氮磷营养盐对中肋骨条藻生长及硝酸还原酶活性的影响

通过实验室培养,在不同氮磷浓度及氮磷比率的营养条件下,对中肋骨条藻（Skeletonema costatum）的生长及藻细胞硝酸还原酶的活性进行研究。实验结果表明,中肋骨条藻属于营养型藻类,氮磷营养盐的添加,极大地促进了藻细胞的增殖。在接种后的第4～5天,各培养组藻密度达到最大值并与对照组形成极显著性差异（P〈0．01）。实验进一步发现,环境中的氮、磷浓度及氮磷比率都会影响中肋骨条藻的生长及藻细胞硝酸还原酶活性（NRA）。此外,在各培养组中,中肋骨条藻硝酸还原酶活性的最大值（NRAmax）均出现在指数生长期（接藻后第1,2天）,早于最大藻密度的出现时间（第4,5天）,这表明藻对营养盐的同化速率与生长速率并不一致,后者存在一定的滞后效应。在本实验条件下,中肋骨条藻的硝酸还原酶活性存在一定的阈值。     

化学发光法测定天然水体中低浓度硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐的含量

传统分光光度法测定硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐含量时检测限较高,无法测定部分海洋表层及寡营养盐海域低含量的硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐浓度,急需采用一种新的测定低浓度硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐的方法.化学发光法用于测定水体中硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐含量,具有灵敏度高、检测限低、样品用量少,不受悬浮颗粒物、有色物质影响及样品批量测定等优点.本文通过探索载气流速、...     

New production in the subarctic Pacific Ocean: Net changes in nitrate concentrations, rates of nitrate assimilation and accumulation of particulate nitrogen

Changes in water column nitrate and particulate nitrogen (PN) concentrations and rates of nitrate assimilation at 50°N 145°W were measured over a four-month interval for 1984, 1987 and 1988. Rates of nitrate depletion in the upper 80m of the water column averaged 12mg N m⁻²d⁻¹, but most of the net depletion occurred during May when rates were high (75mg N m⁻²d⁻¹) compared to later in the year. Particulate nitrogen (collected on GF/F filters) increased 2- to 3-fold during the month of May and accounted for 30–60% of the net nitrate depletion for May. Mean rates of PN accumulation for the 4-month intervals were 2.4mg N m⁻²d⁻¹ and accounted for about 20% of the net nitrate depletion. Rates of nitrate assimilation (measured in incubation bottles with ¹⁵N) averaged 45.0±4.5mg N m⁻²d⁻¹ (mean±SD), and appeared to decrease between May and September. A good correspondence between in situ and incubation estimates of nitrate assimilation was found for the 4-month comparison, but not for the month of May when net changes in nitrate concentrations were greatest. Vertical and horizontal inputs of nitrate are about the same order of magnitude as biological removal, thus the high inout of nitrate into the euphotic zone contributed to the continuously high nitrate concentrations in this region. Seasonal changes in nitrate and PN were significant and need to be considered in comparisons of new and export production.     

Determination of nitrate in the blood of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila using a bacterial nitrate reduction assay

The vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila derives most or all of its nutrition from intracellular chemosynthetic bacterial symbionts. Because purified preparations of symbionts respire nitrate, possibly nitrite, and oxygen, host transport of nitrate is a topic of interest. In the present study, we have developed a nitrate detection assay that utilizes a nitrite reductase-deficient Escherichia coli strain for the reduction of nitrate to nitrite, which is then determined spectrophotometrically. Nitrate and nitrite concentrations were measured in the blood and coelomic fluids of R. pachyptila collected from hydrothermal vent sites at 9°N and 13°N. The blood was shown to have nitrate concentrations up to one hundred times that of ambient sea water (40 μM). Blood nitrate levels reached concentrations of>1 mM, while nitrite was measured in the range of 400-700 μM. The concentrations of nitrate and nitrite in the coelomic fluids were 150-240 μM and <20 μM, respectively. The nitrate determination technique we present here is simple, applicable for laboratory and shipboard use on sea water or biological fluids, and works reliably within the 0.5 to 2000 μM range.     

海水中低浓度亚硝酸盐和硝酸盐测定方法综述

海水中低浓度的亚硝酸盐和硝酸盐的测定方法主要有4种,即分光光度法(富集分光光度法和液芯波导分光光度法)、高效液相色谱法、荧光法和化学发光法。这些测定方法比传统的分光光度测定法有更高的灵敏度和更低的检测限,可以对海水中纳摩尔级低浓度的亚硝酸盐和硝酸盐进行测定。化学发光法和液芯波导分光光度法的自动化程度高,测定时对样品的需求量少,后者还实现了多个参数的实时现场测定,因而成为目前海水中低浓度亚硝酸盐和硝酸盐测定的主流方法,具有广阔的应用前景。     

The distributions of, and relationship between, He and nitrate in eddies

We present and discuss the distribution of ³He and its relationship to nutrients in two eddies (cyclone C1 and anticyclone A4) with a view towards examining eddy-related mechanisms whereby nutrients are transported from the upper 200–300 m into the euphotic zone of the Sargasso Sea. The different behavior of these tracers in the euphotic zone results in changes in their distributions and relationships that may provide important clues as to the nature of physical and biological processes involved.The cyclonic eddy (C1) is characterized by substantial ³He excesses within the euphotic zone. The distribution of this excess ³He is strongly suggestive of both past and recent ongoing deep-water injection into the euphotic zone. Crude mass balance calculations suggest that an average of approximately 1.4±0.7 mol m⁻² of nitrate has been introduced into the euphotic zone of eddy C1, consistent with the integrated apparent oxygen utilization anomaly in the aphotic zone below. The ³He–NO₃ relationship within the eddy deviates substantially from the linear thermocline trend, suggestive of incomplete drawdown of nutrients and/or substantial mixing between euphotic and aphotic zone waters.Anticyclone (A4) displays a simpler ³He–NO₃ relationship, but is relatively impoverished in euphotic zone excess ³He. We suggest that because of the relatively strong upwelling and lateral divergence of water the residence time of upwelled ³He is relatively short within the euphotic zone of this eddy. An estimate of the recently upwelled nutrient inventory, based on the excess ³He observed in A4's lower euphotic zone, is stoichiometrically consistent with the oxygen maximum observed in the euphotic zone.     

海藻提取物对菠菜硝酸盐积累的影响及机理

采用对比试验的方法,对海藻提取物对菠菜硝酸盐积累的影响及机理进行了研究。结果表明:在300 kg/hm2的氮肥施用量下,用不同浓度的海藻提取物喷施菠菜叶片,均显著降低硝酸盐含量,且浓度与硝酸盐含量呈极显著的负相关;海藻提取物对菠菜硝酸盐含量不存在稀释作用,并且对土壤硝化细菌数量无明显影响;浓度与硝酸还原酶活性呈极显著的正相关,说明海藻提取物降低菠菜硝酸盐含量的机理是通过增强硝酸还原酶活性来实现的。     

天津近岸浮游植物群落对海洋酸化和硝酸盐加富的响应

为了评估海洋酸化和富营养化耦合作用对近海浮游生态环境的影响,本研究以天津市近岸海域浮游植物群落的生物地球化学指标为研究对象,分别采用一次性及连续培养的方式模拟自然水华及稳态条件,探究其对二氧化碳(CO₂)和硝酸盐浓度变化及二者耦合作用的响应。实验条件设置如下:1)对照:二氧化碳分压p(CO₂)40.53 Pa、无硝酸盐添加;2)酸化:p(CO₂)101.3 Pa、无硝酸盐添加;3)加N:p(CO₂)40.53 Pa、添加硝酸盐50 μmol·L^–1;4)酸化加N:p(CO₂)101.3 Pa、添加硝酸盐50 μmol·L^–1。实验结果表明,硝酸盐加富比酸化更加显著地促进浮游植物群落总叶绿素(Chl a)生物量及颗粒有机碳(POC)和颗粒有机氮(PON)积累,酸化和加N使浮游植物群落粒径大小升高。连续培养实验表明,酸化和N加富对Chl a、生物硅(BSi)、PON浓度、PON与颗粒有机磷(POP)比值(N/P)、POC与BSi比值(C/BSi)及沉降速率有协同交互作用,对POP和POC浓度及POC与PON比值(C/N)有拮抗性交互作用。在一次性培养后,酸化显著降低了浮游植物群落的沉降速率;而在连续培养后,酸化和N加富使浮游植物群落沉降速率显著升高。这些结果表明酸化和N加富对与近岸浮游植物相关的生物地球化学循环及在不同生长阶段的种群碳沉降存在不同的潜在影响及交互效应。     

Preparation of the standard solutions of nitrate and their application to seawater and freshwater

Responding to the recommendation at the first Meeting of the International Coordination Group for the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK) 1965, a series of nitrate standard solutions consisting of eight different concentrations ranging from 0 to 50g-at NO₃-N/l in 30.5 sodium chloride solution with the highest purity was prepared for nitrate-N determination in seawater. The solutions have been proved to be stable at least 520 days after preparation.The best way of handling and conditioning the copper-cadmium column was studied for securing the perfect and reproducible conversion of nitrate to nitrite for the procedure as proposed byWood et al. (1967).It was also shown that the method can be applied to freshwater samples by the addition of sodium chloride and adjusting pH properly.     

Ammonium uptake kinetics and interactions between nitrate and ammonium uptake inChattonella antiqua

Ammonium uptake kinetics and interactions between nitrate and ammonium uptake were examined inChattonella antiqua. After the addition of ammonium to the culture ofC. antiqua, the ammonium concentration decreased linearly with time. The ammonium uptake rate as a function of ammonium concentration followed the Michaelis-Menten equation; the maximal uptake rate was 2.0 pmol cell^–1hr^–1 and the half saturation constant, 2.2M. Although the ammonium uptake was not affected by nitrate, uptake of nitrate was rapidly (15min) suppressed by ammonium and a 50% reduction in nitrate uptake was observed at an ammonium concentration ofca. 2M.     

海水中硝酸盐铜镉柱还原测定操作步骤的优化研究

本文比较了硝酸盐测定的铜镉柱还原法在两个规范中技术指标和操作工艺的差异.针对本实验室具体条件,对该测定方法的某些步骤(如镉柱制备、蠕动泵、流速选择、加氯化铵缓冲液方法等)进行优化研究,选择适宜的改进方法,以便将硝酸盐铜镉柱还原测定方法结合进本实验室已有的营养盐测定系统中.     

Application of an optical nitrate profiler to high- and low-turbidity coastal shelf waters

Here, we report the results of high-resolution nitrate measurements using an optical nitrate profiler(in situ ultraviolet spectrophotometer, ISUS) along transect across a high-turbidity shelf(East China Sea) and a lowturbidity shelf(Chukchi Sea). The ISUS-measured nitrate concentrations closely reproduced the results measured by conventional bottle methods in low-turbidity waters. However, for high-turbidity waters of the East China Sea(salinity<30), a correction factor of 1.19 was required t...     

氮磷营养盐对微氏海链藻细胞生化组成的影响

探讨了高营养盐条件下氮浓度及氮磷摩尔比[n(N):n(P)]异动对微氏海链藻(Thalassiosiraweissflogii)的细胞碱性活性基团含量、细胞干质量、细胞形态及细胞体中碳水化合物、蛋白质、叶绿素含量,即对细胞生命力和表面吸附力的影响。结果表明,n(N):n(P)=16时,叶绿素、碳水化合物和蛋白质含量最高,生长状况及生命力最佳,有利于金属吸收,n(N):n(P)偏离16,各组份含量均减少。碱性活性基团和藻细胞大小,当n(N):n(P)=8时最大,表面吸附金属能力最强;n(N):n(P)=64时最小,不利于金属的吸附。氮磷摩尔比对微氏海链藻细胞体主动吸收和生物吸附金属的影响不同。     

Simplified procedure for the manual analysis of nitrate in seawater

The use of small volumes of sample and reagents permits the adaption of a copper-coated cadmium column to the manual analysis of nitrate in seawater. The apparatus used for this modification is described.     

Assessment of excess nitrate development in the subtropical North Atlantic

Geochemical estimates of N₂ fixation in the North Atlantic often serve as a foundation for estimating global marine diazotrophy. Yet despite being well-studied, estimations of nitrogen fixation rates in this basin vary widely. Here we investigate the variability in published estimates of excess nitrogen accumulation rates in the main thermocline of the subtropical North Atlantic, testing the assumptions and choices made in the analyses. Employing one of these previously described methods, modified here with improved estimates of excess N spatial gradients and ventilation rates of the main thermocline, we determine a total excess N accumulation rate of 7.8 ± 1.7 × 10¹¹ mol N yr^− 1. Contributions to excess N development include atmospheric deposition of high N:P nutrients (adding excess N at a rate of 3.0 ± 0.9 × 10¹¹ mol N yr^− 1 for  38% of the total), high N:P dissolved organic matter advected into and mineralized in the main thermocline (adding excess N at 2.2 ± 1.1 × 10¹¹ mol N yr^− 1 for  28% of the total), and, calculated by mass balance of the excess N field, N₂ fixation (adding excess N at 2.6 ± 2.2 × 10¹¹ mol N yr^− 1 for  33% of the total). Assuming an N:P of 40 and this rate of excess N accumulation due to the process, N₂ fixation in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre is estimated at  4 × 10¹¹ mol N yr^− 1. This relatively low rate of N₂ fixation suggests that i) the rate of N₂ fixation in the North Atlantic is greatly overestimated in some previous analyses, ii) the main thermocline is not the primary repository of N fixed by diazotrophs, and/or iii) the N:P ratio of exported diazotrophic organic matter is much lower than generally assumed. It is this last possibility, and our uncertainty in the N:P ratios of exported material supporting excess N development, that greatly lessens our confidence in geochemical measures of N₂ fixation.     

细菌反硝化法测试硝酸盐氮、氧同位素的研究与应用

为了验证细菌反硝化法对水体中硝酸盐氮、氧同位素组成测定的适用性、重现性及准确性, 在不同时间(2019年7月28日、8月19日、8月26日)利用反硝化细菌分别将海水、湖水和自来水样品中的硝酸盐转化为氧化亚氮（N₂O）, 并进行氮、氧同位素测定。结果表明, 不同时间段3个批次实验的硝酸盐氮同位素校准曲线斜率都接近理论值1, 相关性系数均高于0.999, 说明反硝化细菌在将样品中的硝酸盐全部还原为N₂O的过程中氮同位素分馏效应很小; 同一样品3个批次测定的硝酸盐的氮同位素值基本相同, 表明细菌反硝化法对硝酸盐氮同位素的测定在长时间周期内具有很好的重现性和准确性。3个批次氧同位素校准曲线斜率稳定在0.61～0.63之间, 相关性系数均高于0.99, 单批次内海水、湖水和自来水3类样品中硝酸盐氧同位素比值的标准偏差范围在0.18‰～0.69‰之间, 表明经过氧同位素校准曲线的校正, 可以准确反映样品中硝酸盐氧同位素组成; 同一样品3个批次测定的氧同位素值差异较大, 其变化范围为1.33‰～16.38‰, 可能是由于样品储存过程中硝酸盐与水之间发生的氧同位素交换作用所致。     

Proposed nitrate binding by hemoglobin in Riftia pachyptila blood

Riftia pachyptila lives in the unstable environment at hydrothermal vent sites along oceanic spreading zones in the Eastern Pacific. The tubeworm has a symbiosis with intracellular carbon-fixing and sulfide-oxidizing bacteria. Nitrate is the main source of nitrogen available from their habitat. This compound serves as a substrate either for nitrate respiration or for biosynthesis after transformation into ammonia. Very high nitrate (up to 3.2 mM) and nitrite (up to 0.8 mM) concentrations in vascular blood of R. pachyptila indicate a novel uptake mechanism. The dialysis experiments reported here demonstrate the binding and transport of nitrate to the symbionts by high molecular weight components in the blood, most likely hemoglobin. The extent to which nitrate is bound differed markedly between blood from different animals. In addition, a strong inverse correlation was found between the concentrations of sulfide and nitrate in vascular blood, as well as between the sulfur content of trophosome and the nitrate content of vascular blood. Specimens with low sulfur stores showed much lower nitrate levels than those with pale green trophosome due to high levels of elemental sulfur.     

Temporal and spatial variability in phytoplankton ammonium and nitrate uptake in the Delaware Estuary

Phytoplankton NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻ uptake was examined along the longitudinal salinity gradient of the Delaware Estuary over several seasonal cycles using ¹⁵N-tracer techniques. Saturated nitrogen uptake rates increased directly with water temperature and reached a maximum of 380 nmol Nl⁻¹h⁻¹ during summer. This temperature dependence was related primarily to changes in the rate of maximum chlorophyll specific uptake, which varied exponentially between 2 and 70 nmol N [μg Chl h]⁻¹ over a temperature range of 2–28°C. Despite these high uptake rates, balanced growth (C:N7:1) could be maintained over the diel light cycle only by highly efficient nitrogen uptake at low light intensities and dark uptake below the photic zone and at night (dark UPTAKE=25% maximum uptake).Ammonium fulfilled 82% of the annual phytoplankton nitrogen demand in the estuary despite dominance of NO₃⁻ in the ambient dissolved inorganic nitrogen pool. The predominance of NH₄⁺ uptake occurred because of the general suppression of NO₃⁻ assimilation at NH₄⁺ concentrations in excess of 2 μ . This suppression, however, was not as universal as has been reported for other systems, and it is suggested that the extremely high NO₃⁻ concentrations found in the estuary contribute to this pattern. Nitrate was a significant source of nitrogen only during periods of high phytoplankton production in summer, and when NH₄⁺ concentrations were low towards the end of the spring bloom.     

A chemiluminescent technique for the determination of nanomolar concentrations of nitrate and nitrite in seawater

A chemiluminescent analysis technique for the determination of nanomolar quantities of nitrate, nitrate plus nitrite or nitrite alone in seawater is described. The method depends on the selective reduction of these species to nitric oxide which is then determined by its chemiluminescent reaction with ozone, using a commercial nitrogen oxides analyzer. The necessary equipment is compact and sufficiently sturdy to allow shipboard use. A precision of ±2 nM is claimed with analytical rates of 10–12 samples h^?1, and modifications are discussed to allow doubling the analytical rate.