@article {36,
	title = {Transfer of organic carbon through marine water columns to sediments - insights from stable and radiocarbon isotopes of lipid biomarkers},
	journal = {Biogeosciences},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2014},
	note = {PT: J; TC: 0; UT: WOS:000346357100026},
	pages = {6895-6914},
	abstract = {Compound-specific C-13 and C-14 compositions of diverse lipid biomarkers (fatty acids, alkenones, hydrocarbons, sterols and fatty alcohols) were measured in sinking particulate matter collected in sediment traps and from underlying surface sediments in the Black Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Ross Sea. The goal was to develop a multiparameter approach to constrain relative inputs of organic carbon (OC) from marine biomass, terrigenous vascular-plant and relict-kerogen sources. Using an isotope mass balance, we calculate that marine biomass in sediment trap material from the Black Sea and Arabian Sea accounted for 66-100\% of OC, with lower terrigenous (3-8 \%) and relict (4-16 \%) contributions. Marine biomass in sediments constituted lower proportions of OC (66-90 \%), with consequentially higher proportions of terrigenous and relict carbon (3-17 and 713 \%, respectively). Ross Sea data were insufficient to allow similar mass balance calculations. These results suggest that, whereas particulate organic carbon is overwhelmingly marine in origin, pre-aged allochthonous terrigenous and relict OC become proportionally more important in sediments, consistent with pre-aged OC being better preserved during vertical transport to and burial at the seafloor than the upper-ocean-derived marine OC.},
	issn = {1726-4170},
	doi = {10.5194/bg-11-6895-2014},
	author = {Wakeham, S. G. and McNichol, A. P.}
}
@article {467,
	title = {Changes in sediment and organic carbon accumulation in a highly-disturbed ecosystem: The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (California, USA)},
	journal = {Marine Pollution Bulletin},
	volume = {59},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1845; Sp. Iss. SI 477XX Times Cited:1 Cited References Count:49Y},
	pages = {154-163},
	abstract = {We used the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta CA (Delta, hereafter) as a model system for understanding how human activities influence the delivery of sediment and total organic carbon (TOC) over the past 50-60 years. Sediment cores were collected from sites within the Delta representing the Sacramento River (SAC), the San Joaquin River (SJR), and Franks Tract (FT), a flooded agricultural tract. A variety of anthropogenic tracers including (CS)-C-137, total DDE (Sigma DDE) and brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) congeners were used to quantify sediment accumulation rates. This information was combined with total organic carbon (TOC) profiles to quantify rates of TOC accumulation. Across the three sites, sediment and TOC accumulation rates were four to eight-fold higher prior to 1972. Changes in sediment and TOC accumulation were coincident with completion of several large reservoirs and increased agriculture and urbanization in the Delta watershed. Radiocarbon content of TOC indicated that much of the carbon delivered to the Delta is "pre-aged" reflecting processing in the Delta watershed or during transport to the sites rather than an input of predominantly contemporary carbon (e.g., 900-1400 years BP in surface sediments and 2200 yrs BP and 3610 yrs BP at the base of the SJR and FT cores, respectively). Together, these data suggest that human activities have altered the amount and age of TOC accumulating in the Delta since the 1940s. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0025-326X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.025},
	author = {Canuel, E. A. and Lerberg, E. J. and Dickhut, R. M. and Kuehl, S. A. and Bianchi, T. S. and Wakeham, S. G.}
}
@article {478,
	title = {Partitioning of organic matter in continental margin sediments among density fractions},
	journal = {Marine Chemistry},
	volume = {115},
	year = {2009},
	note = {id: 1844; 521ZI Times Cited:0 Cited References Count:99Y},
	pages = {211-225},
	abstract = {Hydrodynamic processes sort and redistribute organic matter (OM) and minerals on continental margins. Density fractionations were conducted on sediments from diverse margins (Mexico margin, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River delta, Eel River margin) to investigate the nature, provenance and age of OM among density fractions. Mass. elemental (C and N), lignin, and surface area distributions, as well as stable carbon and radiocarbon isotopic compositions were measured, The lowest density fractions (2.5 g cm(-3)) were OC-poor (\%OC -200 parts per thousand). Ratios of vanillic acid to vanillin (Ad/Al)v among lignin oxidation products increase with increasing particle density suggesting variable lignin sources or selective degradation of lignin among the different density fractions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0304-4203},
	doi = {10.1016/j.marchem.2009.08.005},
	author = {Wakeham, S. G. and Canuel, E. A. and Lerberg, E. J. and Mason, P. and Sampere, T. P. and Bianchi, T. S.}
}
@article {1912,
	title = {Carbon flow in salt marsh sediments: Natural-level radiocarbon as a tracer for incorporation of petroleum-derived carbon into bacteria},
	journal = {Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2006},
	note = {id: 762},
	month = {2006},
	pages = {1761-1771},
	author = {Wakeham, S. G. and McNichol, A. P. and Kostka, J. and Pease, T. K.}
}
@article {1911,
	title = {Natural abundance radiocarbon as a tracer of assimilation of petrolleum carbon by bacteria in salt marsh sediments},
	journal = {Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2006},
	note = {id: 520},
	month = {2006},
	pages = {1761-1771},
	author = {Wakeham, S. G. and McNichol, A. P. and Kostka, J. and Pease, T. K.}
}
@article {585,
	title = {Natural-abundance radiocarbon as a tracer of assimilation of petroleum carbon by bacteria in salt marsh sediments},
	journal = {Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2006},
	note = {030olTimes Cited:27Cited References Count:65},
	month = {Apr 1},
	pages = {1761-1771},
	abstract = {The natural abundance of radiocarbon ((14)C) provides unique insight into the source and cycling of sedimentary organic matter. Radiocarbon analysis of bacterial phospholipid lipid fatty acids (PLFAs) in salt-marsh sediments of southeast Georgia (USA)-one heavily contaminated by petroleum residues-was used to assess the fate of petroleum-derived carbon in sediments and incorporation of fossil carbon into microbial biomass. PLFAs that are common components of eubacterial cell membranes (e.g., branched C(15) and C(17), 10-methyl-C(16)) were depleted in (14)C in the contaminated sediment (mean Delta(14)C value of +25 +/- 19 parts per thousand for bacterial PLFAs) relative to PLFAs in uncontaminated "control" sediment (Delta(14)C = +101 +/- 12 parts per thousand). We suggest that the (14)C-depletion in bacterial PLFAs at the contaminated site results from microbial metabolism of petroleum and subsequent incorporation of petroleum-derived carbon into bacterial membrane lipids. A mass balance calculation indicates that 6-10\% of the carbon in bacterial PLFAs at the oiled site could derive from petroleum residues. These results demonstrate that even weathered petroleum may contain components of sufficient lability to be a carbon source for biomass production by marsh sediment microorganisms. Furthermore, a small but significant fraction of fossil carbon is assimilated even in the presence of a much larger pool of presumably more-labile and faster-cycling carbon substrates. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
	issn = {0016-7037},
	doi = {10.1016/j.gca.2005.12.020},
	author = {Wakeham, S. G. and McNichol, A. P. and Kostka, J. E. and Pease, T. K.}
}
@article {1956,
	title = {Solid-state 13C NMR analysis of size and density fractions of marine sediments: Insight into organic carbon sources and preservation mechanisms},
	journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2006},
	note = {id: 1702},
	month = {2006},
	pages = {666-686},
	author = {Dickens, A. F. and Baldock, J. A. and Smernik, R. J. and Wakeham, S. G. and Arnarson, T. S. and Gelinas, Y. and Hedges, J. I.}
}
@conference {1770,
	title = {Radiocarbon studies of particulate organic carbon in the eastern North Pacific Ocean},
	booktitle = {1994 ocean sciences meeting},
	volume = {75},
	year = {1994},
	note = {id: 1240; 3},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {236},
	address = {San Diego, CA},
	author = {Druffel, E. R. M. and Bauer, J. E. and Williams, P. M. and Griffin, S. and Wolgast, C. Lee and Wakeham, S. G.},
	editor = {University of California at Irvine, Department of Geosciences}
}
