High mortality of the larvae of the common mussel at low concentrations of tributyltin

Laboratory reared veliger larvae of the common mussel Mytilus edulis were grown for 15 days in filtered seawater containing 10 μg l^?1, 1 μg l^?1 and 0.1 μg l^?1 tributyltin oxide (TBTO), the biocide in recent antifouling paint formulations. No larvae survived longer than 5 days in 10 μg l^?1 TBTO or 10 days in 1 μg l^?1 TBTO. Approximately half the larvae subjected to 0.1 μg l^?1 TBTO were dead by day 15 (approximate 15 day LC₅₀ = 0.1 μg l^?1 TBTO) and most of the surviving larvae were moribund and had grown significantly more slowly than controls. It is noted that current recorded levels of TBT at several UK estuarine sites are higher than 0.1 μg l^?1 and there has therefore probably been a high mortality of mussel larvae at such sites. The results are discussed in relation to the reported short-term toxicity of organotins to other marine organisms and the value of carrying out longer-term tests at low levels of TBT is pointed out.     

The spatio-temporal distribution and population structure of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in New Zealand

Despite being endangered internationally and protected nationally, little consideration has been given to the occurrence of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in New Zealand. New Zealand lies on the southern boundary of the distributional range of green turtles in the southwestern Pacific, with individuals found within these waters historically considered to be occasional visitors or stragglers incidentally carried by ocean currents. However, the present work shows that green turtles are present year round in New Zealand’s northern waters (c. 34°–38° S). A review of sighting, stranding and incidental capture data collected between 1895 and 2013 illustrate New Zealand’s green turtle population comprises post-pelagic immature juveniles to large subadults. The female:male sex ratio of 1.7:1 is similar to those reported from warm temperate foraging grounds in eastern Australia. A subsample of new recruits indicates green turtles recruit to neritic habitats at approximately 40.8?cm curved carapace length. This study suggests that New Zealand’s neritic habitats constitute a transitional developmental ground for post-pelagic immature green turtles. We observed an exponential increase in the number of documented records over time, though whether this is due to increased numbers of turtles or increased reporting rates, or both, is unclear and warrants further investigation. More broadly, this work provides a baseline understanding of the ecology of green turtles at the edge of their range, providing opportunities to investigate regional niche modelling and connectivity of this highly mobile species, while also monitoring broad-scale effects of climate-induced environmental change.     

Etmopterus alphus n. sp.: a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the south-western Indian Ocean

A new species of lanternshark, Etmopterus alphus (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae), is described from the south-western Indian Ocean. The new species resembles other members of the ‘Etmopterus lucifer’ clade in having linear rows of dermal denticles and most closely resembles E. molleri from the south-western Pacific. The new species is fairly common along the upper continental slopes off central Mozambique, at depths between 472 and 558?m, and is also found on the southern Madagascar Ridge in 650–792?m depth. It can be distinguished from other members of the E. lucifer clade by a combination of characteristics, including arrangement of flank and caudal markings, dimension of flank markings and shape, size and arrangement of dermal denticles along the body. Molecular analysis further supports the distinction of E. alphus from other members of the E. lucifer clade.     

315国道勘察设计中的洪水研究

315国道依吞布拉克—若羌段水毁灾害问题十分突出,为配合公路改建工程的勘察计,通过对水毁路段野外勘测,在获取沿线主要河流的历史洪水信息基础上,分3种方案分析计算了既定控制节点历史洪水洪峰流量,并确定了历史洪水重现期。在此基础上,采用多种方法计算了控制节点设计洪峰流量和设计洪水位,经分析论证后推荐选用其合理的计算成果作为公路设计的基础依据。本次研究所提出的小汇水区设计洪水计算技术路线和方法为公路、铁路、水利等部门开展类似流域设计洪水分析计算提供了有益的借鉴。     

内蒙古赤峰南窝铺铀矿床英安岩的SHRIMP锆石U-Pb年龄、地球化学特征及地质意义

南窝铺铀矿床位于西拉木伦缝合带以南、康宝—围场—赤峰断裂带（华北北缘断裂带的一部分）以北的白乃庙加里东期岛弧带和华北古板块北缘海西期俯冲—碰撞带,属沽源—红山子铀成矿带北东段红山子—广兴铀成矿亚带的一个铀矿床,铀矿体赋存在额里图组安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩组合中。该组合中的英安岩SHRIMP锆石n(206Pb)/n(238U)加权平均年龄为268.1±2.5 Ma（N=15,MSWD=0. 85）,结合安山质角砾凝灰岩的锆石U-Pb年龄为277.1±0.9 Ma,指示额里图组安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩的地质时代属早二叠世（乌拉尔世）—中二叠世（瓜德鲁普世）早期;英安岩SiO2=65. 49%~68.23%,K2O=1.83%~2.56%,Na2O=4.13%~5.01%,(K2O+Na2O)=5.96%~7.47%,K2O/Na2O=0.43~0.59,(FeO+Fe2O3)=3.13%~4.63%,MgO=1.25%~1.79%,在TAS图解上落入亚碱性系列英安岩区,在FAM图解上落入钙碱性系列范围,在SiO2—K2O图解上落入中钾钙碱性系列范围,在Na2O—K2O图解上落入I型花岗岩区;Al2O3=15. 74%~16. 77%,CaO=2. 87%~3. 59%,A/CNK=0. 95~1. 12（平均为1.04,<1.1）,标准矿物刚玉（C）的含量为0~1.74%,平均为0.96%,指示源岩为I型岩浆岩;英安岩稀土元素总量低,富集轻稀土,Eu无明显负异常,ΣREE=76.5×10-6~95.4×10-6,(La/Yb)N=4.97~12.5（平均8.95）,δEu=0.80~1.13（平均0.94）,稀土配分模式为右倾型,与安第斯型钙碱性系列火山岩基本一致。英安岩明显富集大离子亲石元素Rb、Th、U、K、Sr等和亏损高场强元素Nb、Ta、P、Ti等,微量元素蛛网图与安第斯型钙碱性系列火山岩的形式一致,在Ce—SiO2、Al2O3—Ga图解上均落入I型花岗岩区,在Ta—Yb、Nb—Y构造环境判别图解上落入火山弧花岗岩区域（VAG）及同碰撞花岗岩（syn- COLG）交界处,在Rb—(Y+Nb)、Rb—(Yb+Ta)构造环境判别图解上落入火山弧花岗岩区域（VAG）,指示英安岩形成于俯冲作用下的岛弧环境。南窝铺铀矿床英安岩地质时代、岩石系列和形成构造环境的确定,不仅证实了早二叠世—中二叠世早期额里图组是红山子—广兴铀成矿亚带一个新的赋矿层位,而且揭示了岛弧型安山岩—英安岩—流纹岩组合也赋存有与火山岩有关的热液型铀矿,为深入开展热液型铀矿成矿理论的研究和进一步扩大铀矿勘查范围提供了新的基础资料。     

珊瑚混凝土在海洋环境中氯离子扩散实验

采用自然扩散法研究了珊瑚混凝土在海水环境中的氯离子扩散特性,探讨了养护龄期、暴露时间和环境差异性对珊瑚混凝土表观氯离子扩散系数的影响。结果表明:随着暴露时间的延长,珊瑚混凝土的表观氯离子扩散系数呈幂指数衰减规律;且延长养护龄期可降低珊瑚混凝土的表观氯离子扩散系数;随着强度等级增加,混凝土的表观氯离子扩散系数降低。我国实际海洋工程中珊瑚混凝土结构的表观氯离子扩散系数比实验室条件要提高3个数量级。因此,适当延长养护时间、提高强度等级有助于延长珊瑚混凝土结构在海洋环境的服役寿命。     

西藏高原积雪覆盖空间分布及地形影响

利用2000-2014年MOD10A2积雪产品和数字高程模型DEM数据,以积雪覆盖率为指标,在分析西藏高原积雪空间分布特点的基础上,定量研究了高程、坡度和坡向等地形要素对高原积雪时空分布的影响。主要结论有：① 西藏高原积雪的空间分布差异显著,具有中东部念青唐古拉山和周边高山积雪丰富,覆盖率高,而南部河谷和羌塘高原中西部积雪少,覆盖率低的特点。② 海拔越高积雪覆盖率越高,积雪持续时间越长,年内变化越稳定。海拔2 km以下积雪覆盖率不足4%,海拔6 km以上覆盖率达75%。海拔4 km以下年内积雪覆盖呈单峰型分布特点,海拔越高,单峰型越明显;而海拔4 km以上则为双峰型,海拔越高,双峰型越明显。海拔6 km以下积雪覆盖率最低值出现在夏季,而6 km以上则出现在冬季。③ 总体上,高原地形坡度越高积雪覆盖率越高。不同坡向中,北坡积雪覆盖率最高,南坡最低,年内分布呈双峰型,而无坡向的平地积雪覆盖率要小于有坡向的山地,其年内变化呈单峰型分布特点。     

Bed‐scale spatial patterns in dolomite abundance: Part II. Effect of varied fluid chemistry,flow rate,precursor mineralogy,temperature, textural heterogeneity,nucleation density and bed geometry

Reaction‐transport modelling shows that a lateral, metre‐scale pattern in dolomite abundance can form during replacive dolomitization of calcite and aragonite precursors by Mississippian, Triassic and modern seawaters advecting at >20 cm year^?1 in low temperature (≤60°C) hydrogeological systems. The modelled pattern develops best in beds >1 m thick with a relatively uniform nucleate density and a low variance in reactive surface area (for example, grainstones). These conditions suggest that a lateral pattern in dolomite abundance should be expected in dolomites formed by any shallow hydrodynamic system that advects dolomitizing fluid horizontally, including the down‐gradient portion of a reflux system, the oceanward reaches of geothermal (Kohout) convection systems, and the seaward reaches of a seawater entrainment zone below a freshwater aquifer. However, even in those systems, a pattern will not form in all dolomites. Pattern will be muted in thinner (≤ ca 50 cm thick) beds and non‐emergent where the precursor had a high variance in reactive surface area (for example, a skeletal wackestone) and/or large variation in nucleate density. Pattern also did not form at temperatures above ca 60°C, which implies that pattern should not be expected in dolomites formed at intermediate to deep burial depths. As the patterns are horizontal, they also should not be expected where dolomitizing fluids moved vertically (for example, reflux immediately below a brine source). Pattern metrics (short‐range correlation length, and wavelength and amplitude of the longer cyclic component) vary with flow rate, fluid chemistry, bed thickness, porosity, grain size, temperature and the flow complexity (one‐dimensional, two‐dimensional or three‐dimensional) within the bed. However, no modelled pattern produced metrics larger than those documented on dolomite outcrops. The results thus constrain the length scales of porosity and permeability variance to include in petrophysical models of dolomite reservoirs, as well as the geological scenarios in which to consider metre‐scale lateral petrophysical variability.     

中国城市分布特征及其影响因素

通过对221 BC-1911 AD年间中国城市分布特征及其影响因素的研究,发现：① 在整个研究阶段,中国城市分布的重心位于中东部地区,秦—唐时期重心向西南地区大幅移动,唐—元时期重心先东北方向移动后转向西南方向,元—清时期重心主要向北移动。以腾冲—瑷珲一线为界线分区研究发现,在整个研究阶段西部重心在南北及东西方向呈现出较大的波动趋势,东部重心呈现出与全国类似的运动轨迹。② 标准差椭圆分析表明全国及东西部地区城市分布经历了明显的分散—集聚—分散的变化趋势,其中西部地区最为明显。从城市分布的平均方向看,全国及东部地区具有一定的相似性,均以东北—西南为主要分布特征,西部地区是以西北—东南为主要分布特征。③ 从城市密度分布特征看,其空间连续性和自组织性不断加强且由空间相关性引起的结构性变异处于显著状态。从方向上来看,全方向上的均质化程度呈下降趋势,西北—东南方向各时期城市密度均质化程度相对较好,空间差异相对较小,而东—西方向差异最为明显。④ 分析不同时期城市设置的相关因素发现,221 BC-1911 AD年间,中国城市设置相对集中在地形平坦、气候适中且靠近河流及中心城市的地区。     

郑西客运专线湿陷性黄土区试验路堤的沉降观测与预测研究

郑西客运专线路堤工后容许沉降量为15 mm,湿陷性黄土区路堤地基处理的沉降控制是关键性技术难题,为此,选择湿陷性黄土代表性地段进行了不同地基处理措施路堤工程沉降观测试验研究。研究结果表明,路堤本体的压缩沉降量只有3 mm,并在路堤竣工后的15 d内趋于稳定,路堤沉降主要由地基沉降控制,而地基沉降则决定于3种不同地基处理措施层以下土层的沉降量大小。在沉降量大小、地基处理和浸水效果方面,22 m深湿陷性土层全部处理的柱锤冲扩桩区段最好,15 m深湿陷性土层的挤密桩区段较好,6 m深湿陷性土层的强夯区段最差,而且采取合理的防排水措施防止坡脚附近积水浸泡非常必要。采用双曲线法、三点法和Asaoka法预测结果的平均值作为路堤的最终沉降量,柱锤冲扩桩区段、挤密桩区段的路堤分别需要恒载预压5个月、8个月便可卸除荷载铺设无碴轨道,强夯区段路堤的预压荷载可能需要持续很长的时间。