Annual sediment respiration in estuarine sandy intertidal flats in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan |
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Authors: | Akiko Sasaki Yu Hagimori Ichiro Yuasa Takayuki Nakatsubo |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Environmental Dynamics and Management, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan;(2) Coastal Environment and Monitoring Research Group, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan |
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Abstract: | To quantify organic matter mineralization at estuarine intertidal flats, we measured in situ sediment respiration rates using an infrared gas analyzer in estuarine sandy intertidal flats located in the northwestern Seto Inland Sea, Japan. In situ sediment respiration rates showed spatial and seasonal variations, and the mean of the rates is 38.8 mg CO2-C m−2 h−1 in summer. In situ sediment respiration rates changed significantly with sediment temperature at the study sites (r 2 = 0.70, p < 0.05), although we did not detect any significant correlations between the rates and sediment characteristics. We prepared a model for estimating the annual sediment respiration based on the in situ sediment respiration rates and their temperature coefficient (Q 10 = 1.8). The annual sediment respiration was estimated to be 92 g CO2-C m−2 year−1. The total amount of organic carbon mineralization for the entire estuarine intertidal flats through sediment respiration (43 t C year−1) is equivalent to approximately 25% of the annual organic carbon load supplied from the river basin of the estuary. |
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