Benthic Communities of the lnfralittoral in the N. Sporades (Aegean Sea): a Variety of Biotopes Encountered and Analysed

Abstract. The infralittoral benthos was studied on three islands of the Northern Sporades in the Aegean Sea. Thirteen stations were sampled on both hard and soft substrata and 408 taxa were identified, some of zoogeographical interest. Multivariate statistical methods such as classification, ordination and Similarilies Terms Analysis were combined with existing ecological information to delineate the various communities present and to point to the indicator species characterising them. The communities were then defined using the indicator species and their affinities to typical biocoenoses. The main factor responsible for the observed distribution proved to be the type of substratum (algal cover or sediment type), which reflects the light and hydrodynamic conditions. The observed bathynietric zonation was similar lo that of the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean.     

Application of light hydrocarbons (C4–C13) to oil/source rock correlations:: a study of the light hydrocarbon compositions of source rocks and test fluids from offshore Mid-Norway

Relatively little work has been published on the correlation between the light hydrocarbon distributions in reservoir fluids and their proposed source rocks [Philippi, G. T. (1981)]. The aim of our work was to study this relationship in detail for samples from Mid-Norway. The main source rocks offshore Mid-Norway are the marine shales of the Late Jurassic Spekk Formation and the coals and paralic shales of the Early Jurassic Åre Formation. Reliable light hydrocarbon (C₄–C₁₃) data for source rock samples were acquired by thermal extraction-GC of the source rocks. Of these, notably the hydrocarbons in the C₆–C₈ range (routinely measured in test fluids) were used to discriminate between the Spekk and Åre Formation samples. A total of twenty-six samples from the Spekk Formation and twenty-four samples from the Åre Formation at different maturity levels and facies were analyzed. In general, the two source rock types differ in their light hydrocarbon composition by the presence of relatively more aromatics and cyclohexanes in the Åre samples, while the Spekk samples are richer in cyclopentanes and acyclic hydrocarbons. We show that source rock facies is a more important indicator of light hydrocarbon composition than maturity variation. Differences in the chemical composition, which can be used to discriminate between the two source rocks, were supported by differences in the carbon isotope composition of individual components of the same fraction, as determined by GHM-IR-MS analysis of eleven samples. Further, the light hydrocarbon compositions of reservoir fluids (oils and condensates) were compared with those for the source rock(s). Sixty-six gas chromatograms of oils and condensates, representing most of the known petroleum accumulations in Mid-Norway, were collected. Of these, five oil samples were selected for detailed isotopic analysis of individual components (GC-IR-MS). When using a classification scheme based on data from sediment samples, data for the light hydrocarbon fraction of oils and condensates indicate that the Spekk Formation is the dominant source for most of the fields from Mid-Norway, with a significant contribution from the Åre Formation being detected principally in one field. Differences in the chemical composition of the C₆–C₈ fractions were supported by differences in the carbon isotope composition of individual components, which also discriminate between the oils. Although the classification diagrams used in this study are based on source rock data from Mid-Norway, the method can be applied to other areas, providing that the diagrams are calibrated with source rock data from the area of interest.     

Coregionalization by Linear Combination of Nonorthogonal Components

This paper applies the relationship between the matrix multivariate covariance and the covariance of a linear combination of a single attribute to analyze modeling with nested structures. This analysis for modeling of covariances is introduced to the multivariate case for nonorthogonal vector spatial components. Results validate the classic linear model of coregionalization for a more general case of nonorthogonality, that produces additional terms including cross-covariance in the nested structures. Linear combinations of nested structures have been applied in the frequency domain to a more general case where the coefficients are nonconstant but valid transfer functions. This allows for a tool for the production of cross-covariance and covariance models that are convolutions of valid models. An example for modeling of the hole effect is illustrated.     

武汉市夏季民宅小气候观测与分析

以2000年武汉盛夏季节46天不同楼层4个房间的温湿观测记录为依据，初步分析了居民住宅楼室内温度、湿度变化的基本规律，描述了因接受太阳辐射的不同等原因面临 城南北朝向房间的差异和顶楼与非顶楼的差异，并用多元线性回归方法建立了室内温湿度的预报方程。     

Robust multivariate procedures applied to the interpretation of atypical individuals of a Cretaceous foraminifer

Robust multivariate statistical methods are applied to samples of the Cretaceous bolivinid foraminifer Afrobolivina afra, in which individuals from microspheric and megalospheric generations dominate, but which also contain some pseudo-megalospheric specimens. Pseudo-megalospheric tests may cause values which are atypical in the statistical sense but which are fully normal biologically. Other atypical values derive from crushed specimens, microspheric individuals and unusual normal megalospheres with exceptionally wide shells and pointed last chambers. A wrongly punched specimen was also found by the procedure. The method employed here consists of plotting the generalized statistical distances calculated from robust estimates of means and of covariances against the quantiles of a Gaussian distribution; the presence of an atypical observation(s) is readily exposed by its departure from the main trend of the plot.     

The multivariate controls of hydraulic geometry: A causal investigation in terms of boundary shear distribution

Most downstream hydraulic geometry exponents have been found to be very close to the classic values reported by Leopold and Maddock (1953). These have been viewed as the simplified cases to general trends because the hydraulic geometry of alluvial channels is actually the product of ‘multivariate controls’ (Richards, 1982). This paper is an attempt to develop a soundly based foundation for the explanation of the physical mechanisms of these controls. A quantitative relationship between channel shape and boundary shear distribution developed from experimental flume results is found to be applicable in some instances to alluvial channels, particularly to stable canals. On the basis of this relationship, it is shown that downstream hydraulic geometry is determined not only by flow discharge, but also by channel slope, channel average roughness and sediment composition of the channel boundary. This is strongly supported by our analysis of 529 observations from both stable canals and natural rivers in the U.S.A. and the U.K. The difference between regime relations in canals and the hydraulic geometry of rivers appears to be caused mainly by channel slope and average roughness, which can be regarded as constants only in stable canals. The close relationship between discharge and channel average roughness observed in canals is not repeated in natural channels, partly because of the variety of flow values used to define the channel-forming discharge. Furthermore, it is indicated that the effects of the sediment composition of the channel boundary on hydraulic geometry are significant and need further investigation.     

桤木人工林结瘤固氮的时空变化及其对后续植物的效应(Ⅱ)

桤木人工林在山丘区的根瘤固氮活性3～6μmol/(g·h),活性受多种因素影响,变幅相当大,而变化规律仍明显.五年生桤木固氮量1～4mg/(株·h).固氮量取决于结瘤量,pH和质地亦影响显著.壤质的低钙质紫色土固氮能力较高,重壤质的酸性紫色土和黄壤固氮能力较低.十年生桤木林采伐迹地上,桤木固氮改良土壤,并促进后续植物的生长.     

对应聚类分析

对应聚类分析是一种多元统计分析方法。它吸取了对应分析和聚类分析的主要优点,在充分利用多维空间信息的基础上,该方法将变量类别、样品类别和它们间的对应关系清晰显示于单—图件,即对应聚类谱系图。近年来的许多实例说明该方法在地质和勘查地球化学中的应用是有成效的。本文详细叙述了对应聚类分析的计算方法,通过一些验证性实例介绍了方法效果,并简要讨论了为什么能获得较好效果的原因。