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Tracing Carbon Isotope Variations in Lake Sediments Caused by Environmental Factors During the Past Century: A Case Study of Lake Tapeliai, Lithuania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2019

Rūta Barisevičiūtė ,
Evaldas Maceika ,
Žilvinas Ežerinskis ,
Jonas Mažeika ,
Laurynas Butkus ,
Justina Šapolaitė ,
Andrius Garbaras ,
Ričardas Paškauskas ,
Olga Jefanova  and
Jūratė Karosienė
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Rūta Barisevičiūtė*
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
Evaldas Maceika
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
Žilvinas Ežerinskis
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
Jonas Mažeika
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, LT 08412, Lithuania
Laurynas Butkus
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
Justina Šapolaitė
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
Andrius Garbaras
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
Ričardas Paškauskas
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, LT 08412, Lithuania
Olga Jefanova
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, LT 08412, Lithuania
Jūratė Karosienė
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, LT 08412, Lithuania
Jūratė Kasperovičienė
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, LT 08412, Lithuania
Vidmantas Remeikis
Affiliation:
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanorių ave. 231, Vilnius, LT-02300, Lithuania
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*Corresponding author. Email: ruta.bariseviciute@ftmc.lt.
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Abstract

In this study, we examined how land use and urbanization changes in adjacent areas affected biological productivity and carbon cycling in a lake ecosystem over 100 years and how these changes are reflected in carbon isotope variations. We performed radiocarbon (14C) activity and stable carbon isotope ratio analysis in two organic fractions: humin and humic acids of lake sediment. Additionally, we performed pigment and diatom analysis and determined the carbonate and organic matter (OM) content in sediments. Over the last century, the estimated 14C reservoir age in both sediment organic fractions varied from 1136 ± 112 yr to 5733 ± 122 yr. The increase in the reservoir age by 1175 ± 111 yr was related with higher inputs of pre-aged organic carbon and 14C depleted hard water due to the opening of the channel connecting two lakes. Nuclear weapons tests caused an increase in the reservoir age of up to 5421 ± 135 yr and 5733 ± 122 yr in humin and humic acids, respectively. 13C values in the humic acid fraction showed a tendency to decrease, depending on the content of autochthonous versus allochthonous OM in sediments, while changes in the sources of OM had a minor impact on the stable carbon isotope composition in the humin fraction.

Keywords

huminhumic acidslake sedimentsradiocarbon AMS dating
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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , pp. 885 - 903
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