Assessing branched tetraether lipids as tracers of soil organic carbon transport through the Carminowe Creek catchment (southwest England)

Guo, Jingjing; Glendell, Miriam; Meersmans, Jeroen; Kirkels, Frédérique; Middelburg, Jack J.; Peterse, Francien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3183-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3183-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3183-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

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24 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 24 Jun 2020

Assessing branched tetraether lipids as tracers of soil organic carbon transport through the Carminowe Creek catchment (southwest England)

Jingjing Guo, Miriam Glendell, Jeroen Meersmans, Frédérique Kirkels, Jack J. Middelburg, and Francien Peterse

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RC1: 'Review of “Assessing branched tetraether lipids as tracers of soil organic carbon transport through the Carminowe catchment (southwest England)”', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to RC#1', Jingjing Guo, 06 May 2020
RC2: 'Review of Guo et al', R. Sparkes, 08 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to RC#2', Jingjing Guo, 06 May 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (14 May 2020) by Anja Engel

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ED: Publish as is (25 May 2020) by Anja Engel

AR by Jingjing Guo on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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The fluxes of soil organic carbon (OC) transport from land to sea are poorly constrained, mostly due to the lack of a specific tracer for soil OC. Here we evaluate the use of specific molecules derived from soil bacteria as a tracer for soil OC in a small river catchment. We find that the initial soil signal is lost upon entering the aquatic environment. However, the local environmental history of the catchment is reflected by these molecules in the lake sediments that act as their sink.