Dissolved inorganic nutrients and organic substrates in the River Warnow (North-Eastern Germany) – Utilisation by bacterioplankton

After 1990, external loads of Central European rivers with inorganic nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and organic material were reduced because of changed environmental laws. However, in the eutrophic lowland River Warnow, North-Eastern Germany, nitrate concentrations remained high with 35–185 μmol l⁻¹ without a significant decrease since 1992. In contrast, phosphate concentrations, varying between 0.3 and 5.2 μmol l⁻¹ during the growth season 2002, decreased significantly over the years. However, its concentrations still exceeded 1 μmol l⁻¹ regularly in the growth seasons. This load led to a substantial accumulation of organic matter additional to high terrestrial inputs. Despite the high organic load, the remineralising bacteria were mainly inactive in River Warnow. Therefore, the composition of the dissolved organic material, especially its bioavailability, were investigated during the growth season 2002 and discussed with other potential controlling factors. River Warnow carried a high load of dissolved organic carbon (14 mg l⁻¹), especially of humic substances (5.5 mg C l⁻¹). Bacterial abundance (12×10⁶ ml⁻¹) as well as production (1.7 μg C l⁻¹ h⁻¹) depended on temperature. During late spring and summer at constantly higher temperatures, bacterial production correlated positively to readily utilisable substrates and to humic compounds. Thus, the bacterial community in River Warnow may be well adapted or contain enough species using the available amino acids and carbohydrates as well as humic matter compounds. However, calculated from protozoan biomass, grazing may control bacterial biomass and perhaps community composition profoundly, what lead to the low percentages of active bacteria.     

基于选权迭代法的GPS/北斗组合单点定位

介绍了GPS/北斗组合单点定位的数学模型,采用IGG-Ⅲ方案对单/双系统单点定位进行定权,并将结果与等权处理结果作比较。分析表明,对于单系统而言,GPS/北斗组合可以显著增加可用卫星数,降低pDop值,提高定位精度;无论是单系统还是组合系统,使用选权迭代法均能在一定程度上改善定位精度,提高解算成功率,且对组合定位效果更佳。     

GPS/BDS组合单点定位算法及结果分析

介绍了GPS、北斗卫星导航系统的时间和坐标系统,并对二者之间的转换和统一进行了概括分析,推导了GPS/BDS组合单点定位的函数模型和随机模型。编制了相应的计算程序,对实测数据进行了处理与分析。结果表明:相对于单系统,GPS/BDS组合系统能够增加可观测卫星数、减小DOP值、提高定位的精度和可靠性,同时也说明算法可行,程序可靠。     

Galileo导航系统观测值的质量分析

从信噪比、伪距多路径效应、单差残差和非差观测值精度等方面对进入初始服务初期Galileo导航系统观测值的质量进行了对比分析,最后简要评估了Galileo导航系统的单点定位精度。结果表明:在信噪比方面,Galileo E5最高,E1、E5a和E5b次之且基本相当;在伪距多路径方面,Galileo E1最大,其次分别为E5b和E5a,而E5最小;在单差残差方面,Galileo导航系统单差相位残差基本在±4 mm内,单差伪距残差基本在±0.3 m内;在非差观测值精度方面,Galileo导航系统相位观测值精度E1最高,E5a、E5b和E5次之且基本相当,而伪距观测值精度E5最高,E5b最差;整体上而言,Galileo导航系统观测值的数据质量略优于GPS和BDS;Galileo导航系统单频伪距单点定位的水平精度约为2.2 m,与GPS和BDS的水平定位精度基本相当,而高程精度约为5.2 m,稍差于GPS和BDS,这与可观测卫星数和PDOP有很大的关系。     

北斗短基线三频实测数据单历元模糊度固定

基于北斗实测三频数据,通过分析比较选取了三组线性独立的超宽巷组合,采用无几何模式(geometry-free)和几何模式(geometry-based)相结合的方法对其进行单历元模糊度固定,然后恢复各频率上的原始模糊度,最后进行定位解算。实验结果表明,对于短基线,组合系数的合理选取是模糊度成功固定的关键;在选用合适(长波长、弱电离层、低噪声)的组合时,对于静态和动态短基线,其原始载波模糊度单历元固定成功率分别为99.75%和95.08%,从而可以避开传统解算中周跳探测等复杂的数据预处理过程,单历元取得cm级定位精度。     

西龙池上水库GPS变形监测系统研究及实现

为了实现对西龙池上水库变形的连续、自动化监测,研制了GPS变形监测软件DDMS,建立了西龙池上水库连续运行监测系统。1a的运行表明,系统具有较高的稳定性,DDMS在观测数据无缺失的情况下,提供有效解的概率高于98%。该软件2h时段解在N、E、U方向的重复性分别为1.2mm、0.9mm、2.2mm,4h时段解算N、E、U方向的重复性为0.8mm、0.7mm、1.5mm。利用本文实现的GPS监测系统可进行高效率的实时、自动化、高精度大坝变形监测。     

Regional-Scale Differences in Eutrophication Effects on Eelgrass-Associated (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Zostera marina</Emphasis>) Macrofauna

Eutrophication has caused strong shifts from perennial seagrass to opportunistic macroalgae and phytoplankton in many coastal ecosystems worldwide, yet responses of the primary-producer assemblage can vary with regional environmental and nutrient-loading conditions. The wider consequences of this variable primary-producer response on the associated animal community are little known. We used large-scale field surveys across 12 study sites with low or high eutrophication levels in two geographic provinces in Atlantic Canada to examine region-specific responses of macrofauna associated with eelgrass beds. In both regions, abundances of all groups increased with eutrophication, but species richness of mobile fishes and invertebrates decreased. Generally, filter feeders, epibenthic detritivores and some herbivores increased, while more hypoxia sensitive species declined. Small fishes and invertebrate predators increased with eutrophication mirrored by decreases in their prey. Despite similar general trends, our results show distinct shifts in species composition in each geographic region associated with differences in food availability and predation refuge offered by phytoplankton and opportunistic epiphytic or benthic macroalgae as well as tolerance to an increasingly hostile physico-chemical environment. So far, the continued persistence of eelgrass beds at our “highly” eutrophied sites indicates intermediate eutrophication levels with short-term benefits for some species. However, the loss of sensitive species and decrease in species richness highlight that eutrophication has already changed seagrass ecosystems in Atlantic Canada. Our work suggests that mitigating these changes will require regional-scale management.     

Radio Observations of Ions in Comet Hale-Bopp

We present radio observations of HCO⁺, H₃O⁺ and CO⁺ in Hale-Bopp. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Introduction: Toward More Inclusive and Comparative Perspectives in the Histories of Geographical Knowledge

Over the past three decades, feminist historiography of geography has begun to situate women's contribution to the production of geographical knowledge within the histories of geography, at times against the conviction of skeptical colleagues. In this Focus Section introduction, we renew Domosh's (1991a Domosh, M. 1991a. Beyond the frontiers of geographical knowledge. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 16 (4): 488–90.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], 1991b ———. 1991b. Toward a feminist historiography of geography. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 16 (1): 95–104.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) call for creating more inclusive feminist histories of geography by situating the three focus section articles on the careers and contributions of women in twentieth-century geographical practice and knowledge production in the United Kingdom and the United States within wider debates about diverse, unfamiliar, and previously hidden aspects of geographical knowledge production. We argue that feminist historiography of geography and feminist historical geography could benefit from continuously diversifying inclusive and comparative research perspectives, and from unlocking diverse archives, to enhance understanding of why and how some male and some female gatekeepers have been more supportive of women than others.     

Feminizing the University: The Mobilities,Careers, and Contributions of Early Female Academics in the University of Cambridge, 1926–1955

This article examines the role of early female academics at the University of Cambridge in the production and dissemination of knowledge between 1926 and 1955. A statistical comparison of women's use of academic leave of absence with that of their male colleagues reveals that, across disciplines, women were less integrated into (inter)national knowledge networks and thus less visible in their epistemic communities than men because women focused their academic leaves more on research, rarely attended conferences, traveled overseas less often than men, and went more frequently to destinations within Europe than the United States as the new economic hegemon. Biographical case studies of these early female academics demonstrate the importance, variously, of their upper middle-class background, academic excellence, and familial and nonfamilial patronage in developing their careers, overcoming multiple hurdles, and producing intellectual contributions of equal quality to that of their male peers. Conceptually, this article calls for the inclusion of academic travelers from disciplines other than geography into feminist histories of geographical knowledge and argues that rather than stereotyping gender differences, greater comparative research on the experiences of female and male academics is needed to understand the mechanisms of gender inequality within the university.