长江口海域表层沉积物重金属元素的潜在生态风险评价

根据三峡水库一期蓄水3 a后(2006年)长江口海域表层沉积物样品中元素(Cd,Cr,Cu,Pb,Zn,Al,As,Ca和Sr等)质量比和黏土组分百分含量,采用Hakanson潜在生态风险指数法,分析了长江口海域表层沉积物中重金属元素(Cd,Cr,Cu,Pb,Zn和As)的污染程度,评价了长江口海域表层沉积物的环境质量现状,定量分析了长江口海域表层沉积物的潜在生态风险程度,并结合2003年的资料,讨论了三峡水库一期蓄水3 a后长江口海域的环境变化。结果表明,长江口海域表层沉积物环境质量状况良好,6种重金属元素的污染程度排序为:AsCrCdZnCuPb;表层沉积物的潜在生态风险程度为"轻度",6种重金属元素的潜在生态风险程度排序为:CdAsCuCrPbZn。从区域差异来看,杭州湾口外泥质区和长江口外东北偏北海域表层沉积物中重金属元素(As,Cr,Zn,Cu和Pb)的污染指数和潜在生态风险指数均出现相对高值。从元素差异来看,Cd的污染指数和潜在生态风险指数高值区的分布明显异于其他重金属元素,说明Cd存在与其他重金属元素不同的富集机制,很可能是因为Cd更易受悬浮体浓度、有机质含量以及水体盐度的影响。与2003年的资料相比,三峡水库一期蓄水3 a后(2006年)表层沉积物总体潜在生态风险程度和重金属元素(除Cd之外)潜在生态风险指数的高值区均未发生显著变化。     

长江口及邻近海域表层沉积物中重金属元素含量分布及其影响因素

根据2003和2006年长江口及邻近海域表层沉积物样品的粒度组成和元素铬、铜、镍、铅、锌、铝、钙和锶的含量,分析了重金属元素含量的分布特征,探讨了含量的变化趋势及其对人类活动的响应。自2003年三峡工程一期蓄水完成到2006年6月,长江输沙量逐年减少,长江口海域沉积物中黏土的百分含量明显增加,但是沉积物分布的总体格局并没有发生明显的变化。重金属元素大多在泥质区沉积物中富集,高值区沿岸线呈带状分布,在最大浑浊带和口外羽状锋处达到峰值。在长江大量物质输入的背景下,研究区沉积物中重金属元素含量相对其他类似河口较低。河流的陆源颗粒输入、水动力条件、细颗粒物质的吸附以及絮凝作用是控制沉积物中重金属元素含量分布的主要因素,氧化还原条件也对重金属元素含量变化有一定的影响。人类活动(重大工程的建设和人为污染)对长江口外泥质区中重金属元素含量有重要影响,尤其对铅和锌的含量及其分布的影响显著。自2003年三峡工程一期蓄水以来,长江口海域表层沉积物中重金属元素沉积机制未有明显的变化,但是重金属元素含量有逐渐降低的趋势。     

长江口及邻近海域夏季表层沉积物中重金属等的分布、来源与沉积物环境质量

通过现场调查研究报道了长江口及邻近海域表层沉积物中重金属、有机碳、石油类、硫化物以及氮磷的分布、来源以及沉积物环境质量.结果显示,长江口及邻近海域表层沉积物中重金属、有机碳、石油类、硫化物以及氮磷的分布很不均匀,除硫化物外,重金属、有机碳、石油类以及氮磷基本呈现长江口和杭州湾东北近岸的上海外海出现高值,其他区域浓度较低...     

长江口海域有害重金属的转移机理 Ⅰ.转移规律的调查研究

1972年以来,在长江口海域污染状况调查中,发现几年来该海域水体基本未受重金属的污染;而在底质取样中,个别站位的某些项目则有时出现超过卫生标准现象。为了深入研究长江口海域污染物质特别是重金属的扩散和转移规律及机理,以及该海域对重金属的自净能力,以便为利用、保护和改善环境提供科学依据。在调查研究工作中,我们结合长江口海域的特点,选择 Cu、Cr、Hg 三种重金属元素为研究对象,在以往调查的基础上,     

长江口及毗邻海域粪大肠菌和细菌总数在夏秋季的变化

2005年夏、秋季对长江口及毗邻海域(长江口、杭州湾和舟山海域)进行了粪大肠菌群和细菌总数的调查研究,并分析了近10年来的变化趋势,结果表明:夏季长江口及毗邻海域表层水体分大肠菌数平均值20个/L,仅长江口的西部海域粪大肠菌群数量在40~80个/L之间,其余海域基本未检出;秋季表层水体粪大肠菌群数量平均为101个/L,变幅范围为20~24000个/L,其中横沙一带海域存在1个数量为105个/L以上的高值区;夏季长江口及毗邻海域表层水体细菌总数平均为6.4×102cfu/mL,变幅范围为2.0×102~7.3×103cfu/mL,高值区位于舟山群岛以东海域、长江口的中北部及南部等海域,细菌总数在103cfu/mL以上;秋季表层水体细菌总数平均为4.7×103cfu/mL,明显高于夏季,变幅范围为1.3×103~1.8×104cfu/mL,高值区主要出现在长江口东南部、杭州湾西部、舟山海区的中北部等海域,细菌总数在104~105cfu/mL之间;1996—2005年期间,全海域及各海区粪大肠菌群数量在1999年均达到最高,然后逐渐下降,在1996—1999年间海域的细菌数量呈明显的上升趋势,2000年以后数量逐渐减少,估计与海域的有机污染程度下降有关。     

长江口及邻近海域细颗粒沉积物中重金属的空间分布及沉积通量

长江每年输送大量的泥沙进入东海,其中细颗粒沉积物具有搬运距离远、扩散范围大的特点,成为示踪河口及近海沉积物源汇过程的良好载体。本文基于采自长江口及邻近海域的44个表层沉积物样品,分析了细颗粒组分中重金属的空间分布和沉积通量,探讨了重金属来源和搬运沉积过程。研究表明:长江口及邻近海域细颗粒沉积物中Cu、Cr、Ni、V和Zn含量、沉积通量的空间分布具有高度的相似性,总体表现为长江口及浙闽沿岸高,向外急剧降低;该区细颗粒沉积物中的重金属主要来自长江,入海后向两个方向扩散,其一为向西南方向扩散,沉积于内陆架泥质区;其二是向东的跨陆架输送,沉积于长江冲淡水影响的海域。从长江口向西南方向的输送和沉积是长江入海重金属最重要的汇。     

长江口外低氧区特征及其影响研究

通过对2008年8月至2010年9月在长江口30°20′N～32°30′N,122°15′E～124°20′E范围海域开展的7次综合海洋调查资料进行分析,以期了解长江口海域低氧现象的年际、季节变化及其对海洋环境和生物的影响。研究结果发现,该海域夏季存在长江口和浙江南部两处低氧区域,低氧现象主要发生在20～50?m水层;低氧海域与非低氧海域的无机氮（DIN）、活性磷酸盐、叶绿素a含量存在一定差异;长江口海域浮游动物、浮游植物的分布状况与低氧区的存在与否未能发现相关关系。低氧区是底栖生物生物量的高值区,多毛类是其中最多的底栖生物种类,对低氧环境的耐受程度较高。     

长江口海域悬浮颗粒物中铜、铅、镉的化学形态及分布特征研究

研究了重金属Cu,Pb,Cd在长江口及其邻近海域悬浮颗粒中各化学形态间的含量,及其在长江内河段—河海混合界面—海区间的各形态间的迁移转化特征。结果表明,长江口海域中重金属以非残渣相为主要存在形式,其中铁锰氧化物为重要的清除载体;以铁锰氧化物和碳酸盐形式存在的重金属含量受水环境盐度和pH控制;通过多元回归计算求得重金属与pH值、盐度(X_s)、悬浮体(X_(s.s))的多元一次方程。     

中国近海海水透明度分布特征与季节变化

统计了2006—2007年中国近海环境调查的透明度数据,绘制了中国近海4个季节的透明度分布图,分析了透明度的分布特征及季节变化。结果表明,水深和入海径流对中国近海透明度分布影响最大。总体上,除长江口等重要河口区外,透明度等值线分布趋势基本与等深线一致,即近岸浅水区透明度最小,外海深水区透明度最大。由渤海至南海,透明度有不断增大的趋势。统计表明,冬季透明度最小,夏季透明度最大。从透明度分布特征上看,长江口及其以东海域随季节的变化最为显著。而从透明度值变化上看,渤海海域随季节的变化最为显著。与历史数据对比,渤海、长江口以东海域及海南岛以西海域透明度值的观测结果明显减小。     

北戴河近岸海域表层沉积物重金属分布特征及污染评价

分析了北戴河近岸海域表层沉积物重金属含量和空间分布特征,利用修正综合指数法和潜在生态风险指数法对其污染程度进行了评价。结果表明,该区表层沉积物重金属平均含量较低,高值区主要分布在西南角和东北角河口,低值区主要分布在中部;区内重金属污染程度总体上处于较低至中等等级,污染相对明显的为人造河口、石河口和秦皇岛城区近岸海域。相对而言,Hg是主要的致污元素。     

Microbial Biomass and Organic Nutrients in the Deep-Sea Sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin

In order to assess the impact of deep-sea mining on the in situ benthic life, we measured the microbial standing stock and concentration of organic nutrients in the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Ocean Basin in the Indian pioneer area. Sediments were collected using box core and grab samples during September 1996. The total bacterial numbers ranged from 10 10 -10 11 cells per g -1 dry weight sediment. There was a marginal decrease in the number of bacteria from surface to 30 cm depth, though the subsurface section registered a higher number than did the surface. The highest numbers were encountered at depths of 4-8 cm. The retrievable number of bacteria were two orders less in comparison with the direct total counts of bacteria. An almost homogeneous distribution of bacteria, total organic carbon, living biomass, and lipids throughout the depth of cores indicates active microbial and benthic processes in the deep sea sediments. On the other hand, a uniform distribution of total counts of bacteria, carbohydrates, and total organic carbon in all the cores indicates their stable nature and suggests that they can serve as useful parameters for long-term monitoring of the area after the benthic disturbance. Further studies on temporal variability in this region would not only verify the observed norms of distribution of these variables but would also help to understand restabilization processes after the simulated benthic disturbance.     

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中桩周土强度弱化研究

海上大直径钢管桩打桩过程中,桩周土体受到强烈扰动而发生强度弱化,掌握桩周土体强度弱化规律对于准确预测打桩过程、保证工程安全具有重要意义。为研究土体强度弱化规律,开展了环剪试验模拟打桩对桩周土体的扰动,测试土体强度随剪切速率的变化规律,建立了描述土体强度弱化规律的拟合公式,引入到打桩分析软件中。研究结果表明：土体的强度折减程度不仅与土体本身的性质有关还受到土体的埋深和剪切速率的影响,埋深越深土体强度折减程度越低,剪切速率越高土体强度折减越高,在打桩分析中可采用这里推荐的线性折减方法来模拟不同深度处土体强度的折减规律。     

Geoacoustic Inversion via Genetic Algorithm and Its Application to Manganese Sediment Identification

An acoustic inversion method using a wide-band signal and two near field receivers is proposed and applied to multiple layered seabed models including a manganese sediment. The inversion problem can be formulated into a probabilistic model comprised of signals, a forward model, and additive noise. The forward model simulates wide-band signals, such as chirp signals, and is chosen to be the source-waveletconvolution plane wave modeling method. The wavelet matching technique, using weighted least-squares fitting, estimates the sediment sound-speed and thickness on which determination of the possible numerical ranges for a priori uniform distribution is based. The genetic algorithm is applied to a global optimization problem to find a maximum a posteriori solution for determined a priori search space. Here the object function is defined by an L 2 norm of the difference between measured and modeled signals. Not only the marginal pdf but also its statistics are calculated by numerical evaluation of integrals using the samples selected during importance sampling process of the genetic algorithm.     

A Review of Some Environmental Issues Affecting Marine Mining

This article reviews information recently available from existing marine and coastal mining for responses to environmental issues affecting marine mining at different depths. It is particularly but not exclusively concerned with those issues affecting seabed biodiversity impact and recovery. Much information has been gathered in the past 10 years from shallow mining operations for construction aggregate, diamonds, and gold, from coastal mines discharging tailings to shallow and deep water, and from experimental deep mining tests. The responses to issues identified are summarized in a series of eight tables intended to facilitate site-specific consideration. Since impacts can spread widely in the surface mixing layer SML, and can affect the biologically productive euphotic zone, the main issues considered arise from the depth of mining relative to the SML of the sea. Where mining is below the SML, the issue is whether it is environmentally better to bring the extraction products to the surface vessel for processing (and waste discharge), or to process the extraction products as much as possible on the seabed. Responses to the issues need to be sitespecific, and dependent on adequate preoperational environmental impact and recovery prediction. For deep tailings disposal from a surface vessel, there are four important environmental unknowns: (1) the possible growth of "marine snow" (bacterial flocs) utilizing the enormous quantities of fine tailings particles (hundreds or thousands of metric tons per day) as nuclei for growth, (2) the possibility that local keystone plankton and nekton species may migrate diurnally down to and beyond the depth of deep discharge and hence be subjected to tailings impact at depth, (3) the burrow-up capability of deep benthos and their ability to survive high rates of tailings deposition, and (4) the pattern and rate of dispersion of a tailings density current through the deep water column from discharge point to seabed. Actions to obtain relevant information in general and site-specifically are suggested.     

Increased Particle Fluxes at the INDEX Site Attributable to Simulated Benthic Disturbance

Particle fluxes were measured 7 m above the sea bottom during the predisturbance, disturbance, and postdisturbance periods by using time series sediment traps attached to seven deep-sea moorings deployed in the INDEX experiment site in the Central Indian Basin. The predisturbance particle fluxes varied between 22.3 to 55.1 mg m -2 day -1 . Increased and variable particle fluxes were recorded by the sediment traps during the disturbance period. The increase observed was 0.5 to 4 times more than the background predisturbance fluxes. The increases in particle fluxes (~4 times) recorded by the sediment trap located in the southwestern direction (DMS-1) were the greatest, which could be the result of preferential movement of resuspended particles generated during the deep-sea benthic disturbance along the general current direction prevailing in this area during the experimental period. Also, the traps located closer to the disturbance area recorded greater fluxes than did the traps far away, across the Deep Sea Sediment Resuspension System path. This variability in recorded particle fluxes by the traps around the disturbance area clearly indicates that physical characteristics such as grain size and density of the resuspended particles produced during the disturbance had an important effect on particle movement. The postdisturbance measurements during ~5 days showed a reduction in particle fluxes of ~50%, indicating rapid particle settlement.     

Phylogenetic diversity and phenotypic characterization of cultivable bacterioplankton isolated from polar oceans

A set of 27 marine planktonic bacteria isolated from the polar regions was characterized by 16S rDNA sequencing and physiological and biochemical testing. More than half of these bacteria were positive for caseinase, gelatinase and 13-glucosidase, and could utilize glucose, maltose or malic acid as carbon source for cell growth. Twelve isolates expressed nitrate reduction activities. Except for one antarctic isolate BSwlO175 belonging to Actinobacteria phylum, these isolates were classified as γ-Proteobacteria, suggesting that γ-Proteobacteria dominated in cultivable marine bacterioplankton at both poles. Genus Pseudoalteromonas was the predominant group in the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea, and genus ShewaneUa dominated in cultivable bacterioplankton in the Prydz Bay. With sequence similarities above 97%, genus Psychrobacter was found at both poles. These 27 isolates were psychrotolerant, and significant 16S rDNA sequence similarities were found not only between arctic and antarctic marine bacteria （ 〉 99% ）, but also between polar marine bacteria and bacteria from other aquatic environments （ ≥ 98.8% ）, including temperate ocean, deep sea, pond and lake, suggesting that in the polar oceans less temperature-sensitive bacteria may be cosmopolitan and have a bipolar, even global, distribution at the species level.     

Determination of In Situ Sediment Shear Strength from Advanced Piston Corer Pullout Forces

The advanced piston corer (APC) has been used by the Ocean Drilling Program since 1985 for recovering soft sediments from the ocean floor. The pullout force measured on extracting the core barrel from the sediment is shown to correlate with the average shear strength of the sediment core measured in the ship's laboratory. A simple rule of thumb is derived relating the shear strength of the sediment to the pullout force. Multiple APC holes at individual sites allow the consistency of the pullout measurements to be assessed. The effects of different operational procedures during APC coring are also explored. Although generally applicable, the correlation between pullout force and laboratory measurements of shear strength breaks down for some APC holes, possibly because of the disturbance of some sediment types during the APC coring process. A better understanding of the physical process of APC coring, and its effect on the properties of the sediment both inside and immediately outside the core barrel, would indicate what confidence can be put on the measurement of pullout force as a way of evaluating the in situ shear strength of deep sea sediments.     

Deep-Sea Sediment Compression Curves: Some Controlling Factors, Spurious Overconsolidation, Predictions, and Geophysical Reproduction

Oedometer tests have been carried out on 70 undisturbed surficial clays (at approximately 250 mm below the mudline), mostly collected by free-fall corers from sites widely scattered throughout the deep-sea North Atlantic. Acoustic measurements were also made, initially on contiguous samples and ultimately on the same sample using a geophysically instrumented oedometer which also collected electrical resistivity data. Apart from those quiescent areas below the carbonate compensation depth, such as north of the West Indies where very fine clays exist, most of the samples are silty clays whose geotechnical-geophysical properties are dependent on the type of clay minerals present (and their ability to take in moisture), the sand-size fraction, and the quantity of carbonate present. Thus the pure clays have high compressibilities which decrease on the addition of coarse particles, while the converse is true for the acoustic parameters, these increasing with the sand fraction. Using the notion of the intrinsic compression line for all samples, and comparison to it of the measured compression curves, it is clear that, contrary to some previously held ideas, most deep-sea clays are normally consolidated; the addition of carbonate has the effect of creating an open, stronger sediment skeleton. Interestingly, where information is available, the variation with depth of a sample's acoustic velocity follows the void ratio pressure relationship of the compression curve. This allows the construction of an in-situ sediment compression curve using the in-situ geophysical observations.