Changes in the content of redox sensitive elements (RSE) in sediments are good surrogate indicators for the redox environment of the overlying water. The RSE in the columnar sediments under complex environmental backgrounds through the grain size, total organic carbon and total nitrogen and its isotopes contents, and redox sensitive elements contents of the two columnar sediments (30 cm) in South Central Okinawa Trough are explored in this paper. And to explore the occurrence mechanism and environmental indication significance. The study found that in addition to the depletion of Cr in the columnar sediments, other RSEs showed different degrees of enrichment. The “grain size effect” has little effect on the RSE content of columnar sediments in the Okinawa Trough; analysis and judgment show that seawater surface productivity is the main factor affecting the redox environment of sediments, and RSE is achieved through the adsorption or desorption of Mn (hydrogen) oxides enrichment and loss. Indicators such as δCe, V/(V+Ni), Ni/Co and V/Cr indicate that the sediment is in an oxic-dysoxic water environment. The Mn element in the sediment diffuses upward in the form of Mn2+ through reduction, and is oxidized and enriched by oxygen-containing interstitial water at 25−30 cm to form a manganese peak. The 0−25 cm columnar sediment is in an oxic water column, and 25−30 cm is in a dysoxic water column.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |