Table 1 Dwarf red mangrove fresh leaves: Biochemical and isotopic characteristics of separated chemical fractions
From: Isotopic and molecular distributions of biochemicals from fresh and buried Rhizophora mangle leaves†
Leaf samples | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leaf fraction | Parameter | Dl | D2 | D3 | Mean | St dev |
Bulk leaf | δ13C (‰) | -24.82 | -24.21 | -24.84 | -24.62 | 0.36 |
δ15N (‰) | -12.14 | -11.35 | -6.47 | -9.99 | 3.07 | |
TOC (‰) | 51.57 | 43.89 | 50.35 | 48.60 | 4.13 | |
TN (%) | 1.12 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 0.02 | |
C/N | 53.72 | 44.73 | 52.94 | 50.46 | 4,98 | |
Lipids | Composition (%) | 9.42 | 5.80 | 7.23 | 7.49 | 1.83 |
δ13C (‰) | -27.06 | -27.67 | -29.15 | -27.96 | 1.07 | |
TOC (%) | 42.68 | 61.81 | 66.83 | 57.11 | 12.75 | |
Acid hydrolysate | Composition(%) | 4.25 | 5.74 | 3.78 | 4.59 | 1.02 |
δ13C (‰) | -22.97 | -23.10 | -23.47 | -23.18 | 0.26 | |
δ15N (‰) | -11.87 | -11.83 | -2.65 | -8.78 | 5.31 | |
TOC (%) | 27.68 | 25.97 | 24.55 | 26.07 | 1.57 | |
TN(%) | 2.92 | 2.42 | 2.18 | 2.51 | 0.38 | |
C/N | 11.06 | 12 52 | 13.14 | 12.24 | 1.07 | |
Water soluble | Composition (%) | 5.24 | 19.59 | 20.51 | 15.11 | 8.56 |
δ13C (‰) | -25.34 | -25.24 | -26.11 | -25.56 | 0.48 | |
TOC (%) | 31.09 | 26.63 | 31.52 | 29.75 | 2.71 | |
Remainder | Composition (%) | 81.08 | 68.87 | 68.48 | 72.81 | 7.16 |
δ13C (‰) | -24.55 | -24.78 | -24.67 | -24.67 | 0.12 | |
TOC (%) | 59.91 | 54.62 | 59.77 | 58.10 | 3.01 | |