Benthic Metabolism and Standing Stock in the Central and Northern Deep Red Sea

Abstract. Benthic metabolism and standing stocks were investigated in the deep Red Sea between 21^o and 27^oN, Activity was assessed by the determination of respiration rates with a shipboard method and by calculating oxygen consumption from the activity in the electron transport system. We attempted to compare results from different latitudes within the warm Red Sea and with data from cold Atlantic environments. Our investigations were part of an environmental risk assessment to evaluate future mining of metalliferous sediments from the Atlantis II Deep.     

Dissolved titanium distributions in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Although titanium is abundant in Earth's crust, its sources and distribution in the ocean are poorly understood. To elucidate its behavior, distributions of dissolved (< 0.2 μm) Ti were determined in surface waters and vertical profiles from the Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB). Concentrations of Ti decreased from 390 pM at the Delaware Bay mouth to < 100 pM across the Delaware continental shelf. In vertical profiles, small increases in bottom waters suggest a possible flux of Ti from shelf sediments, consistent with previous reports of pore water enrichments of dissolved Ti in MAB sediments. Concentrations in surface waters of the outer shelf and slope ranged between 30 and 140 pM, with most values below 90 pM. Concentrations in a 1000 m vertical profile in the eastern Gulf Stream ranged between 110 and 280 pM, and showed a variable distribution attributed to the mixing of water masses in the outer MAB. A simple model of Ti sources to the MAB suggests that atmospheric deposition of dissolved Ti is comparable to net riverine contributions and therefore must be considered in applications of Ti as a tracer of oceanographic processes.     

石鲽鱼人工育苗技术研究

根据石鲽鱼的生物学特性 ,对亲鱼的选择培育、人工催产、挤卵、受精孵化和仔稚鱼的培育技术 ,进行试验探索。在室内人工控制水温、光照、饵料投喂的条件下 ,较为系统地研究了石鲽鱼的发育和变态及其与理化因子的关系 ,探索了人工育苗的关键技术 ,突破了过去单纯依赖采捕自然苗进行人工养殖的方式 ,为实现室内全人工育苗及养成产业化生产 ,解决苗种来源途径提供了技术保证     

南海地形、底质特征与鱼类配布的研究

讨论了南海海区的地理位置、地形地貌以及底质的特征,从而了解了南海渔业资源的特点;认识到南海渔业区的划分是与地形地貌、底质特点相互呼应;由此更好地对南海鱼类在该海域的生活习性以及它们的分布进行研究.     

运用德尔菲调查—灰色统计法确立水库鱼产力综合评价中的指标权重体系

本文运用德尔菲方法对水库鱼产力综合评价中指标权重的合理分配问题作了专家调查,并采用灰色统计法对调查结果进行归纳处理,从而确立了一个水库鱼产力影响因素诸层次各方面的评价指标权重体系,可供今后的评价工作参考使用。