Bacterial production and carbon conversion based on saltmarsh plant debris

There is a well-defined succession of micro-organisms which colonize powdered leaf debris from Spartina alterniflora and Juncus roemerianus, and aged natural detrital material when these were incubated in estuarine water at temperatures near to those recorded in the habitat at the time of collection. The natural assemblage of free-living bacteria in estuarine water rapidly enters logarithmic growth, subsequently declining with the increase in numbers of bactivorous microflagellates. These are then replaced by a mixed population of ciliates, choanoflagellates, amoeboid forms and attached bacteria which form part of a complex microbial community associated with particulate debris. The rate of increase of bacterial cells (μ), in both spring and summer experiments ranged from 0·010–0·108 h^?1 whilst estimates of bacterial carbon production ranged from 1·5 to 10·1 μg C 1^?1 h^?1, values which conform well with estimates obtained from natural assemblages of marine bacteria in coastal and estuarine waters elsewhere. Although both the ease of degradation of the detrital substrate and incubation temperature are of importance, enrichment of both powdered Spartina leaf debris and aged natural detritus with inorganic nutrients evidently enhances bacterial production under experimental conditions. In addition, the amount of carbon utilized to sustain bacterial carbon production shows a significant reduction following enrichment with NH₄, NO₃ or combinations of NO₃ + PO₄. The bacterial carbon conversion efficiency (μg C incorporated into bacterial production per μg C consumed) × 100, based on powdered Spartina leaves, and aged natural detritus, is thus increased from 9–14%, to as much as 38% in nutrient enriched media. Since NH₄, NO₃ and PO₄ values are generally low in the water column, it seems likely that bacteria achieve a carbon conversion of only 9–14% on natural suspended detrital material, with the possibility of an enhanced conversion of up to 38% occurring at the sediment-water interface where ammonia regeration occurs. This suggests that suspended bacteria which characterize estuarine waters of salt marsh areas may be responsible for the oxidation of 86–91% of the carbon which enters water column microheterotroph food chains, and are probably implicated in the large CO₂ fluxes recently recorded from coastal wetland habitats.     

Carbon dioxide emission and carbon accumulation in coastal wetlands

Direct measurements of CO₂ fluxes were made in salt, brackish and freshwater marshes and parallel adjacent open water areas in Barataria Basin, Louisiana. Vertical flux density was determined by monitoring the accumulation of CO₂ in aluminum chambers placed over the water or sediment surfaces. Annual CO₂ fluxes were 418, 180 and 618 g Cm^?2 from the salt, brackish and freshwater marsh, respectively. Water bodies adjacent to the marsh evolved 103, 54 and 242 g CO₂-Cm^?2yr^?1 to the atmosphere from saline, brackish and freshwater lakes, respectively. The role these marshes play in serving as a major carbon sink was determined from the carbon content of the sediment, vertical accretion rates and the bulk density of the sediment. Accretion rates were calculated from the depth in the sediment of the 1963 horizon, the year of peak ¹³⁷Cs fallout. Net carbon accumulation was essentially the same in all three marshes; 183, 296 and 224 g Cm^?2yr^?1 from the salt, brackish and fresh marsh, respectively. Data presented suggest a limited net export of carbon from these coastal marshes. A large percentage of fixed carbon remained on the marsh, being immobilized in accretionary processes or lost to the atmosphere as CO₂.     

Transportation of water,particulate and dissolved organic and inorganic matter between a salt marsh and the Ems-Dollard estuary,The Netherlands

Transport processes were studied in a gully between a salt marsh and an estuary. After storm tides, ebb currents in the gully reached high values. It is concluded that particulate matter (both organic and inorganic) are imported into the marsh. Coarse organic debris is exported during storm tides, but this amount is low when compared with the primary production on the marsh. Exports are shown for dissolved organic carbon, ammonia, phosphate and silica, while nitrate and possibly nitrite are imported. Organic matter derived from in situ production and net import is buried and partly mineralized in the marsh.     

宜春市审计局综合楼钻孔扩底灌注桩加后压浆设计分析及应用效果

江西省宜春市审计局综合楼所处场地地层条件复杂，确定合适的持力层是关键。经对地层情况、本地区已有经验以及桩基施工新技术等进行分析评估，大胆地把桩端持力层放在结构松散、性质差异较大、承载力标准值偏低的碎石土层上，采用钻孔扩底灌注桩，以提高钻孔灌注桩的承载力，并运用后压浆技术对桩底及下伏地层进行加强处理。实践证明，该方案技术可行，经济合理。     

珠江口盆地Site4B柱状沉积物中脂肪醇分子化合物分布及其来源分析

本研究采用色谱质谱(GC-MS)和色谱-同位素质谱(GC-IRMS)方法,对珠江口盆地Site4B沉积物中脂肪醇分子化合物分布以及单体碳同位素组成进行了研究。结果表明:长链脂肪醇碳优势指数(CPIC26—34:9.41—24.56)、平均碳链长度(ACLC26—34:28.85—29.99)以及n C26—n C30脂肪醇平均碳同位素组成(?29.13‰±0.87‰、?32.98‰±1.28‰和?32.73‰±1.61‰)均揭示了n C26—n C34脂肪醇属于陆源高等植物来源,n C16—n C20和n C24脂肪醇较正的碳同位素组成反映了化合物的海洋细菌来源,而n C22脂肪醇偏负的碳同位素特征(平均?33.26‰±1.51‰)反映了化学自养细菌来源。Site4B沉积物中的陆源输入主要来自南海周边河流,从12.7ka BP至今的沉积时期(0—80cm,文中深度均为埋深)和末次冰盛期(102—120cm),其陆源输入主要来自台湾岛河流,而在19.3—12.7ka BP沉积时期(80—102cm)和更新世沉积时期(120—300cm),台湾岛、吕宋岛和珠江口河流的陆源贡献普遍较低。Site4B沉积物中的海洋生产力主要来自海洋微生物输入的贡献,并主要受到海水温差影响;其中在35—150cm层位,海洋输入和南海暖流的强弱带来的海水温度的高低有关,而在150—300cm层位,则主要和冰期-间冰期的冷暖气候带来的海水温差有关。     

Iron content of the otoliths of tarakihi (Teleostei: Cheilodactylidae)

The otoliths (sagittae) of 1076 tarakihi Cheilodactylus macropterus collected from around the whole of New Zealand during 1968–69 were examined for heavy metal content by atomic absorption spectrometry. Copper, cadmium, nickel, manganese, and zinc did not occur in significant quantities, but iron was present in amounts ranging from 0.5 μg to 7.0 μg per otolith. The iron appears to be largely contained in the nucleus of the otolith. Variations in iron content per otolith indicate three regions where iron content is similar: a northern region (mean 3.39 μg; σ² = 1.35; n = 260); a central region (mean 1.92 μg; σ² = 1.32; n = 741); and a southern region (mean 0.96 μg; σ² = 0.45; n = 75). The significance of this regional variation, in otolith iron to the biology of the fish is not known, but may be linked by either heredity or environment to subpopulations of the fish.     

冲绳海槽中部A7孔沉积物地球化学记录及其对古环境变化的响应

对取自冲绳海槽中部的A7孔沉积物进行了元素地球化学的测试与分析,配合高分辨率测年和氧同位素数据,探讨了冲绳海槽中部18000年以来的元素地球化学变化特征及其控制因素。使用R型因子分析方法,将分析的20种常量与微量元素分为4个主要的因子:因子I主要由Al、Ti、Th、Rb、Mg、U和Zn等元素组成,代表了陆源物质有关的元素组合,可作为陆源物质输入的指示因子;因子II主要由Ca、Sr、Ba、P等元素组成,代表了与生物作用有关的元素组合,可作为古生物生产力指示因子。根据各元素及其组合随时间的变化特征,整个A7孔沉积物可明显分为4段:18-15 kaBP(Ⅰ),15-8 kaBP(Ⅱ),8-2 kaBP(Ⅲ)和2 kaBP以来(Ⅳ),前3段中都表现出陆源物质先增加再减少的变化趋势,古生物生产力的变化相对复杂,规律性不强,但总体表现出与陆源物质输入相反的变化趋势;第4段中则表现出2 kaBP年以来陆源物质的输入有一定的加强,而古生产力则没有大的变化。在7.3 kaBP左右发生的火山物质快速堆积事件对柱状沉积物的地球化学特征产生了较大的影响,也使陆源物质输入和古生物生产力急剧降低。自18 kaBP年以来,元素地球化学组成的变化主要受温度、海平面变化、黑潮水的“摆动”的影响,而火山沉积也造成了一定的影响。     

内蒙古固阳绿岩带条带状铁建造地球化学特征与沉积环境讨论

Algoma型条带状铁建造(BIF)是一种海相化学沉积岩,它发育在太古宙绿岩带的火山-沉积岩序列中,大部分经历了后期变质变形作用。稀土元素具有稳定的地球化学性质,因而被广泛用于指示BIF的原始沉积环境。华北克拉通北缘固阳绿岩带中的BIF(如三合明、公益明、东五分子、公巨成等)赋存于新太古代色尔腾山群的变火山-沉积序列中,普遍经历了绿片岩相—低角闪岩相变质,呈条带状构造,其主要矿物组成为自形—半自形粒状磁铁矿和他形粒状石英,含少量角闪石,局部地区可见石榴石、绿泥石、斜长石等富Al矿物。根据BIF中惰性元素的含量及其相关性,可划分为纯净的BIF和遭受碎屑物质混染的BIF,并通过特征的Co/Th比值判断出这些碎屑物质主要来自于玄武质岩石。纯净及遭受轻微碎屑物质混染的BIF稀土元素特征通过后太古宙页岩(PAAS)标准化后,与现代海水及其他地区典型太古宙BIF相似,均表现为轻稀土相对重稀土亏损,正La、Y异常以及较高的Y/Ho比值(29)。大多数样品发育不明显的负Ce_(PAAS)异常,说明BIF沉淀自缺氧的环境;正Eu_(PAAS)异常明显,说明海水中有高温(250℃)热液的加入,其比例为0~10%。然而,遭受强烈碎屑物质混染的BIF稀土元素特征则具有明显差异。此种类型BIF的出现及分布不均,指示了在BIF沉积之前的局部地区或时间段内,深部海水处于相对动荡的环境。     

南海北部全新世早期低钙事件及其古气候解释

碳酸盐旋回是南海晚更新世以来的最重要沉积特征之一，它受控于表层海水生产率、陆源物质的稀释作用以及深水对碳酸盐的溶解作用。南海北部碳酸钙百分含量主要受控于陆源物质对碳酸盐的稀释作用，即海平面低位时陆源碎屑经过陆架进入较深海域增多，也称稀释旋回。对西沙海槽北侧陆坡柱状样高分辨率研究后发现，在冰消期，低海平面时期存在高碳酸钙，而在冰后期的早中期，6～8ka B．P．的高海平面时期，却存在短暂的碳酸盐含量急剧下降的过程，即低钙事件，产生这种短暂的碳酸钙与其旋回性不吻合的现象应该是降雨量变化造成。在冰消期，出现干旱，陆源物质减少，而早中全新世的雨量，尤其是具较强冲刷能力的大雨量急剧增加。造成北部海南岛和华南陆地的冲刷增强，陆源物质供给增加，从而出现低钙事件。     

断陷湖盆陡坡带陆相层序地层学模式研究─—以泌阳断陷双河─赵凹地区下第三系核三上段为例

以泌阳断陷双河－赵四地区下第三系核三上段陆相层序地层学研究为例,建立了断陆湖盆陡坡带陆相层序地层学模式：①陆相层序及其体系域界面模式;②体系域模式;③陆相层序地层模式。其中,陆相层序地层模式包括岩相格架模式及年代框架模式两个内容。研究结果显示,断陷湖盆陡坡带可识别出Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型两类陆相层序;一个完整的Ⅰ型陆相层序从下往上发育ＬＳＴ、ＴＳＴ、ＨＳＴ及ＲＳＴ四个体系域,共五个界面,除顶、底界面归属层序界面之外,其它三个界面皆为体系域界面;而Ⅱ型陆相层序缺失ＬＳＴ。无论何种体系域,其沉积体的几何形状均为模状体,且各体系域的沉积相横向配置呈现规律性变化。陆相层序地层等时框架模式清晰地显示了研究区下第三系核三上段的沉积充填史及其沉积层序时空展布特征。