渤海春季营养盐限制的现场实验

1999年4－5月，在现场条件下对天然水体中浮游植物以外加营养盐受控培养的方式，研究和探讨春季渤海中部、莱州湾和渤海海峡3个海区的浮游植物生长的营养盐限制问题。结果表明，在莱州湾附近浮游植物生长受到显著的磷限制；尽管水体中硅酸盐浓度较历史水平大大降低，并且实验进行时硅藻为优势种，但是硅酸盐尚不成为限制因子；渤海中部不存在营养盐的限制问题，营养盐浓度和结构相对适宜；渤海海峡也不存在营养盐的限制问题，但是溶解无机氮的相对含量略低。     

Nitrogen, Silicon and Zooplankton Controlling the Baltic Spring Bloom: An Experimental Study

The importance of nitrogen, silicon and grazing for the development of the planktonic spring bloom of the transition area between the Baltic Proper and the Gulf of Finland was studied in a laboratory experiment. Water for this experiment was collected prior to the onset of the spring bloom in early April 1991. At this time, inorganic nutrient concentrations were still at their annual maxim. In the experiment, conducted in plastic tanks, the nitrate level was doubled and silicate level tripled by single and combined additions. One tank was filtered with a 100 μm net to exclude large grazers of phytoplankton. Two unmanipulated controls were used. The tanks were maintained at +2 °C for a 3 week period in 12 h of daylight (60 μE m⁻²s⁻¹), during which time their nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics were followed. All added inorganic nitrogen was swiftly taken up inducing rapid phytoplankton growth; consequently, available phosphorus must have met the needs of growth. The results showed the limiting nature of nitrogen on the maximum primary productivity and chlorophyll aconcentration. Silicate additions affected the structure of the phytoplankton assemblage by promoting specifically the growth of the diatomChaetoceros holsaticusSchütt, which produced resting spores at later stages of the bloom, whileChaetoceros wighamiiBrightwell was the dominant diatom species in other tanks. The absence of large grazers had no effect on phytoplankton dynamics.     

Coarse-Scale Horizontal Distribution of Phytoplankton in a Semi-Enclosed Coastal Area

Abstract. The horizontal distribution of phytoplankton in relation to changes in the physico-chemical conditions of a eutrophic semi-enclosed embayment is described. Phytoplanktonic populations derived from a station interval of 6 miles (coarse scale variations) were compared by quantitative (standing stock) and qualitative (species composition, diversity, Diatom/Flagellate ratio) criteria. The results showed that quantitative and qualitative parameters differed in their sensitivity and were affected differently by environmental perturbations. Along a horizontal transect with defined variations in nutrient concentrations, changes in standing stock levels were not significant, but differences in species composition existed and caused coefficients of variation between stations for species diversity up to 50% and of the Diatom/Flagellate ratio up to 120%. Furthermore, distributional differences among certain flagellate species (Prorocentrum micans, Prorocentrum balticum) and diatom species (Nitzschia closterium, Chaetoceros curvisetus) were recorded which showed that the flagellate species were distributed more uniformly than the diatoms along a transect with progressive decrease in nutrient concentrations.     

Seasonal and interannual variability of sea surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Japan/East Sea (JES)

Seasonal and interannual variability of chlorophyll a concentration in the Japan/East Sea (JES) was detected spatially by ocean color satellite remote sensing. Start timing of the spring bloom was different spatially. The spring bloom started at the subpolar front and southward of it in March, northward of subpolar front, along the Primorye coast and off Hokkaido in April and in the middle of the Japan Basin in May. The start of the spring bloom showed interannual variability that corresponded with the wind speed in the area. The spring bloom in 1998 and 2002 appeared about four weeks earlier than in 1997, 1999 and 2001, and it corresponded with weak winds that can lead to an early development of the thermocline. The bloom was late in 1999 and 2001 in the Japan Basin and along the Primorye coast, and in the southern area in 2000. It corresponded with stronger wind stress that delayed seasonal thermocline formation. The bloom along the Primorye coast appeared later in 1999, and it corresponded with stronger wind stress, and at the same time, it seemed to be related with the delay of melting of sea ice in Mamiya Strait. The fall bloom appeared from early October to early December, and it did not have a clear temporal transition. The area where chlorophyll a concentration exceeded 0.8 μg l⁻¹ was wider in the western area than in the eastern area every year. The magnitude of the fall bloom was different between years, but it did not show a correlation with average wind speed in fall. Those results indicated that the timing of the seasonal bloom in the JES is largely affected by the variability of global climate such as ENSO events.     

Nutrient controls on new production in the Bodega Bay, California, coastal upwelling plume

A theoretical framework for the time-dependent processes leading to the high rates of new production in eastern boundary upwelling systems has been assembled from a series of past upwelling studies. As part of the CoOP WEST (Wind Events and Shelf Transport) study, new production in the Bodega Bay upwelling area and it's control by ambient nitrate and ammonium concentrations and the advective wind regime are described. Data and analyses are focused primarily on the WEST 2001 cruise (May–June 2001) when the two legs differed greatly in wind regimes but not nutrient concentrations. Elevated concentrations of ammonium in upwelled water with high nitrate were observed in both legs. Nitrate uptake by phytoplankton as a function of nitrate concentration was linear rather than Michaelis–Menten-like, modulated by inhibitory levels of ammonium, yielding coefficients that enable the specific nitrate uptake element of new production to be estimated from nutrient concentrations. The range of specific nitrate uptake rates for the two legs of WEST 2001 were similar, essentially a physiological response to nutrient conditions. However, the low “realization” of new production i.e. incorporation of biomass as particulate nitrogen that occurred in this system compared to the theoretical maximum possible was determined by the strong advective and turbulent conditions that dominated the second leg of the WEST 2001 study. These data are compared with other upwelling areas using a physiological shift-up model [Dugdale, R.C., Wilkerson, F.P., Morel, A. 1990. Realization of new production in coastal upwelling areas: a means to compare relative performance. Limnology and Oceanography 35, 822–829].     

Phytoplankton in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Distribution, dynamics, and environmental forcing

Time-series of remotely sensed distributions of phytoplankton, sea ice, surface temperature, albedo, and clouds were examined to evaluate the variability of environmental conditions and physical forcing affecting phytoplankton in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Large-scale distributions of these parameters were studied for the first time using weekly and monthly composites from April 1998 to September 2002. The basic data set used in this study are phytoplankton pigment concentrations derived from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), ice concentrations obtained from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) and surface temperature, cloud cover, and albedo derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Seasonal variation of ice cover was observed to be the dominant environmental factor as the ice-edge blooms followed the retreating marginal ice zones northward. Blooms were most prominent in the southwestern Chukchi Sea, and were especially persistent immediately north of the Bering Strait in nutrient-rich Anadyr Water and in some fronts. Chlorophyll concentrations are shown to increase from a nominal value during the onset of melt in April to a maximum value in mid-spring or summer depending on location. Large interannual variability of ice cover and phytoplankton distributions was observed with the year 1998 being uniquely associated with an early season occurrence of a massive bloom. This is postulated to be caused in part by a rapid response of phytoplankton to an early retreat of the sea-ice cover in the Beaufort Sea region. Correlation analyses showed relatively high negative correlation between chlorophyll and ice concentration with the correlation being highest in May, the correlation coefficient being −0.45. 1998 was also the warmest in the 5 years globally and the sea-ice cover was least extensive in the Beaufort/Chukchi Sea region, partly because of the 1997–1998 El Niño. Strong correlations were noted between ice extent and surface temperature, the correlation coefficient being highest at −0.79 in April, during the onset of the bloom period.     

Phytoplankton patchiness: the role of lateral stirring and mixing

Explanations for the patchy distribution of marine phytoplankton are critically reviewed with the focus on the role played by lateral advection and mixing. Generating mechanisms for what is increasingly seen as a ubiquitous feature of the oceans have been sought in biology, behaviour, population dynamics, physics and various combinations thereof. As the mesoscale and sub-mesoscale (1-500 km) contain the “weather” of the ocean—eddies and fronts capable of strong stirring and mixing of any tracers advected by them—the physical circulation in this regime may have a strong role in the generation of patchiness. As a consequence, the focus here is on the ways the turbulent currents at these scales can interact with other processes to produce the complex spatial structures in phytoplankton distributions seen in countless satellite images and cruise data. The mechanisms reviewed include patch formation (KiSS theory), filamentation, Turing and related instabilities, diffusion waves, shear effects and turbulent stirring. Parallel to this is a discussion of observations and of the techniques that have been used to analyse them, particularly spectral analysis. It will be seen that many of the limitations in extant theories stem from a paucity of data and ambiguity in its interpretation. A synthesis of recent developments in sampling, instrumentation, image analysis and turbulence theory is used to suggest alternatives to conventional approaches, to highlight important work in related fields and to motivate new lines of research.     

厦门港微型浮游生物叶绿素的分布和作用

于１９８９年２月－１９９０年２月，运用分光光度法对厦门港各大小类群浮游生物叶绿素测定结果表明，微型浮游生物（３－２０μｍ）是初极生产者中的最主要组成者（叶绿素α平均占７４．７％）；小型（２０－２０μｍ）和极微型（＜３μｍ）浮游生物不是重要类（平均占１８．０和７．３％）。因此认为，在浮游植物定量研究中用采水方法采集浮游植物比用网采方法更客观。微型浮游生物量季节变化明显，夏季＞春季＞秋、冬季。     

天津港驴驹河附近海域的浮游植物与赤潮植物

于 2 0 0 3年 7月在天津港驴驹河附近海域设 5个点采样。鉴定表明 ,共有浮游植物 19属 31种 ;优势种类有星脐圆筛藻 (Coscinodiscusasteromphalus)、太阳双尾藻 (Ditylumsol)、菱形海线藻 (Thalassionemanitzschioides)、链状亚历山大藻 (Alexandriumcatenella)等。天津港浮游植物密度较高 ,各站点平均总生物量为 1.2 16× 10 5个 /m3,各站点生物量与叶绿素含量变化规律基本一致。经单项营养指数和营养状态综合指数分析表明 ,除一个站点的COD和两个站点的无机磷略高外 ,所有站位均未达到富营养化水平。调查期间 ,共发现赤潮生物 14种 ,其中主要有星脐圆筛藻、链状亚历山大藻、叉状角藻 (Ceratium furca)、窄隙角刺藻(Chaetocerosaffinis)等。     

南黄海首次暴发“巨囊”生态型球形棕囊藻藻华

球形棕囊藻(Phaeocystis globosa)常在热带至温带近海海域形成有害藻华,该种具有种内遗传多态性,且有囊体大小、特征色素组成等性状分化。在我国南海形成有害藻华的球形棕囊藻可形成“巨型囊体”,以19''-丁酰氧基岩藻黄素(But-fuco)为特征色素,是一种独特的“巨囊”生态型。2021年11月底至12月初,南黄海青岛沿岸暴发大规模球形棕囊藻藻华。藻华发生期间,对青岛沿岸3个站位的水文和化学要素进行了观测,分析了球形棕囊藻囊体的数量、直径和色素组成,并应用一种高分辨率种下分子标记——叶绿体rbcS-rpl27基因间隔区分析了其遗传特征。结果表明,藻华发生期间青岛沿岸表层海水温度较低 (12~14℃),海域营养盐组成具有高溶解有机氮、低溶解无机氮的特征;球形棕囊藻囊体丰度超过20个/L,最大囊体直径为18 mm,以But-fuco为特征色素, rbcS-rpl27序列分析表明其与南海“巨囊”生态型球形棕囊藻具有相同的遗传特征。南黄海首次暴发的球形棕囊藻藻华是由“巨囊”生态型形成,该藻华可能对海洋生态系统、水产养殖业发展和核电设施运行等构成威胁,亟待开展藻华成因与监测预警对策研究。