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Nature and sources of suspended particulate organic matter in a tropical estuary during the monsoon and pre-monsoon: Insights from stable isotopes (delta 13C POC, delta 15 N TPN) and carbohydrate signature compounds

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Title Nature and sources of suspended particulate organic matter in a tropical estuary during the monsoon and pre-monsoon: Insights from stable isotopes (delta 13C POC, delta 15 N TPN) and carbohydrate signature compounds
 
Creator Khodse, V.B.
Bhosle, N.B.
 
Subject suspended particulate matter
particulate organic matter
seasonal variations
isotopes
 
Description Mandovi estuary, on the west coast of India, behaves like a fresh water system during the monsoon (June to September), and as a marine system during the pre-monsoon (October to May). The effect of these contrasting conditions on the concentration and composition of suspended particulate carbohydrates was evaluated. Suspended particulate matter (SPM) was collected from 9 stations in the Mandovi estuary during the monsoon (August) and pre-monsoon (March), and was analyzed for delta sup(13)C sub(POC), delta sup(15)N sub(TPN), particulate carbohydrates (PCHO), particulate uronic acid (PUA), and particulate neutral carbohydrate (PNCHO) concentration and composition. POC and PCHO concentrations were influenced by cell numbers of bacteria and phytoplankton during the monsoon and pre-monsoon, respectively. Glucose was the most abundant constituent of PNCHO in both the monsoon and pre-monsoon. Rhamnose, fucose, ribose, galactose, arabinose, and xylose were relatively more abundant during the monsoon than the pre-monsoon. Preferential utilization of glucose results in accumulation of deoxy sugars (i.e. rhamnose plus fucose). The ratios of hexoses/pentoses and mannose/xylose and mol% glucose were relatively lower, and mol percent deoxy sugars were higher during the monsoon than the pre-monsoon. Conversely, during the pre-monsoon, monosaccharide composition did not vary much and was mostly dominated by glucose. Monosaccharide abundance and ratios suggest that organic matter was subjected to extensive diagenetic alterations during the monsoon than the pre-monsoon. Carbohydrate carbon normalized to organic carbon was not useful to assess the degradation state of organic matter. POC containing 13.9 percent of PCHO is transported to coastal waters during the high discharge monsoon period. Dilution, differences in sources, biodegradation and physiological state of phytoplankton appear to affect the transport of particulate carbohydrates in the Mandovi estuary.
 
Date 2012-11-02T10:35:50Z
2012-11-02T10:35:50Z
2012
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Marine Chemistry, vol.145-147; 2012; 16-28
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4197
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Elsevier. Copyright [2012] Elsevier
 
Publisher Elsevier