IRON-SULFUR-MANGANESE DYNAMICS IN INTERTIDAL SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF THE NORTH SEA
IRON-SULFUR-MANGANESE DYNAMICS IN INTERTIDAL SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF THE NORTH SEA
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北海潮间带表面沉积物中的铁-硫-锰动力学
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2003
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B. Jørgensen
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K. Bosselmann;M. Böttcher;M. Billerbeck;E. Walpersdorf;A. Theune;M. Huettel;B. Jørgensen
In coastal marine sediments the decomposition of organic matter is catalyzed by microorganisms using oxygen, nitrate, manganese and iron(oxyhydr)oxides and sulfate as the terminal electron acceptors (e. g., FROELICH et al., 1979; JORGENSEN, 2000). Up to more than 50% of the oxidation processes are related to microbial sulfate reduction. A number of complex microbial and non-biological reactions typically takes place in marine surface sediments. Intertidal surface sediments are the ideal sites to study the influence of dynamic boundary conditions on early diagenetic biogeochemical element transformations and their impact on the element transfers across the sediment-water interface. The present study concentrates on the dynamic reactions within the coupled biogeochemical cycles of oxygen, manganese, iron and sulfur in different intertidal surface sediments on a seasonal basis. The main purpose was to increase our understanding of element dynamics and their relation to factors like, e. g., sediment type (and corresponding organic matter and metal load), temperature, and hydrodynamics. The main interest was in the factors controlling the dynamics of manganese, iron and sulfur in different types of intertidal sediments. During early diagenesis, manganese(IV) and iron(III)(oxyhydr)oxides can be reduced and recirculated through various redox processes (e. g., THAMDRUP et al., 1994; CANFIELD et al., 1993) and are, therefore, important for material and energy flow. Measurements were carried out to investigate the dynamics of biogeochemical reactions within the coupled sedimentary oxygen, sulfur, carbon, manganese and iron cycles on the time scales of tidal cycles, day-night changes and seasons. The investigations were carried out in the field (in situ) as well as by laboratory incubations. Sediment cores and interstitial waters were typically analyzed down to about 20 cm depth.