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Carbon Isotopes as Tracers of Organic and Inorganic Carbon in Baltic Sea Sediments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2018

G Lujanienė ,
H-C Li ,
J Mažeika ,
R Paškauskas ,
N Remeikaitė-Nikienė ,
G Garnaga-Budrė ,
L Levinskaitė ,
K Jokšas ,
D Bugailiškytė  and
S Šemčuk
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G Lujanienė*
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
H-C Li
Affiliation:
NTUAMS Laboratory at National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
J Mažeika
Affiliation:
SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
R Paškauskas
Affiliation:
SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
N Remeikaitė-Nikienė
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania EPA, Department of Marine Research, Klaipeda, Lithuania
G Garnaga-Budrė
Affiliation:
EPA, Department of Marine Research, Klaipeda, Lithuania
L Levinskaitė
Affiliation:
SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
K Jokšas
Affiliation:
SRI Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania Vilnius University, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius, Lithuania
D Bugailiškytė
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
S Šemčuk
Affiliation:
SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
A Kačergius
Affiliation:
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Vokė Branch, Vilnius, Lithuania
A Stankevičius
Affiliation:
Marine Research Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania
V Stirbys
Affiliation:
Marine Research Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania
P P Povinec
Affiliation:
Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Distributions of Δ14CTOC studied in bottom sediments collected during 2011–2016 in the Curonian Lagoon and in the open Baltic Sea indicated wide variations of Δ14CTOC values. Laboratory experiments on differential carbon utilization by Pseudomonas putida isolated from bottom sediments were carried out for better understanding of impacts of different sources on Δ14CTOC variations. Preferential glucose uptake (up to 80%) as a carbon source and a rather low (2–10%) inorganic carbon incorporation was found in media with diesel fuel. Pseudomonas putida a specific biomarker analyzed in biomass cultivated on the media with different carbon sources has been used to characterize microbial communities responsible for degradation of organic substances in bottom sediments. Large 14C depletions observed in sediments collected in the Gotland Deep of the Baltic Sea may indicate leakage from dumped chemical weapons.

Keywords

Δ14CTOCBaltic Sea sedimentscarbon sourcesPseudomonas putida
Type
Water, Sediment, Karst
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 60 , Special Issue 5: 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Debrecen, Hungary, July 3–7, 2017 Part 2 of 2 and Radiocarbon & Diet 2 International Conference Aarhus, Denmark, June 20–23, 2017 , October 2018 , pp. 1493 - 1505
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Selected Papers from the 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Debrecen, Hungary, 3–7 July 2017

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