Do bigger fish arrive and spawn at the spawning grounds before smaller fish: Cod (Gadus morhua) predation on beach spawning capelin (Mallotus villosus) from coastal Newfoundland

A relationship between body size and time of spawning has often been described for both pelagic and non-pelagic fish species that migrate for the purpose of spawning. The present study investigates this relationship for capelin (Mallotus villosus), a pelagic smelt-like species that spawns on the beaches of Newfoundland. Simple linear regressions were carried out separately for three groups of capelin: ovid females, spent females and males in three successive years (1982–1984). Bigger fish arrived near the spawning grounds first, for all three groups in all three years and was most obvious for female capelin. Analyses of stomach contents of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), an important predator of capelin in the Newfoundland area, showed a similar decrease in mean size of capelin throughout the capelin spawning season in June, July and August. Furthermore, analyses strongly suggest that early in the spawning seasons, when capelin abundance was high, cod selected for bigger capelin, whereas towards the end of the spawning seasons, when capelin abundance was low, cod did not show any size preference.     

烟台第一海水浴场沙源匮乏型海滩地貌和表层沉积物粒度特征

在烟台第一海水浴场,利用经纬仪进行2条海滩横剖面形态测量,并在不同地貌单元采集沉积物样品进行粒度分析。测量显示,该海滩仅有小规模沙坝和沟槽体系。后滨上有风成沉积,但滩肩和海岸沙丘发育均不明显。粒度分析结果表明,海滩沉积物以中砂、粗砂为主,杂以砾或细砂,比山东半岛其他海滩沉积物明显要粗。由陆向海沉积物呈带状分布,平均高潮线附近和沙坝迎水坡侵蚀作用均显著。因此认为缺乏沙源供应的基岩岬湾式海岸是导致沙滩地貌发育不典型、海滩侵蚀作用显著的主要原因。     

秦皇岛海滩养护工程的实践与方法

针对海岸侵蚀、沙滩退化问题,近年来在秦皇岛开展了一系列海滩养护方面的工作,积累了一套较为实用的经验和方法。介绍了秦皇岛西海滩、金梦海湾、老虎石和东海滩4个典型案例,其中西海滩采用了"沙丘—海滩—沙坝—潜堤"海滩养护模式,金梦海湾以滩肩补沙为主,老虎石侧重保护,东海滩则是需要多次维护。同时,总结了海滩养护的方案论证、规划设计、工程监测等方面的经验和教训,并就养滩寿命、沙坝的适用性以及工程风险等问题进行了探讨。     

海滩原位监测技术及应用

海滩监测是研究海滩演化的重要手段,对比分析了国内外的海滩监测研究现状,总结了海滩监测的相关指标。北戴河海滩原位监测系统包括沉积动力地貌监测和海滩环境监测,可根据监测的目的需求选择不同的监测手段、监测频率,是目前国内第1套完善的海滩原位监测系统。应用其监测数据分析了海滩常态演变及对梅花台风的响应机理。海滩原位监测对研究海滩养护、修复及保护具有重要意义。     

华南海岸岬间海滩地形动力状态类型研究

海滩地形动力状态分类对于理解近岸带动形动力过程、海滩浴场风险评估等方面有重要的意义。收集了华南51个岬间海滩波高、波周期、潮差和泥沙粒径等地形动力要素特征值,利用分层聚类分析方法,同时结合海滩相对潮差分类模型,对华南岬间海滩的类型进行了探讨,结果表明:(1)华南岬间海滩可以聚类成7个类型。通过与相关的现场观测比较,各类型在地形组合上具有各自的显著特征;(2)聚类分析结果能很好的区分中到大潮差海岸与小潮差海滩之间的差异,与相对潮差模型结果一致。对于小潮差海滩,聚类结果与相对潮差模型有一定的差异,表明华南小潮差海滩的分类还需要进一步深入研究。     

淤泥质海床相邻的岬湾沙滩剖面特征研究

通过对浙江沿海岬角海湾沙滩多处典型剖面的调查,结果表明沙滩与淤泥质海床存在较明显的沙泥分界线,滩面物质自北至南,粒径差别不大,中值粒径在0.15~0.25mm之间,滩面基本呈现单一坡度,坡度为1∶15~1∶30,沙滩坡度与波浪动力相关,沙滩前沿波浪动力强,滩面较缓,反之滩面较陡。沙滩退化表现为滩面的截断、粗化和泥化,滩面截断导致沙滩面积减少,中、细沙供给不足;细沙采挖或局部工程导致的沿岸输沙动力条件的改变会使滩面物质变粗;岬湾的水动力条件减弱,易使沙泥分界线抬升,局部泥化;过度挖沙会导致沙滩消失成为泥滩。     

海南岛东北部海滩侵蚀与恢复对连续台风的复杂响应

在连续台风作用下海滩的侵蚀与恢复是一个复杂的过程。基于海南岛东北部木兰-抱虎湾海滩的现场调查,对比分析台风"威马逊"和"海鸥"登陆前后海滩剖面和后滨沉积物的动态响应。结果表明,超强台风"威马逊"引起海滩的严重侵蚀和强烈的泥沙输移,在木兰湾海滩主要表现出由北向南沿岸海滩的差异性变化,在抱虎湾各海滩变化较为相近;后继登陆台风"海鸥"引起海滩显著堆积,对海滩主要起恢复作用,木兰湾海滩恢复效果明显,海滩后滨沉积物趋于恢复至台风前的状态,由于抱虎湾水下珊瑚礁及近岸岩礁地貌减缓了台风对该处海滩的侵蚀和堆积作用,抱虎湾海滩表现出与台风前较大差异性。两处海湾海滩的不同走向及台风的风向变化也是造成海滩不同响应的重要原因。研究将有助于更好地理解海滩对连续台风作用的复杂响应。     

广西万尾岛金滩沿岸输沙计算与分析

依据CERC公式,年内代表浪向作用下,广西万尾岛金滩平直岸滩中部泥沙分别向东西两侧净输沙,意味着金滩中部有淘刷趋势而两端有淤积趋势,而实际上岸滩中部滩面长年基本稳定、未有明显侵蚀现象。分析认为公式计算成果反映的输沙特征定性仍然是正确的,岸滩能够维持稳定是因为还存在自海向岸的横向输沙补给沙源。当岸滩并非平直且足够长时,应完整分析纵、横向输沙才能更为合理地反映岸滩泥沙运动特征。     

Multi-decadal shoreline change and beach connectivity in a high-energy sand system

ABSTRACT

Understanding how and why the world’s coastlines are changing is a pressing international concern in a context of rising sea levels, increased climatic variability and intensifying coastal development. Medium to long-term records of coastal change are rare worldwide and often limited to individual beach compartments. This study presents a 70-year (1940–2010) aerial imagery record to compare decadal changes in shoreline position across four high-energy west coast beaches near Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa: Whatipu, Karekare, Piha and Te Henga (Bethells). The common exposure of these adjacent mesotidal beaches to changing wind and wave conditions might, if they present the dominant controls on shoreline position, be expected to produce synchronous change. Whatipu (935?m), Piha (32?m) and Te Henga (52?m) showed net overall progradation for the study period, while Karekare retreated slightly (?4.1?m). All except Whatipu underwent periods of beachwide erosion. Shoreline change was not coherent between beaches, despite similar exposure to variations in wind, wave and sea level. Variable sediment supply from northward littoral drift is implicated as the primary control on decadal-scale shoreline change for these beaches, highlighting the importance of local context in influencing shoreline response to changing environmental conditions.     

山东半岛南北岸砂质海滩剖面时空变化过程分析

以山东半岛南北岸(烟台和日照)两个砂质海岸实测地形剖面为研究对象,应用经验正交函数(EOF)提取海滩2012年11月至2015年11月夏、冬两季剖面监测数据中的前4个模态的空间特征函数和时间特征函数,分析烟台和日照两个岸段砂质海滩剖面的时空演变特征,并对这两段海岸的地貌和沉积特征差异进行对比,探讨了山东半岛南北岸段砂质海岸动力环境的差异及影响因素。结果表明,第一特征函数是海滩剖面变化的最主要模式,两个岸段剖面的第一特征函数都以低潮线剖面的最大波动为主要特征,与波浪、潮汐共同影响有关;第二特征函数则是以高潮带至上冲流作用上限之间的剖面波动为主要特征,主要受风浪季节性周期变化控制;第三、四特征函数推测与偶然因素有关。