Silicon limitation on primary production and its destiny in Jiaozhou Bay, China——Ⅳ：Study on cross-bay transect from estuary to ocean

The authors analyzed the data collected in the Ecological Station Jiaozhou Bay from May 1991 to November 1994, including 12 seasonal investigations, to determine the characteristics, dynamic cycles and variation trends of the silicate in the bay. The results indicated that the rivers around Jiaozhou Bay provided abundant supply of silicate to the bay. The silicate concentration there depended on river flow variation. The horizontal variation of silicate concentration on the transect showed that the silicate concentration decreased with distance from shorelines. The vertical variation of it showed that silicate sank and deposited on the sea bottom by phytoplankton uptake and death, and zooplankton excretion. In this way, silicon would endlessly be transferred from terrestrial sources to the sea bottom. The silicon took up by phytoplankton and by other biogeochemical processes led to insufficient silicon supply for phytoplankton growth. In this paper, a 2D dynamic model of river flow versus silicate concentration was established by which silicate concentrations of 0.028–0.062 μmol/L in seawater was yielded by inputting certain seasonal unit river flows (m³/s), or in other words, the silicate supply rate; and when the unit river flow was set to zero, meaning no river input, the silicate concentrations were between 0.05–0.69 μmol/L in the bay. In terms of the silicate supply rate, Jiaozhou Bay was divided into three parts. The division shows a given river flow could generate several different silicon levels in corresponding regions, so as to the silicon-limitation levels to the phytoplankton in these regions. Another dynamic model of river flow versus primary production was set up by which the phytoplankton primary production of 5.21–15.55 (mgC/m²·d)/(m³/s) were obtained in our case at unit river flow values via silicate concentration or primary production conversion rate. Similarly, the values of primary production of 121.98–195.33 (mgC/m²·d) were achieved at zero unit river flow condition. A primary production conversion rate reflects the sensitivity to silicon depletion so as to different phytoplankton primary production and silicon requirements by different phytoplankton assemblages in different marine areas. In addition, the authors differentiated two equations (Eqs. 1 and 2) in the models to obtain the river flow variation that determines the silicate concentration variation, and in turn, the variation of primary production. These results proved further that nutrient silicon is a limiting factor for phytoplankton growth. This study was funded by NSFC (No. 40036010), and the Director's Fund of the Beihai Sea Monitoring Center, the State Oceanic Administration.     

Mantle processes during ocean formation：Petrologic records in peridotites from the Alpine－Apennine ophiolites

Mantle peridotites were early exposed at the sea-floor of the Jurassic Tethys derived from the subcontinental mantle of the Europe-Adria system. During continental rifting and oceanic spreading, these lithospheric peri-dotites were percolated via diffuse reactive porous flowby melt fractions produced by near-fractional melting of the upwelling asthenosphere. Ascending melts inter-acted with the lower lithosphere, dissolving pyroxenes and precipitating olivine, and crystallized at shallower levels in the mantle column causing melt impregnation.Subsequent focused porous flow formed replacive dunitechannels, cutting the impregnated oeridotites, which were conduits for upward migration of MORB-type liq-uids. Melt migration produced depletionlrefertilization and significant heating of the percolatedlimpregnated mantle, i.e the thermochemical erosion of the litho-sphere. Impregnated and thermally modified lithos-pheric mantle was cooled by conductive heat loss dur-ing progressive lithosphere thinning and was intrudeaby MORB magmas, which formed Mg-rich and Fe-richgabbroic dykes and bodies. Alpine-Apennine ophiolitic peridotites record the deep-seated migration of melts which changed their compositions and dynamics during the rift evolution. The thermochemical erosion of the lithospheric mantle by the ascending asthenospheric melts, which induces significant compositional and rhe-ological changes in the lower lithosphere, is a major process in the evolution of the continent-ocean transi-tion towards a slow spreading oceanic system.     

赤潮

严格来讲,赤潮是一种自然现象。《圣经》中记载的河水变红、《聊斋志异》里提到的河水发光,或许是民间对赤潮类事件最古朴也最形象的记录。1831～1836年达尔文乘“Beagle”号环球航行时也对赤潮做过相关记录,虽然那时尚无人提出明确的“赤潮”概念。近几十年来由于对人类的娱乐及生产活动影响越来越严重,频繁发生的赤潮逐渐被界定为环境污染及海洋灾害的一种。河里的水都变作血了。河里的鱼死了,河也腥臭了,埃及人就不能吃这河里的水,埃及遍地都有了血。——《旧约·出埃及记》众坐舟中,旋见青火如灯状,突出水面,随水浮游;渐近舡,则火顿灭…     

桂林海洋世界的“父亲们”

如同在浩瀚的大海里，桂林海洋世界里也聚集了许许多多、形形色邑的“爸爸”。     

诗意的海洋学——记现代海洋科学创始人马修·莫里

马修·莫里(MatthewF.Maury,1806-1873),美国海军军官,海洋学创始人之一。他的《海洋自然地理》出版于1855年,至今已有150年的历史,是现代海洋科学最早的教科书,并成为世界科学出版物的一个里程碑。莫里从一名普通的海员成为一名海洋科学家,曾写下许多有关海洋科学的著作,《海洋自然地理》是他一生的巅峰之作。     

美芙的歌谣

昨天读到一句话，说哲学是对认知的抽象，音乐是对感受的抽象，哲学和音乐是矛盾统一的共同体，仔细琢磨，觉得颇有些道理。记得十一国庆长假，我和几个同事坐在宿舍的地板上闲聊，大家都是热爱生活，踌躇满志的年轻人，做的又都是同一份海洋事业，话     

深海呼吸的秘密

长久以来,海洋生物学家就对用肺呼吸的海洋生物的深潜功能与令人惊叹的潜水时间困惑不解,因为这违反了动物的生理学规律。如果能够解释其中所蕴涵的秘密,对人类某些疾病的治疗和预防一定会有着十分重要的借鉴意义。     

中国海洋学会理事会换届，国家海洋局局长王曙光当选为理事长

9月16日,中国海洋学会第六次全国会员代表大会暨2005年学术年会在宁夏回族自治区银川市隆重开幕。会议为期两天,国家海洋局局长王曙光、国家海洋局副局长陈连增、宁夏回族自治区党委书记陈建国、中国海洋学会第     

国家自然科学基金海洋科学项目基础资料数据库管理系统的设计

介绍了以ＦｏｘＰｒｏ为软件开发平台的国家自然科学基金海洋科学项目基础资料数据库管理系统的设计。该系统包括国家自然科学基金支持的海洋各分支学科项目的基础信息，如资料、人员、获奖情况等。并提供了查询和统计分析等功能，为管理部门管理和有效地利用海洋科学基金项目的基础资料提供了科学手段。     

发展苏北海洋区域经济的思考

海洋是人类社会走可持续发展道路的一个重要领域，开发海洋资源，发展海洋经济，建设“海上苏东”，已成为江苏省一项跨世纪的重大战略举措。江苏苏北沿海之所以为全国沿海经济中的一块“洼地”，笔者认为一个极其重要的根因是海洋区域特色经济区（带）没有确立。苏北沿海经济要迅速“隆起”，审时度势地划分功能区、建设海洋区域特色经济区（带）是发展海洋经济迫在眉捷的一件大事。