Lipid biomarker composition in surface sediments from the Carlsberg Ridge near the Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field |
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Authors: | Shengyi Mao Hongxiang Guan Lihua Liu Xiqiu Han Xueping Chen Juan Yu Yongge Sun Yejian Wang |
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Institution: | CAS Key Laboratory of Gas Hydrate,Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Guangzhou 510640,China;Key Laboratroy of Submarine Geosciences&Second Institute of Oceanography,Ministry of Natural Resources,Hangzhou 310012,China;School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444,China;Institute of Environmental and Biogeochemistry(eBig),School of Earth Sciences,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310027,China |
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Abstract: | Hydrothermal venting has a profound effect on the chemical and biological properties of local and distal seawater and sediments. In this study, lipid biomarkers were analyzed to examine the potential influence of hydrothermal activity on the fate of organic matter (OM) in surface sediments around Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field in the Carlsberg Ridge (CR), Northwest Indian Ocean. By comparing the biomarker distributions of the samples with that of other typical hydrothermal sediments in the mid ocean ridge, it is shown that the location of the samples is not affected by the hydrothermal activity. The relatively low abundances of terrestrial n-alkyl lipids and riverine 1,15-C32 diol suggested a minor contribution of terrigenous OM to the study area. The bacteria contributed predominantly to sedimentary marine OM; however, other marine source organisms, e.g., eukaryotes (i.e., phytoplankton and fungi) could not be completely neglected. The marine-originated biomarkers showed significantly variable distributions between the two sediments, suggesting different dynamic physical and biogeochemical processes controlling the fate of marine OM. This study identified various diagnostic biomarkers (5,5-diethyl alkanes, diols and β-OH FAs), which may have significant environmental implications for future works in this region. |
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Keywords: | Carlsberg Ridge Tianxiu Hydrothermal Field surface sediments biomarkers |
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