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Titre :	Variability of Stable Isotope Fingerprints of the Serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus Within a Permanently Stratified Estuary: Implications for (Palaeo)environmental Interpretations
Auteurs :	Sonja Lojen, Auteur ; Marijana Cukrov, Auteur ; Neven Cukrov, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Estuaries and Coasts (37(2) MAR 2014)
Article en page(s) :	436-448
Résumé :	This paper examines how the mixing of freshwater and seawater, and related mixing of freshwater and marine particulate organic matter (POM) in the permanently stratified estuary of the River Krka, Croatia, are reflected in the stable isotope fingerprints of soft tissues and tubes of the serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus. The carbon stable isotope composition (delta C-13 values) of the river-borne POM is retained over long distances, causing a depletion in C-13 of POM in brackish waters. A trophic depletion in C-13 was recorded in serpulid soft tissues. The serpulid carbonate tubes were depleted in C-13 even at locations with salinity close to that of the sea and were subject to large isotope fractionation between dissolved inorganic C (DIC) and carbonate caused by vital effects, making carbonate depleted in C-13 by several per mil compared with DIC. These effects, though large in the freshwater zone, fade towards the sea. The carbonate delta O-18 values of tubes reflect the delta O-18 values of the water. The temperature-related differences in delta O-18 values of tubes from different sites are masked by source-related differences in the delta O-18 values of water arising from mixing of freshwater and seawater in the estuary. Therefore, in serpulide tubes, the terrestrial component can easily be overestimated because of vital effects during biomineralisation and trophic depletion in C-13 in freshwater and brackish environments.

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