Nonlinear harmonic generation by diurnal tides

Recent observations from the South China Sea have demonstrated that semi-diurnal tides sometimes generate a double-frequency harmonic. Similar harmonic generation has been found in laboratory experiments and numerical simulations of internal wave beams refracting into a pycnocline. Here, a weakly nonlinear theory of internal wave refraction is applied to oceanic internal tides in an idealized stratification profile. The steady state harmonic amplitude is calculated as a function of the tidal frequency and the pycnocline characteristics. The results indicate that harmonic generation by nonlinear refraction of semi-diurnal tides is consistent with the South China Sea observations.     

Tidal signature recorded in burrow fill

The arrangement of sediment couplets preserved in Thalassinoides shafts suggests that tides regulated the passive filling of these trace fossils and, thus, represent tubular tidalites. The thickness variation in individual layers and couplets implies a mixed diurnal, semi‐diurnal tidal signature where packages of either thick‐layered or thin‐layered couplets alternate. Calcarenitic sediment accumulated when tidal current velocity was too high to allow deposition of mud, whereas a marly mud layer is interpreted to have formed during more tranquil times of a tidal cycle (in particular, low‐tide slack water). The tidal record within the burrows covers a few weeks and the corresponding spring–neap cycles. The fill of the Thalassinoides shafts is the only known record to decipher the tidal signature from otherwise totally bioturbated sediments. These deposits accumulated in a lower‐shoreface to upper‐offshore setting during the late Miocene on a shallow shelf extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the west into northern Patagonia. The fill of all investigated burrows started around spring tide and, thus, the behaviour of the burrow producers – probably crustaceans – is speculated to have been affected by tides or the high water level because all studied burrows became abandoned around the same period of a tidal cycle.     

Intertidal mangrove boundary zones as nursery grounds for the mud crab Scylla serrata

The demand for mud crab Scylla serrata (Forsskål 1775) in the global market has increased, hence there is growing momentum to farm the species in Africa. Aquaculture production in Kenya and elsewhere in East Africa currently relies on juvenile seeds sourced from the wild. Wild-seed collection calls for management of the juvenile crab industry founded on knowledge of the species’ ecology, so as to achieve a sustainable seed supply and recruitment to the capture fishery. This study investigated the tidal, diurnal and seasonal occurrence of juvenile crabs in three habitats (intertidal-flat boundary zones, inside the mangroves, and in channels) in small creeks (Mida, Kilifi and Mtwapa) and Gazi Bay, on the coast of Kenya. Sampling was done with scoop nets and seining at receding tides and via burrow searches at low spring tides (day and night). Juveniles in the mangrove/intertidal-flat boundary zone were found sheltered under mangrove leaves or debris, or in shallow burrows during low spring tides, whereas at receding tides they could be seen moving out with the tide or searching for sheltering substrate or burrows. Catch per unit effort at high-abundance sites varied between 59 and 68 crabs fisher^?1 day^?1. More juvenile crabs, sized 10–80 mm internal carapace width (ICW), occurred at night during the receding tide. Net-seining was effective in the collection of juvenile mud crabs <30 mm ICW, whereas burrow sampling was effective for gathering larger crabs. However, collection of juveniles by seining reduced the quality of the crabs caught due to frequent loss of chelipeds, as compared with retrieving individual crabs by searching burrows. Some juveniles collected in the intertidal-flat boundary-zone habitat were either in the process of moulting or had just moulted, indicating the significance of this habitat for mud crabs at this physically delicate life stage.     

海洋声层析应用与观测研究综述

综述了自20世纪80年代以来国际上开展的主要海洋声层析观测实验.对它在海洋观测里的应用和取得的成果进行了系统总结和回顾,主要包括:(1)海洋中尺度现象观测;(2)海流,潮流,涡度的测量;(3)对流监测;(4)流量和热量输运测量;(5)气候声学测温;(6)内波观测;(7)沿海声学层析;(8)中国学者的工作.对海洋声层析的相关问题作了评述,指出了海洋声学层析研究的重大意义、广阔的应用前景和存在的难点,对我国在这一领域的研究进行了展望并提出一些建议.     

浅谈板块运动的外部力源

推动地球板块运动的力可以分为内部力源和外部力源,只有外部力源才会使地球板块产生持续的同向运动。在对历史地质资料总结的基础上,得出银河年周期对地球板块的运动有重大影响。可以认为全球板块聚合一离散周期以银河年为周期。全球板块大约在一个银河年内（220-250Ma）离散一聚合一次。在比较现代科学技术手段对地球板块运动的监测结果和地球受到的太阳、月亮固体潮的理论计算结果基础上,得出结论：太阳、月亮对地球的固体潮力是推动地球板块日常运动的重要外部力源。除此之外,自转的影响也是使板块运动的力源。     

基于SCHISM模式的全球潮波模拟

基于非结构网格半隐式跨尺度海洋模式(semi-implicit cross-scale hydroscience integrated system model,SCHISM),作者采用非结构三角网格,对全球大洋潮波进行数值模拟.通过调和分析,将196个潮位站的实测数据与模拟结果进行比较验证,两者符合良好,M2、K1分...     

江苏-山东沿岸大型绿藻微观繁殖体时空分布特征研究

为研究暴发浒苔绿潮的黄海近岸水体中大型绿藻微观繁殖体时空分布和种群演替,以及绿潮对海域繁殖体群落结构的影响,本研究在江苏-山东沿岸设置4个站位,开展周年取样调查研究。通过室内培养和分子检测结合的方法,共鉴定出6种大型绿藻:缘管浒苔(Ulva linza)、浒苔(U. prolifera)、扁浒苔(U. compressa)、孔石莼(U. pertusa)、未命名种(Ulva sp.)和盘苔(Blidingia sp.)。定量研究结果表明,各站位微观繁殖体丰度和种类组成具有明显时空变化特征,苏北浅滩与青岛近岸周年绿藻微观繁殖体丰度明显高于连云港燕尾港和日照岚山港站位;各站位丰度呈双峰型波动,春季到初夏达最高,秋季为次高峰,其他季节丰度较低。群落结构组成研究表明,苏北浅滩周年存在较高丰度的浒苔微观繁殖体(平均为77株/L),其中造成黄海大规模绿潮的"漂浮生态型"浒苔占绝对优势,年均占浒苔微观繁殖体总数的75.7%;青岛近岸微观繁殖体种类组成波动显著,在夏季大规模浒苔绿潮到达时,优势种从缘管浒苔转变成浒苔,其中,"漂浮生态型"浒苔微观繁殖体数量急剧上升,并在绿潮消退时快速消失。对比研究显示,...     

2018年南黄海浒苔绿潮发展规律及氮组分的作用探究

根据2018年南黄海漂浮态浒苔(Ulva prolifera)绿潮规模卫星监测数据以及春、夏季(4月和7月,绿潮前后)水文环境要素和氮营养盐等数据,对2018年绿潮发展规律及不同氮组分在其中的作用进行分析。结果表明:浒苔于4月25日在江苏南通近海首次发现,随后其向北漂移增殖扩展在6月29日达到最大规模,8月中旬消失。绿潮漂移区域集中在122°E以西近海并呈现两个明显的发展阶段:35°N以南江苏近海绿潮快速增殖阶段和35°N以北山东半岛外海域绿潮聚积衰退阶段。各氮营养盐组分受径流输入、冷水团以及生物活动等因素影响,呈现明显的区域和季节特征。不同绿潮阶段受氮营养盐影响不同,绿潮快速增殖阶段,丰富的氮营养盐(总溶解氮(TDN)>20μmol/L和溶解无机氮(DIN)>20μmol/L)是浒苔藻快速繁殖生长的物质基础,此阶段为整个绿潮发展提供了主要的氮支撑且以DIN为主要形态。绿潮聚积衰退阶段,较低的可利用氮(DIN<2μmol/L和尿素(urea-N)<1.5μmol/L)不利于浒苔藻持续繁殖生长,此阶段内有机氮(如urea-N)在绿潮后期的氮支撑中起到重要作用。     

基于GOCI影像的半月潮周期内渤海悬浮泥沙浓度变化研究

悬浮泥沙浓度(SSC)的变化对渤海海域的生态等有着重要的影响.本文基于已有表层水体SSC遥感反演算法进行了优化,利用较高时空分辨率的GOCI影像,基于优化后的模型对渤海表层水体的SSC浓度在半月潮周期中的时空分布与变化特征进行了研究.结果 表明:(1)渤海各海湾表层水体SSC在半月潮周期内的变化规律存在差异.从小潮到大...