Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique

Research on catchment area have traditionally involved concentration and flux measurement to better understand weathering, transport and cycling of materials from land to sea. Potentially, modification of terrestrial environment can alter the carbon flow in a catchment. This research is to charact...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Shaiful Md Yusuf, Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir, Widad Fadhullah
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15776/
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author Mohamad Shaiful Md Yusuf,
Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir,
Widad Fadhullah,
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Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir,
Widad Fadhullah,
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description Research on catchment area have traditionally involved concentration and flux measurement to better understand weathering, transport and cycling of materials from land to sea. Potentially, modification of terrestrial environment can alter the carbon flow in a catchment. This research is to characterize dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in Sungai Kurau and Tasik Bukit Merah. A progressive depletion of (δ¹³C–DIC: -14.20 ± 0.47‰) towards downstream (δ¹³C–DIC: -24.44 ± 0.59‰) is observed. The trend indicates photosynthesis activity at the upper stream system where microbial respiration process is observed to occur at the Tasik Bukit Merah located at downstream area. The dynamic of carbon pathway is highly affected by allochthonous input and autochthonous process in the catchment system. Land use activities within the catchment can disturb the balance between biological and geological processes which control the carbon pool in Kurau catchment.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:157762020-11-20T17:16:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15776/ Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique Mohamad Shaiful Md Yusuf, Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir, Widad Fadhullah, Research on catchment area have traditionally involved concentration and flux measurement to better understand weathering, transport and cycling of materials from land to sea. Potentially, modification of terrestrial environment can alter the carbon flow in a catchment. This research is to characterize dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in Sungai Kurau and Tasik Bukit Merah. A progressive depletion of (δ¹³C–DIC: -14.20 ± 0.47‰) towards downstream (δ¹³C–DIC: -24.44 ± 0.59‰) is observed. The trend indicates photosynthesis activity at the upper stream system where microbial respiration process is observed to occur at the Tasik Bukit Merah located at downstream area. The dynamic of carbon pathway is highly affected by allochthonous input and autochthonous process in the catchment system. Land use activities within the catchment can disturb the balance between biological and geological processes which control the carbon pool in Kurau catchment. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15776/1/5.pdf Mohamad Shaiful Md Yusuf, and Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir, and Widad Fadhullah, (2020) Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique. Sains Malaysiana, 49 (8). pp. 1809-1817. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid49bil8_2020/KandunganJilid49Bil8_2020.html
spellingShingle Mohamad Shaiful Md Yusuf,
Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir,
Widad Fadhullah,
Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
title Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
title_full Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
title_fullStr Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
title_full_unstemmed Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
title_short Tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
title_sort tracing the carbon flow in tropical watershed using stable isotope technique
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15776/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15776/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15776/1/5.pdf