等离子质谱(ICP-MS)对高含量元素硫样品中微量元素分析的前处理方法比较

如何去除元素硫高含量样品的背景硫,是测定该类样品中微量元素成功的关键.通过分别对样品进行燃烧和升华两种前处理方法的研究对比,得出用升华的方法处理自然硫样品对于其微量元素的测定可靠性大,所测定微量元素回收率的优良率是68%,燃烧法处理后测定微量元素回收率的优良率是64%.而且前者优良回收率的范围是79.9%~120.5%,明显高于后者的优良回收率范围76.2%~98.0%.对于这样的结果,温度是主要的控制因素.燃烧法处理样品温度条件较难控制,升华法则可以较严格的控制温度,从而减少被测元素的散失,能得到较为理想的数据.     

The effects of vertical sampling resolution on estimates of plankton biomass and rate calculations in stratified water columns

The effects of vertical sampling resolution on estimates of plankton biomass and grazing calculations were examined using data collected in two different areas with vertically stratified water columns. Data were collected from one site in the upwelling region off Oregon and from four sites in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, three within the Mississippi River plume and one in adjacent oceanic waters. Plankton were found to be concentrated in discrete layers with sharp vertical gradients at all the stations. Phytoplankton distributions were correlated with gradients in temperature and salinity, but microzooplankton and mesozooplankton distributions were not. Layers of zooplankton were sometimes collocated with layers of phytoplankton, but this was not always the case. Simulated calculations demonstrate that when averages are taken over the water column, or coarser scale vertical sampling resolution is used, biomass and mesozooplankton grazing and filtration rates can be greatly underestimated. This has important implications for understanding the ecological significance of discrete layers of plankton and for assessing rates of grazing and production in stratified water columns.     

孟加拉湾中部表层沉积物常微量元素地球化学:物源指示意义

通过对取自孟加拉湾中部的110个表层沉积物样品进行了常微量元素测试分析,探讨了其物质来源。在所有测试元素中,Si含量最高,其次为Al,且这两种元素的分布特征基本一致。化学蚀变指数（CIA^*）平均值为72.07,指示研究区沉积物风化程度位于喜马拉雅源区和印度源区沉积物之间。因子分析和判别函数计算分析表明研究区沉积物主要来自喜马拉雅源区和印度源区。使用Ti标准化后的元素比值反演模型估算的喜马拉雅源区和印度源区对研究区沉积物的相对贡献比例分别为83.5%和16.5%。其中,喜马拉雅源区对研究区东部沉积物贡献相对较大,而在研究区西部印度源区贡献比例相对东部为高。喜马拉雅源区物质向研究区输运的主要动力机制包括浊流及其溢流、表层季风环流携带的河流冲淡水,而印度源区物质主要通过表层季风环流特别是东印度沿岸流向研究区输运     

Influence of salinity and humic substances on the uptake of trace metals by the marine macroalga, Ulva lactuca: Experimental observations and modelling using WHAM

Uptake of the trace metals, Pd, Cd, Hg and Pb, by the marine macroalga, Ulva lactuca, has been studied along a salinity gradient (S = 15–35; pH ~ 8.3) created by batch mixing of synthetic sea water and pure water, both in the absence and presence of humic substances. Factors defining the concentration ratio of metal taken up (w/w) to metal remaining in solution ranged from about 10² mL g^− 1 for Cd to 10³ mL g^− 1 for Pd and Hg. Within experimental error, only the biouptake of Cd appeared to exhibit a dependence on salinity, while the addition of 3 mg L^− 1 of humics resulted in a small suppression of Pd and Hg uptake and a moderate enhancement of Pb uptake compared with the humic-free system. Metal internalisation, evaluated from an EDTA wash of the alga, followed the sequence: Hg > Pd > Cd > Pb; and was notably inhibited in the presence of humics for Pb. Metal uptake (as adsorption and internalisation) was modelled using the Windermere Humic Aqueous Model (WHAM, v6) by encoding the macroalga as a polyelectrolytic binding phase whose properties were defaulted to those of aqueous humics in the software database. By setting the “activity” of the binding phase to about 0.1 and systematically reducing the default constants for metal binding, the magnitude of metal uptake by U. lactuca was reproduced. However, for all metals the model predicted a reduction in algal uptake as a function of salinity that was not always observed experimentally. Moreover, calculations performed in the presence of aqueous humic substances and using the earlier fitted constants significantly underestimated metal uptake by U. lactuca. Discrepancies between experimental observations and model calculations, which are attributed to the formation of ternary complexes at the algal surface, suggest that conventional equilibrium speciation considerations alone are not applicable for modelling metal interactions with marine macroalgae.     

Food utilisation by coastal fish assemblages in rocky and soft bottoms on the Swedish west coast: Inference for identification of essential fish habitats

The concept of essential fish habitats (EFHs) is widely accepted for conservational and management purposes. EFHs are often considered as high quality habitats for fisheries species and subsequently of high values for society. In this study, fish and Substrate-Associated Prey (SAP) were sampled during the productive summer season 1998 (fish) and 2003 and 2004 (SAP) in shallow coastal rocky- and soft-bottom habitats on the Swedish west coast. The aim was to study the spatial and monthly variation of SAP as well as abundance and biomass of fish, and to examine if food items found in the diet of the fish assemblage were derived from SAP. We also examined if the diet of Ctenolabrus rupestris, a resident and abundant fish species in the shallow coastal habitats, and the diet of four seasonally abundant and commercially important fish species (Gadus morhua, Pleuronectes platessa, Salmo trutta and Scomber scombrus) were derived from SAP. There were significantly higher mean species number and abundance of the SAP assemblage on rocky compared to soft bottoms and the highest values were found on the rocky bottoms in August and in the shallowest (0–3 m) depth strata. There were no significant differences in number of fish species caught in the two habitats, although mean number of fish and mean biomass were significantly higher on rocky bottoms. Both habitats showed the same seasonal variation and the highest values of number of fish species, abundance and biomass were observed in June. On rocky bottoms, gastropods and amphipods were the most frequent food items in the diet of the entire fish assemblage and these items were also the most abundant SAP in this habitat. The dominant food items of the soft-bottom fish assemblage were decapods and fish, which were not common SAP. However, except for S. scombrus, the diet of the selected fish species showed a strong association to the SAP availability. Gadus morhua displayed the strongest association to SAP on rocky bottoms and P. platessa and C. rupestris to SAP on soft bottoms. Further, for C. rupestris, multivariate statistical analysis showed a significant association to the SAP assemblage on both rocky and soft bottoms. These results provide vital new information for the management and conservation of Essential Fish Habitats on the Swedish west coast.