Comparison of Phytoplankton Species Composition and Abundance in the Rias Arosa and Muros (NW Spain)

Abstract. Seasonal changes in phytoplankton species composition and abundance were studied in the Rias de Arosa and Muros (NW Spain) in November 1975, April and August 1976. Data on density and percentage contribution of species were used to calculate spatial and temporal relationships of phytoplankton communities by affinity matrices. The phytoplankton communities of both rias differed in species composition and abundance during the three sampling seasons. Diatoms dominated and total abundance was always higher in Arosa. Both rias have upwelling of nutrient-rich oceanic water but the Arosa has an intense raft aquaculture of the edible mussel Mytilus edulis.     

中国河口海岸面临的挑战

河口海岸是地球四大圈层交汇、能量流和物质流的重要聚散地带。该区域经济发达、人口集中、开发程度高，导致严重的环境变异、资源破坏，对区域持续发展造成重大影响，特别是我国流域高强度开发河口和邻近海岸带有直接和深远的影响。新世纪我国的河口海岸面临着4个方面的挑战：入海泥沙量急剧减少；入海污染物质显著增加；滨海湿地丧失；全球海平面上升对中国低海岸的严重威胁。为此，开展河口海岸环境变异的研究，为解决国家目标和海岸带资源可持续利用，无疑是非常重要而迫切的问题。     

Coastline configuration disrupts the effects of large-scale climatic forcing, leading to divergent temporal trends in wave exposure

Both climate change and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) may influence coastal systems by altering wave exposure. The effects of such climatic forcing are often coherent over relatively large geographic areas. Temporal trends in wave exposure at any particular shore are, however, the result of an interaction between site-specific fetch characteristics and changes in wind climate. This leads to contrasting trends in wave exposure at locations separated by no more than a few kilometres. Wave exposures were estimated at locations around a sea lough over 32 years to characterise these scales of variability. Locations separated by approximately 5 km had independent dynamics with respect to the temporal trend (correlation range −0.35 to 0.44) and to associations with the NAO (correlation range −0.18 to 0.40). Wave exposure can therefore be increasing for a section of shore while nearby areas have the opposite trend. Mean exposure at a location was not a good predictor of the temporal trend. More exposed sites were, however, sensitive to variations in the strength of the NAO. The reduction of large scale forcing to small-scale variability has implications for the detection and mitigation of potential climate change impacts.     

Export Production in the Subarctic North Pacific over the Last 800 kyrs: No Evidence for Iron Fertilization?

The subarctic North Pacific is a high nitrate-low chlorophyll (HNLC) region, where phytoplankton growth rates, especially those of diatoms, are enhanced when micronutrient Fe is added. Accordingly, it has been suggested that glacial Fe-laden dust might have increased primary production in this region. This paper reviews published palaeoceanographic records of export production over the last 800 kyrs from the open North Pacific (north of ∼35°N). We find different patterns of export production change over time in the various domains of the North Pacific (NW and NE subarctic gyres, the marginal seas and the transition zone). However, there is no compelling evidence for an overall increase in productivity during glacials in the subarctic region, challenging the paradigm that dust-born Fe fertilization of this region has contributed to the glacial draw down of atmospheric CO₂. Potential reasons for the lack of increased glacial export production include the possibility that Fe-fertilization rapidly drives the ecosystem towards limitation by another nutrient. This effect would have been exacerbated by an even more stable mixed layer compared to today. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

河口海岸环境变异和资源可持续利用

河口海岸是地球四大圈层交汇，能流和物流的重要聚散地带，中国入海河流众多，河流挟带泥沙每年达20亿t，占全世界入海泥沙的10%，植被破坏，水土流失，人类对水资源的开以及跨流域调水都能影响流域来水来沙，地下水超采也可以使河口海岸沉降，这些都影响着河口海岸的环境，该区域经济发达，人口集中，开发程度高，导致严重的环境变异，资源破坏，对区域持续发展造重大影响，特别是我国流域高强度开发对河口和邻近海域有直接和深远的影响。因此，开展河口海岸环境变异的研究，为解决国家目标和海岸带资源可持续利用是非常重要的。     

鲱、鲽在卵和卵黄囊期仔鱼发育阶段生化成分的变化

本文以产沉(粘)性卵的鲱(Clupea harengus L.)和浮性卵的鲽(Pleuronectes platessa L.)为代表,对这两类海洋鱼类在卵和卵黄囊期仔鱼发育阶段水分、钠、钾、脂肪和蛋白质含量变化作了比较研究。实验于1987年春在苏格兰完成。结果发现:1)鲱的含水量在三个阶段有明显增长,受精时从75％—85％,卵发育期从85％—87％,孵化后从85％—90％;通过这一成功变化,最终使仔鱼获得浮性,上升并进入浮游生物水层摄食;鲽卵含水量在这三个阶段均保持在90％—92％,并一直保持相应的浮性,至摄食期。2)两种初孵仔鱼含水量的差别,主要由卵黄囊含水量不同引起,而身体其它部分含水量没有显著种的差别。3)鲱在钠、钾含量上的增长和波动,大致同这三个阶段湿重和含水量的增长和波动一致。4)脂肪和蛋白质对卵和仔鱼的浮性几乎不起作用;两种鱼在卵和卵黄囊期发育阶段,脂肪和蛋白质含量均呈线性下降。     

黑龙江省植被大气调节功能时空分布特征

为研究生态系统对环境大气气体调节的贡献,应用碳税法和造林成本法,该文对2000—2010年黑龙江省农田、草地、灌丛等7类生态系统的大气调节功能价值进行估算,分析其时空分布特征。结果表明,2000—2010年黑龙江省净初级生产力逐年退化,下降的面积为127 811km~2,占总面积29.79%,在伊春市、哈尔滨市东部、牡丹江市等地表现得尤为明显;2000—2003、2004—2007、2008—2010年3个时段年均大气调节功能价值分别为1 366.16、1 342.45、1 275.68亿元,呈下降趋势,2008—2010时段较前两个时段价值下降幅度增大;空间上呈现出西南和东南向西北方向递减的趋势;价值构成上表现为阔叶林落叶针叶林草地针阔混交林农田灌丛其他类型。     

黄河源区多年冻土空间分布变化特征数值模拟

基于IPCC第五次评估报告预估的气温变化情景,采用数值模拟的方法对黄河源区典型冻土类型开展模拟,推算过去及预测未来黄河源区冻土分布空间变化过程和发展趋势。结果表明：1972-2012年源区多年冻土只有少部分发生退化,退化的冻土面积为833 km²,季节冻土主要集中在源区东南部的热曲谷地、小野马岭以及两湖流域南部的汤岔玛地带;RCP 2.6、RCP 6.0、RCP 8.5情景下,2050年多年冻土退化为季节冻土的面积差别不大,分别为2224 km²、2347 km²、2559 km²,占源区面积的7.5%、7.9%、8.6%;勒那曲、多曲、白马曲零星出现季节冻土,野牛沟、野马滩以及鄂陵湖东部的玛多四湖所在黄河低谷大片为季节冻土;2100年多年冻土退化为季节冻土的面积分别为5636 km²、9769 km²、15548 km²,占源区面积的19%、32.9%、52.3%;星宿海、尕玛勒滩、多格茸的多年冻土发生退化,低温冻土变为高温冻土,各类年平均地温出现了不同程度的升高。到2100年,RCP 2.6情景下源区多年冻土全部退化为季节冻土主要发生在目前年平均地温高于-0.15 oC的区域,而-0.15~-0.44 oC的区域部分发生退化;RCP 6.0、RCP 8.5情景下目前年平均地温分别为高于-0.21 oC以及-0.38o C的区域多年冻土全部发生退化,而-0.21~-0.69 oC以及-0.38~-0.88 oC的区域部分发生退化。