Mass Mortality in the Gulf of Trieste: The Course of Community Destruction

Abstract. Over a period of two weeks in September, 1983 a high biomass macroepifauna community characteristic of a greater part of the Gulf of Trieste suffered mass mortality. The affected area is estimated to cover several hundred km2. Within 2–3 days all sponges and the brittle star Ophiothrix quinquemaculata, which together make up over 60 % of the community biomass, were dead. Benthic fish, mostly gobiids, were already affected on the first day and littered the bottom in great numbers. Concurrently the complete spectrum of macroinfauna species including (in order of emergence) holothurians, burrowing shrimp, echinoids, polychaetes, sipunculids and bivalves appeared on the sediment surface. Within one week sea stars and all remaining ophiurids had died. At this time hermit crabs were found lying dead next to their shells. Several anemones survived into the last week, although many showed signs of severe stress and lay on the surface with exposed pedal discs. Oxygen deficiency is the apparent immediate cause of this phenomenon and several possible factors leading to anoxic conditions in the Gulf are discussed. This ecological catastrophy provides evidence that the affected community, considered to have achieved relative stability by developing a strategy effectively dampening the effect of physical oscillations, has a distinct tolerance limit to stress. The Gulf of Trieste, among the most productive areas in the Mediterranean Sea, must be considered as sensitive; September is a particularly critical month.     

人为干扰对岩礁潮间带无脊椎动物群落结构的影响

对烟台海域 6个岩礁潮间带生态学统的无脊椎动物群落的研究发现 ,东方小藤壶( Chthamallus challengeri )为第一优势种。其主要优势种——密鳞牡蛎 ( Ostrea denselamellosa )、短滨螺 ( Littorina brevicula)、紫贻贝 ( Mytilus edulis)和常见种——笠贝 ( Patelloida spp.)、红条毛腹石鳖( Acanthochiton rubrolineatus)、沙参 ( Nereisspp.)、海葵 ( Anthopleura midori )在群落中的优势地位和功能有明显的区别 ,尽管 6个岩礁潮间带群落的区系成分相近。对基于 RIV、RB和 RD的优势度曲线研究发现 ,基于 RIV和 RB的优势度曲线更适合于表示和描述受人为干扰和污染的潮间带无脊椎动物群落的结构和多样性变化。研究发现 ,6个潮间带的无脊椎动物群落皆受到不同程度的干扰 ,而养马岛和芝罘岛所受的干扰最轻。 6个岩礁潮间带的群落多样性序列依次为 :芝罘岛、养马岛、石沟屯、烟台山、玉岱山、月老湾。不同岩礁潮间带群落的种类组成和结构差异主要由来自采集和旅游者的干扰 ,养殖和生活污水造成的海水富营养化所致     

Polychaete Vertical Zonation along a Littoral Cliff in the Western Méditerranean

Abstract. Along the vertical cliff of Romito (Leghorn, Italy) 97 polychaete species were found from 0 to 6 m depth. Three depth related communities could be identified by trends in structural parameters (abundance, number of species, and diversity), by changes in species composition, and by the distribution of ecological and trophic groups. Such a zonation is consistent with the principal models proposed for the Méditerranean and seems mainly related to algal conditioning of the substrate.     

Ecological study on Ostracoda in the central South China Sea

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Polychaete Communities Related to Plant Covering in the Médiolittoral and Infralittoral Zones of the Balearic Islands (Western Méditerranean)

Abstract. The polychaete fauna of the subtidal in the médiolittoral and the infralittoral hard bottom zones of the Balearic Islands at depths from 0 to 40m contained 220 species. Five different polychaete communities could be identified by changes in abundance, species richness, species composition, diversity, and trophic structure. In the very clear waters of these islands the infralittoral zone extends to a depth of 40 m and allows us to investigate whether former proposed models of polychaete distribution can be extended to this particular situation.     

Zonation and Ecology of Epiphytic Hydroids in a Mediterranean Coastal Lagoon: The 'Stagnone' of Marsala (North-West Sicily)

Abstract. Distribution patterns of epiphytic hydroids of seagrass ( Posidonia occanica and Cymodocea nodosa ) beds were studied in the 'Stagnone', a moderately hypcrhaline lagoon in Sicily. The role of water movement in determining the spatial and temporal zonation of epiphytic hydroids and their morpho-physiological variations is evaluated. Remarks on systematics arc also included.     

长江口中肋骨条藻赤潮发生全过程调查报告

于1990年6月在长江口赤潮多发区定点观测到一次中肋骨条藻赤潮发生的全过程，对中肋骨条藻赤潮发生过程中浮游植物群落结构的变动及细胞形态的变化进行研究。结果表明，（1）中肋骨条藻赤潮发生前，水体中甲藻数量多于硅藻；赤潮发生后，中肋骨条藻增殖，逐渐成为主要优势种，硅藻在数量上超过了甲藻；浮游植物种类丰度指数的大小能较好地反映赤潮发生的各个阶段。（2）赤潮发生过程中，中肋骨条藻细胞增殖率次序为：发展阶段＞维持阶段＞起始阶段。（3）在赤潮发生的维持阶段后期和消亡阶段，有5％-7．8％的中肋骨条藻形成休眠孢子，一个中肋骨条藻细胞仅形成一个休眠孢子，且同一个中肋骨条藻群体链上的所有细胞形成休眠孢子是同步的。     

Community volunteer assessment of recreational water quality in the Hutt River,Wellington

ABSTRACT

Water is an important component of many recreational opportunities and New Zealand invests significant resources in recreational water quality (RWQ) monitoring to assess risks to public health. However, monitoring primarily focuses on microbiological hazards and RWQ is considerably broader than this. The goal of this study was to take a comprehensive approach to evaluating RWQ while exploring the potential for greater public involvement in monitoring. A popular river swimming site was co-monitored weekly by volunteers and a council field officer. The attributes monitored–water temperature, visual clarity, benthic cyanobacteria and filamentous periphyton cover, E. coli and rubbish–were identified from a volunteer workshop. There was good concordance between volunteer and council data suggesting that volunteer measurements can be considered reliable. This highlights the potential for volunteers, with professional support, including training and quality assurance, to extend council RWQ surveillance to additional monitoring sites while improving public engagement on water management.