Bacterial productivity in the Prydz Bay and its adjacent waters,Antarctic

1　IntroductionBacteriaandtheiractivitiesplayanimportantroleintheelementalbiogeochemicalcyclesandenergytransformingintheocean (Zhenetal.1 997) .DortchandPackard(1 989) proposedthatfoodwebsintheeutrophicwatersaredominatedbythebiomassofprimaryproducerswhilefoodwebsintheoligotrophicwatersaredominatedbythebiomassofmicrobes.Heterotrophicbacteriahadbeenshowntoplayanimportantroleinthedecompositionoflarge ,rapidlysinkingorganicparticleswithinandbelowtheeuphot iczone ,andfurthertoaffecttheelementaldyn…     

南极纪行（一）

一“雪龙”船起航不久,第22次南极科学考察队大洋队便开始按照计划采集上海到澳大利亚费里曼特尔航段的水样。为了保证所取水样具有一定的典型性和代表性,大洋队预先设定了一些“雪龙”船走航期间的经纬度坐标点。队员们克服     

极地日记

此时此刻，中山站微风习习，彩旗招展，大厨已经为冰盖队的英雄们准备了热汤面，让凯旋的弟兄们吃上第一顿可口的热饭菜，工程组的同志们早早接通了管道，要让英雄们痛痛快快洗个热水澡。北京时间13点45分，四辆雪地车一路高歌，浩浩荡荡，相别又相逢，终于安全回到基地，至此，中国第21次南极考察队举世瞩目的南极大陆冰盖冲顶行动划上圆满的句号。     

Silicon limitation on primary production and its destiny in Jiaozhou Bay, China——Ⅳ：Study on cross-bay transect from estuary to ocean

The authors analyzed the data collected in the Ecological Station Jiaozhou Bay from May 1991 to November 1994, including 12 seasonal investigations, to determine the characteristics, dynamic cycles and variation trends of the silicate in the bay. The results indicated that the rivers around Jiaozhou Bay provided abundant supply of silicate to the bay. The silicate concentration there depended on river flow variation. The horizontal variation of silicate concentration on the transect showed that the silicate concentration decreased with distance from shorelines. The vertical variation of it showed that silicate sank and deposited on the sea bottom by phytoplankton uptake and death, and zooplankton excretion. In this way, silicon would endlessly be transferred from terrestrial sources to the sea bottom. The silicon took up by phytoplankton and by other biogeochemical processes led to insufficient silicon supply for phytoplankton growth. In this paper, a 2D dynamic model of river flow versus silicate concentration was established by which silicate concentrations of 0.028–0.062 μmol/L in seawater was yielded by inputting certain seasonal unit river flows (m³/s), or in other words, the silicate supply rate; and when the unit river flow was set to zero, meaning no river input, the silicate concentrations were between 0.05–0.69 μmol/L in the bay. In terms of the silicate supply rate, Jiaozhou Bay was divided into three parts. The division shows a given river flow could generate several different silicon levels in corresponding regions, so as to the silicon-limitation levels to the phytoplankton in these regions. Another dynamic model of river flow versus primary production was set up by which the phytoplankton primary production of 5.21–15.55 (mgC/m²·d)/(m³/s) were obtained in our case at unit river flow values via silicate concentration or primary production conversion rate. Similarly, the values of primary production of 121.98–195.33 (mgC/m²·d) were achieved at zero unit river flow condition. A primary production conversion rate reflects the sensitivity to silicon depletion so as to different phytoplankton primary production and silicon requirements by different phytoplankton assemblages in different marine areas. In addition, the authors differentiated two equations (Eqs. 1 and 2) in the models to obtain the river flow variation that determines the silicate concentration variation, and in turn, the variation of primary production. These results proved further that nutrient silicon is a limiting factor for phytoplankton growth. This study was funded by NSFC (No. 40036010), and the Director's Fund of the Beihai Sea Monitoring Center, the State Oceanic Administration.     

Biogenic silicate accumulation in sediments, Jiaozhou Bay

1 INTRODUCTION Silicate, or silicic acid (H4SiO4), is a very im- portant nutrient in the ocean. Unlike other major nu- trients such as phosphate and nitrate or ammonium, which are needed by almost all marine plankton, silicate is an essential chemical req…     

我国将在南极内陆建立科考站开展南极地区资源潜力等重点领域的研究

中国地质调查局网站消息 国家海洋局发布的《国家海洋事业发展规划纲要》提出：“十一五”期间,我国将在南极内陆冰盖海拔4000m的冰穹A地区建立科学考察站。这个考察站建成后将能够满足15～20人度夏工作条件,成为我国在南极地区的第三个科学考察站。这个考察站建设工作包括地面和空中运输支援系统、后勤保障和科学观测系统、国内研究分析和应急指挥平台系统等。     

河南桐柏老湾花岗岩体锆石SHRIMP U-Pb年龄及其地质意义

通过对河南桐柏老湾花岗岩体开展锆石SHRIMP U-Pb测年,获得了一个高精度的U-Pb年龄(132.5±2.4)Ma,比较可靠地限定了老湾花岗岩体的形成时代属于燕山中期,而不是前人所认为的燕山晚期.结合区域构造-岩浆活动时间,认为在燕山中期,桐柏及其邻区存在次比较重要的构造-岩浆事件,老湾花岗岩体是这次构造-岩浆活动事件的产物.     

5000 aBP南部大洋南大西洋区南极表层水温急剧下降和浮冰扩张

我们根据南部大洋大西洋区南纬 53°活塞岩心分析结果重建南大西洋全新世南极表层水变化史。此岩心沉积速率较高 (全新世平均值为50 cm/ 1 0 3a) ,且位于亚南极的南大西洋 ,适用于古气候研究。钻位位于现代极地前缘带( PFZ)以南约 3°,冬季海冰边界以北约 2°。利用硅藻转换函数、硅藻内有机质的碳和氮同位素、粗粒沉积物 ( >1 50 μm～ 2 mm)中放射虫、有孔虫和浮冰碎屑相对丰度 ,对硅藻和有孔虫的氧同位素、二月表层海水和海冰盖层温度进行了测定 ,提供了 50 0 0 a BP表层水特征急剧变化的证据。1 0 0 0 0～ 550 0 a BP粗粒沉积物 ( >1…