珊瑚礁海水pH变化及其对海洋酸化的意义

珊瑚钙质骨骼δ11B重建的海水pH时间变化序列显示：珊瑚礁海水pH的长期变化具有显著的年际―年代际波动周期,并且这些波动是区域海洋气候过程和珊瑚礁海水生物活动共同作用的结果。珊瑚礁生态系统中的生物活动（光合呼吸作用和钙化作用）控制着海水碳酸盐系统的组成,调节着海水pH的变化。这一过程在全球气候环境变化和区域海气过程的影响下,一起作用于珊瑚礁海水pH的变化,因而使得不同海域的珊瑚礁海水对海洋酸化的响应有所差别。研究珊瑚礁生物活动在长时间尺度上对海水pH的作用对认识珊瑚礁海水酸化机理十分重要,同时也是了解珊瑚礁生态系统如何响应海洋酸化的重要手段。     

楚科奇海表层海水颗粒物组成与来源

对研究区内第五次北极科学考察所取的表层海水颗粒物的浓度、显微组成、有机碳、氮含量及其同位素组成进行了分析。结果表明,楚科奇海域表层海水颗粒物浓度介于0.56—4.01 mg·L-1,具有冰区边缘高于开阔水域的特点。陆架区颗粒有机质相对含量高(TOC:9.78%—20.24%;TN:0.91%—2.31%),有机碳、氮同位素值相对重(δ13C:-23.29‰—-26.33‰PDB;δ15N:6.14‰—7.78‰),有机质主要来源于海洋生物,含有部分陆源有机质;陆坡及北冰洋核心区的颗粒有机质含量,除SR15站外,相对低(TOC:8.06%—8.96%;TN:0.46%—0.72%),有机碳、氮同位素值轻(δ13C:-26.93‰—-27.78‰PDB;δ15N:4.13‰—4.84‰),颗粒物有机质以陆源为主。陆坡区SR15站表层海水颗粒物中异常高的陆源有机质(TOC:27.94%,TN:1.16%;δ13C:-27.43;δ15N:3.81)可能来自源于东西伯利亚的穿极洋流。海冰携带的颗粒物(包括冰藻)是冰区边缘表层海水颗粒物的重要来源,在陆架区海冰融化,向水体中释放了大量生物体;而陆坡区和北冰洋核心区,海冰对颗粒物的贡献以碎屑矿物和黏土矿物为主。     

三亚活体珊瑚的微量元素与硼同位素组成的初步研究

测定了三亚活体珊瑚和其生长海域海水的Ca、Mg、B、Sr含量和B同位素组成,结果表明珊瑚中这些元素的浓度与对应海水的相同元素呈现出弱的正或负相关性,所有的相关系数均不大于0.3,这表明珊瑚的这些化学成分主要不是由对应海水所决定。Ca,Sr和B在珊瑚中均得到富集,其中Sr的富集程度最高,达3.08×103,而Mg在珊瑚中却是贫化的。珊瑚中Sr的掺入对B的掺入的影响要高于主成分Ca本身的影响,δ11B值与珊瑚的主成分Ca的浓度几乎无关,而与B、Sr和Mg浓度分别具有较弱的正相关和负相关关系,相关系数分别为0.343,0.309和0.276,珊瑚Sr浓度的增加引起B浓度的增加,同时会引起δ11B值的增加,而Mg的影响与此相反。     

三江平原毛薹草沼泽中螺类的碳、氮稳定同位素特征及其食物来源结构

螺类作为淡水沼泽中无脊椎动物的重要类群,是淡水沼泽食物网的重要环节。为了确定三江平原毛薹草(Carex lasiocarpa)沼泽螺类的营养级特征和食物来源结构,测定了毛薹草沼泽中的6种植物、水体中颗粒有机物(particle organic matter,POM)和18种螺的δ~(13)C和δ~(15)N特征。结果表明,毛薹草沼泽水体中颗粒有机物的δ~(13)C值范围为-30.9‰~-28.5‰,δ~(15)N值范围为-0.60‰~2.86‰;6种植物的δ~(13)C值范围为-28.5‰~-25.22‰,δ~(15)N值范围为-0.60‰~0.44‰;螺类的δ~(13)C值范围为-32.93‰~-25.73‰,δ~(15)N值范围为-0.46‰~2.99‰;18种螺的δ~(13)C值的变化幅度为7.2‰,表现出其食物来源的差异。同位素混合模型分析结果表明,水体中颗粒有机物是大部分螺的食物基础,一部分螺的食物直接来源于沼泽中的植物;不同属的螺的食物来源存在显著差异。沼泽中18种螺的营养级为1.02~2.04,除了梯旋萝卜螺(Radix plicatula)外,其它都为初级消费者。螺的碳、氮同位素特征能够反映出螺的食性和营养级水平。     

滇池流域宝象河水库沉积物中有机碳的来源

通过对滇池流域宝象河水库沉积物TOC、TN、C/N、δ13C及粒度等指标的测定,分析了沉积物中有机碳的主要来源及其变化趋势。结果表明:水体中不同位置沉积物有机碳来源并不相同,距三岔河入库河口相对较近的沉积柱芯A中C/N比值介于2.93~11.73,δ13C值介于-23.66‰~-21.78‰,有机碳主要来源于水生生物,陆源输入贡献较小,有机碳含量受粒径大小影响显著;距三岔河入库河口相对较远的沉积柱芯B中,其TOC和TN含量较高,分别介于14.62~24.93 g?kg-1和2.11~3.3 g?kg-1,δ13C值变化范围为-28.36‰~-26.36‰,粒度以黏土和细粉砂为主,有机碳主要来源于水库周边陆源输入,受人类活动影响强烈。     

湖泊自生碳酸盐碳同位素在环境变化中的应用

湖泊自生碳酸盐碳同位素组成(δ13Cc)在区域气候与环境变化方面的应用研究近年来进展迅速,成果显著,保存在各类湖泊沉积物柱芯中的δ13Cc记录揭示了湖表水体与大气CO2的交换程度、暖季降水量的多少、流域C3和C4植被变化情况、水生生物光合作用或呼吸作用强弱、湖泊生产力大小、湖泊水体化学特征、湖水不同深度层的有机质变化过程等重要的气候和环境信息;对此进行归纳和述评。     

西部中国沙棘叶片稳定碳同位素组成的空间特征及其气候意义

分析了西部中国沙棘（Hippophate rhamnoides sinensis）叶片稳定碳同位素组成特征及其与环境因子之间的关系。结果表明,中国沙棘叶片δ13C值在-30.40‰~-24.91‰之间变化,平均值约为-27.62‰,属于C3植物。随纬度和经度的升高,中国沙棘叶片δ13C值明显升高,而随海拔的升高而降低,具有明显的空间分布特征。中国沙棘叶片δ13C值与温度没有明显的关系,随蒸发量和日照时间的升高而升高,随降水量的升高有降低趋势,具有明显的气候意义。表明中国沙棘具有较高的水分利用效率,水分是控制中国沙棘δ13C值变化或生长的主导因子。     

准噶尔盆地荒漠植物碳同位素组成研究

通过对准噶尔盆地古尔班通古特沙漠南缘17个科、41个属的53种荒漠植物的稳定碳同位素分析,结果显示准噶尔盆地荒漠植物的叶片稳定碳同位素值在-7.77‰~-30.10‰之间变化,其稳定碳同位素比值分布范围较广,C3和C4植物资源丰富。其中,C3植物有34种,δ13C值分布区间为-23.27‰~-30.10‰,平均值为-26.77‰;C4植物有19种,δ13C值的变化范围为-7.77‰～-14.90‰,平均值为-13.04‰。研究区内木本植物和草本植物的δ13C平均值分别为-16.74‰和-19.81‰,说明木本植物的水分利用效率明显高于草本植物,这种现象可能是全球荒漠生态系统的一种共性。但是一年生草本植物的δ13C平均值（-19.54‰）却高于多年生草本植物的δ13C平均值（-20.07‰）,由于植物叶片δ13C可以用来间接指示植物的长期水分利用效率,即δ13C值越大,植物的水分利用效率越高;也就是说在该地区,相对于多年生草本植物而言,一年生草本植物对环境的适应能力较强。     

硼同位素分馏及其在环境研究中的应用

二十世纪八十年代以来 ,由于硼同位素的测量技术的创新和改进 ,硼同位素地球化学的研究领域不断拓宽。研究表明 ,自然界中δ11B值的变化范围为 -3 7‰～ +5 8‰ ,不同地质体中δ11B值明显不同 ,反之 ,硼同位素组成与生成环境密切相关 ,可以反映其地质成因环境或地质作用过程。近年来 ,硼同位素在研究海水入侵 ,示踪古海洋和古气候条件 ,和判断污染源区等方面取得初步成效。     

荒漠草原碳酸盐岩土壤有机碳向无机碳酸盐的转移

通过在内蒙古中西部四子王旗荒漠草原土壤剖面采集土样,拟分析测定土壤有机碳(SOC)含量、土壤无机碳酸盐(SIC)含量和SIC的δ13C值,探讨SOC向SIC的迁移转化过程及其转移量。结果表明:随深度增加,SOC含量逐渐降低而SIC含量依次增大,SOC与SIC含量具有明显的负相关关系。随土层加深,SIC的δ13C值降低,在30 cm深度时相对最低为-8.6‰,而后增大,在深度为60 cm时其值为-5.8‰。说明通过"SOC—CO2—SIC"的微碳循环系统SOC向SIC发生碳的转移。应用碳稳定同位素技术和模型结合SIC的δ13C值对该研究区SIC进行区分,发现30~50 cm土层次生碳酸盐(PC)所占比例为58.5%,50~60 cm土层为44.2%。应用δ13C值对该地区SOC向SIC的转化碳量进行估算,该地区30~60 cm土层每千克土壤中大约固定了SOC分解转化的4.97~5.9 g CO2。     

Holocene trophic state history of a subtropical blackwater lake,South Georgia,USA

Organic-rich sediment from Lake Louise, a dystrophic sinkhole lake in south Georgia, displays variations in C, N, P, C/N, δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, biogenic silica (BSi) and diatom flora that document changes in trophic state over the past ~9,500 years. The lake initially was oligotrophic and moderately productive, but by the middle Holocene a rising regional water table, driven by eustatic sea level rise, caused expansion of wetlands around the lake and a shift to humic waters. Low rates of sediment accumulation, low C contents, rising C/N, and light δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N indicate this was a time of low productivity, more anoxic bottom waters and extensive recycling of littoral organic matter. These conditions persisted until ~1800 AD when a physical disturbance to the watershed, probably the Great Hurricane of 1780, resulted in a dramatic increase in productivity that has continued to the present day. We attribute this shift, recorded by a >tenfold increase in sediment accumulation rate, higher C, P, and δ¹⁵N, and lower BSi, to establishment of an inflow stream that increased nutrient delivery to the lake, raised water level, and expanded the wetland area around the lake. Since ~1930, logging, farming, and highway construction have impacted the lake, further accelerating biological productivity as well as the delivery of terrigenous sediment. Results of this study illustrate the potential of a single, catastrophic event to permanently alter the hydrology and chemistry of a lacustrine system and confirm that dystrophic lakes can be highly productive and therefore promising targets for paleolimnological study.     

南极普里兹湾碳循环研究进展

普里兹湾是南大洋碳循环研究典型代表海区,也是中国历次南大洋考察的重点调查区域。从初级生产力、营养盐、叶绿素、海-气CO₂通量、真光层颗粒有机碳（POC）输出通量,净群落生产力（NCP）等方面综合阐述了其碳循环特征。生物泵运转效率和海冰过程是碳吸收的主要控制因素。普里兹湾总体上可以从陆坡划界,分为湾内和湾外两大部分。两者碳循环特征差异显著。湾内碳循环过程活跃,是南大洋夏季的高生产力区域。湾外则表现出高营养盐、低叶绿素（HNLC）特征,初步认为存在Fe限制。总体上,溶解有机碳（DOC）、POC、营养盐、叶绿素、二氧化碳分压（pCO₂）等存在从湾内向湾外随纬度递增或递减的规律。海冰消长对碳循环过程影响剧烈。夏季融冰造成的冰藻释放、水体垂直稳定性增加是提高生物生产力的首要原因。总体上普里兹湾的碳循环受各种生物、物理过程及其耦合作用控制,对南大洋碳循环机制研究有重要意义。     

Assessment of nutrient sources and paleoproductivity during the past century in Longgan Lake,middle reaches of the Yangtze River,China

Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) were determined in combination with stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen (δ¹³C_Org, δ¹⁵N) in a 63 cm sediment core from Longgan Lake, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, China. These geochemical and isotopic records provide a continuous history of lake productivity and trophic state of Longgan Lake since 1890. Variations of δ¹³C_Org, TOC, TN and TP indicate that primary productivity of Longgan Lake increased continuously during the last century and that the trophic state of the lake shifted from oligotrophic to mestrotrophic conditions accordingly. Anthropogenic sources of organic carbon (OC), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) were distinguished from their natural background in the sediments using mass accumulation rates. Element mass accumulation rates suggested increased human activities in the lake’s catchment since 1950s, were especially the utilization of artificial fertilizers amplified the anthropogenic input of N and P into the lake. In the course of the improved availability of dissolved nutrients also primary productivity of Longgan Lake increased, resulting in an increase of the Suess-effect corrected organic carbon isotope ratios. δ¹⁵N of bulk sediments show a marked shift towards lower values around 1950 that has been attributed to the input of nitrogen from chemical fertilizers characterized by relatively depleted isotopic signatures into the lake.     

A geochemical record of recent anthropogenic nutrient loading and enhanced productivity in Lake Nansihu, China

Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N), total phosphorus (TP) and organic phosphorus (OP) were measured in surface sediments and two short cores (DU-3 and WS-4) from Lake Nansihu, China to infer historical changes in anthropogenic nutrient inputs and corresponding shifts in lake primary productivity. Results indicate that organic matter preserved in the sediments is mainly autochthonous and that analyzed sediment variables were affected little by post-burial diagenesis. Increasing TOC, TN, OP and TP concentrations since the 1940s reflect increased P loading and elevated lake productivity. The δ¹³C values varied from ?21.5 to ?26.6‰ in the two sediment cores. Values were relatively more negative before the 1940s, but thereafter increased until the mid-1980s, reflecting elevated lake productivity. Since the mid-1980s, δ¹³C values remained relatively constant in core WS-4 and decreased in core DU-3, perhaps reflecting a change in the phytoplankton community. The δ¹⁵N values ranged from ?0.5 to 1.3‰ in core DU-3 and from 1.2 to 2.5‰ in core WS-4 before the mid-1980s, and increased to between 2.1 and 8.0‰ and 5.2 and 7.8‰, respectively, thereafter. Topmost sediments in the two cores display δ¹⁵N values similar to those recorded in the surface sediments (5.5–7.5‰). Higher δ¹⁵N values in recent deposits correspond to greater nitrogen concentration in water, and likely indicate anthropogenic nitrogen input, mainly from human and animal wastes.     

广西北部山地沼泽20 ka以来的 碳同位素组成与气候变化

根据广西北部山地泥炭沼泽沉积的有机碳同位素组成、TOC和C/N等古气候指标对末次盛冰期以来该区植被与气候演变过程进行研究,结果发现：末次盛冰期（21―14 cal. ka B.P.）偏正的δ13Corg数据反映了山地植被面貌曾发生显著变化,指示冰期气候的冷干变化,但并未导致山地森林向地带性草地退化,C3植物仍占优势。沉积物岩性和TOC等数据表明：在14―10 cal. ka B.P.期间沼泽湿地逐渐形成,指示了东亚夏季风降雨的增强,与石笋指示的季风增强起始年代基本一致。冰消期碳同位素曲线负偏的变化要早于TOC指示的泥炭沼泽堆积,即10―9 cal. ka B.P.前后富有机质的泥炭堆积进入旺盛期。碳同位素组成在9―8 cal. ka B.P.存在一个正偏的变化波动,可能与8.2 ka降温事件或局地物源输入变化有关。7.0―2.8 cal. ka B.P.期间古田湿地的有机质输入较高,碳同位素偏负,指示气候暖湿。从1.7 cal. ka B.P.至今,δ13Corg值的再次正偏可能指示夏季风强度减弱,但考虑到该阶段为人类农业活动快速发展期,因此不排除人为因素的影响。此外,末次盛冰期广西山地与雷州半岛沿海低地的碳同位素值对比发现：沿海平原区与华南山地的沉积记录存在明显差别,其主要原因是山区因山地降雨效应使山区的湿度即便在盛冰期也能保持较高水平;而低地平原冰期阶段的降雨则显著减少,加上平原区较高的蒸发量使干旱程度增加,C4草本也相应增多。实际上,影响亚热带山地沼泽δ13Corg值变化的原因比较复杂,在利用δ13Corg值推论古气候时需要同时考虑气候因素和湿地沉积体的物源及其地貌环境等背景。     

Anthropogenic disturbance history influences the temporal coherence of paleoproductivity in two lakes

We investigated how the history of local disturbances in a watershed can influence the regional coherence of ecosystem properties in lakes that have similar morphometry and climatic conditions. We measured sedimentary δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, C:N and %BSiO₂ in Sooke Lake Reservoir (SOL) and Shawnigan Lake (SHL), which are located within 4 km of each other on Vancouver Island, Canada. SOL is an impounded lake whose watershed has been fully protected over the last century, although the lake level has been raised 3 times via impoundment during this period. SHL has a similar limnological regime, but the surrounding watershed has been developed extensively for residential uses. We investigated how a pulse disturbance regime in SOL (i.e. repeated dam raising) and a press disturbance regime in SHL (i.e. persistent development) influenced the variability of paleoindicators in each system over time. We found that these contrasting disturbance regimes reduced the regional temporal coherence of aquatic productivity between the two lakes (indicated by %BSiO₂), but did not influence the regional coherence of nutrient status or the main carbon sources of the lakes (indicated by %C, %N and δ¹³C). In contrast, an indicator of the sources and cycling of nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) showed increased coherence. Local disturbances also affected the variability of the paleoindicators within each system over time. In SOL, impoundments led to both declines (%N, δ¹⁵N) and increases (δ¹³C) in the variability of paleoindicators. In SHL, persistent watershed development led to lower variability of two paleoindicators (%N, %BSiO₂). Overall, our data suggest that local disturbances can influence the %BSiO₂ and C:N ratio of lake sediments, but are less likely to alter the regional coherence of %C, %N and δ¹³C between lakes. Biplob Das and Anita Narwani contributed equally to this work.     

Growth and physiological responses of larch trees to climate changes deduced from tree-ring widths and δ13C at two forest sites in eastern Siberia

Tree-ring chronologies of ring width and stable carbon isotope ratios (δ¹³C) over the past 160 years were developed using living larch trees at two forest sites, each with different annual precipitation, in eastern Siberia: Spasskaya Pad (SP) (62°14′N, 129°37′E); and Elgeeii (EG) (60°0′N, 133°49′E). Intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) was derived from tree-ring δ¹³C. The physiological responses of the larch trees to climate varied between these sites and over time. Ring widths correlated negatively with summer temperatures at SP, where summer precipitation is lower than at EG, probably due to temperature-induced water stress. Since the 1990s, however, the negative effect of warming has been more severe at EG, where the productivity of larch trees is higher than at SP. A greater reduction of larch tree growth and higher increase rate of iWUE at EG reflects greater temperature-induced water stress, which is incident to the larger forest biomass. Our results suggest that effect of increase in atmospheric CO₂ on larch tree growth is not sufficient to compensate for temperature-induced water stress on larch growth in eastern Siberia and differences in precipitation and forest productivity largely affect the larch tree response to changing climate in eastern Siberia.