太平洋中部海域表层沉积物中有孔虫组合的初步研究

有孔虫壳体既是大洋沉积物的重要组成部分,又是海洋沉积环境的灵敏标志.在海洋地质工作中,无论是海底地层年代、古气候、古海洋学、洋底扩张还是碳酸盐溶解旋回的研究,都需要依靠有孔虫分析的成果.近二十年来,我国对于陆架海区的有孔虫区系和分布规律,已经进行了不少工作,然而对大洋有孔虫的研究却未进行.国家海洋局于1978年在太平洋中部海域进行海洋调查,取得了许多洋底沉积样品,为研究太平洋有孔虫提供了丰富的材料.     

天津市潮滩活体和埋藏有孔虫群的分布及地质环境意义

对天津市潮滩8条垂直于海岸线剖面的57个表层沉积物样品进行了活体和死体有孔虫分析鉴定、粒度分析、含盐量测定,利用全站仪对剖面进行了水准测量,同时测定了海水盐度。研究了天津市潮滩有孔虫群的组成、数量及分异度等特征;通过聚类分析将天津市潮滩活体有孔虫群分为7个带,埋藏有孔虫群(活体+死体)分为5个带,但除了埋藏群Ⅰ、Ⅳ与活体有孔虫群Ⅰ、Ⅳ组合特征一致外,其他各带的组合特征及分带界线均不一致。通过分析活体有孔虫群分带与沉积物含盐量、海水盐度、潮位、沉积物组成等生态环境参数的关系,探讨了活体有孔虫群的主要控制因素;通过分析埋藏有孔虫群分带与潮位、沉积物粒径、现代沉积速率等沉积环境参数的关系,探讨了埋藏有孔虫群的搬运及沉积作用。指出了天津市海岸带活体有孔虫群和埋藏有孔虫群的关系、环境特征及地质意义,为该区高精度的古沉积环境划分提供了重要指标。     

杭州湾表层沉积物中有孔虫分布特征及其环境意义

对杭州湾海域239个表层沉积物样品进行了有孔虫鉴定分析,共鉴定出底栖有孔虫71种,浮游有孔虫6种。研究结果表明杭州湾表层沉积物中有孔虫丰度值偏低,最高丰度仅41枚/克干样,且以底栖有孔虫占绝对优势,浮游有孔虫很少;杭州湾表层沉积物中的有孔虫以异地搬运沉积为主,主要以广盐广适的属种和小个体的海相属种为优势种,如Ammonia beccarii,Ammonia annectens,Quinqueloculia lamarckiana,Elphidium advenum,Spiroloculina communis,Pararotalia nipponica,Poroeponides lateralis等;并根据属种分布特征划分了两个底栖有孔虫组合分区。     

玻璃质壳类底栖有孔虫卷转虫属Ammonia spp.的DNA保存方式和提取效能比较研究

对有孔虫的DNA进行有效保存及提取是开展有孔虫分子鉴定工作的前提。本研究以探索适合玻璃质壳类底栖有孔虫的DNA保存及提取方法为目的,以中国近海优势属——玻璃质类底栖有孔虫卷转虫属(Ammonia spp.)为模式生物,考察不同温度(20—120°C,间隔10°C)烘干、冷冻(–20°C、–80°C,有水、无水)以及脱氧胆酸钠裂解液(Na deoxycholate,简称DOC)处理(含和不含EDTA)保存有孔虫DNA方法,同时进行了DOC裂解液法和Guanidine裂解液法对Ammonia spp.DNA提取效能的比较。结果显示,烘干保存法中20°C组和30°C组显著优于40°C组(P0.05);冷冻保存法中无水组显著优于有水组(P0.05);DOC裂解液保存法各组间无显著差异(P0.05)。三种保存方法综合效果表现为冷冻组显著优于烘干组和裂解液组(P0.05);两种DNA提取方法的提取效果都很好,但DOC法更廉价且操作简便。本文给出了一套适用于玻璃质壳类有孔虫的DNA保存和提取的优化方案。     

福建漳浦前湖湾有孔虫群落及其沉积环境

对福建漳浦前湖湾潮间带两个钻孔岩心和表层沉积物中的有孔虫进行分析研究,有孔虫出现在钻孔最上部厚约2.46-2.96m的砂层中.根据群落优势种生态和非种特征判断,该段各样品有孔虫沉积环境均为近岸浅水环境,尽管其间海面有过3次上下波动变化.根据地层关系判断,其当为现代的产物.     

浙江海岸带表层沉积物中有孔虫的分布及其影响因子

本文通过对浙江沿岸潮间带和水深小于20m浅海区的102个表层沉积样品的有孔虫分析,发现研究区内有孔虫的数量和组合存在明显差异。潮间带底栖和浮游有孔虫的数量明显低于浅水区,底栖有孔虫数量分布趋势是由北向南逐渐增加,而浮游有孔虫恰好与底栖有孔虫相反。除杭州湾外,潮间带的浮游有孔虫相当稀少。根据有孔虫动物群的数量及分布特点,研究区的底栖有孔虫可分为3个组合和5个亚组合。文中还叙述了玻璃状壳,似瓷状壳和胶结壳等各类壳的分布特点。最后讨论了有孔虫分布与水深、温度、盐度、搬运作用和“稀释”作用等的相互关系。     

西沙晚中新世以来礁相地层中有孔虫动物群的分布及其意义

本文依据西琛1井和西永2井400m以上井段岩心样品中的有孔虫鉴定结果,将西沙礁相地层中的有孔虫分为6个组合段,并依据有孔虫带化石的分布对晚第三纪以来的地层时代进行了划分。并对研究西沙珊瑚礁发育与演化起到一定的作用。     

大洋有孔虫碳,氧稳定同位素标准物质的研制

在孔虫氧、碳稳定同位素比值的微量测定是古海洋学研究的最基本手段之一,其中标准物质对获取高准确度数据起关键作用。测定表明,标准物质的氧同位素比值和有孔虫样品的氧同位素比值越接近,则测出的样品值就越准确,反之,若相差越远,则测出的样品值系统误差就越大。国内现有的碳酸盐碳,氧同位素标准物质的氧同位素值与有孔虫相比都偏负,不适宜用作有孔虫的稳定同位素分析,鉴于此,我们选取云南大理地区的二叠系茅口组地为候选     

北部湾广西沿岸浅海有孔虫群分布

本文对北部湾广西沿岸浅海101个表层样品进行了有孔虫研究,经鉴定统计的有孔虫计有82属140余种约75800多枚。根据定量分析的数据和主要属种区域分布特点,确定了5个组合3个亚组合,论述了本区有孔虫群分布与水深、盐度、pH值、水温及沉积物类型等环境因素的关系。     

辽东湾现代沉积物中畸形底栖有孔虫及环境指示意义

对渤海辽东湾海域10根柱状样的305个沉积物样品进行了有孔虫定量分析,共识别出畸形有孔虫8属10种。10种畸形有孔虫根据壳体形态可分为5大类,分别为房室异常、口孔异常、脐异常、绕旋异常、壳圈异常。通过对有孔虫畸形属种的畸变类型进行统计描述,一定程度上弥补了畸形有孔虫研究的不足。对比发现辽东湾海域环境污染程度由近岸向远岸逐渐递减,该特征符合人类活动对海洋环境的影响。     

Feeding of benthic foraminifera on diatoms and sewage-derived organic matter: an experimental application of lipid biomarker techniques

Foraminiferal ecology at sewage outfalls has been investigated in numerous field studies over the last 30 years. Foraminifera have been frequently used as biomonitors of sewage pollution since they are both abundant and ubiquitous. Sewage outfalls have been demonstrated to have both positive and negative effects on adjacent foraminiferal populations, but it has never been shown conclusively why sewage affects foraminifera in these ways. Such information on the impact mechanisms of sewage pollution is essential if foraminifera are to be used as sewage pollution biomonitors, and also to understand the ecology of these important protists. One possible cause of a positive effect is the direct consumption of sewage-derived particulate organic matter (POM) by the foraminifera themselves. However this hypothesis has never been tested experimentally. Here, lipid (fatty acid and sterol) biomarker techniques were applied to study the ingestion of two potential food items by the foraminiferan Haynesina germanica in the laboratory. An experiment was conducted to confirm that the laboratory conditions were conducive to the survival and feeding of the foraminifera. In this experiment, foraminifera were provided with the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, which was considered to be a suitable food source. After 2 weeks, a four-fold increase in the levels of the diatom fatty acid biomarker, 20:5(n-3), in the foraminifera suggested that they had fed actively on the diatoms and survived under the experimental conditions. These experimental conditions were used in the main experiment, where foraminifera were fed the POM from sewage. Lipid biomarker analysis indicated that H. germanica did not consume secondary treated sewage-derived POM. Neither fatty acid profiles in the sewage nor coprostanol, the diagnostic human faecal sterol, were detected in foraminifera after exposure to the potential sewage food source. However, foraminifera may have consumed bacteria associated with the sewage in the experiment. The findings are discussed in terms of current EU legislation on sewage treatment that has affected the composition of sewage discharges, and therefore possibly reduced the nutritive value of sewage to the marine benthos.     

Tertiary foraminiferal rock samples from the western Solomon Sea

Rock fragments dredged from four R/VNatsushima stations contain Tertiary foraminifera. The oldest sample is an upper bathyal biomicrite of Early Eocene age (52 to 53.5 Ma) from the the Trobriand Platform. Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene neritic limestones were located off the Trobriand Platform and on the inner wall of the New Britain Trench. Miocene bathyal sediments come from the Trobriand Platform; similar Pliocene rocks were recovered here as well as from the inner wall of the New Britain Trench and the central part of the Solomon Sea Basin. No reworked pre-Tertiary foraminifera are present in any sample.     

用活有孔虫分布指示三亚汊道外港潮流格局

由因子分析得知,海南岛三亚湾汊道外港海底分布有四个主因子活有孔虫群,它们分别代表海湾内水体、湖冲出半盐水水体、湾外内陆架水体及内陆架与海湾水相混的过渡水体.这些水体在潮汐作用下的运动、相互混合,可由各水体的有孔虫指示.由每个主因子因子得分最高的三个属种百分含量之和等值线图所指示的外港潮流循环格局,与海洋学研究所得的结果相当一致.利用有孔虫指示潮汐汊道潮流格局尚属首次尝试,这方法对海岸开发分析泥沙运动、污染物排放等有实践意义.     

Tertiary foraminiferal rock samples from the western Solomon Sea

Rock fragments dredged from four R/VNatsushima stations contain Tertiary foraminifera. The oldest sample is an upper bathyal biomicrite of Early Eocene age (52 to 53.5 Ma) from the the Trobriand Platform. Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene neritic limestones were located off the Trobriand Platform and on the inner wall of the New Britain Trench. Miocene bathyal sediments come from the Trobriand Platform; similar Pliocene rocks were recovered here as well as from the inner wall of the New Britain Trench and the central part of the Solomon Sea Basin. No reworked pre-Tertiary foraminifera are present in any sample.     

Implication of salt marsh foraminiferal assemblages in Suncheon Bay,South Korea

Analyses of the compositions of benthic foraminifera and sediment, observations of tidal level and salinity, and a geographic survey of the tidal salt marsh in Suncheon Bay were conducted to examine the vertical distribution of foraminifera and evaluate their potential use for sea level studies. The salt marsh is composed mainly of fine-grained silty clay sediment and its salinity is below approximately 11 psu. The tidal current flows in the southwest-tonortheast direction with an average velocity of 26.57 cm/s. A total of 33 species of foraminifera (17 agglutinated and 16 calcareoushyaline) belonging to 24 genera was identified. The species diversity (1.1 on average) was relatively low. Dominant species were Ammonia beccarii, Miliammina fusca, Haplophragmoides wilberti, and Jadammina macrescens. Calcareous foraminifera (29.5%) were dominantly represented by the Ammonia beccarii assemblage, which characterized the region between mean tide level and mean low high water (MLHW). Agglutinated species (70.5%) were represented mostly by Miliammina fusca, Miliammina fusca-Haplophragmoides wilberti, and Haplophragmoides wilberti assemblages, which characterized the MLHW–mean high water (MHW), MHW–mean highest high water (MHHW), and MHHW–Approx. highest high water tide levels, respectively. In particular, the Haplophragmoides wilberti assemblage is believed to represent the highest elevation zone of foraminifera in the salt marshes of Suncheon Bay and is considered to be a reliable indicator of sea level as a result of its narrow vertical range.     

Fast reconnaissance of carbonate dissolution based on the size distribution of calcareous ooze on Walvis Ridge, SE Atlantic Ocean

We present a new index of carbonate fragmentation based on the size distribution of bulk sediments in core MD962094 from Walvis Ridge (SE Atlantic Ocean). The carbonate fragmentation index is constructed by taking a ratio of the two coarsest fractions in the grain size distributions of the bulk calcareous ooze. The coarsest two fractions (25–90 μm and >90 μm) of the bulk sediments consist primarily of complete shells and fragments of adult foraminifera shells, and juvenile foraminifera shells and fragments, respectively. The ratio of the proportions of the two fractions is interpreted as a measure of fragmentation of the foraminifera shells caused by carbonate dissolution. Downcore changes in our carbonate fragmentation index compare very well with those in the coarse-carbonate fragmentation index in sediments from a nearby core on Walvis Ridge. The latter commonly used fragmentation index is defined as a ratio of foraminifera fragments over whole foraminifera in the >150-μm fraction as seen with a light microscope. Fragmentation is relatively high during glacial stages and relatively low during interglacial stages during the last 300 kyr, caused by the combined effect of wind-driven upwelling of corrosive water and increased production of organic matter, decreasing the preservation potential of carbonates both during and after deposition. The carbonate fragmentation index we present here provides a precise and fast method to establish a downcore fragmentation record. It can be applied to bulk sediments that are carbonate-rich (CaCO₃>68%) and to all other deep-marine sediments of which the grain size distribution of the carbonate-free fraction is available.     

Vertical distribution of living mangrove foraminifera from KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa

Modern foraminiferal assemblage zones can be used to reconstruct palaeo sea levels when applied to fossil foraminifera down a sediment core. Previous intertidal foraminiferal studies have predominantly focused on assemblages in surface sediments (0–1 cm), with the rationale that surface assemblages reflect the modern-day environment. Foraminifera live infaunally and therefore there is a need to document the infaunal vertical distribution of living foraminifera to fully capture the modern environment. Infaunal foraminiferal populations may compositionally differ from or be similar to those in the uppermost 1 cm of a core sample, but abundance is variable vertically, making it very complex to reconstruct and interpret past sea levels. This can have implications for the choice of assemblages to use as modern analogues for past sea-level reconstructions. This study documents the vertical infaunal distribution of living foraminifera, to allow for more informed interpretations of palaeo-reconstructions in mangrove environments. The down-core vertical distribution and abundance of living foraminifera, along with grain size and organic content, were documented using sediment cores along an elevational transect. Nine taxa were recorded as living at the time of collection, six of which were restricted to the top 4 cm. The majority of these were calcareous and found in the cores situated closer to the intertidal channel. Therefore, we argue that the diversity of living calcareous and agglutinated foraminifera could be restricted by grain size, with coarser grain sizes associated with lower species diversity. The findings suggest that foraminiferal species inhabiting the top 4 cm represent deeper living foraminiferal populations. Therefore, the top 4-cm interval can be used to establish a modern training set upon which reconstructions can be based. The findings from this study will provide guidance on the use of South African mangrove environments for future sea-level reconstructions.     

Foraminiferal selectivity towards bacteria: an experimental approach using a cell-permeant stain

The behaviour of two species of foraminifera (Allogromia laticollaris and Ammonia beccarii) towards living and dead bacteria and inorganic particles was monitored using a cell-permeant fluorescent nucleic acid stain. The foraminifera were studied in seawater containing fluorescently labelled dead and living bacteria, and/or polystyrene particles of the same size as a control. Time-lapse observations under a fluorescence microscope clearly revealed pseudopodial transport of stained bacteria and uptake of bacteria inside the foraminifera. In contrast, no uptake of polystyrene particles was ever observed, although the foraminifera collected these particles and deposited them along the outside of the test. We conclude that foraminifera distinguish food and non-food particles while collecting. There appears to be a variation of uptake rate and final amount of ingested and digested bacteria. These variations occur between individuals of different size and species, and between sampling times (September 2001 and July 2002).     

南海南部活体浮游有孔虫分布特征及其影响因素初探

通过对2002年5月采自南海南部海区11个站位20个垂直分层浮游拖网样品的浮游有孔虫组成和分布特征的初步分析,发现该区表层水体中浮游有孔虫分布广泛,共鉴定属种20种,以热带暖水种占绝对优势,广适应性冷水种有零星出现。深水种Globorotalia menardii在南海南部50 m水层中广泛出现,但壳体相对较小,壳壁较薄。该区0—50m水层活体浮游有孔虫丰度范围为(6 138—64 174)枚.1 000 m-3海水,大致呈西高东低的分布趋势,在西南部浅水区和西北部上升流区丰度最高,与表层水体的营养水平密切相关。将水样浮游有孔虫分布数据与该海区23个站位表层沉积样数据进行对比分析,发现遗壳浮游有孔虫与活体的分布关系密切,虽然在种属丰度以及分布范围等方面有明显差异,但两者具有相似的优势种组合。主要差异在于水体中浮游有孔虫优势种相对丰度差异较大,易溶种Hastigerina pelagica含量较高,而遗壳中浮游有孔虫各种属分布趋向于均匀化。此外,陆源物质的释稀作用对沉积物中的有孔虫丰度分布有明显的控制作用。     

南海东北部表层沉积中有孔虫的分布及其环境意义

为了探讨南海东北部表层沉积中有孔虫分布的规律，选取184个表层样进行分析，结果发现有孔虫的垂向分布与碳酸盐的溶解作用密切相关。在2300－2500m水深以下，浮游有孔虫丰度迅速减小，而底栖有孔虫占有孔虫全群的比值BF／（BF＋PF）以及底栖有孔虫胶结质壳类的百分含量则迅速增加，这三者随水深的变化在3400－3500m处有一明显的转变，被认为是南海东北部CCD面（碳酸盐补偿深度）所在的位置，且该研究区内碳酸盐补偿深度南部较北部深100m。浮游有孔虫水平分布除了受表层海水温度的的控制外，黑潮南海分支以及吕宋岛北端上升流区带来的富营养水体的存在也起很重要的作用。