^234Th作为海洋学中示踪剂的研究进展

^234Th是海洋中日、周、月时间尺度上和颗粒物运动有关的过程的良好示踪剂,常用于海洋碳循环最为重要的区域——真光层中颗粒物的循环,以及和生物中介有关的及一些相对较快发生的海洋过程的研究。^234Th对我们研究由CO2循环导致的全球变暖问题,了解各种元素和化合物在海洋中的分布行为和最终归宿,促进全球质量平衡归宿模型的构建,研究某海域的生物泵与初级和新生产力,促进我们对海洋的进一步了解并引导它健康可持续地为人类所利用等方面有着重要的意义。简要论述了。^234Th作为海洋学中示踪剂的原理和发展过程,比较了目前所使用的各种采样和测量方法,详细介绍了它在垂直通量、颗粒物循环、水平传输和沉积物动力学等方面的应用,并针对目前存在的问题和不足简要归纳了未来研究的方向。到目前为止,^234Th仍然是最快的自然颗粒物活性计时器,而样品处理、分辨率和处理量等方面的进步则推动了。^234Th在海洋学研究中更广泛的应用。开阔大洋中很多^234Th工作都是在JGOFS计划的支持下进行的,因此,^234Th应用的潜在前景可针对JGOFS计划未完成的问题而进行深入研究。     

我国海洋自然保护区的发展和分布特征分析

对我国海洋自然保护区发展动态和分布特征进行了分析.根据海洋自然保护区的数量和面积,将其发展过程划分为零发展、零星发展、停滞发展、恢复与快速发展和高速发展5个阶段.基于遥感信息,文章绘制了我国海洋自然保护区分布图,并深入分析了海洋自然保护区的行政分布、类型分布和地理分布的特征.文章还分析了影响海洋自然保护区发展与分布的因素.     

第二十届海洋测绘综合性学术研讨会召开

中国测绘学会第七届海洋测绘专业委员会第四次全体会议暨第二十届海洋测绘综合性学术研讨会,于2008年9月10～15日在青海省西宁市召开。     

海洋油气开发与安全保障教育部工程研究中心

海洋油气开发与安全保障工程研究中心于2007年获教育部批准立项建设,坐落在中国海洋大学崂山校区。中心旨在满足国家油气资源中长期发展要求,围绕海洋油气勘探开发中急需解决的关键性技术难题。     

东地中海对气候作用力的响应：来自最后两个间冰期高峰的认知

有关地中海海洋系统对气候效应的灵敏性这一问题仍处于争辩阶段。在这里,我们研究了在过去最后两个间冰期高峰期间东地中海海洋循环对日照效应的长期反应,在这期间大规模的水文变化导致了富含有机质的沉积物的沉积。     

意大利西南部卡拉布里亚岛弧增生体中的冷泉活动

为了识别和掌握冷泉活动,大量的调查正在卡拉布里亚岛弧增生棱柱体开展。2005年夏天,意大利“OGS勘探者”号调查船在卡拉布里亚岛弧海区中发现了多处冷泉活动,现在已经被2006和2007年深入开展的两个海洋科学调查航次所证实（调查船分别为R／VMeter和R／VPourquoisPas）。     

Construction of bacterial artificial chromosome libraries for Zhikong Scallop <Emphasis Type="Italic">Chlamys farreri</Emphasis>

Two Large-insert genomic bacterial artificial chromosome （BAC） libraries of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri were constructed to promote our genetic and genomic research. High-quality megabase-sized DNA was isolated from the adductor muscle of the scallop and partially digested by BamH I and Mbo I, respectively. The BamH I library consisted of 53 760 clones while the Mbo I library consisted of 7 680clones. Approximately 96 % of the clones in BamH I library contained nuclear DNA inserts in average size of 100 kb, providing a coverage of 5.3 haploid genome equivalents. Similarly, the Mbo I library with an average insert of 145 kb and no insert-empty clones, thus providing a genome coverage of 1.1 haploid genome equivalents.     

pCO2 and carbon fluxes across sea-air interface in the Changjiang Estuary and Hangzhou Bay

Partial pressure of CO2(pCO2) was investigated in the Changjiang(Yangtze River) Estuary,Hangzhou Bay and their adjacent areas during a cruise in August 2004,China.The data show that pCO2 in surface waters of the studied area was higher than that in the atmosphere with only exception of a patch east of Zhoushan Archipelago.The pCO2 varied from 168 to 2 264 μatm,which fell in the low range compared with those of other estuaries in the world.The calculated sea-air CO2 fluxes decreased offshore and varied from -10.0 to 88.1 mmol m-2 d-1 in average of 24.4 ± 16.5 mmol m-2 d-1.Although the area studied was estimated only 2 × 104 km2,it emitted(5.9 ± 4.0) × 103 tons of carbon to the atmosphere every day.The estuaries and their plumes must be further studied for better understanding the role of coastal seas playing in the global oceanic carbon cycle.     

Wave breaking on turbulent energy budget in the ocean surface mixed layer

As an important physical process at the air-sea interface, wave movement and breaking have a significant effect on the ocean surface mixed layer （OSML）. When breaking waves occur at the ocean surface, turbulent kinetic energy （TKE） is input downwards, and a sublayer is formed near the surface and turbulence vertical mixing is intensively enhanced. A one-dimensional ocean model including the Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 turbulence closure equations was employed in our research on variations in turbulent energy budget within OSML. The influence of wave breaking could be introduced into the model by modifying an existing surface boundary condition of the TKE equation and specifying its input. The vertical diffusion and dissipation of TKE were effectively enhanced in the sublayer when wave breaking was considered. Turbulent energy dissipated in the sublayer was about 92.0% of the total depth-integrated dissipated TKE, which is twice higher than that of non-wave breaking. The shear production of TKE decreased by 3.5% because the mean flow fields tended to be uniform due to wave-enhanced turbulent mixing. As a result, a new local equilibrium between diffusion and dissipation of TKE was reached in the wave-enhanced layer. Below the sublayer, the local equilibrium between shear production and dissipation of TKE agreed with the conclusion drawn from the classical law-of-the-wall （Craig and Banner, 1994）.     

A coupled ice-ocean ecosystem model for 1-D and 3-D applications in the Bering and Chukchi Seas

Primary production in the Bering and Chukchi Seas is strongly influenced by the annual cycle of sea ice. Here pelagic and sea ice algal ecosystems coexist and interact with each other. Ecosystem modeling of sea ice associated phytoplankton blooms has been understudied compared to open water ecosystem model applications. This study introduces a general coupled ice-ocean ecosystem model with equations and parameters for 1-D and 3-D applications that is based on 1-D coupled ice-ocean ecosystem model development in the landfast ice in the Chukchi Sea and marginal ice zone of Bering Sea. The biological model includes both pelagic and sea ice algal habitats with 10 compartments： three phytoplankton （pelagic diatom, flagellates and ice algae： D, F, and Ai） , three zooplankton （copepods, large zooplankton, and microzooplankton ： ZS, ZL, ZP） , three nutrients （ nitrate ＋ nitrite, ammonium, silicon ： NO3 , NH4, Si） and detritus （Det）. The coupling of the biological models with physical ocean models is straightforward with just the addition of the advection and diffusion terms to the ecosystem model. The coupling with a multi-category sea ice model requires the same calculation of the sea ice ecosystem model in each ice thickness category and the redistribution between categories caused by both dynamic and thermodynamic forcing as in the physical model. Phytoplankton and ice algal self-shading effect is the sole feedback from the ecosystem model to the physical model.