西沙永兴岛珊瑚礁与礁坪生物生态学研究

20 0 2年 8月对西沙永兴岛珊瑚礁与礁坪生物进行了生态学调查。珊瑚礁调查采用选取断面布设样框的方式进行覆盖率的定量调查 ,水下照相和录相拍摄的珊瑚种类作为定性调查资料 ,并将调查结果与 1978年结果对比 ,以说明该区域珊瑚礁的变化趋势。礁坪生物的采样采用取样框和走样线相结合的方式 ,获取定性定量资料 ,并采用Shannon Weaver多样性指数 (H′)和Pielou均匀度指数 (J)来说明永兴岛礁坪生物的物种多样性和物种分布的均匀性情况。结果表明 ,永兴岛珊瑚种类丰富 ,共发现 2 9种珊瑚 ,造礁珊瑚覆盖率较高 ,但 2 0多年来珊瑚有较明显的退化趋势。礁坪生物初步鉴定有 5 4种 ;平均生物量为 395 78g/m2 ,平均栖息密度为 6 3ind/m2 ;生物数量和物种多样性的水平分布趋势一致 ,即礁坪北侧最高 ,南侧居中 ,西侧最低 ,这种现象与岛屿西侧受人类活动干扰程度较大有关 ;数量的垂直分布 :生物量为低潮区 >中潮区 >高潮区 ,栖息密度为高潮区 >中潮区 >低潮区 ;物种多样性的垂直分布存在自高潮区向低潮区递增的趋势。     

海南岛造礁石珊瑚资源初步调查与分析

采用断面法调查于2007年4月至10月对海南岛周边区域的造礁石珊瑚进行调查,结果显示:海南岛周边调查区域造礁石珊瑚有13科95种,优势种为丛生盔形珊瑚、多孔鹿角珊瑚、标准蜂巢珊瑚、五边角蜂巢珊瑚、秘密角蜂巢珊瑚、精巧扁脑珊瑚、梳状菊花珊瑚、澄黄滨珊瑚、二异角孔珊瑚、十字牡丹珊瑚等.海南岛周边活造礁石珊瑚覆盖率为32.74％,其中东部29.84％、南部44.43％、西部17.38％;死造礁石珊瑚覆盖率为3％,其中东部2.29％、南部4.81％、西部1.06％.海南岛造礁石珊瑚补充量为0.44 ind/m2,其中东部为0.56 ind/m2、南部为0.52 ind/m2、西部为0.24ind/m2,总体上,海南岛周边近岸造礁石珊瑚分布状况为南部种类及覆盖度最多,东部次之,西部较少.从地理位置及造礁石珊瑚的空间分布情况来看,海南岛造礁石珊瑚分布呈现由南往北随纬度增高而递减的趋势,分析认为,这主要与珊瑚浮浪幼虫占领新的生境有关.随着近几年过度捕捞、海水养殖、旅游观光等持续进行,海南岛近岸部分区域的造礁石珊瑚呈退化趋势.     

海南岛东海岸长圮海域珊瑚分布与波能的关系

造礁石珊瑚群落结构和空间分布规律的研究是珊瑚礁生态系统研究中的重要方面.研究珊瑚物种空间分布规律与波能的关系,对于研究珊瑚礁生态系统演替规律,保护和恢复珊瑚礁生态系统具有重要参考价值.文章以长圮海域波浪和造礁石珊瑚群落结构为研究对象,分析了该海域的水流和波能特征以及造礁石珊瑚的空间分布规律,探讨波浪对造礁石珊瑚空间分布规律的影响.结果显示,珊瑚随水深分布经历一个递增和递减的过程,只是不同珊瑚峰值的出现因不同水深的波浪特征而异.枝状珊瑚峰值出现在波浪作用相对较弱而光照充足的区域,而块状珊瑚由于生长速度较慢,所以在生态位上避开了生长快速的枝状珊瑚而选择了波浪作用较弱而光照不是非常充足的区域.5m水深区域鹿角珊瑚Acropora sp.和蔷薇珊瑚Montipora sp.占据优势,而8m水深区域丛生盔形珊瑚Galaxea fascicularis占据优势.     

南沙郑和环礁小南薰礁的点礁地貌特征及其控制因素

点礁是在空间上呈点状分布的礁体,是一种重要的珊瑚暗礁地貌类型,南海南沙群岛北部海区的一系列环礁发育有众多的珊瑚点礁。目前,对点礁地貌的形态特征、发育过程和机制的研究相对匮乏,南海地区的珊瑚点礁地貌定量研究尚为空白。以南沙群岛北部郑和环礁西南端的小南薰礁发育的点礁为研究对象,利用多波束水深实测数据结合Google Earth WorldView-2遥感影像,对所识别的123个点礁的顶底水深、高度、顶底直径等形态参数进行量测与统计分析,结果表明,其底部最大水深为35.05 m,顶部最小水深为7.89 m,平均高度2.62 m。其中,88个点礁(占71.5%)分布于水深25～35 m(深水点礁),27个(占17.9%)分布于水深10～18 m(浅水点礁)。点礁顶部和底部直径的平均值分别为8.49和19.13 m,形状因子和顶底关系因子的平均值分别为0.15和0.42,其剖面形态呈峰丘型(21.1%)和礁坪型(占78.9%),且多呈孤立型分布,亦见少数以群落型分布。浅水点礁以礁坪型为主,其顶部和底部直径较大,而形状因子较小,反映了波浪动力的控制作用;峰丘型仅见于深水点礁,其形状因子较大(>...     

海南岛西北部海域珊瑚礁造礁石珊瑚种类组成与分布

调查了海南岛西北部海域造礁石珊瑚种类的多样性及分布.结果表明:共发现50种造礁石珊瑚和1种多孔螅.海南岛西北部造礁石珊瑚优势种为澄黄滨珊瑚(Porites lutea)和丛生盔形珊瑚(Galaxea fascicularis),与历史资料相比优势种发生明显变化;海南岛西北部海域造礁石珊瑚覆盖率急剧下降,是由自然因素和人为活动共同造成;海南岛西北部海域是北部湾、琼州海峡和南海的重要交汇点,可能是造礁石珊瑚幼虫扩散的重要通道,对华南沿岸造礁石珊瑚资源自然恢复起到重要作用.因此,未来的海洋管理应该加强对珊瑚礁的保护力度,开发利用与环境保护并重,这样才能有效保护海南岛西北部海域的珊瑚礁.     

北部湾涠洲岛地貌的基本特征

涠洲岛由第四纪玄武岩浆喷发时在水下堆积而形成。该岛经受长期的地质作用和演变过程，形成了各种各样的地貌类型。据调查、分析，该岛地貌可分为火山地貌、流水地貌、海蚀地貌、海积地貌、珊瑚岸礁地貌、海积一冲积地貌、重力地貌、人工地貌等八大类型。其中，海蚀地貌、海积地貌、珊瑚礁地貌，火山遗迹地貌等较为明显。岛的南部沿岸海蚀地貌发育，海蚀崖高达30～50m，海蚀平台宽20～70m，有35个大小不等海蚀洞。岛的北部沿岸海成沙堤十分发育，呈条带状、牛轭状分布，长100～2000m，宽40～700m。按其形成的年代，形态，结构及空间分布特征分为老、中、新沙堤。老沙堤形成于距今6900-4000a前，中沙堤形成于距今3100-2200a前，新沙堤形成于距今2000～1200a前。岛屿北部、东部沿岸珊瑚岸礁相当发育，礁坪宽400～1025m，珊瑚生长带宽200～660m；西南部发育较差，礁坪宽20～475m，珊瑚生长带宽50～215m。南部沿岸没有珊瑚礁存在，其珊瑚礁形成于6900a前。涠洲岛总的地貌特征是南部沿岸以海蚀地貌为主，北部沿岸以海积地貌和珊瑚礁地貌为主，岛上不同程度地保存有火山活动的遗迹。总的地势则为南高北低，自南向北缓缓倾斜。     

大亚湾浅水石珊瑚的分布现状及生态特点

2003年利用玻璃底桶和潜水员观察了大亚湾的珊瑚分布情况,发现湾北岸和湾中部9个岛屿均有较多珊瑚分布。采用珊瑚礁普查方法,对珊瑚密集分布区进行了19个断面调查,测得珊瑚的覆盖率介于7.5%—58.8%之间。大亚湾的珊瑚绝大多数为浅水石珊瑚,本次调查共鉴定出17种浅水石珊瑚,优势种为精巧扁脑珊瑚Platygyra daedalea、标准蜂巢珊瑚Favia speciosa、澄黄滨珊瑚Porites lutea、十字牡丹珊瑚Pavona decussate、盾形陀螺珊瑚Turbinaria peltata等8个种类。绝大多数珊瑚分布于2—4m水深范围内,最深可达7—8m,珊瑚分布的底质以砂和砾石为主。对大亚湾北岸珊瑚存在的原因进行探讨,建议对大亚湾的珊瑚做进一步调查,并采取保护措施。     

海南岛东北部沿岸造礁石珊瑚时空分布特征

采用截线样条法(Line intercept transect)于2006—2013年在海南岛东北部沿岸3个区域调查造礁石珊瑚。共调查到13科32属75种,种类数量总体上存在由南向北递减的趋势,其中4种主要形态类群的种类数量在从南往北均为减少,幅度减少顺序为:叶片状分枝状皮壳状团块状。造礁石珊瑚形态类群的分布具有地域差异,分布在纬度高的铜鼓岭、长圮港调查区域的类群以抗逆性较强的团块状和皮壳状珊瑚为主。2006—2010年,海南岛东北部沿岸调查区域活造礁石珊瑚覆盖率总体变化趋势是下降的,长圮港下降幅度最高;2010—2013年,3个调查区域活造礁石珊瑚覆盖率的空间分布从北往南变化趋势分别为:小幅度增长、波动、小幅度降低。该现象可能是珊瑚礁生态系统在前期受到较大的人为扰动影响而被迅速破坏,在后期由于自我调节抵御外界干扰而产生小幅度变化的结果。由于在长圮港调查区域受到河流冲刷与渔业活动等外界干扰最大,珊瑚礁生态系统遭受破坏的程度最严重,影响了造礁石珊瑚空间水平分布的异质性,外界干扰破坏了珊瑚礁生态系统演替中具有空间分带增强的特征。2006—2013年在铜鼓岭与龙湾调查区域的造礁石珊瑚生态系统呈波动与恢复状态,而长圮港调查区域的处于退化状态。     

近50年来三亚鹿回头岸礁活珊瑚覆盖率的动态变化

对三亚鹿回头珊瑚岸礁5条断面进行实地潜水调查并室内判读海底录像,得到该岸段2005年和2006年的礁坡活珊瑚覆盖率分别为14.79%和12.16%。与历史资料(1960年、1978年、1983年和1990年测值分别为80%—90%、60%、60%和35%,1998年约为41.5%,2002年为23.4%,2004年为20%)对比分析显示,近50年来该岸段活珊瑚覆盖率显著下降,珊瑚礁总体呈衰退趋势。研究表明,人类活动是造成三亚鹿回头珊瑚礁衰退并影响将来发展的重要因素:过度和破坏性捕捞以及大规模采挖礁块等活动直接导致了该岸段珊瑚礁在七八十年代出现的巨大衰退;海上珍珠贝、麒麟菜等养殖活动是造成近期破坏的主要原因;正在影响该岸段珊瑚礁覆盖率仍持续下降的主要原因是沿岸对虾或鲍育苗养殖;三亚河和近海工程建设、航运活动带来的泥沙和污染物以及正向鹿回头扩展的潜水旅游活动已成为不可忽视的威胁。所以,保护该岸段珊瑚礁,需要在了解该岸礁活珊瑚覆盖率动态变化的基础上认清保护管理的紧迫性,并针对不同区域珊瑚群落的具体特征和影响因素制定合理、有效的管理措施。     

海南铜鼓岭国家级自然保护区海域珊瑚的分布及其健康状况评价

沿铜鼓岭国家级自然保护区海岸南北两侧沿岸布设8个站位,采用断面监测法调查了珊瑚的种类多样性、覆盖率、死亡率和补充量等指标,并利用健康指数（CI）评估了铜鼓岭珊瑚礁生态系统的健康状况和遭受环境压力的程度.本次调查共发现铜鼓岭造礁石珊瑚11科23属40种,软珊瑚8种,造礁石珊瑚和软珊瑚覆盖率分别为13.8%和19.4%,该海域珊瑚礁生态系统保存较为完好和健康.铜鼓岭珊瑚的覆盖率呈现明显的空间分布特征,北侧珊瑚覆盖率为0.1%～9.8%之间,远低于南侧的水平（8.1%～66.1%）.从珊瑚补充量来看,铜鼓岭北侧珊瑚的恢复能力基本为零,而铜鼓岭以南的区域可以有0.4个/m^2珊瑚新个体.通过比较2006年以来珊瑚种类、覆盖率、死亡率、补充量、健康指数等方面的调查数据,认为铜鼓岭保护区的珊瑚礁生态系统得到有效保护,珊瑚礁生态系统处于健康状态.     

Distribution of Benthic Communities on the Tropical Rocky Subtidal of Armação dos Búzios, Southeastern Brazil

Abstract.  Few studies have described the spatial patterns of rocky sublittoral benthic communities in Brazil, where these habitats are almost exclusively located on the southeast and south coastline. The fauna and flora were analyzed using a quadrat method, and the species abundance and distribution were determined along transects down to the bottom sand plain on 10 rocky shores at Armação dos Búzios, Brazil. The 16 most common species accounted for around 97% of the benthos coverage and included cnidarians, algae, poriferans, and echinoderms. Cnidarians and algae were the most important groups, with abundance ranging from 13–66% and 27–68%, respectively. The species distribution indicated a clear depth zonation pattern. The algal community dominated the shallowest depths in sites more exposed to waves and steeper substrate slope, whereas the cnidarian community, divided into the zoanthidean Palythoa caribaeorum and the coral Siderastrea stellata , was more abundant from intermediate to greater (4 m) depths. Different community patterns were found between sites, demonstrating that different spatially discrete factors may be acting on each rocky shore.     

Coral Recruitment and Regeneration on a Maldivian Reef Four Years after the Coral Bleaching Event of 1998. Part 2: 2001–2002

Abstract.  This paper is the follow-up study to a quantitative inventory of stony corals on a Maldivian reef after the bleaching event of 1998 [Loch, K., W. Loch, H. Schuhmacher & W. R. See, 2002; P.S.Z.N.: Marine Ecology, 23 (3): 219–236] covering the years 2001 and 2002, thereby extending the observation period from 1999 to 2002. Data collection was performed as previously in transects on the reef flat, Acropora tables at the reef rim, Porites lobata blocks and one Diploastrea heliopora colony. While between 2000 and 2001 the transects showed a noticeable increase of living scleractinian colonies of 6.1 per m² of reef surface per year, this had slowed to 0.7 per m² per year by 2002. Likewise, the colonisation of dead Acropora tables had changed from a yearly increase of 14.4 colonies per m² of table surface between 2000 and 2001 to a decrease of 9.4 between 2001 and 2002. The main constituent of the regeneration in transects as well as on Acropora tables was Pavona (Agariciidae), whereas Pocilloporidae and Acroporidae were almost completely missing. A new immigrant was Tubastraea micranthus . Continuous growth of regenerates on Porites presented a columnar form, and the growth rate of D. heliopora was reduced between 2001 and 2002. The influence on reef ecology in terms of coral substrate, species differentiation, growth rate changes, interaction with other organisms and the overall prospect of the reef development on a longer timescale is outlined.     

The use of remote sensing and linear wave theory to model local wave energy around Alphonse Atoll,Seychelles

This paper demonstrates a practical step-wise method for modelling wave energy at the landscape scale using GIS and remote sensing techniques at Alphonse Atoll, Seychelles. Inputs are a map of the benthic surface (seabed) cover, a detailed bathymetric model derived from remotely sensed Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) data and information on regional wave heights. Incident energy at the reef crest around the atoll perimeter is calculated as a function of its deepwater value with wave parameters (significant wave height and period) hindcast in the offshore zone using the WaveWatch III application developed by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Energy modifications are calculated at constant intervals as waves transform over the forereef platform along a series of reef profile transects running into the atoll centre. Factors for shoaling, refraction and frictional attenuation are calculated at each interval for given changes in bathymetry and benthic coverage type and a nominal reduction in absolute energy is incorporated at the reef crest to account for wave breaking. Overall energy estimates are derived for a period of 5 years and related to spatial patterning of reef flat surface cover (sand and seagrass patches).     

遥感技术在海域勘界中的应用

本文从遥感信息机理出发,探讨遥感技术在海域勘界中的应用:综合运用遥感图像的分类技术获取涉界区的资源空间分布和利用现状,利用影像的空间结构和纹理特征获取地形地貌特征信息,利用地理位置精校正的影像进行海岸线修测,通过不同时期的遥感影像获取岸滩动态变化,进行岸滩稳定性评估.在福建泉州海域应用结果表明:采用遥感技术可快速、客观、准确地获取支撑海域勘界所需的空间信息,但定位精度主要依赖于遥感数据的空间分辨率,而且由于遥感数据以像元阵列表示空间分布,较小的码头、潮沟、岛礁等地物可能与其他地物构成混合像元而未能被识别出来.     

南海珊瑚岛礁地貌遥感识别研究

南海珊瑚岛礁总体处于退化状态,卫星遥感可以实现珊瑚礁区底质演变的监测.本文以西沙群岛海域赵述岛为研究区域,以Landsat-8卫星遥感影像为研究数据,对浅海地貌变化进行遥感分析.将影像进行水深校正和波段组合,使用最大似然法进行珊瑚礁地貌分类,可以清晰的识别灰沙岛、礁坪、礁前坡、泻湖坡、暗滩和海面六种地貌类型,以Worl...     

Physical habitat and social conditions across a coral reef shape spatial patterns of intraspecific behavioral variation in a demersal fish

As coral reef ecosystems decline in health worldwide, reef‐associated fishes are being impacted by changes to their coral reef habitats. While previous studies have shown coral reef structure to affect the demography of reef fishes, changes in reef conditions may also impact the behavior of reef fishes as they cope with altered habitats. In this study, we examined spatial patterns of intraspecific behavioral variation in the bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus) across the fringing reefs of Curaçao (Caribbean Sea), and explored how this behavioral variation associated with physical and social conditions on the reef. Principal components analysis (PCA) condensed physical parameters of the reef into principal component 1 (PC1), comprising depth, coral cover (%), rugosity, and average hole size (cm²), and principal component 2 (PC2), which represented the number of holes. PC1, but not PC2, increased spatially across the reef as the habitat transitioned from coral rubble in the shallows to live coral on the reef slope. This transition in reef structure was paralleled by changes in social conditions including decreases in bicolor damselfish density in habitats with higher PC1 values. The behavior of bicolor damselfish also varied spatially with greater aggression and more frequent shelter use in habitats with lower PC1 values. Path analysis revealed robust associations between this behavioral variation and physical habitat conditions of the reef, indicating that physical – rather than social – habitat variation is the primary determinant of these spatial patterns of intraspecific behavioral variation. Taken as a whole, this coupling between physical reef structure and behavior suggests that reef fish may show altered behaviors on coral reefs degraded by anthropogenic impacts.     

Coral Recruitment and Regeneration on a Maldivian Reef 21 Months after the Coral Bleaching Event of 1998

Abstract. This paper describes the quantitative inventory of stony corals on a Maldivian reef after the bleaching event of 1998. The detailed data, collected in March 1999 and March 2000, comprise survival, new recruitment and regenerates. They were obtained in 6 transects laid out randomly on the reef flat, on 22 Acropora tables on 6 sites at the reef edge and on 39 Porites lobata blocks and 1 Diploastrea heliopora colony. The present cover of living zooxanthellate corals is reduced to ca. 2 – 5 % of its previous state. Acroporidae and Pocilloporidae were practically wiped out, while Poritidae survived partly and Agariciidae (esp. Pavona) are now the dominant group. New settlements on dead Acropora tables were mainly Agariciidae, followed by Acroporidae and Pocilloporidae. Regenerates on Porites were pronounced and the apparent yearly increase in mass was about threefold that of Diploastrea, which is 3 – 4 mm per year. The influence on reef ecology in terms of coral substrate and species, possible sources of larvae, change of guilds in reef builders, other species and the prospect for further development of the reef, with respect to growth versus erosion, is discussed.     

Development of a Vector-Based Method for Coastal Bluffline Mapping Using LiDAR Data and a Comparison Study in the Area of Lake Erie

This paper introduces a new method for bluffline extraction based on analysis of surface normal vectors derived from a 2.5-dimensional Delaunay triangulation network generated using a set of LiDAR points. The developed method has been implemented and tested for the extraction of blufflines in a section of the Lake Erie coastline near Painesville, Ohio. Comparison of the research results with those generated by a method for bluffline extraction based on slope information along elevation profiles on transects shows an improvement in both horizontal and vertical accuracies in situations where the bluff has a relatively sharp edge formation.     

基于WorldView-2和GF-2遥感影像的赵述岛礁坪底质变化研究

以西沙群岛海域赵述岛礁坪为研究区域,应用2010年的WorldView-2和2015年的GF-2两期高分辨率卫星遥感影像数据,结合现场水下珊瑚礁照片和视频资料,建立了赵述岛礁坪底质类型遥感分类体系,分别构建了针对WorldView-2遥感影像和GF-2遥感影像的珊瑚礁底质分类决策树模型,并通过对两期遥感影像的底质类型提取结果的变化分析,完成了赵述岛礁坪退化区域的提取。结果表明:(1)WorldView-2影像的分类决策树具有91%的总体分类精度和0.89的Kappa系数,GF-2影像的分类决策树具有更高的分类精度;(2)6年期间研究区大约1/4的珊瑚礁分布区发生了退化;(3)最突出的自然变化是礁前区大面积的珊瑚丛生区转变成藻脊,结合相关资料认为东北季风、热带气旋和温度上升的综合影响是驱动因素;(4)赵述岛西侧的藻脊、珊瑚沉积区大面积转化为珊瑚砂和深水区域,原因是航道和码头的开发活动。研究分析了6年间赵述岛礁坪底质的退化状况,并分析原因,为珊瑚礁底质分类提供方法,并为西沙群岛的珊瑚礁监测和保护提供了有效资料和手段。