Groundwater biofilm dynamics grown in situ along a nutrient gradient

This paper describes the in situ response of groundwater biofilms in an alluvial gravel aquifer system on the Canterbury Plains, New Zealand. Biofilms were developed on aquifer gravel, encased in fine mesh bags and suspended in protective columns in monitoring wells for at least 20 weeks. Four sites were selected in the same groundwater system where previous analyses indicated a gradient of increasing nitrate down the hydraulic gradient from Sites 1 to 4. Measurements during the current study classified the groundwater as oligotrophic. Biofilm responses to the nutrient gradients were assessed using bioassays, with biomass determined using protein and cellular and nucleic acid staining and biofilm activity using enzyme assays for lipid, carbohydrate, phosphate metabolism, and cell viability. In general, biofilm activity decreased as nitrate levels increased from Sites 1 to 4, with the opposite relationship for carbon and phosphorus concentrations. These results showed that the groundwater system supported biofilm growth and that the upper catchment supported efficient and productive biofilms (high ratio of activity per unit biomass).     

我国降水振荡周期特征的初步分析

本文采用詹金斯的谱分析方法,计算了我国160个代表站月降水量资料的自谱值,揭示出我国近30年来降水振荡主要周期及其分布特征.结果表明:我国西部地区(110°E以西),主要周期相对地集中在31.4—39.0个月之间,表现出以准三年振动为主;而我国东部地区(110°E以东),主要周期集中在21.2一29.2个月之间,表现出以准两年振动为主.特别是通过对青藏高原以东地区降水振荡主周期及其分布特征的分析,为我国雨带类型的区域划分范围提供了比较充分的依据,并为长期预报提供重要的气候背景.     

Surveillance for previously unmonitored organic contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary

The San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program initiated surveillance monitoring to identify previously unmonitored synthetic organic contaminants in the San Francisco Estuary. Organic extracts of water samples were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in full scan mode. The major contaminant classes identified in the samples were fire retardants, pesticides, personal care product ingredients, and plasticizers. Evidence from the literature suggests that some of these contaminants can persist in the environment, induce toxicity, and accumulate in marine biota and in higher food chain consumers. The major sources of these contaminants into the marine environment are the discharge of municipal and industrial wastewater effluents, urban stormwater, and agricultural runoff. As a proactive effort, it is suggested that surveillance studies be used routinely in monitoring programs to identify and prevent potential problem contaminants from harming the marine environment.     

Spatial differences in persistent organochlorine pollutant concentrations between the Bering and Chukchi Seas (1993)

During August-September 1993, a joint Russian-United States expedition to the Bering and Chukchi Seas took place. Surface water samples were collected from 21 sites and separated into dissolved (duplicates) and suspended solids; 19 sediment and 6 air samples were also collected. These samples were analysed for 19 organochlorine pesticides, 11 chlorobenzenes and 113 PCB congeners. The report provides data on selected compounds which occured in > or = 75% of the water samples. Highest water concentrations were observed for HCH in open waters north and south of the Bering Strait, both regions being similar (alpha-HCH; 2.2 ng/L and lindane: 0.35 ng/L). Air levels observed were also constant (alpha-HCH; 0.041 ng/m3, lindane: 0.0093 ng/m3). Suspended solids and air particulares contributed little to the concentrations in their respective media, an observation common to all analytes except for the PCBs and the DDT residues. The sum of PCB concentrations in water were higher in the Bering Sea area compared to the Chukchi Sea (1.0 vrs 0.67 ng/L) and lower for air (0.46 vrs 0.23 ng/m3). Sum of DDT in water was higher in the Bering Sea than in the Chukchi Sea (0.23 vrs 0.15 ng/L) while in sediments and air, the Bering Sea concentrations were lower (0.95 vrs 1.6 ng/g and 36 vrs 56 pg/m3, respectively). Other organochlorine compounds for which data are presented include: pp'-DDE, pp'-DDT, dieldrin, HCB, 3 chlorobenzenes and 3 PCB congeners. Fluxes of all these chemicals through the Berin Strait are estimated; they ranged from 57 t/a (alpha-HCH) through 26 t/a (for sum of PCBs) to 0.2 t/a (pp'-DDE, dieldrin and 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene). Fugacity ratios for the HCHs and PCBs indicate the alpha-HCH is degassing in both the Bering and Chukchi Seas and that the gamma-isomer is degassing in the Bering Sea and is close to equilibrium (weakly absorbing) in the Chuchi Sea; the sum of PCBs are strongly absorbing in both areas.     

南北半球环流系统的遥联分析

本文利用1972年5月—1990年2月南半球月平均海平面气压5°×5°网格点资料,对南半球绕极低压和副热带高压系统的时空变化特征进行了分析,发现上述环流系统的变化与盛夏西北太平洋副高面积和脊线位置的变化有着密切的联系,这种遥相关联系为盛夏7、8月西北太平洋副高脊线位置的预报提供了一条新的线索。     

近三十年北半球500毫巴月平均环流场的变异

北半球500毫巴月平均环流图是我国最常用的高空资料之一,至今已积累了三十余年资料。我们对三十年来整个北半球的500毫巴月平均环流场进行一些分析,发现在整个半球范围内存在着比较显著的阶段性的长期振动。为了突出长时段的振动以及计算方便起见,我们主要分析每十年的平均环流场的变化。即把三十年的资料分成1951—1960、1961—1970、1971—1980年三个年代,分别作出各月500毫巴每十年的月平均环流图和距平图。首先着重分析1月和7月月平均环流场的变异,其次揭露了不同地区和不同季节的变异特点,最后指出这种环流场的变异对我国天气气候变化的影响。 一、1月份500毫巴月平均环流场的变异特点 图1a、b、c分别为五十、六十和七十年代的1月份500毫巴高度距平平均图。由图可见,各距平中心位