Coral recruitment to the reefs of Eilat, Red Sea: temporal and spatial variation, and possible effects of anthropogenic disturbances

The accelerating deterioration of the coral reefs of Eilat has raised debate over the exact causes and how they affect the reefs. The hypothesis of the present study was that a low recruitment rate of reef-building coral species may play an important role in the decline of the Eilat reefs. Our goal was to assess spatial and temporal recruitment patterns in Eilat, focusing on examining the possible impact of human activities. The results of coral recruitment to 10 series of ceramic tiles on metal racks, revealed very low overall recruitment relative to other geographical regions. In addition, we found that recruitment rates and recruit survival were lowest at sites closest to the major eutrophication sources in Eilat. The low recruitment rates may be chronically too low to compensate for the elevated coral mortality rates of recent years. The significant differences between the present study and a similar study carried out during the same period using a different method, emphasize the crucial need for a standardized method for recruitment assessment in coral reefs worldwide.     

太古宙的微化石和“微化石状”物体——一个批判性评述

在过去15年间,已报导过格陵兰(伊苏阿上地壳群,大约3770Ma)、非洲(翁韦瓦克特群,大约3540Ma;无花果树群,大约3400Ma;维特瓦特斯兰德岩系,大约2640—2820Ma;布拉瓦约灰岩,大约2600Ma)、澳大利亚(瓦拉沃纳群,大约3520Ma;戈尔格溪群,大约3400Ma;南部克罗斯石英岩,大于2700Ma;哈默斯利群,大约2700Ma)、印度(马德拉斯片麻岩,大于3000Ma;G.R.组,大于2600Ma)、以及北美(苏丹含铁     

密度差随深度变化的不规则截面二度体的重力异常

本文是将Hubbert(1948)的线积分法用于求得密度差随深度呈线性变化的任意截面二度体的重力异常。以N边的多边形代替物体截面,利用任一边的两个顶点坐标来求其相应的重力异常,然后再对各边产生的重力异常进行求和得出总的重力效应。在这里我们还研究了密度差随深度呈指数变化的情况。利用这个方法求得了美国加州San Jacinto地堑的构造,在该地堑内充填的沉积物其密度差是随深度呈指数增加的。     

Analysis-Prediction Experiments over Indian Region Using Primitive Equation Barotropic Model

The impact of initial guess and grid resolutions on the analysis and prediction has been investigated over the Indian region. For this purpose, an univariate objective analysis scheme and a primitive equation barotropic model have been used. The impact of initial guess and the resolutions on analysis and prediction is discussed.     

亚洲城市平衡化、空间一体化及经济发展的政策和规划

对亚洲许多城市规划专家和政策分析家们来说,城市化至今仍是一件高深莫测的事。过去的三十年里,迅速发展的东亚和东南亚的城市化,被描绘成经济增长的促进因素、现代化的产物、严重社会问题的根源以及阻碍财富合理分配的绊脚石。     

Challenges in global ballast water management

Ballast water management is a complex issue raising the challenge of merging international regulations, ship's specific configurations along with ecological conservation. This complexity is illustrated in this paper by considering ballast water volume, discharge frequency, ship safety and operational issues aligned with regional characteristics to address ecological risk for selected routes. A re-estimation of ballast water volumes gives a global annual level of 3500 Mton. Global ballast water volume discharged into open sea originating from ballast water exchange operations is estimated to approximately 2800 Mton. Risk based decision support systems coupled to databases for different ports and invasive species characteristics and distributions can allow for differentiated treatment levels while maintaining low risk levels. On certain routes, the risk is estimated to be unacceptable and some kind of ballast water treatment or management should be applied.