Submarine groundwater discharge in Dongshan Bay, China: A master regulator of nutrients in spring and potential national significance of small bays

Autor: Yafei Sun, Guizhi Wang, Yubin Weng, Qing Li, Fei Zhang, Weizhen Jiang, Guiyuan Dai, Wen Lin, Shengyao Sun, Yiyong Jiang, Yuanjing Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-7745
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1164589
Popis: Despite over 90% of China’s coastal bays have an area less than 500 km2, the geochemical effects of SGD on those ecosystems are ambiguous. Based on mapping and time-series observations of Ra isotopes and nutrients, a case study of small bays ( 0.90 except for soluble reactive phosphorus in the surface) suggested the predominance of SGD in controlling nutrient distribution in the bay. Extrapolated to a national scale, the SGD-carried dissolved inorganic nitrogen flux in small bays was twice as much as those in large bays (>2,000 km2). Thus, the SGD-carried nutrients in small bays merit immediate attention in environmental monitoring and management.
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