In:
Frontiers in Earth Science, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 9 ( 2021-8-11)
Kurzfassung:
Because the shell substance of an ostracod is derived entirely from the water body where it lives, its chemical compositions are sensitive to aquatic environment and thus have been used to reconstruct past climatic and environmental changes. However, there is controversy about the controlling factors for the different compositions of ostracod shells from various water bodies. In this study, seasonal and interannual variations in daily flux and stable oxygen-carbon isotopic compositions (δ 18 O, δ 13 C) for two species of ostracod shells ( Limnocythere inopinata and Eucypris mareotica ) and their controlling factors are discussed, based on ostracod shell samples collected from a time-series sediment trap from July 2010 through September 2012 and from surface sediments in Lake Qinghai, which were correlated with the state-of-the-art sensing data of the lake water. The results show that the daily flux of L. inopinata shells is an order of magnitude higher than that of E. mareotica . The δ 18 O and δ 13 C of both L. inopinata and E. mareotica shells have distinctly interannual and seasonal variations, with species differences. Interannual differences of δ 18 O for the two species of ostracod shells directly reflect the systematic differences of the summer water temperature between 2010 and 2012. We propose that seasonal variations of both δ 18 O and δ 13 C for the two species are affected by the precipitation of authigenic carbonates in microenvironment induced by high water temperature in summers, highlighting their environmental implications in Lake Qinghai.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2296-6463
DOI:
10.3389/feart.2021.727330
Sprache:
Unbekannt
Verlag:
Frontiers Media SA
Publikationsdatum:
2021
ZDB Id:
2741235-0
