ZHOU Liang, GAO Shu, GAO Jianhua, ZHAO Yangyang, HAN Zhuochen, YANG Yang, JIA Peihong. Reconstructing Environmental Changes of a Coastal Lagoon with Coral Reefs in Southeastern Hainan Island[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2017, 27(3): 402-414. doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0867-9
Citation: ZHOU Liang, GAO Shu, GAO Jianhua, ZHAO Yangyang, HAN Zhuochen, YANG Yang, JIA Peihong. Reconstructing Environmental Changes of a Coastal Lagoon with Coral Reefs in Southeastern Hainan Island[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2017, 27(3): 402-414. doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0867-9

Reconstructing Environmental Changes of a Coastal Lagoon with Coral Reefs in Southeastern Hainan Island

doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0867-9
Funds:  Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41530962)
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  • Corresponding author: GAO Shu. E-mail: shugao@nju.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 2016-05-31
  • Rev Recd Date: 2016-09-05
  • Publish Date: 2017-06-27
  • Coastal lagoons with small catchment basins are highly sensitive to natural processes and anthropogenic activities. To figure out the environmental changes of a coastal lagoon and its contribution to carbon burial, two sediment cores were collected in Xincun Lagoon, southeastern Hainan Island and 210Pb activities, grain size parameters, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total inorganic carbon (TIC) and stable carbon isotopes (δ13C) were measured. The results show that in 1770-1815, the decreasing water exchange capacity with outer open water, probably caused by the shifting and narrowing of the tidal inlet, not only diminished the currents and fined the sediments in the lagoon, but also reduced the organic matter of marine sources. From 1815 to 1950, the sedimentary environment of Xincun Lagoon was frequently influenced by storm events. These extreme events resulted in the high fluctuation of sediment grain size and sorting, as well as the great variation in contributions of terrestrial (higher plants, soils) and marine sources (phytoplankton, algae, seagrass). The extremely high content of TIC, compared to TOC before 1950 could be attributed to the large-scale coverage of coral reefs. However, with the boost of seawater aquaculture activities after 1970, the health growth of coral species was severely threatened, and corresponding production and inorganic carbon burial flux reduced. The apparent enhanced inorganic carbon burial rate after 1990 might result from the concomitant carbonate debris produced by seawater aquaculture. This result is important for local government long-term coastal management and environmental planning.
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Reconstructing Environmental Changes of a Coastal Lagoon with Coral Reefs in Southeastern Hainan Island

doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0867-9
Funds:  Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41530962)
    Corresponding author: GAO Shu. E-mail: shugao@nju.edu.cn

Abstract: Coastal lagoons with small catchment basins are highly sensitive to natural processes and anthropogenic activities. To figure out the environmental changes of a coastal lagoon and its contribution to carbon burial, two sediment cores were collected in Xincun Lagoon, southeastern Hainan Island and 210Pb activities, grain size parameters, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total inorganic carbon (TIC) and stable carbon isotopes (δ13C) were measured. The results show that in 1770-1815, the decreasing water exchange capacity with outer open water, probably caused by the shifting and narrowing of the tidal inlet, not only diminished the currents and fined the sediments in the lagoon, but also reduced the organic matter of marine sources. From 1815 to 1950, the sedimentary environment of Xincun Lagoon was frequently influenced by storm events. These extreme events resulted in the high fluctuation of sediment grain size and sorting, as well as the great variation in contributions of terrestrial (higher plants, soils) and marine sources (phytoplankton, algae, seagrass). The extremely high content of TIC, compared to TOC before 1950 could be attributed to the large-scale coverage of coral reefs. However, with the boost of seawater aquaculture activities after 1970, the health growth of coral species was severely threatened, and corresponding production and inorganic carbon burial flux reduced. The apparent enhanced inorganic carbon burial rate after 1990 might result from the concomitant carbonate debris produced by seawater aquaculture. This result is important for local government long-term coastal management and environmental planning.

ZHOU Liang, GAO Shu, GAO Jianhua, ZHAO Yangyang, HAN Zhuochen, YANG Yang, JIA Peihong. Reconstructing Environmental Changes of a Coastal Lagoon with Coral Reefs in Southeastern Hainan Island[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2017, 27(3): 402-414. doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0867-9
Citation: ZHOU Liang, GAO Shu, GAO Jianhua, ZHAO Yangyang, HAN Zhuochen, YANG Yang, JIA Peihong. Reconstructing Environmental Changes of a Coastal Lagoon with Coral Reefs in Southeastern Hainan Island[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2017, 27(3): 402-414. doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0867-9
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