Human disturbance and trophic status changes in Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA

The paleolimnology (sediment chemistry, ²¹⁰Pb dating, pollen, and diatoms) of Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, USA was studied to investigate the impact of European settlement on lake trophic status. Pollen clearly indicates a vegetational shift from Quercus dominance to Ambrosia. ²¹⁰Pb dating suggests that the Ambrosia rise likely occurs around the 1840's, which is consistent with historical records on the European settlement in this area. Coincident with the vegetational shifts, several diatom species, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Fragilaria crotenensis, Asterionella formosa and Tabellaria fenestrata, all increase while C. comta decreases after the settlement. However, C. comta and Aulacoseira ambigua, two dominant species, remain abundant throughout the entire core. Their relative abundances at the surface sediments reach presettlement levels. It is hypothesized that Crystal Lake, a glacial lake rich in CaCO₃, may have been able to assimilate increases of phosphorus by coprecipitating phosphorus with CaCO₃. Such a 'buffering mechanism may be responsible for the lake's resistance to trophic changes or recovery following disturbance.     

广东沿岸海域发生赤潮的硅藻种类

根据1990－1991年在广东沿岸海域采集的178份浮游植物样品的鉴定，产结合近几年在广东沿海河口湾海域几次浮游植物采样的分析资料，报告了广东沿岸海域硅藻赤潮生物47种，逐种列出了其生态习性和地理分布及在广东沿岸海域的分布情况。     

南海深海表层沉积硅藻的分布

定量分析了南海36个深海现代表层沉积样品中的硅藻，发现主要的种有Thalassionema nitzschilides、Chaetoceros messanensis、Coscinodiscus modulifer、Thalassionthrix longissima、Nitzschia marina和Cyclotella spp.。根据硅藻优势种含量、丰度等特征以及Q型聚类分析，大致划分为5个组合带，它们主要受温度、上升流等环境因素的影响。     

Gradient responses of epilithic diatom communities in the Baltic Sea proper

Diatom communities and assemblages are widely used as indicators of ecological change in aquatic environments and for reconstructing palaeo-environments. Good calibration data sets, directly linking changes in diatom composition to environmental factors, are needed for building reliable gradient models with high indicative value. Such models have a broad applicability because most diatom species have cosmopolitan distributions. This paper presents community analyses of brackish-water diatoms living on submerged stones in four areas of the Baltic Sea proper along the Swedish coast. The communities on the stones were composed of epilithic, epiphytic, epipelic, epipsammic and occasionally some pelagic species. Altogether, 158 quantitative samples were taken at 41 sites between 23 April and 11 May, 1990, and the data set contained 300 diatom taxa belonging to 75 genera. Species data were analysed with principal components analysis (PCA) and environmental factors were fitted passively by multiple regression analysis on the ordination results. Differences in community composition could be explained by variation in salinity (which was correlated with N:P and Si:P ratios and the occurrence of macroalgae on the stones), nutrient concentrations and variation in exposure to wave action (which was correlated to the occurrence of soft bottoms around the stones, water temperature and the occurrence of sand grains and macroalgae on the stones). Separate analyses for small taxa (cell biovolume <1000 μm³), for large taxa (cell biovolume ≥1000 μm³) and for small and large diatom taxa together showed that diatoms of different size classes respond differently to environmental variation.     

东海陆架晚第四纪沉积硅藻及其古海洋学意义

本文对东海陆架DG9617岩芯沉积硅藻进行了研究，共分析鉴定出97种和变种，有近10种硅藻在岩芯中连续分布，且有较高的含量，而其余种类含量极低，仅零星检出。根据该岩芯中产出硅藻种类、含量及硅藻丰度变化特征自下而上共划分出3个硅藻组合带及5个亚带。结合孢粉资料，对产出3个不同硅藻带岩芯的地层年代进行了对比研究，表明该岩芯所代表的地层年代为中－晚全新世，硅藻I组合带大致为大西洋期的沉积，硅藻Ⅱ组合带应为亚北方期的产物，而硅藻Ⅲ组合带与亚大西洋期对应。文中并对不同硅藻组合带产出时的古海洋环境进行了初步探讨。     

Marine diatom Thalassirosira weissflogii nutrient drawdown and its physiological status variation challenged to zinc and cadmium exposure

The uptake of zinc and cadmium by a species of marine diatom Thalassirosira weissflogii and the nutrient variation (phosphorus and silicon) in the culture medium were estimated when exposed to zinc and cadmium stress under controlled laboratory conditions.It was found that low cadmium addition could stimulate the culture to grow with a relatively high rate and exert its toxicity at the elevated concentration.The cellular uptake of zinc and cadmium by the diatom varied in the ranges of 1.21~3.75 and 0.060~0.629 fmol per cell respectively in the whole cultivation period.The mean cellular phosphorus and silicon drawdowns were constant with 0.26~0.42 and 0.30~0.46 pmol per cell respectively in those healthy cultures.It is illustrated that the algal cells can adjust some physiological mechanisms to decrease metal accumulation and keep metal homeostasis in the organism.The correlation analysis results further indicate that the cellular cadmium uptake might be closely related with the cellular phosphorus, silicon drawdown and the growth rate of diatom (P<0.05, 0.001, 0.01); and the cultures grow better in good conditions, the lower amount of phosphorus, silicon materials are consumed by a single cell to keep a high efficiency of utilization.     

南极冰藻生化组成及其与低温适应性关系的研究

对4种南极冰藻(2种单细胞绿藻——Pyramimonas sp．和绿藻L4，以及2种硅藻——硅藻Hl和H2)的蛋白质、脂肪、糖、无机元素含量和组成，灰分含量，以及氨基酸和脂肪酸的组成等的基本生化组成进行测定。结果表明，4种冰藻的蛋白质含量均高于常温藻，蛋白质含量以绿藻L4的含量最高，为45．18％；Pyramimonas sp．的蛋白质含量最低为27．70％。4种冰藻的脂肪含量均高于常温藻，为14．02％～l9．89％；总糖含量为4．7％～l6．3％，与常温藻含量接近。Mg的含量在冰藻和常温藻的无机元素中都为最高，为13600～l24000mg／kg，但4种冰藻的含量均低于2种常温藻；4种冰藻的灰分含量均低于常温藻，表明冰藻含有更高的有机成分。冰藻的氨基酸含量与常温藻的含量没有明显不同，但绿藻L4含有较高含量的羟脯氨酸，占总氨基酸含量的2．48％。4种冰藻的脂肪酸组成，主要以多不饱和脂肪酸为主。冰藻的基本生化组成在一定程度上反映了冰藻对生存环境的适应性，并且完全符合作为水产养殖饵料的营养要求。     

Morphological variation of Stephanodiscus niagarae Ehrenb. (Bacillariophyta) in a Lake Ontario sediment core

Stephanodiscus niagarae populations in a core from Lake Ontario show systematic variation in radial puncta number and mean valve diameter. Puncta number is stable in specimens from samples deposited between 1720 and 1844. Puncta number gradually increases in samples deposited between 1860 and 1947, then increases rapidly to high numbers in samples deposited after 1964. Mean valve diameter is relatively high in specimens from samples deposited between 1720 and 1959. Diameter of specimens deposited during this period fluctuates around a mean of 63.2 m. Mean diameter of specimens deposited from 1959 to 1980 is only 42.5 m. We conclude that the trend in puncta number reflects the time course of eutrophication in Lake Ontario. We interpret the precipitous decline in mean diameter as an indication that conditions in the lake after the late 1950's did not permit sexual reproduction in this species.     

乌江渡水库中溶解性硅的时空分布特征

在2003年10月-2004年9月期间每月一次采集了乌江干流上乌江渡水库大坝前开阔水域中的表层水;并于2003年10月、2004年4月和7月在同一采样点采集了分层水样及其底部的柱状沉积物。分别测定了其中溶解性硅(DSi)和叶绿素a(Chl-a)的浓度,同时还现场测定了水体中的温度(T),溶解氧(DO)和pH值。结果表明:乌江渡水库表层水中DSi的浓度范围为0.53~3.96 mg/L,平均值为1.74 mg/L;但沉积物孔隙水中DSi浓度大约是上覆水体中DSi浓度的7倍。分层期间,水体中DSi浓度在垂直方向上随水深增加而升高,而孔隙水中DSi浓度随沉积深度先增加后降低。同时还发现乌江渡水库中DSi与叶绿素a之间存在较好的反相关关系,这表明该水库中DSi的含量和分布可能主要受到浮游植物尤其是硅藻的生物活动调节。