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.     

大风事件对长江口及邻近海域海-气CO2通量的影响

依托2017年8月23日至2017年9月6日在长江口及邻近海域连续走航测得的二氧化碳分压(pCO₂)值,结合温度、盐度、溶解氧等数据,阐述该海域pCO₂的分布特征,并利用一次大风事件前后一个断面的重复观测数据,讨论天气事件对长江口海-气CO₂通量的影响。夏季长江口及邻近海域表层海水pCO₂范围为145~929 μatm,总体呈近岸高远岸低的分布特征,在受长江冲淡水影响的区域,海表pCO₂较低,整体表现为大气CO₂的汇。大风事件(最大风速达9.7 m·s^-1)加强了水体的垂直混合,导致近岸区域从大气CO₂的弱源变为强源(CO₂通量从0.2±1.9上升到 55.0±12.4 mmol·m^-2·d^-1),而远岸区域的碳汇略有加强(CO₂通量从-12.7±2.3变为-16.8±2.5 mmol·m^-2·d^-1)。因此,在估算东海海-气CO₂通量时,台风、冷空气等短时间尺度天气事件的影响也不容忽视。     

潮汐河口断面悬沙通量组分模式及其在长江口的应用

断面泥沙通量估算的误差主要来源于计算方法、测点布局等,通量模式应该建立在通量估算统计误差最小的原则基础之上.在断面网格设计中采用统计误差最小的等面积单元网格,在泥沙通量估算中采用泥沙组分浓度,在流速变量插值上垂向采用对数函数插值,横向采用第一边界三次方样条函数插值.这样建立的潮汐河口悬沙断面通量组分模式较以往的任何模式更完善,断面通量估算的误差最小.将该模式应用于长江河口南港断面悬沙通量估算及其输移机制分析,断面泥沙通量表现为大潮期大进大出、大出大于大进;小潮期小进小出、小出大于小进;主要输移机制是拉格朗日输移和潮泵.     

江苏近岸海域水位变化特征分析

基于江苏沿海连云港、吕四两个测点的验潮站多年的观测资料以及AVISO卫星高度计资料,利用统计分析方法和潮汐调和分析方法研究江苏沿海地区的海洋水位变化特征。结果表明:江苏沿海海平面和潮差均呈上升趋势,海平面上升速度达3.35 mm/a,高于全球和区域海平面的上升速度;对采样间隔为1 h的潮位连续观测数据作调和分析,各验潮站主要半日分潮的振幅呈上升趋势,全日分潮的振幅呈下降趋势,S_a分潮的周期性变化与El Nino现象有关。     

长江河口北支倒灌盐通量数值分析

应用改进的三维数值模式,研究了长江河口北支倒灌盐通量.当径流量取11 000 m3/s,风况取风速为6 m/s的北风时,长江河口北支上段大潮、中潮、小潮和半月平均盐通量分别为-26.28,-14.65,-1.58和-15.83 t/s,发生北支盐分倒灌进入南支,大潮期间的盐分倒灌量远大于小潮期间.通过数值计算定量分析了...     

基于GIS的近30年长江口及其邻近海域赤潮时空分布特征研究

收集了1990年—2019年长江口及其邻近海域(120°30'E～123°30'E,29°00'N～32°30'N)记载的赤潮事件,基于GIS软件对所有赤潮事件进行整理,分析了赤潮的时空分布规律,并绘制长江口及邻近海域赤潮分布图.结果表明:近30年来,长江口及其邻近海域赤潮经历了先升高后下降的过程,赤潮次数共计144次...     

Recent satellite-derived sea ice volume flux through the Fram Strait: 2011–2015

The Fram Strait(FS) is the primary region of sea ice export from the Arctic Ocean and thus plays an important role in regulating the amount of sea ice and fresh water entering the North Atlantic seas. A 5 a(2011–2015) sea ice thickness record retrieved from Cryo Sat-2 observations is used to derive a sea ice volume flux via the FS. Over this period, a mean winter accumulative volume flux(WAVF) based on sea ice drift data derived from passivemicrowave measurements, which are provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center(NSIDC) and the Institut Francais de Recherche pour d'Exploitation de la Mer(IFREMER), amounts to 1 029 km~3(NSIDC) and1 463 km~3(IFREMER), respectively. For this period, a mean monthly volume flux(area flux) difference between the estimates derived from the NSIDC and IFREMER drift data is –62 km~3 per month(–18×10~6 km~2 per month).Analysis reveals that this negative bias is mainly attributable to faster IFREMER drift speeds in comparison with slower NSIDC drift data. NSIDC-based sea ice volume flux estimates are compared with the results from the University of Bremen(UB), and the two products agree relatively well with a mean monthly bias of(5.7±45.9) km~3 per month for the period from January 2011 to August 2013. IFREMER-based volume flux is also in good agreement with previous results of the 1990 s. Compared with P1(1990/1991–1993/1994) and P2(2003/2004–2007/2008), the WAVF estimates indicate a decline of more than 600 km~3 in P3(2011/2012–2014/2015). Over the three periods, the variability and the decline in the sea ice volume flux are mainly attributable to sea ice motion changes, and second to sea ice thickness changes, and the least to sea ice concentration variations.     

九龙江口生物可利用磷的行为与入海通量

于1995年3、5月在九龙江口进行两个航次的现场调查,研究不同形态磷的河口行为,并估算生物可利用磷的入海通量。结果表明,在S＜20区域内,溶解活性磷（DRP）的行为受控于“缓冲机制”,其含量在8～10μg／dm3水平上下波动。颗粒磷中MgCl2。可提取磷（MgCl2-P）含量随盐度增大而增大,并与叶绿素a以及悬浮物中Fe、Mn、Al含量呈正相关关系。NaOH／NaCl可提取磷（NaOH／NaCl－P）随盐度增大按指数关系下降,其含量与悬浮物中Fe、Mn、Al含量呈正相关关系。HCl可提取磷（HCl－P）在河口区的行为表现为保守混合。九龙江口生物可利用磷入海通量约517t／a,其中潜在生物可利用磷（PBAP）的贡献为溶解活性磷（DRP）的3倍。     

珠江河口的能量传播和能量耗散

建立了包括河网区、河口湾区和近海水域的ECOMSED-3D数学模型,计算了珠江河口的能量传播和能量耗散特征。研究表明:1)珠江河口能量来源受潮汐和径流共同作用,季节性变化明显;2)珠江河口存在若干高能耗区,其单位面积能耗率比上下游河段平均能耗率高1—2个量级,它们和一定的动力结构与地貌单元相联系。根据地貌特征和消能特点,可以划分为以下3种类型:门的高能耗区、曲折河段高能耗区和分汊汇流高能耗区。     

Experimental Wave Power Plant at the Pearl River Estuary

The first Chinese experimental wave power plant, i. e., the shoremountcd experimental wave power plant at the Pearl River Estuary was successful in trial power generation on February 15, 1990. The plant is on the south shore of the Dawanshan Island in the Pearl River Estuary, facing the vast waving South China Sea. With a designed wave condition of H1/10= 1.5 m and T= 6.5 s, the planned installed capacity is 8 kW comprising the first unit of 3 kW brushless clawpole generator which delivers 110 V DC current and the second unit of 5 kW brushless single phase synchro AC generator which delivers 220 V AC current. At present, the first unit has been put into trial operation.     

2010年马卡罗夫海盆冰站观测期间垂向热通量时间变化研究

Based on hydrographic data obtained at an ice camp deployed in the Makarov Basin by the 4th Chinese Arctic Research Expedition in August of 2010, temporal variability of vertical heat flux in the upper ocean of the Makarov Basin is investigated together with its impacts on sea ice melt and evolution of heat content in the remnant of winter mixed layer(r WML). The upper ocean of the Makarov Basin under sea ice is vertically stratified. Oceanic heat flux from mixed layer(ML) to ice evolves in three stages as a response to air temperature changes, fluctuating from 12.4 W/m2 to the maximum 43.6 W/m2. The heat transferred upward from ML can support(0.7±0.3) cm/d ice melt rate on average, and daily variability of melt rate agrees well with the observed results. Downward heat flux from ML across the base of ML is much less, only 0.87 W/m2, due to enhanced stratification in the seasonal halocline under ML caused by sea ice melt, indicating that increasing solar heat entering summer ML is mainly used to melt sea ice, with a small proportion transferred downward and stored in the r WML. Heat flux from ML into r WML changes in two phases caused by abrupt air cooling with a day lag. Meanwhile, upward heat flux from Atlantic water(AW) across the base of r WML, even though obstructed by the cold halocline layer(CHL), reaches0.18 W/m2 on average with no obvious changing pattern and is also trapped by the r WML. Upward heat flux from deep AW is higher than generally supposed value near 0, as the existence of r WML enlarges the temperature gradient between surface water and CHL. Acting as a reservoir of heat transferred from both ML and AW, the increasing heat content of r WML can delay the onset of sea ice freezing.     

九龙江河口区有机物的转移和入海通量

１９９２－１９９３年４年个航次调查结果表明，九龙江河口区水体中总有机物的含量和转移与悬浮物含量密切相关。当ＳＰＭ含量低时，其转移过程接近于理想行为；当ＳＭＰ含量高时，同为非理想行为。     

长江口北槽南导堤越堤输沙运动的时空变化特征研究

通过现场观测对长江口北槽南导堤越堤输沙运动的时空变化特征进行的研究表明:(1)南导堤沿程各测点各涨落潮过程单宽越堤净输沙量存在良好的线性相关关系;(2)S4—S7和S2—S3区段越堤输沙强度大,是主要输沙通道;(3)南导堤年平均越堤净输沙量约为296.6 Mt,其中洪季、枯季分别占年均越堤净输沙量的62.24％和37.76％.     

长江口潮滩先锋植物藨草腐烂分解过程研究

以长江口崇明东滩湿地为研究区域,采集了先锋植物藨草(Scirpus triqueter)的地上茎和地下根部分,分别埋藏于高潮滩和堤内两处不同地点,研究了植物不同部位组织在腐烂分解过程中质量及其碳、氮元素含量的变化,分析了影响植物分解的主要因素。结果表明,藨草残体在为期391 d的分解过程中质量损失了46%~66%,其中藨草茎分解速率大于藨草根的,高潮滩的大于堤内的;碳含量呈持续降低趋势,而氮含量则显著升高。植物体中初始营养盐水平和C/N比值的高低可能是导致藨草根、茎残体的分解速率存在差异的最主要因素。环境因素(如温度、湿度等)对藨草残体的腐烂分解有着十分重要的影响,温度升高、湿度增大,则加速微生物对植物碎屑的分解。由于受潮汐作用影响,高潮滩的植物埋藏环境比堤内的更潮湿,从而使得藨草在高潮滩的分解速率以及碳、氮元素含量的变化速率都明显高于堤内。     

大沽河口水位变化特征分析

本文基于2016年11月8日—2019年6月29日大沽河入海口水深观测数据分析了大沽河河口水位变化特征,并结合风场、降水量、卫星高度计融合产品资料对其影响因素展开了讨论.结果表明:1)大沽河口水位变化由潮汐过程主导,潮汐类型为正规半日潮,M2分潮占主导;2)余水位在2017年7月—2019年1月存在周期约为110—15...     

Direct observation of radiative flux in the southern yellow sea

Direct measurements of four radiative components at air-sea boundary layer were conducted in the southern Yellow Sea during three cruises (seasons) in 2007. Simultaneous observations of meteorological (cloud cover, air temperature and humidity) and oceanographic (sea surface temperature) parameters were carried out. Observational results of radiative fluxes and meteorological and oceanographic parameters are presented. Mean diurnal cycles of four radiative components, net radiation, and sea surface albedo are calculated to achieve averages in different seasons. Net radiative fluxes in three seasons (winter, spring, autumn) are 8, 146, 60 W/m², respectively. Comparisons between the observed radiative fluxes and those estimated with formulas are taken.     

The seasonal variability of an air-sea heat flux in the northern South China Sea

The seasonal variabilities of a latent-heat flux (LHF), a sensible-heat flux (SHF) and net surface heat flux are examined in the northern South China Sea (NSCS), including their spatial characteristics, using the in situ data collected by ship from 2006 to 2007. The spatial distribution of LHF in the NSCS is mostly controlled by wind in summer and autumn owing to the lower vertical gradient of air humidity, but is influenced by both wind and near-surface air humidity vertical gradient in spring and winter. The largest area-averaged LHF is in autumn, with the value of 197.25 W/m 2 , followed by that in winter; the third and the forth are in summer and spring, respectively. The net heat flux is positive in spring and summer, so the NSCS absorbs heat; and the solar shortwave radiation plays the most important role in the surface heat budget. In autumn and winter, the net heat flux is negative in most of the observation region, so the NSCS loses heat; and the LHF plays the most important role in the surface heat budget. The net heating is mainly a result of the offsetting between heating due to the shortwave radiation and cooling due to the LHF and the upward (outgoing) long wave radiation, since the role of SHF is negligible. The ratio of the magnitudes of the three terms (shortwave radiation to LHF to long-wave radiation) averaged over the entire year is roughly 3:2:1, and the role of SHF is the smallest.     

黄河口最大浑浊带特征及其时空演变

根据汛期黄河口多船同步水文泥沙实测资料,对黄河口最大浑浊带特征及其时空演变进行研究,得出汛期黄河口最大浑浊带在整个潮周期始终存在,其含沙量和范围形态受潮相的控制,在落急和落平时最为发育.文中还探讨了黄河口最大浑浊带的形成机制,指出其形成主要受河流携带大量泥沙、泥沙异重流、河口密度环流及湍流的作用.