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Organic Geochemistry 85 (2015) 32–41 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Organic Geochemistry journal homepage: www.elsevi /locat e/orggeochem Mangrove development and its response to environmental change in Yingluo Bay (SW China) during the last 150 years: Stable carbon isotopes and mangrove pollen Peng Xia a, Xianwei Meng a,b,⇑, Zhen Li c, Aiping Feng a, Ping Yin d, Yongqiang Zhang a a First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China b Function Laboratory for Marine Geology, National Oceanography Laboratory, Qingdao 266061, China c State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China d Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey, Qingdao 266071, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Located at the interface of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, mangroves are particularly sensitive to Received 30 October 2014 environmental change. They provide a sedimentary sink for organic carbon, whereby cores can provide Received in revised form 3 April 2015 detailed records of mangrove species. We aimed to trace the history of mangrove development over Accepted 17 April 2015 the past 150 years in Yingluo Bay, SW China. Sedimentation rates (avg. 0.32 and 0.37 cm/year) were cal- Available online 25 April 2015 210 culated on the basis of ln( Pbex) vs. mass depth, and offs