Carbonate system in the subtropical Jiulong River estuary and CO2 flux estimation under modulation of tidal cycle
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Abstract: Estuaries are often a significant source of atmospheric CO2. However, studies of carbonate systems have predominantly focused on large estuaries, while smaller estuaries have scarcely been documented. In this study, we collected surface and bottom seawater carbonate samples in the subtropical Jiulong River estuary across different tidal levels from 2019 to 2021. The results showed that estuarine mixing of freshwater from the river with seawater was the dominant factor influencing the estuarine carbonate system. Moreover, estuarine mixing is concomitantly impacted by the net metabolism of biological production and decomposition, groundwater input, release of CO2 from the estuary, and precipitation or dissolution of calcium carbonate. The estuarine partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) varied from 530 to
7715 μatm, which represents a strong source of atmospheric CO2. The mean annual air-sea CO2 flux estimated from three different parameterized equations was approximately (25.63 ± 10.25) mol/m2/yr. Furthermore, the annual emission to the atmosphere was approximately (0.031 ± 0.012) Tg C, which accounts for a mere0.0077 %-0.015% of global estuarine emissions. Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity (TA) and the pCO2 exhibited high variability throughout the tidal cycle across all cruises. Specifically, the disparities observed between DIC and TA during low and high tides at identical stations during all cruises ranged from approximately 15% to 30%. The variance in the pCO2 was even more pronounced, ranging from approximately 30% to 40%. Thus, tidal discrepancies may need to be taken into consideration to estimate the CO2 flux from estuarine systems more accurately.-
Key words:
- carbonate system /
- tidal cycle /
- estuarine mixing /
- Jiulong River estuary
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Figure 1. Map of Jiulong River estuary with the location of the sampling stations. Different symbols represent different cruises, and the dotted lines are the boundaries of the upper ,middle, and lower reaches of the estuary. The sampling stations J4, J8, J10, J12, J14 were consistently surveyed across the seven cruises in this study.
Figure 6. Diagrams of the concentrations of DIC and dissolved carbon dioxide ([CO2]) versus salinity during estuarine mixing. (a) represents the calculation of the DIC composition of the estuary, with salinity on the X-axis and DIC concentration on the Y-axis; (b) represents the calculation of [CO2] composition of the estuary, with salinity on the X-axis and dissolved CO2 concentration on the Y-axis.
Table 1. The range of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and turbidity parameters for all cruises, by Mean±SD.
Date Tide T/℃ Salinity DO/% Turb/FTU Upper Middle Lower Upper Middle Lower Upper Middle Lower Upper Middle Lower 20210626 Low 28.1±0.3 27.8±0.3 27.9±0.7 0.3 8.0±7.0 28.8±2.6 68.6±7.3 64.6±8.9 82.9±2.4 High 28.6±0.3 27.9±0.5 27.3±0.6 1.4±1.6 21.9±6.5 31.4±1.8 60.5±10.6 79.4±8 93.7±2.4 20211021 Low 26.3±0.2 25.7±0.3 26.0±0.2 1.5±0.7 11.8±5.6 27.7±3.4 59.3±6.3 53.7±19.8 68.6±3.3 99.4±75.8 85.3±36.5 61.9±38 High 25.9±0.2 25.7±0.2 26.1±0.1 9.7±6 25.1±5 31.9±0.5 52.9±9.9 68.8±12 79.6±4.3 123.5±82.8 83.7±71.5 117.2±113 20211027 Low 24.8±0.2 24.2±0.3 24.2±0.2 1.6±1.7 11.9±5.4 27.7±3 56.6±2.8 53.7±12.4 63.8±8.1 77.0±41.9 76.4±59.7 53.2±70.4 High 25±0.2 24.4±0.1 24.4±0.1 7.7±4.3 23.2±5.3 30.5±0.7 54.4±6.8 63.6±10 70.8±14 51.7±39.3 42.4±19.9 34.7±21.9 20190119 19.0±0.6 18.1±0.5 17.5±0.3 4.5±3.1 14.9±4.8 24.4±0.9 Table 2. The range of carbonate parameters for all cruises, by Mean±SD. The pCO2 data is only for the surface water, and the rest includes the surface and bottom water.
Season Cruise Tide DIC/μmol kg−1 TA/μmol kg−1 pH pCO2/μatm Upper Middle Lower Upper Middle Lower Upper Middle Lower Upper Middle Lower Summer 20210626 Low 1035 ±451281 ±2121850±72 867±55 1198 ±2731984±111 7.0±0.1 7.2±0.2 7.8±0.1 5599 ±18683245 ±1496 841±187 High 1093 ±761664 ±1691900±48 952±89 1720 ±2372074 ±717.0 7.6±0.2 7.8 4760 ±2641309 ±613657±62 Seasonal average 1549 ±3621574 ±4987.5±0.4 2620 ±2093 Autumn 20211021 Low 1115 ±531515 ±1501868±63 1029 ±721503 ±1781958±94 7.2±0.1 7.5±0.1 7.7±0.1 2757 ±6491527 ±3081007 ±138High 1431 ±1761812±97 1944±11 1397 ±2061898±145 2129 ±187.4±0.1 7.7±0.1 7.9 1886±336 922±174 613±12 20211027 Low 1072 ±741540 ±1621881±51 954±103 1502 ±2261966±79 7.1±0.1 7.4±0.3 7.7±0.1 3473 ±7521409 ±4901029 ±192High 1422 ±2071811±90 1941±12 1334 ±2141875±136 2092 ±287.2±0.1 7.7±0.1 7.8 3239 ±6221013 ±251686±65 Seasonal average 1594 ±3141608 ±4087.5±0.3 1771 ±1060 Winter 20190119 1349 ±1841707 ±1221941±23 1306 ±1841708 ±1772028±39 7.5±0.2 7.6±0.2 7.8±0.1 1335 ±6561576 ±1065 711±204 Seasonal average 1633 ±2421633 ±2977.6±0.2 1369 ±880Table 3. CO2 fluxes at the air-sea interface of JRE.
Cruise Zone T/℃ S/PSU ΔpCO2/µatm U10/m·s−1 F(Jiang2008) F(Vam2019) F (Ho2011) Fluxes/mmol−1·m−2·d−1 20210626LT Upper 28.0 0.3 5216 2.07 199.81 ± 71.74 292.57 ± 105.04 53.99 ± 19.38 182.12 ± 120.27 Middle 28.0 7.3 2857 2.07 107.22 ± 58.98 157 ± 86.37 28.97 ± 15.94 97.73 ± 64.54 Lower 27.8 27.6 449 2.07 15.08 ± 6.59 22.08 ± 9.65 4.07 ± 1.78 13.74 ± 9.08 20210626HT Upper 28.8 1.1 4375 2.07 167.30 ± 10.65 244.97 ± 15.59 45.20 ± 2.88 152.49 ± 100.71 Middle 27.6 20.4 918 2.07 32.54 ± 22.91 47.65 ± 33.54 8.79 ± 6.19 29.66 ± 19.59 Lower 27.4 30.8 263 2.07 8.61 ± 2.20 12.61 ± 3.23 2.33 ± 0.6 7.85 ± 5.18 20211021LT Upper 26.2 1.4 2355 3.05 113.75 ± 31.62 158.18 ± 43.97 51.75 ± 14.38 107.89 ± 53.46 Middle 25.7 10.8 1129 3.05 52.40 ± 15.53 72.87 ± 21.59 23.84 ± 7.06 49.71 ± 24.63 Lower 25.8 25.2 612 3.05 26.37 ± 6.42 36.67 ± 8.93 12 ± 2.92 25.01 ± 12.39 20211021HT Upper 25.9 8.2 1486 3.05 69.87 ± 17.30 97.16 ± 24.06 31.78 ± 7.87 66.27 ± 32.83 Middle 25.7 23.8 525 3.05 22.87 ± 8.23 31.81 ± 11.44 10.41 ± 3.74 21.7 ± 10.75 Lower 26.0 31.7 216 3.05 8.89 ± 0.52 12.36 ± 0.72 4.04 ± 0.24 8.43 ± 4.18 20211027LT Upper 24.9 1.0 3069 4.34 213.58 ± 53.06 251.69 ± 62.53 135.16 ± 33.58 200.14 ± 59.42 Middle 24.3 11.1 1008 4.34 67.47 ± 34.45 79.51 ± 40.60 42.69 ± 21.8 63.22 ± 18.77 Lower 24.1 25.3 631 4.34 39.08 ± 12.17 46.06 ± 14.34 24.73 ± 7.7 36.63 ± 10.87 20211027HT Upper 25.1 6.4 2836 4.34 192.46 ± 42.18 226.81 ± 49.7 121.79 ± 26.69 180.35 ± 53.54 Middle 24.4 22.3 615 4.34 38.88 ± 16.95 45.82 ± 19.98 24.6 ± 10.73 36.43 ± 10.82 Lower 24.4 30.2 287 4.34 17.21 ± 4.06 20.29 ± 4.78 10.89 ± 2.57 16.16 ± 4.79 20190119 Upper 19.3 5.2 929 1.6 33.35 ± 23.84 47.88 ± 34.23 6.04 ± 4.32 29.09 ± 21.24 Middle 18.4 14.1 1171 1.6 40.65 ± 37.38 58.36 ± 53.67 7.37 ± 6.77 35.46 ± 25.89 Lower 17.7 23.8 308 1.6 9.99.16 ± 6.75 14.34 ± 9.69 1.81 ± 1.22 8.71 ± 6.36 Table 4. End-member values of DIC and TA used in mixing model calculation
Date River end-member Ocean end-member DIC/μmol kg−1 TA/μmol kg−1 Salinity DIC/μmol kg−1 TA/μmol kg−1 Salinity 20210626 958 827 0.3 1920 2112 32.2 20211021 1027 917 0.5 1954 2145 32.1 20211027 975 831 0.2 1954 2145 32.1 20190119 1181 1101 1.8 2045 2203 32 Note: The ocean end-member for January 19, 2019 utilizes Lin’s observations near Xiamen Bay (Lin, 2012), and the rest is from this study. The ocean end-member for both October 21st and October 27th is identical due to the presence of low salinity at the farthest station on the latter date. Consequently, the high-salinity end-member from October 21st is selected in both cruises. Table 5. The sea surface pCO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes from different estuaries in the world.
Estuary Country Area/km2 pCO2/µatm CO2 flux/mol m-2 yr-1 Reference Jiulong River Estuary China 110 530~ 7715 25.7 This study Modaomen Estuary China 1012 30.8 Tang et al. (2018) Yangtze River Estuary China 10800 650~ 4600 14.6 Zhai et al. (2007) Yellow River Estuary China 1521 6.14 Shen et al. (2020) Hooghly estuary India 325 559~ 3679 47.3 Akhand et al. (2022) Mekong inner estuary Vietnam 44.2 Borges et al. (2018) Tagus estuary Portugal 320 487~ 4575 33.6 Oliveira et al. (2017) Elbe inner estuary Germany 276 380~ 2200 40.4 Amann et al. (2015) Guadalquivir estuary Spain 39 520~ 3606 31.1 De la Paz et al. (2007) Coffs Creek estuary Australia 403~ 7920 18.4 Jeffrey et al. (2018) Neuse River Estuary US 455 196~ 2510 4.7 Crosswell et al. (2012) -
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