Carbon cycling in a high-arctic marine ecosystem – Young Sound, NE Greenland

Young Sound is a deep-sill fjord in NE Greenland (74°N). Sea ice usually begins to form in late September and gains a thickness of 1.5 m topped with 0–40 cm of snow before breaking up in mid-July the following year. Primary production starts in spring when sea ice algae begin to flourish at the ice–water interface. Most biomass accumulation occurs in the lower parts of the sea ice, but sea ice algae are observed throughout the sea ice matrix. However, sea ice algal primary production in the fjord is low and often contributes only a few percent of the annual phytoplankton production. Following the break-up of ice, the immediate increase in light penetration to the water column causes a steep increase in pelagic primary production. Usually, the bloom lasts until August–September when nutrients begin to limit production in surface waters and sea ice starts to form. The grazer community, dominated by copepods, soon takes advantage of the increased phytoplankton production, and on an annual basis their carbon demand (7–11 g C m⁻²) is similar to phytoplankton production (6–10 g C m⁻²). Furthermore, the carbon demand of pelagic bacteria amounts to 7–12 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹. Thus, the carbon demand of the heterotrophic plankton is approximately twice the estimated pelagic primary production, illustrating the importance of advected carbon from the Greenland Sea and from land in fuelling the ecosystem.In the shallow parts of the fjord (<40 m) benthic primary producers dominate primary production. As a minimum estimate, a total of 41 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹ is fixed by primary production, of which phytoplankton contributes 15%, sea ice algae <1%, benthic macrophytes 62% and benthic microphytes 22%. A high and diverse benthic infauna dominated by polychaetes and bivalves exists in these shallow-water sediments (<40 m), which are colonized by benthic primary producers and in direct contact with the pelagic phytoplankton bloom. The annual benthic mineralization is 32 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹ of which megafauna accounts for 17%. In deeper waters benthic mineralization is 40% lower than in shallow waters and megafauna, primarily brittle stars, accounts for 27% of the benthic mineralization. The carbon that escapes degradation is permanently accumulated in the sediment, and for the locality investigated a rate of 7 g C m⁻² yr⁻¹ was determined.A group of walruses (up to 50 adult males) feed in the area in shallow waters (<40 m) during the short, productive, ice-free period, and they have been shown to be able to consume <3% of the standing stock of bivalves (Hiatella arctica, Mya truncata and Serripes Groenlandicus), or half of the annual bivalve somatic production. Feeding at greater depths is negligible in comparison with their feeding in the bivalve-rich shallow waters.     

The influence of island generated eddies on the carbon dioxide system, south of the Canary Islands

Measurements of surface partial pressure of CO₂ and water column alkalinity, pH_T, nutrients, oxygen, fluorescence and hydrography were carried out, south of the Canary Islands during September 1998. Cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies were alternatively observed from the northwestern area to the central area of the Canary Islands. Nutrient pumping and vertical uplifting of the deep chlorophyll maximum by cyclonic eddies were also ascertained by upward displacement of dissolved inorganic carbon. A model was applied to determine the net inorganic carbon balance in the cyclonic eddy. The fluxes were determined considering both the diffusive and convective contributions from the upward pumping and the corresponding horizontal transport of water outside the area. An increase in the total inorganic carbon concentration in the upper layers inside the eddy field of 133 mmol C m^− 2 d^− 1 was determined. The upward flux of inorganic carbon decreased the effect of the increased primary production on the carbon dioxide chemistry. The reduced fCO₂ inside the cyclonic eddy, 15 μatm lower than that observed in non-affected surface water, was explained by thermodynamic aspects, biological activity, eddy upward pumping and diffusion and air–sea water exchange effects.     

First observations of jelly-falls at the seafloor in a deep-sea fjord

Faunal communities at the deep-sea floor mainly rely on the downward transport of particulate organic material for energy, which can come in many forms, ranging from phytodetritus to whale carcasses. Recently, studies have shown that the deep-sea floor may also be subsidized by fluxes of gelatinous material to the benthos. The deep-sea scyphozoan medusa Periphylla periphylla is common in many deep-sea fjords in Norway and recent investigations in Lurefjorden in western Norway suggest that the biomass of this jellyfish currently exceeds 50000 t here. To quantify the presence of dead P. periphylla jellyfish falls (hereafter termed jelly-falls) at the deep seafloor and the standing stock of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) deposited on the seafloor by this species, we made photographic transects of the seafloor, using a ‘Yo-Yo’ camera system during an opportunistic sampling campaign in March 2011. Of 218 seafloor photographs taken, jelly-falls were present in five, which resulted in a total jelly-fall abundance of 1×10^-2 jelly-falls m⁻² over the entire area surveyed. Summed over the entire area of seafloor photographed, 1×10^-2 jelly-falls m⁻² was equivalent to a C- and N-biomass of 13 mg C m⁻² and 2 mg N m⁻². The contribution of each jelly-fall to the C- and N-amount of the sediment in the immediate vicinity of each fall (i.e. to sediment in each 3.02 m² image in which jelly-falls were observed) was estimated to be 568±84 mg C m⁻² and 88±13 mg N m⁻². The only megafaunal taxon observed around or on top of the jelly-falls was caridean shrimp (14±5 individuals jelly-fall⁻¹), and shrimp abundance was significantly greater in photographs in which a jelly-fall was found (14±5 individuals image⁻¹) compared to photographs in which no jelly-falls were observed (1.4±0.7 individuals image⁻¹). These observations indicate that jelly-falls in this fjord can enhance the sedimentary C- and N-amount at the deep-sea floor and may provide nutrition to benthic and demersal faunas in this environment. However, organic enrichment from the jelly-falls found in this single sampling event and associated disturbance was highly localized.     

阿尔金且末—若羌地区新元古代花岗质岩石成因及其对Rodinia超大陆汇聚时限的约束

阿尔金造山带广泛发育新元古代花岗质岩浆岩,形成年龄为800~1000 Ma,可能是Rodinia超大陆汇聚阶段的产物,因此新元古代花岗质岩浆的研究对探讨阿尔金造山带的演化过程具有重要意义。选取南阿尔金地块且末—若羌地区的花岗质岩石为研究对象,开展了详细的岩石学、岩石地球化学及地质年代学研究。结果表明：①且末—若羌地区3类花岗质岩石的轻稀土元素相对于重稀土元素富集,显示右倾配分模式,具明显的负Eu异常（δEu=0.14~0.6）,富集Th、U、K等大离子亲石元素,亏损Ba、Ti、Nb、Ta、Sr等高场强元素;②锆石U-Pb年龄为899~915 Ma。综合区域地质演化历史表明,且末—若羌地区3类花岗质岩石形成于同碰撞构造环境,是Rodinia超大陆汇聚阶段板块之间俯冲、碰撞的产物。     

宁夏煤矿资源的可持续发展与采矿区生态保护

在对可持续发展的认识和意义进行简单论述的基础上,着重介绍了宁夏的煤炭资源概况、发展现状及采矿区的地质灾害,并提出了宁夏煤炭资源实现可持续发展、矿区地质灾害的防治和生态保护应坚持的原则与采取的办法及措施。     

华北北部中元古界洪水庄组物源和沉积环境分析

为探讨华北地区中元古界洪水庄组黑色泥页岩物源和沉积环境,采集了燕辽地区清河剖面洪水庄组样品,进行元素地球化学测试和分析.结果表明:洪水庄组沉积物来源不仅有陆源碎屑物质,还有海水沉积物贡献.Y/Ho和ΣREE交会图版分析认为海水沉积物来源占比为10％～20％.此外,稀土元素分布模式以及Ce和Eu异常表明沉积物来源有火山热...     

隐形碳关税:概念辨析与国际治理

碳关税是各国高度关注的贸易问题,因涉及各国经贸利益,南北国家在碳关税问题上分歧很大。任何有关碳关税的政策措施,都会引起发展中国家的强烈反对。因此,部分发达国家试图另辟蹊径,在国际贸易中通过增加生产标准、碳标签等技术要求,以比较隐蔽的方式实现执行碳关税的目的。文中将这些隐蔽的但能起到碳关税执行效果的政策措施归纳为隐形碳关税,并定义隐形碳关税是指那些虽然没有在边境环节征收碳关税,但与征收碳关税起到相同贸易壁垒作用的,对发展中国家出口产品和服务构成限制的政策和措施。隐形碳关税比较典型的表现形式包括生产标准、碳标签等措施。这些措施本身是政策中性的,并不构成隐形碳关税,但如果叠加了转移应对气候变化成本、限制发展中国家产业发展等目的,这些措施的性质便不再中性,而成为现实中的贸易壁垒。隐形碳关税的治理应该是国际气候治理进程的一个部分,《联合国气候变化框架公约》则应是隐形碳关税治理的主要国际平台。无论是在气候公约内还是气候公约外的治理机制,隐形碳关税的国际治理都应遵循气候公约的相关原则,尤其是共同但有区别责任原则,区别对待发达和发展中国家的责任和义务,充分发挥生产标准、碳标签等措施的积极环境效用,同时约束其不当使用,建立公平、互信、务实的国际合作模式,实现气候治理与经济发展的协同。     

综合物探方法在地质灾害调查中的应用研究

介绍了在地质灾害调查中常用的几种物探方法的适用条件和应用范围,并通过实例展示了各种方法的应用效果.结果表明浅层物探方法应用效果显著,在地质灾害调查中具有较好的应用前景.     

呼和浩特市大青山山前倾斜平原地质环境问题形成机理研究

长期地下水超采,导致呼和浩特市大青山山前倾斜平原浅层地下水疏干,深层承压水水位持续下降,局部地区承压水转为无压水等地质环境问题。利用呼和浩特市城区地下水开采量资料、地下水位动态监测资料以及呼和浩特市水文气象数据,结合该市城市社会经济发展状况,通过自然因素和人为影响两个方面对其地质环境问题产生机理进行总结分析。山前倾斜平原含水层结构的特殊性及自然条件的改变为呼和浩特市地质环境问题的发生提供了可能;承压水开采量的增大及山前侧向径流补给的减少是地质环境问题的发生的决定性因素;双层结构承压水对浅层水的山前侧向径流补给的袭夺,加速了大青山山前地质环境问题的形成和发展。     

珊瑚藻类钙化的研究

于１９９１年４－６月,在日本海若峡湾采集珊瑚藻类样品,采用钙镁离子定量的方法。对小珊瑚藻,异边孢藻和大边孢藻的Ｇａ,Ｍｇ及其碳酸盐的含量,无机和有机态碳元素的量比以及前两种藻类的钙化与光合作用固碳速度进行了研究。结果表明,三种珊瑚藻类的碳酸盐占藻体干重的７７％－８０％,其中ＣａＣＯ３占６６％－７０％,ＭｇＣＯ３占１０％－１１％。小珊瑚藻中Ｇａ的含量比两种边孢藻高,而Ｍｇ的含量则比后两者低。