Ecology features of coastal saline lakes related to environmental evolution in the area of Antarctic continental ice edge

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Sea level change and environmental evolution of coastal lakes in Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

Ecological and palaeoecological studies were carried out in a series of lakes in the Vestfold Hills (68°38′S, 78°06′E) on eastern Antarctic continent. Dynamics types of the lakes in environmental geomorphology and physic chemistry, as well as features of biological community structures in different lakes were analyzed. Marine macro and micro fossils collected from the terraces and beaches surrounding these lakes and determined in 14 C radiocarbon ages to be the Late Pleistocene, were used as evidences to show the evolutionary processes of the lakes after sea level changes and transgressions since 18000 a B.P.. Basic modals of evolution for the lakes given in the paper could be regarded as not only explaining the history of environmental and ecological changes in VH lakes, and also reflecting of local environmental evolution in Antarctic region and global climate changes from past to present time.     

南极大陆冰缘环境变迁与沿海盐湖生态特征

现代南极大陆冰缘地理地貌,形成于１８０００年以来全球气候变化,南极大陆冰盖的退缩,以及随后的大陆均衡抬升和海平面变化等过程。研究表明,在维斯德福尔特丘陵地,这一过程仍在继续,并导致该区许多海生盐湖自然环境和理化因子的改变,以及湖中生物的种群结构的变化和群落演替。本文通过对这些现象的剖析,阐明了南极大陆冰缘环境变迁的客观存在,为进一步研究南极乃至全球气候变化提供生态学佐证。     

海平面变化与南极大陆沿海西福尔丘陵湖泊环境演变

对东南极大陆沿海西福尔丘陵 ( Vestfold Hills,68°38′S,78°0 6′E)若干主要湖泊及其周边环境进行了现代生态学和古生态学研究。分析了不同类型湖泊的地理地貌环境和理化要素的动态特征、生态群落结构类型。利用湖岸古化石的生态组成与放射性同位素测定资料 ,推断了晚更新世以来随着全球海平面变化 ,该地区所经历的海侵、海退及其地理地貌改变过程 ,尤其重现了本区 1 80 0 0年以来因两次海侵而发生的湖泊生态演替过程。本文首次推出了该区海成湖泊 4种环境演化模式 ,认为这些湖泊环境演化模式不仅是区域环境生态历史演变的缩影 ,而且也是现今南极局部环境变化和全球气候变化的具体反映     

南极大陆沿海湖泊生态结构研究

南极大陆沿海地带是南极海、陆、冰的交集带,它同时受到来自海洋、大陆冰以及人类活动的影响,因而成为南极生态环境最脆弱的环节。存在于该地带的许多湖泊,因其各自的地理环境和发育过程,以及所受诸多外部因子如气候、降水等的不同影响,不同湖泊中水体的理化因子差异很大,由此造成湖泊中生物种类分布和生态结构的显著不同。本文报道了对南极大陆沿海维斯特福尔德丘陵和拉斯曼丘陵等地湖泊中以浮游生物为主体,各类生物的组成分布和群落结构进行考察研究的结果,并分析讨论了不同类型湖泊的生物多样性、生物营养结构及其与环境的关系,为深入研究全球气候变化对南极区域环境的影响,和制订南极生态环境保护决策提供科学依据。     

Climatic changes in the regions of Antarctic Great Wall Station,Southern Chile and South Georgia Island

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南极附近水域微小型藻类的研究 Ⅳ．中山站潮间带微小型硅藻的分布

本文首次报道东南极中山站沿岸潮间带冰融期砂和砾质砂中微小型硅藻的分布、种类组成及各站位间种类组成的相似性。中山站潮间带微小型硅藻主要分布在中山湾Ｂ站，１９８９年１月和１９９０年２月每克砾砂细胞丰度分别在０．８×１０３～３６５１×１０３个和４．５×１０３～２６１８×１０３个，并具有细胞个体小、丰度大等特点，其优势种为冰川舟形藻Ｎａｖｉｃｕｌａｇｌａｃｉｅｉ。     

南极中山站固体潮观测分析

中国南极中山站位于南极拉斯曼丘陵地区（λ＝７６°２２′Ｅ，φ＝６９°２２′Ｓ），１９９１年３月至１９９３年２月，用ＬａｃｏｓｔｅＥＴ型重力仪，在这个地区进行了为期近两年的观测，取得了６００多天的有效资料，经调和分析和流变模型、海潮负荷改正后得到：δｏ１＝１．２２５３±０．００３１，Δφｏ１＝０．７３°±０．１４°；δｍ２＝１．０７８５±０．００４５，Δφｍ２＝－３．５５°±０．２９°从资料分析的精度来看，观测资料是比较好的；但由于海潮负荷改正缺少附近海域的资料，会对最终结果造成较大的影响     

东南极拉斯曼丘陵区的冰川作用

拉斯曼丘陵在渐新世已被冰盖覆没，晚渐新世冰盖厚度最大，自中新世开始，冰盖逐渐减薄后退，但该丘陵仍为冰盖占据。更新世冰川作用规模不及第三纪。１８ｋａＢ．Ｐ．该丘陵区覆冰厚度超过１７０ｍ，冰盖前缘仅增厚３０ｍ左右。冰盖后退出露基岩约在１０．０ｋａＢ．Ｐ．前后，自９．４１～６．５ｋａＢ．Ｐ．，冰川以２～３ｍ／ａ的速率后退，岛屿区全部出露；自６．５～５．０ｋａＢ．Ｐ．，冰川后退速率减为１．０～１．５ｍ／ａ，丘陵区裸露５０％以上；约自５．０ｋａＢ．Ｐ．开始，丘陵区几乎全部出露，冰川冰盖范围与今基本相同。     

Five subglacial lakes and one of Antarctica's thickest ice covers newly determined by radio echo sounding over the Vostok-Dome C region

Radio echo sounding (RES) measurements were collected from 1995 to 2003 during Italian Antarctic expeditions over the Vostok-Dome C region. The data collected allow for the reconstruction of a bedrock elevation map between the Belgica Highlands and the Aurora Subglacial Basin (112.0ø - 124.0ø E; 74.0ø - 78.0ø S). Moreover, analysis of the RES data has revealed one of the thickest ice covers in Antarctica (4755 Ø 16 m; 118.321ø E, 76.059ø S) as well as five new subglacial lakes.     

Modelling diatom responses to climate induced fluctuations in the moisture balance in continental Antarctic lakes

The water chemistry of lake systems on the edge of the Antarctic continent responds quickly to changes in the moisture balance. This is expressed as increasing salinity and decreasing lake water level during dry periods, and the opposite during wet periods. The diatom composition of the lakes also changes with these fluctuations in salinity and lake water depth. This is important, as their siliceous remains become incorporated into lake sediments and can provide long-term records of past salinity using transfer functions. In order to develop transfer functions, diatoms and water chemistry data were inter-calibrated from five different East Antarctic oases, namely the Larsemann Hills, the Bølingen Islands, the Vestfold Hills, the Rauer Islands and the Windmill Islands. Results indicate that salinity is the most important environmental variable explaining the variance in the diatom flora in East Antarctic lakes. In oligo- saline lakes the variance is mainly explained by lake water depth. This dataset was used to construct a weighted averaging transfer function for salinity in order to infer historical changes in the moisture balance. This model has a jack-knifed r² of 0.83 and a RMSEP of 0.31. The disadvantage of this transfer function is that salinity changes in oligo-saline lakes are reconstructed inaccurately due to the edge effect and due to the low species turnover along the salinity gradient at its lower end. In order to infer changes in the moisture balance in these lakes, a second transfer function using weighted averaging partial least squares (with two components) for depth was constructed. This model has a jack-knifed r² of 0.76 and a RMSEP of 0.22. Both transfer functions can be used to infer climate driven changes in the moisture balance in lake sediment cores from oligo-, hypo-, meso- and hyper-saline lakes in East Antarctic oases between 102–75°E. The transfer function for lake water depth is promising to track trends in the moisture balance of small freshwater lakes, where changes in shallow and deep-water sediments are readily reflected in changing diatom composition.     

南极洲维斯特福尔德丘陵与菲尔德斯半岛冰缘地貌的比较研究

东南极大陆沿岸的维斯特福尔德丘陵(68°22'～68°40'S,77°55'～78°30'E)和西南极乔治王岛南端的菲尔德斯半岛(62°08'～62°20'S,58°45'～58°58'W)的气候条件不同。前者属于极地大陆性气候,气温低,冬季严寒,干燥、风大,夏季较短;后者属于极地海洋性气候,气温不很低,湿润、风小,夏季较长。因此,两地的冰缘地貌的组合类型及其发育过程存在明显的差异。前者冰缘地貌单一,发展速度较慢;后者冰缘地貌复杂多样,发展速度较快。 本文根据实地观测资料,对极地大陆型和极地海洋型两类冰缘地貌作一些比较,并且提出,年冻融日数是决定冰缘作用强弱的最重要指标。     

南极普里兹湾外海大磷虾声学映像的分布分析和生物量的初步估算

本文主要根据 1 990 /1 991年度中国南极考察队南大洋调查所获的探鱼仪的磷虾映像资料 ,经 WT- 2图像处理系统处理分析 ,结果表明 ,1 990 /1 991年度南极夏季 ,普里兹湾外海域 (6 2°- 6 9°S,6 8°- 1 0 8°E)的磷虾主要分布在 6 1°- 6 5°S,1 0 3°- 1 0 8°E海区 ,该海区的探鱼仪记录的磷虾群映像的面积占整个调查海区的 92 .3 2 %,磷虾群的分布水层主要在 3 0 - 6 0 m水层 ,在一天 2 4小时中 ,磷虾群映像面积的形心基本在 40 m层上下起伏 ,波动幅度约 1 0 m左右。在调查海区 (6 2°- 6 9°S,6 8°- 1 0 8°E)内 ,估算磷虾资源现存量为 2 2 0 0万吨 ,磷虾分布密度平均为 3 2 .5 t/km2。     

Atmospheric boundary layer structure and turbulent flux transfer over the Zhongshan Station area,Antarctica

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The identification and comparison of the bio-elements of the penguin ornithogenic sediments sample from Davis Station and Great Wall Station

During CHINARE-22 in austral summer of 2005-2006,a lake sediment core named DG4,which is impacted by penguin droppings,was retrieved from a lake catchment in Gardner Island of Vesffold Hills,East Antarctica.In this study,the concentrations of characteristic elements in the core,local bedrocks and fresh penguin guanos were determined.P,Se,F,S,As,Sr and Cu in DG4 were identified as the bio-element assemblage by R-clustering analysis and compared with those in the local bedrocks and fresh guanos,the results are similar to Y2 in Ardley Island,Antarctic Peninsula.On this basis,P and Se were identified as the optimum bio-elements in DG4 and F,P and S were identified in Y2,respectively.This work will provides the foundation for reconstructing the past penguin populations in Gardner Island of Vest- fold Hills,East Antarctica and comparing the penguin population dynamics between East Antarctica and Antarctic Peninsula.     

Diatom assemblage changes in lacustrine sediments from Isla de los Estados, southernmost South America, in response to shifts in the southwesterly wind belt during the last deglaciation

Isla de los Estados (54° 45′S, 63° 10′–64° 46′W) lies east of the main island of Tierra del Fuego and is the southeastern-most point in Argentina. Because of its geographic position near the latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies and the strong influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the area is suitable for paleoecological and paleoclimate research. The island is not far north of the Subantarctic Front, which limits the northern boundary of the ACC. Paleoenvironmental study in this geographic location can shed light on past changes in atmospheric and marine circulation patterns. Diatom analysis of the lower part of a sediment sequence from Laguna Cascada (54° 45′ 51.3′′S, 64° 20′ 20.07′′W) enabled inference of changing lake conditions between 16 and 11.1 cal ka BP. Between 16 and 14.4 cal ka BP fragilarioid diatom species, often a pioneer group, dominated the record. Their presence shows seasonally open-water conditions from the onset of sedimentation. In zone II (14.4–12.8 cal ka BP), the dominance of planktonic/tychoplanktonic Aulacoseira spp. might represent longer ice-free periods and windier conditions, which would have kept this heavy species suspended in the water column. This period corresponds to the Antarctic Cold Reversal, when the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies were possibly centered on the latitudes of Tierra del Fuego, resulting in windy and wet conditions. Zone III (12.8–11.1 cal ka BP) is dominated by benthic diatom taxa that are mainly associated with peat and wetland vegetation. This suggests that climate conditions had become milder and less windy, favoring aquatic productivity and terrestrial vegetation development. This change in environmental conditions may have been a consequence of the southward movement of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies at the start of the Antarctic Holocene thermal optimum.     

1989年3月13日磁暴的亚极光区电离层效应

利用南极长城站（６２°１３′Ｓ，５８°５８′Ｗ）频高图和磁照图研究了１９８９年３月１３日磁暴的亚极光区电离层效应。在紧接着磁暴急始后Ｆ层的虚高ｈ′Ｆ急剧上升，临频ｆ０Ｆ２急剧下降，然后出现扩展Ｆ并持续几小时。在磁暴主相，电离层出现严重的吸收，但有时仍能观测到ｈ′Ｆ的增加和伴随着的ｆ０Ｆ２的降低。在磁暴急始后的第二和第三个晚上观测到极光型Ｅｓ和夜间Ｅ层，其峰值电子浓度高达７．５×１０５ｅｌ／ｃｍ３，文中讨论了造成这些现象的原因。在同一经度扇区的４个电离层站的ｈ′Ｆ和ｆ０Ｆ２的行为表明，观测站的纬度越高出现的吸收越严重，ｆ０Ｆ２呈下降的时间越长。     

南极长城站附近海区浮游植物色素的分离和鉴定

本文对南极长城站附近海区所采集的浮游植物样品 ,利用薄层层析技术进行了色素分离、鉴定。结果分离出浮游植物色素 1 5种 ,根据 Jeffrey(1 96 1 )海洋藻类各种色素的 Rf值 (迁移率 )鉴定出的有 1 3种。并讨论了该海区浮游植物色素的季节变化特点     

Seasonal variability of phytoplankton biomass and composition in the major water masses of the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean

Long-term changes in phytoplankton biomass and community composition are important in the ecosystem and biogeochemical cycle in the Southern Ocean. We aim to ultimately evaluate changes in phytoplankton assemblages in this region on a decadal scale. However, yearly continuous data are lacking, and long-term datasets often include seasonal variability. We evaluated the seasonal changes in phytoplankton abundance/composition across latitudes in the Indian Ocean sector of the Southern Ocean via multi-ship observations along the 110°E meridian from 2011 to 2013. The chlorophyll a concentration was 0.3–0.5 mg m⁻³ in the Subantarctic Zone (40–50°S) and 0.4–0.6 mg m⁻³ in the Polar Frontal Zone (50–60°S); pico-sized phytoplankton (<10 μm), mainly haptophytes, were dominant in both zones. In the Antarctic Divergence area (60–65°S), the chlorophyll a concentration was 0.6–0.8 mg m⁻³, and nano-sized phytoplankton (>10 μm), mainly diatoms, dominated. Chlorophyll a concentrations and phytoplankton community compositions were the same within a latitudinal zone at different times, except during a small but distinct spring bloom that occurred north of 45°S and south of 60°S. This small seasonal variation means that this part of the Southern Ocean is an ideal site to monitor the long-term effects of climate change.     

南极中山站近岸海冰生态学研究Ⅰ．1992年冰藻生物量的垂直分布及季节变化

从１９９２年４月至１２月对东南极中山站近岸当年冰生物量及其环境因子进行了观测。冰底有色层出现在４月下旬和１１月下旬，集中于冰底２～３ｃｍ，叶绿素ａ最高含量分别为８８．３ｍｇ／ｍ３和２８１０ｍｇ／ｍ３，相应的冰藻数量分别为３．５×１０６和１．２１×１０８个／升。柱总叶绿素ａ含量的季节性变化极为显著，尤其是以春季的大幅度快速增值为特征，变化范围为１．１７～５９．７ｍｇ／ｍ２，冰藻生物量主要分布在冰底，冬季期间则集中在冰底或冰的中上层。藻类优势种较为单一，秋季优势种为Ｎｉｔｚｓｃｈｉａｌｅｃｏｉｎｔｅｉ、Ｎ．ｂａｒｋｌｅｙｉ和Ｎ．ｃｙｌｉｎｄｒｕｓ；春季优势种为Ａｍｐｈｉｐｒｏｒａｋｊｅｌｍａｎｉ，Ｂｅｒｋｅｌｅｙａｒｕｔｉｌａｎｓ和Ｎ．ｌｅｃｏｉｎｔｅｉ。中山站近岸冰藻生物量的垂直分布和季节变化以及春季优势种的组成与东南极其它固冰区具有较强的相似性，与亚南极固冰区差异较大。