Physical and chemical limnology of six hydroelectric lakes on the Waikato River, 1970–72

The Waikato River flows from oligotrophic Lake Taupo through eight impoundments to the sea. As it does so, physicochemical changes occur; conductivity and dissolved oxygen levels decrease, patterns in the seasonal variation in pH and alkalinity change, and the nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations increase. Except for the changes in conductivity, changes in the other parameters are characteristic of eutrophication. This eutrophication is associated with an increase in the intensity of pastoral farming in the catchment of the Waikato River downstream of Lake Taupo.     

Empirical relationship between eelgrass extent and predicted watershed-derived nitrogen loading for shallow New England estuaries

Seagrasses provide important ecological services that directly or indirectly benefit human well-being and the environment. Excess nitrogen inputs are a major cause of eelgrass loss in the marine environment. Here we describe the results of a study aimed at quantifying the extent of eelgrass as a function of predicted watershed-derived nitrogen loading for small-to-medium-sized shallow estuaries in New England. Findings confirm that reduced extent of eelgrass corresponds to increased loading of nitrogen to this class of estuary. At lower levels of nitrogen loading (≤50 Kg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹), eelgrass extent is variable and is likely controlled by other ecosystem factors unrelated to water quality. At higher loading rates, eelgrass coverage decreases markedly, with essentially no eelgrass at loading levels ≥100 Kg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹.     

应用GPS技术实现长江口水位站高程的精确获取

长江口12.5 m深水航道投入运行后,每年直接经济效益超百亿元,为保障航道经济效益及水深的持续稳定,掌握长江口水位站高程数据十分重要,但这一特殊的海域地理位置使得传统高程测量方式凸显不足。本文通过将GPS测高技术应用到海陆交叉特殊地域,来获取水位站正常高。结合本区域已有似大地水准面的精化成果,主要采用布设B级GPS网,利用GAMIT基线解算软件、GPS-NET网平差软件保障数据处理质量,并用MEstimators对平差残差进行粗差探测等综合方式。研究结果表明,在海陆交叉地域,此种方式能够达到三四等级水准测量的精度要求。     

Chlorophyll a and its derivatives in sediments of the Odra estuary as a measure of its eutrophication

Chlorophyll a and its selected derivatives, as well as chlorophylls b and c have been determined in samples of recent (0-10 cm) sediments, collected at 30 stations in the Szczecin Lagoon, Pomeranian Bay and the Bornholm Deep. Samples were retrieved in different seasons between 1992 and 2001, including the time before and after the great flood of July 1997. Regarding the content of chlorophyll a and its derivatives in sediments, the Szczecin Lagoon may be classified as permanently eutrophic and the Pomeranian Bay and Bornholm Deep as mesotrophic. A lack of correlation between chlorophylls b, c and chlorophyll a indicated that intensive blooms of cyanobacteria occur in the Szczecin Lagoon, which is a characteristic of eutrophic zones. The chlorin a results are related to selected parameters characterizing the aquatic environment. The values for nutrients, salinity and temperature in near-bottom waters, as well as granulometry and organic carbon in the sediments verify the above conclusions.     

The morphology and evolution of tidal sand bodies in the macrotidal Gulf of Khambhat,western India

Tidal sand bars and tidal sand ridges are extensively developed in the macrotidal Gulf of Khambhat, offshore western India. The inner and outer regions of the gulf are characterised by the development distinct tidal sand bodies with discrete geometries and dimensions. The outer gulf ridges are long, narrow, curvilinear and several metres high (∼20 m). They are asymmetric in cross-section and migratory in nature, forming ‘ribbon’ like sand bodies separated by tidal channels. Active dunes on these ridges indicate the presence of sand and their orientation parallel to palaeo-shorelines supports a tidal origin. In contrast to the outer gulf tidal sand ridges, sand bars associated with macrotidal estuaries flanking the Gulf of Khambhat typically have an elongate to diamond shape and are only hundreds of metres in width and a few kilometres length. These tidal sand bars occur in the estuary mouths and within the tidally influenced fluvial reaches of the rivers flowing into the gulf. The height of these sand bars is in the range ∼1–3 m. Due to high tidal ranges and bi-directional flow the sand bars do not develop significant height and are formed between the mutually evasive ebb and flow channels. Their bi-directional foresets and the presence of abundant mud drapes associated with the dunes within in-channel sand bars indicate a tidal origin.The Gulf of Khambhat acquired the present configuration in the last few thousand years since the Pleistocene sea-level lowstand (last glacial maximum, ∼18 ka) when the entire continental shelf was subaerially exposed and rivers down-cut into the coastal plain. With increasing sea-level rise, the exposed shelf was drowned, flooding parts of the Modern western Indian peninsula, and large tidal sand ridges formed in the outer gulf. After the fall of sea-level at 2 ka the gulf acquired the Modern configuration with multiple estuaries on both coastlines, rivers supplied the embayment with sandy sediment, and tidal sand bars formed in the Modern estuaries.Quantitative data gathered from the Modern Gulf of Khambhat indicates that for the P50 case, a vertical drill hole will encounter tidal sand bodies (ridges and bars combined) of approximate dimensions 1700 m long, 470 m wide and 1.5 m high, with a spacing of 400 m. In subsurface hydrocarbon reservoirs, where data is sparse and only limited amount of core is available, this quantitative dataset can be useful to constrain subsurface geocellular models. Also, the overall geometry, distribution and aspect ratio of the tidal sand ridges and tidal sand bars can be used to identify ancient counterparts through seismic geomorphology or in core.     

Picophytoplankton: A major contributor to planktonic biomass and primary production in a eutrophic,river-dominated estuary

Biomass and primary productivity of picophytoplankton (PP; phytoplankton <3 μm) and larger phytoplankton (>3 μm) were determined during an annual cycle along the salinity gradient in North Carolina’s Neuse River Estuary (NRE), a eutrophic, microtidal estuary. The PP were a major component of total phytoplankton biomass and productivity, contributing ∼35–44% of the total chlorophyll a (Chl a) and 42–55% of the total primary productivity. Chl a and productivity of PP decreased from the upper to lower estuary, although the PP contribution relative to larger phytoplankton remained nearly constant. Significant PP growth occurred in the spring, but PP productivity and biomass were maximal in summer. PP productivity and biomass were positively correlated with temperature and dissolved inorganic phosphorus concentrations, which were maximal in summer due to release from sediments. Biomass and productivity of PP and >3 μm phytoplankton were also positively correlated, suggesting that growth conditions favoring the onset of blooms of larger phytoplankton species will similarly affect PP. High PP productivity and biomass in the NRE support the notion that PP play an important role in the production and eutrophication potentials of this estuary. High PP productivity and biomass have been noted in several other temperate estuaries, all sharing a common feature with the NRE—long residence time. These findings challenge the assumption that PP relative importance should be minimal in eutrophic systems.     

冰后期最大海侵以来长江,钱塘江河口湾发育过程的沉积动力学研究

利用二进流数学模型对冰后期最大海侵以来５期古岸线与现在岸线条件下古长江河口湾、古钱塘江河口湾及其邻近海域的主要水动力Ｍ２潮流场进行了数值模拟;在此基础上,分别计算了进入不同时期潮流场的７种粒径泥沙的潮平均单宽悬移输沙率与扒移输沙率及其相应的输沙率散度,据此得出不同粒径泥沙在当时潮流场中的悬移与推移输过趋势,划分了海 淤积区与冲刷区 同时期的潮流场作用下,长江入海泥沙除最大限度地沉积在古长江河口湾（     

A new method for the estimation of fine-sediment resuspension ratios in estuaries-taking the turbidity maximum zone of the Changjiang(Yangtze) estuary as an example

Based on the principle of conservative matter removal in estuary,a new method is proposed for estimating the ratio of sediment resuspension in estuaries with fine suspended sediments in the turbidity maximum zone(TMZ) of the Changjiang(Yangtze) estuary during 2005.Results show that there was a range of 18.7%±27.9% to 73.9%±22.5% per annum of total suspended particulate matter(SPM),with an average of 49.2%.Nearly half of the particulate matter in the TMZ originates from sediment resuspension.This indicates that sediment resuspension is one of the major mechanisms involved in formation of the TMZ.Compared with traditional method for calculating these ratios in the estuary,this new method evaluates the dynamic variation of SPM content carried by river runoff from the river mouth to the ocean.The new method produced more reliable results than the traditional one and could produce a better estimation of resuspension flux for particulate matter in estuaries.     

福建闽江河口湿地观鸟旅游发展分析

闽江河口湿地是福建省最大的湿地,为了更好地保护和开发湿地,发展观鸟旅游具有非常重要的意义。纵现国内外观鸟旅游的发展,闽江河口湿地的观鸟旅游必须在保护鸟类及生存环境的基础上,加强整体规划和管理;加大对湿地和鸟类知识的宣传和教育,培育潜在观鸟旅游市场;丰富观鸟旅游产品的形式,鼓励社区参与,共同致力于湿地的保护与开发。     

黄河口最大浑浊带特征及其时空演变

根据汛期黄河口多船同步水文泥沙实测资料,对黄河口最大浑浊带特征及其时空演变进行研究,得出汛期黄河口最大浑浊带在整个潮周期始终存在,其含沙量和范围形态受潮相的控制,在落急和落平时最为发育.文中还探讨了黄河口最大浑浊带的形成机制,指出其形成主要受河流携带大量泥沙、泥沙异重流、河口密度环流及湍流的作用.