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Enhanced benthic nitrous oxide and ammonium production after natural oxygenation of long‐term anoxic sediments

SND-ID: 2022-12

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Astrid Hylén - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Stefano Bonaglia - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Elizabeth Robertson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Ugo Marzocchi - Aarhus University, Department of Biology

Mikhail Kononets - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Description

In this study, we describe the long-term impact of a natural oxygenation event on the fate of fixed nitrogen in the sediment. We investigated whether the newly oxygenated sediments were sites of efficient removal of fixed nitrogen through denitrification and anammox, which environmental factors affected the division between nitrate reduction processes, and whether nitrate from the water column or sedimentary nitrification was fuelling nitrate reduction processes in the sediment. We conducted three yearly samplings in 2016, 2017, and 2018, where we performed in situ measurements of nitrate reduction process rates and sediment–water fluxes of nutrients, oxygen and dissolved inorganic carbon . We additionally collected sediment samples and measured sediment microprofiles of oxygen, nitrous oxide and hydrogen sulphide to gain further insights into the spatial distribution of the processes in surface sediments.

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Department of Marine Sciences

Funding 1

Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
Funding agency's reference number: 2015-03717
Project name on the application: Effect of a natural Baltic oxygenation-deoxygenation cycle on benthic recycling of P, N, Si and C - An in situ observation and modelling study

Funding 2

Funding agency: Grundfos Foundation

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Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

2016-04-10 – 2018-04-30

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Baltic Sea

Geographic description: Eastern Gotland Basin, Baltic Sea

Topic and keywords

Research area

Geochemistry, Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources, Environmental Management (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

sediment composition, sediment chemistry, marine sediment, mud (sediment), sediment, biogeochemical process, nitrogen retention, nitrogen removal, nitrogen metabolism, ammonium nitrogen compounds, organic matter, nitrogen-15, dissolved inorganic nitrogen, nitrogen cycle, oxygen consumption, sediment organic content proportion, nitrogen-15 method, sediment chemistry, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen dioxide, sediment content, sediment oxygen demand, marine sediment

Publications

Hylén, A., S. Bonaglia, E. Robertson, U. Marzocchi, M. Y. Kononets, and P. O. J. Hall. 2022. Enhanced benthic nitrous oxide and ammonium production after natural oxygenation of long‐term anoxic sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1–15. doi:10.1002/lno.12001
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12001

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Processes and pools in the benthic nitrogen cycle after natural oxygenation of long-term anoxic sediment

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NitrateReduction.csv (4.77 KB)

Fluxes.csv (6.47 KB)

SedimentProperties.csv (7.48 KB)

Microprofiles.csv (64.92 KB)

StationInfo.csv (945 bytes)

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ReadMe_Fluxes.txt

ReadMe_Microprofiles.txt

ReadMe_NitrateReduction.txt

ReadMe_SedimentProperties.txt

ReadMe_StationInfo.txt

Description

The data set contains 5 files with the following data:

- Station information; locations, sediment surface and bottom water conditions
- Sediment properties; carbon and nitrogen in the sediment solid phase, porosity, pore water concentrations of NOx and NH4.
- Microsensor measurements of O2, N2O and H2S
- Sediment-water fluxes of oxygen, dissolved inorganic carbon, NH4 and NOx
- Nitrate reduction rates in the sediment

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Version 1

2022-04-05
https://doi.org/10.5878/7hr7-s215

Citation

Astrid Hylén, Stefano Bonaglia, Elizabeth Robertson, Ugo Marzocchi, Mikhail Kononets, Per Hall. University of Gothenburg (2022). Processes and pools in the benthic nitrogen cycle after natural oxygenation of long-term anoxic sediment. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. https://doi.org/10.5878/7hr7-s215

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Astrid Hylén - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Stefano Bonaglia - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Elizabeth Robertson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Ugo Marzocchi - Aarhus University, Department of Biology

Mikhail Kononets - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Astrid Hylén - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Stefano Bonaglia - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Elizabeth Robertson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Ugo Marzocchi - Aarhus University, Department of Biology

Mikhail Kononets - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

Per Hall - University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences

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Published: 2022-04-05

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