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Vertical distributions of lipid biomarkers in spring and summer in coastal regions of the East China Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 , DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1384334 Jiawei Gao , Shulan Xu , Rong Bi , Yaoyao Wang , Yang Ding , Hong Che , Jing Zhang , Peng Yao , Jie Shi , Meixun Zhao
Frontiers in Marine Science ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 , DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1384334 Jiawei Gao , Shulan Xu , Rong Bi , Yaoyao Wang , Yang Ding , Hong Che , Jing Zhang , Peng Yao , Jie Shi , Meixun Zhao
Lipid biomarkers are amongst the most widely used proxies in studies of the structure and functioning of marine food webs. However, vertical distributions of lipid biomarkers and their controlling mechanisms remain unclear, especially in highly dynamic coastal ecosystems. Here we tested vertical profiles of key lipid biomarkers (sterols and fatty acids) in suspended particles and their correlations with water masses in spring of 2017 and summer of 2018 in the Zhejiang coasts of the East China Sea. The Changjiang Diluted Water, the Taiwan Strait Water and the Kuroshio Subsurface Water showed strong contributions in the surface layer in spring, the surface layer in summer, and the deep layer in both seasons, respectively. Accordingly, lipid biomarker composition also varied between different water layers. Overall, lipid biomarker concentrations in the surface layer were around 2 ~ 7 times higher than those in the deep layer, indicating high phytoplankton biomass in the surface layer. The ratio of docosahexaenoic acid to eicosapentaenoic acid was also higher in the surface layer, especially in the south of our study region, suggesting high nutritional quality of particulate organic matters in the surface layer. Significant correlations between the depth profiles of lipid biomarkers and water masses suggested the control of water masses on lipid biomarker production. The distribution patterns of lipid biomarkers in our study are consistent with previous findings on zooplankton grazing and fish larvae, highlighting the significance of lipid biomarkers as trophic markers to study food web structure and functioning in highly dynamic coasts.
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