accumulated at significantly lower rates than organic sediments, reflecting differences in depositional processes. For midlatitude basins during the Holocene, the most likely rate of continuous sediment accumulation within our data set is 65 cm/103 yr. Rates below 10 cm/103 yr are likely to be associated with nonconstant processes of sediment accumulation.

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Exchange of trace elements at the sediment-water interface during early diagenesis processes

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf9950019 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 19 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

W Petersen ◽

K Wallman ◽

L Pinglin ◽

F Schroeder ◽

HD Knauth

Keyword(s):

Trace Elements ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Early Diagenesis ◽

Water Phase ◽

Laboratory Simulation ◽

Sediment Surface ◽

Water Interface ◽

Large Area ◽

Overlying Water ◽

River Elbe

The exchange processes at the sediment-water interface can significantly influence the transport of trace contaminants in a river. In order to investigate the importance of these processes in the tidal part of the River Elbe, a laboratory 'simulation' apparatus (LABOSI) was used that allows the incubation of undisturbed sediment cores with a relatively large area (1700 cm²) in a closed system under defined conditions (temperature, pH, pE, etc.). Together with measured depth profiles of the pore-water and the solids of the incubated cores before and after the experiment, this method allows all relevant processes to be investigated in all three phases (sediment, overlying water, gas) simultaneously. Under oxic conditions, a flux of heavy metals (Cu, Cd , Zn) into the water phase was observed as a result of the mineralization of organic matter in the thin oxic layer of the sediment (thickness about 3 mm) as well as a flux of manganese caused by diffusion from deeper anoxic layers. Up to 40% of Cd, Zn and Ni and 15% of Zn deposited in the sediment by settling of contaminated suspended particulate matter can be remobilized from the sediment surface by the processes of early diagenesis. Within 14 days, an enrichment of arsenic in the sediment surface caused by diffusion from deeper anoxic layers could be detected. Under anoxic conditions and when the other electron acceptors were consumed, Fe(II) was released and accompanied by a strong remobilization of As, Co and Cr and an accelerated release of Mn(II). This release was soon stopped when the water phase became oxic again, and the trace elements were removed from the water phase by co-precipitation andlor adsorption on the freshly formed hydrous ferric oxides.

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ESTIMATION OF SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION RATE IN JAKARTA BAY USING NATURAL RADIONUCLIDE UNSUPPORTED 210Pb

Indonesian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.22146/ijc.21674 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 309-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ali Arman Lubis ◽

Barokah Aliyanta ◽

Yulizon Menry

Keyword(s):

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Mixing Layer ◽

Natural Radionuclide ◽

Sediment Accumulation Rate ◽

Gravity Core ◽

Unsupported 210Pb ◽

Pips Detector ◽

Alpha Spectrometer

The investigation of sediment accumulation rate has been carried out in Jakarta Bay. The aim of this study is to estimate the accumulation rate of sediment using natural radionuclide 210Pb as a tracer, through the profile of unsupported 210Pb. Sediment cores of 40 cm and 30 cm length were collected using gravity core from 2 locations (TJ22 and TJ17A) in Jakarta Bay. Samples were sliced at 2 cm length, prepared and analyzed using PIPS detector Alpha Spectrometer. The result shows that in TJ22 consist of 3 layers; LS1 in the depth of (0-2) cm as a mixing layer, LS2 (2-16) and LS3 (16-26) cm and TJ17A has 3 layers; LS1 in the depth of (0-6) cm, LS2 (6-18) cm and LS3 (18-24) cm. Accumulation rate of sediment of LS2 and LS3 in TJ22 are 0.583 cm/y and 0.074 cm/y and in TJ17A are 0,852 cm/y and 0.115 cm/y, respectively. The accumulation rate of sediment since 30 years ago is higher than previous period. Keywords: Natural radionuclide, 210Pb, sediment, accumulation rate.

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SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION PROFILE IN MANGROVE RESTORATION AREA OF LEMBAR BAY-LOMBOK ISLAND

Jurnal Ilmu dan Teknologi Kelautan Tropis ◽

10.28930/jitkt.v9i1.17943 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 301

Author(s):

Mohammad Sumiran Paputungan ◽

Alan Frendy Koropitan ◽

Tri Prartono ◽

Ali Arman Lubis

Keyword(s):

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

Coastal Region ◽

Sediment Accumulation Rate ◽

Ecosystem Functions ◽

Sampling Location ◽

Mangrove Restoration ◽

Mangrove Area ◽

Lombok Island

Mangrove restoration is really needed for restoring its ecosystem functions, so that it could be able to support fisheries activity and to protect coastal by extreme weather. In addition, mangrove is able to accumulate sediment that important in protecting the coastal area from sea level rise. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate sediment accumulation rate in mangrove area during post restoration. Sampling location were divided into three different stations based on estimated restoration ages, such as ≥ 15 years old (Station 1), 4 - 10 years old (Station 2) and 2 - 8 years old (Station 3). Sediment cores were carried out by inserting 7.6 cm diameter and 100 cm length of polyvinyl chloride pipes. Sedimentation rate is measured by using Pb-210 radionuclide analysis. The results show that the sediment accumulation rate in the last 20th years from all station ranges from 0.17 to 0.42 g/cm2/year. The highest accumulation rate is found at oldest year old station while the lowest accumulation rate is found at younger year old station of mangrove restoration area. Restoration process is clearly able to recover the mangrove’s role in trapping sediment in coastal region. Keywords: sediment accumulation, mangrove restoration, Lembar Bay- Lombok Island

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Abandonment and rapid infilling of a tide-dominated distributary channel at 0.7 ka in the Mekong River Delta

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-90268-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Marcello Gugliotta ◽

Yoshiki Saito ◽

Thi Kim Oanh Ta ◽

Van Lap Nguyen ◽

Toru Tamura ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Accumulation Rate ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Sediment Accumulation ◽

River Delta ◽

Sediment Supply ◽

Age Dating ◽

Mekong River ◽

Time Range ◽

Mekong River Delta ◽

Distributary Channel

AbstractThe Ba Lai distributary channel of the Mekong River Delta was abandoned and infilled with sediment during the Late Holocene, providing a unique opportunity to investigate the sediment fill, timing and mechanisms of channel abandonment in tide-dominated deltaic systems. Based on analysis and age dating of four sediment cores, we show that the channel was active since 2.6 ka and was abandoned at 0.7 ka as marked by the abrupt disappearance of the sand fraction and increase in organic matter and sediment accumulation rate. We estimate that the channel might have been filled in a time range of 45–263 years after detachment from the deltaic network, with sediment accumulation rates of centimetres to decimetres per year, rapidly storing approximately 600 Mt of organic-rich mud. We suggest that the channel was abandoned due to a sediment buildup favoured by an increase in regional sediment supply to the delta. This study highlights that mechanisms for abandonment and infilling of tide-dominated deltaic channels do not entirely fit widely used models developed for fluvial-dominated environments. Their abandonment might be driven by autogenic factors related to the river-tidal and deltaic dynamics and favoured by allogenic factors (e.g., human impact and/or climate change).

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