Content: Organic marine geochemistry : an overview / Mary L. Sohn -- Molecular geochemical indicators in sediments / S.C. Brassell and G. Eglinton -- Sedimentary lipids and polysaccharides as indicators for sources of input, microbial activity, and short-term diagenesis / J.W. de Leeuw -- Phenolic and lignin pyrolysis products of plants, seston, and sediment in a Georgia estuary / Jean K. Whelan, Martha E. Tarafa, and Evelyn B. Sherr -- Characterization of particulate organic matter from sediments in the estuary of the Rhine and from offshore dump sites of dredging spoils / Jaap J. Boon, B. Brandt-de Boer, Wim Genuit, Jan Dallinga, and E. Turkstra -- Origin of organic matter in North American Basin Cretaceous black shales / Rosanne M. Joyce and Edward S. Van Vleet -- The biogeochemistry of chlorophyll / J. William Louda and Earl W. Baker -- Structural analysis of aquatic humic substances by NMR spectroscopy / Andrew H. Gillam and Michael A. Wilson -- Structural interrelationships among humic substances in marine and estuarine sediments as delineated by cross-polarization/magic angle spinning ¹³C NMR / Patrick G. Hatcher and William H. Orem -- Early diagenesis of organic carbon in sediments from the Peruvian upwelling zone / W.T. Cooper, A.S. Heiman, and R.R. Yates -- The biogeochemistry of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Acushnet River Estuary, Massachusetts / John W. Farrington, Alan C. Davis, Bruce J. Brownawell, Bruce W. Tripp, C. Hovey Clifford, and Joaquim B. Livramento -- Polychlorinated biphenyls and hydrocarbons : distributions among bound and unbound lipid fractions of estuarine sediments / H.R. Beller and B.R.T. Simoneit -- Fate of carbonized coal hydrocarbons in a highly industrialized estuary / Terry L. Wade, Mahlon C. Kennicutt, II, and Elizabeth G. Merrill -- Hydrocarbon contamination from coastal development / Richard H. Pierce, Robert C. Brown, Edward S. Van Vleet, and Rosanne M. Joyce -- Distribution of trace organics, heavy metals, and conventional pollutants in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana / Edward B. Overton, Michael H. Schurtz, Kerry M. St. Pé, and Christian Byrne -- Seasonal cycles of dissolved methane in the southeastern Bering Sea / Joel D. Cline, Charles N. Katz, and Kimberly Kelly-Hansen -- Stable hydrogen and carbon isotopic compositions of biogenic methanes from several shallow aquatic environments / Roger A. Burke, Jr. and William M. Sackett -- Polybromomethanes : a year-round study of their release to seawater from Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosis / Philip M. Gschwend and John K. MacFarlane -- Biogeochemical cycling of sulfur : thiols in coastal marine sediments / Kenneth Mopper and Barrie F. Taylor -- Speciation of dissolved sulfur in salt marshes by polarographic methods / George W. Luther, III, Thomas M. Church, Anne E. Giblin, and Robert W. Howarth -- Chemical speciation in high-complexation intensity systems / Robert H. Byrne and William L. Miller -- The adsorption of organomercury compounds from seawater onto sedimentary phases / Cristie Dalland, Eva Schumacher, and Mary L. Sohn -- Effects of humic substances on plutonium speciation in marine systems / G.R. Choppin, R.A. Roberts, and J.W. Morse -- The interaction of trace metal radionuclides with humic substances / Ljerka Musani-Marazović, Danielle Faguet, and Zdenka Konrad
Author(s): Mary L. Sohn (Eds.)
Series: ACS Symposium Series 305
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 1986
Language: English
Pages: 426
City: Washington, DC
Title Page......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
ACS Symposium Series......Page 5
FOREWORD......Page 6
PdftkEmptyString......Page 0
PREFACE......Page 7
Biomarkers......Page 8
Humic Substances......Page 9
Volatile Organic Substances......Page 11
Literature Cited......Page 12
2 Molecular Geochemical Indicators in Sediments......Page 16
Molecular Indicators in Sediments......Page 17
Distributions of Marker Compounds in Marine Sediments......Page 28
Conclusions......Page 34
Literature Cited......Page 36
3 Sedimentary Lipids and Polysaccharides As Indicators for Sources of Input, Microbial Activity, and Short-Term Diagenesis......Page 39
Results and Discussion......Page 42
Literature Cited......Page 66
4 Phenolic and Lignin Pyrolysis Products of Plants, Seston, and Sediment in a Georgia Estuary......Page 68
Methods......Page 69
Results and Discussion......Page 70
Summary......Page 79
Literature Cited......Page 80
5 Characterization of Particulate Organic Matter From Sediments in the Estuary of the Rhine and from Offshore Dump Sites of Dredging Spoils......Page 82
Experimental......Page 83
Results and Discussion......Page 85
Literature cited......Page 95
6 Origin of Organic Matter in North American Basin Cretaceous Black Shales......Page 97
Experimental Methods......Page 98
Results and Discussion......Page 100
Summary......Page 108
Literature Cited......Page 111
7 The Biogeochemistry of Chlorophyll......Page 113
Experimental......Page 114
Results and Discussion......Page 115
Literature Cited......Page 130
8 Structural Analysis of Aquatic Humic Substances by NMR Spectroscopy......Page 133
Solution versus solid state NMR......Page 134
13C-NMR......Page 135
Solution NMR......Page 140
Solid state NMR......Page 143
Conclusions......Page 145
Literature Cited......Page 146
9 Structural Interrelationships among Humic Substances in Marine and Estuarine Sediments As Delineated by Cross-Polarization/Magic Angle Spinning 13C NMR......Page 147
Methods......Page 148
Results......Page 150
Discussion......Page 159
CONCLUSIONS......Page 160
LITERATURE CITED......Page 161
10 Early Diagenesis of Organic Carbon in Sediments from the Peruvian Upwelling Zone......Page 163
Lipid Biomarkers......Page 164
NMR Studies of Sedimentary Organic Matter......Page 165
Experimental......Page 166
Results and Discussion......Page 168
Literature Cited......Page 176
11 The Biogeochemistry of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Acushnet River Estuary, Massachusetts......Page 178
Results and Discussion......Page 180
General Discussion......Page 198
Acknowledgments......Page 199
Literature Cited......Page 200
12 Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Hydrocarbons Distributions among Bound and Unbound Lipid Fractions of Estuarine Sediments......Page 202
Methods......Page 203
Sample Descriptions......Page 206
Results and Discussion......Page 207
Conclusions......Page 215
Literature Cited......Page 216
13 Fate of Carbonized Coal Hydrocarbons in a Highly Industrialized Estuary......Page 219
Methods and Materials......Page 220
Results......Page 222
Discussion and Conclusions......Page 230
Literature Cited......Page 232
14 Hydrocarbon Contamination from Coastal Development......Page 233
Methods......Page 234
Results and Discussion......Page 238
Conclusions......Page 248
Literature Cited......Page 249
15 Distribution of Trace Organics, Heavy Metals, and Conventional Pollutants in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana......Page 251
Sampling Sites......Page 252
Analytical Methods......Page 254
Discussion of Results......Page 255
Conclusions......Page 261
Acknowledgments......Page 273
Literature Cited......Page 274
16 Seasonal Cycles of Dissolved Methane in the Southeastern Bering Sea......Page 275
Methods......Page 276
Physical Setting......Page 277
Seasonal Distributions of Dissolved Methane......Page 279
Processes Controlling the Distribution of Methane......Page 285
Inter-Annual Variations of Dissolved Methane......Page 294
Acknowledgments......Page 297
Literature Cited......Page 298
17 Stable Hydrogen and Carbon Isotopic Compositions of Biogenic Methanes from Several Shallow Aquatic Environments......Page 300
Methods......Page 302
Model of Methane Formation......Page 304
Importance of Alternate Methanogenic Substrates......Page 305
Methane Oxidation......Page 306
Ancillary Data......Page 307
Atmospheric Methane Isotopic Composition......Page 311
Summary......Page 313
Literature Cited......Page 314
18 Polybromomethanes A Year-Round Study of Their Release to Seawater from Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosis......Page 317
METHODS......Page 318
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 319
Literature Cited......Page 325
19 Biogeochemical Cycling of Sulfur Thiols in Coastal Marine Sediments......Page 326
Experimental......Page 327
Results and Discussion......Page 328
Summary and Conclusions......Page 338
Literature Cited......Page 340
20 Speciation of Dissolved Sulfur in Salt Marshes by Polarographic Methods......Page 342
Experimental......Page 344
Results and Discussion......Page 347
Field Results......Page 352
Acknowledgments......Page 355
Literature Cited......Page 356
21 Chemical Speciation in High-Complexation Intensity Systems......Page 358
Trace Metal Complexation in Natural Systems......Page 360
Experimental Examination of Mixed Ligand Stability Constants......Page 363
Summary and Conclusions......Page 367
Literature Cited......Page 368
22 The Adsorption of Organomercury Compounds from Seawater onto Sedimentary Phases......Page 369
Results and Discussion......Page 375
Literature Cited......Page 380
23 Effects of Humic Substances on Plutonium Speciation in Marine Systems......Page 382
Results......Page 384
Discussion......Page 386
Literature Cited......Page 387
24 The Interaction of Trace Metal Radionuclides with Humic Substances......Page 389
Materials and Methods......Page 390
Results......Page 393
Discussion......Page 405
Conclusions......Page 409
Literature Cited......Page 410
Author Index......Page 413
A......Page 414
B......Page 415
C......Page 416
D......Page 417
G......Page 418
H......Page 419
L......Page 420
M......Page 421
P......Page 422
S......Page 424
T......Page 425
Z......Page 426
