Recent surface marine sediments of Cocos Island in Costa Rica

Subtidal sediments of Isla del Coco(Cocos Island),Costa Rica were described in their grain size,sorting,organic matter,and carbonates from 27 dredge samples(3-75 m),collected in April 2010.The organic matter range between 1.37-3.31%and carbonates presented a mean of 74±17%.The sorting was moderately or poorly.The grain size ranged between 0.1-1.1mm.The pattern is that sediment change from inner to mouth of bays.Carbonates and gravel fractions increased offshore and organic matter have high values inner the bays.Input of vegetal debris and mud was from the rivers of this island covered with rain and cloud forest.     

东海内陆架岩心中木质素的沉积记录

通过对东海内陆架T06岩心样品中木质素的测定,依据木质素参数对古环境、古气候的指示作用,探究了陆源有机碳在该区域的沉积记录,以及8.8 ka B.P.以来浙闽沿岸在不同历史环境下有机物的输送机制.研究结果显示,东海内陆架海域东亚冬季风驱动的水动力输送对沉积物中木质素酚类单体的含量变化及其相关参数起着至关重要的调控作用;...     

水体石油类信息遥感提取模式研究

石油类是水体有机污染物中的一种,其对水体吸收系数的影响主要体现在有色可溶性有机物(chromophoric dissolved organic matter,CDOM)的光吸收特性上。在水色遥感领域,CDOM光吸收特性主要用其在参考波段的吸收系数和光谱斜率来表征。利用2008年5月、2009年8月和2010年6月在辽宁省盘锦市辽河油田境内获取的CDOM吸收系数、水体表观光学特性以及石油类污染浓度等试验数据,确定表征石油类污染水体CDOM吸收光谱特性的光谱斜率;根据光谱斜率以及表征CDOM浓度的440 nm参考波段吸收系数,建立遥感反演水体石油类污染浓度的模式,并利用31个野外现场实测值对模式精度进行了验证,结果表明,该模式的相对误差为7%;将该模式应用于国产卫星环境一号遥感数据,获取双台子河及辽东湾近岸水体石油类污染空间分布图。     

2022年6月珠江流域洪水对下游溶解有机物浓度和组成的影响

当前极端气候事件频发,引起了人们广泛的关注。然而,气候变化对中国典型河流溶解有机物(DOM)的影响尚且未得到充分的认识。2021年11月至2022年10月,每月于珠江下游广州段采集河水样品,并分析其中溶解有机碳(DOC)、发色溶解有机物(CDOM)和荧光溶解有机物(FDOM)的浓度和组成。采样期间, 2022年6月珠江流域遭遇百年一遇的洪水。结果显示,洪水大幅度降低了河水中的DOC和CDOM浓度,并提高了DOM的芳香化程度。尽管洪水对DOM浓度产生了明显的稀释效应,但通过分析FDOM组成,进一步发现FDOM中不同组分对洪水的响应存在较大差异。FDOM短激发波长(230～235nm)处的类蛋白质组分峰值在洪水期间出现高值;与此同时,长激发波长(280～285nm)的类蛋白质组分和激发波长在345nm处的类腐殖质组分峰值在洪水期间出现最低值。此外,与长江下游相比,珠江下游水体中往往具有较高的DOC和CDOM浓度、DOM芳香化程度以及CDOM分子量。研究将有助于进一步了解珠江等世界大河DOM浓度和组成的变化规律和控制机制,以及揭示极端洪水对大河DOM动态变化产生的影响。     

冲绳海槽沉积物中酚类有机物色谱-质谱鉴定

作者从冲绳诲槽水深1000m的海底软泥中，分析出三种酚类有机物，海洋软泥有机质使用氯仿甲醇抽提、薄层色谱分离、气相色谱分析、色谱-质谱-数据系统联用仪鉴定，经定性的三种酚类有机物是：2-甲氧基-5-(1-丙烯基)酚；2-甲氧基-4-（2-丙烯基)酚；2，6-双(1，1-二甲基乙基）-4-甲基酚。     

Phosphorus features in FT-IR spectra of natural organic matter

Fourier-Transform Infrared （FT-IR） spectroscopy has been used extensively to characterize natural organic matter （NOM）. Absorption bands at 1100-1000 cm^-1 in the FT-IR spectra of NOM have been frequently assigned to alcoholic and polysaccharide C-O stretching or to vibrations of SiO2-related impurities. However, these interpretations do not consider that a strong band associated with P-O bonds of phosphate also appears in the same region. We evaluated the correlation between absorbance in this region and P content of 19 NOM samples from terrestrial, aquatic and plant shoot sources. In the spectra of 10 humic and fulvic acid samples, shoulder to minor bands appeared around 1050 cm^-1. Absorbance intensity at 1050 cm^-1 （Y） was linearly related to P content （X） by the following： Y=4.38X＋0.3 l, with R2=0.90. We did not observe such a close correlation between absorbance and P content in two aquatic NOM samples. Apparently, this is because the aquatic NOM samples were concentrated by reverse osmosis, which would have concentrated not only humic and fulvic acids but also other soluble organic solutes present in natural waters. In the FT-IR spectra of seven dissolved organic matter （DOM） samples obtained from dried plant shoots, broad and/or multiple bands around 1075 cm^-1 were observed with a shoulder at 977 cm^-1. These characteristics were more like those of organic phosphate compounds （such as inositol hexaphosphate）. However, solution 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic analysis showed no significant amount of organic phosphate present in these samples.     

Microbial production and photobleaching of CDOM in an estuarine brackish lake on Chongming Island, Shanghai

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter （CDOM）, one of the important components in freshwater and seawater ecosystems, plays a role in underwater light absorption and primary productivity. The Lake Beihu was a part of the North Branch of the Yangtze （Changjiang） River estuary in the past, but now the Lake Beihu has become the biggest manmade brackish lake in East China. The lake is a unique brackish ecosystem, however, little study deals with the fate of CDOM in it and whether this type of lake ecosystem will face eutrophication problem. This paper focuses on the transformation of CDOM, and the impact of microbe and light in the Lake Beihu. Microbial production and natural photobleaching simulative experiment was done on water samples from the Lake Beihu, yielding the following results. Water samples were collected from the Lake Beihu in May 2006. The filtrates through Whatman GF/F filters and polycarbonate membranes （μm） were exposed to microbe and microbe plus light condition, respectively. Three-dimensional excitation emission matrix （3-DEEM） fluorescence spectra were analyzed. It was shown that the amount of CDOM increased with time in the microbe exposure experiment, which means that microbes may play an important role in the production of CDOM instead of degrading CDOM. The .productivity was enhanced with increasing temperature, e.g. the value of UV260 increased by 62.4% in 4.5 days at 30℃, 26.9% at 20℃, 5.0% at 10℃. In addition, photobleaching was observed in the study as other papers reported. With the impact of microbes, the fluorescence signal of fulvic acid became stronger as the time went by. At 30℃, the fulvic acid fluorescence, which was expressed by QSU, increased by 35%-39%.     

Optical characteristics and solar photodegradation of dissolved organic matter in Arkansas River, USA

Dissolved organic matter （DOM）, a mixture of numerous organic compounds of 30 to 300000 D, exists in all natural water resources including rivers, lakes and oceans, and plays a very important role in global carbon cycle and ecology. The DOM molecules absorb UV light strongly in short wavelengths and prevent microorganisms from being damaged by solar UV irradiation. Meanwhile, the large DOM molecules are then photodegraded into inorganic carbon and smaller organic molecules which are easier for bacterioplankton to digest. The Arkansas River is one of the largest rivers in the US, and a major input of organic materials to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. However, the photochemical properties of the DOM in the river water have not been investigated. To study this photodegradation process of the Arkansas River, water samples from the river were collected, filtered, sealed into quartz flasks, and exposed to sunlight for up to 15 hours. Some samples were retrieved from the flasks at certain time intervals. The intensity of the sunlight was measured during the exposure process at 30 min to 1 hr intervals. UV-vis absorption, fluorescence emission, 3D fluorescence spectra and DOM concentrations were determined for all retrieved samples. It was found that the total DOM concentration decreased while the dissolved inorganic carbon （DIC） concentration increased in the samples. UV absorption and fluorescence intensity of DOM decreased exponentially. The disappearance rate of UV absorption varied with wavelength. The loss of integral fluorescence was about 2.6 times that of the UV absorption at the excitation wavelength. In addition, the quantum yields also decreased, and the peak position of 3D fluorescence scan shifted to shorter wavelength.     

Mechanism of removing dissolved organic matter （DOM） by poly-silicic-ferric sulfate （PSF） coagulant

Chemical coagulation is very important in water treatment and was primarily designed for particle and turbidity removal. However, the concentration of dissolved organic matter （DOM） in drinking water and wastewater sources has increased greatly due to the development of industries and agricultures. Generally, the removal of DOM by conventional coagulation is not high, so enhanced coagulation has become a widely used method in developing or developed countries, in which a new type of efficient coagulant is developed as a cheap, practical and reasonable method. It has been widely recognized that the removal of DOM by iron-based coagulants is superior to that by aluminum salts. As a new type of inorganic polymer of iron-based salt, poly-silicic-ferric sulfate （PSF） has been studied since the late 20th century in Japan, but the mechanism of removing DOM still only concerns the essential recognition including adsorption/charge-neutralization, bridging, sweeping and so on. In this investigation, PSF was prepared by a particular co-polymerization method. The oxidization of PSF on humic acid （HA）, the hydrolysis law of PSF and the adsorption of HA on kaolin were studied. The characteristics [microstructure, size of species, Zeta potential and oxidation-reduction potential （ORP）] and coagulation performance of PSF were explored as compared to those of polyferric aluminum （PFA）. Mechanism of removing DOM （surrogated by humid acid （HA）） by PSF was analyzed primarily in terms of oxidization, hydrolysis species distribution, characteristics and coagulation behavior. The results showed that PSF is an oxidization coagulant and may change the molecular structure of HA, thus modifying the nature of HA surface and the nature of the interface between HA and water solution, and transforming the hydrophilic characteristics of HA into hydrophobic, thus improving the adsorption of HA. Different pH values give different influences on the complexation mode between HA oxidized by PSF, PSF and kaolin.