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Located in the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, the Gurbantonggut Desert is the second largest desert in China. Microbiotic crusts
consisting of animalcule, lichen, moss, and algae species develop extensively in the region. Their formation, species composition
and distribution pattern are closely related to the environmental conditions along the different parts of sand dune. Analysis
of microbiotic crust distribution and relationship to environmental factors shows that average microbiotic crust thickness
is 0.05–0.1 cm at the tops dunes, 0.2–1.5 cm in the upper part, 1.5–2.5 cm in middle and lower parts of dunes, and 1.5–5.0 cm
in interdune areas, while areal coverage is 30.5, 48.5, 55.5, and 75.5%, respectively. Microbiotic crust differentiation along
dune slopes is a result of the development stage and converse-succession resistance of the different microbiotic crusts. The
numbers of species, thickness and degree of development of microbiotic crusts increase from the upper part to the middle and
lower parts of dune slopes. The development and differentiation of microbiotic crusts at various dune slope positions are
a reflection of the ecological expression of the comprehensive adaptability and natural selection of different microbiotic
crust species to the local environmental conditions, and are closely related to such ecological conditions as the physiochemical
properties of soils and topsoil textural stability. 相似文献
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高寒冻土区生物结皮对土壤理化属性的影响 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
生物结皮是高寒地区地被层的重要组分之一。其作为地表特殊的结构层,能够改变地表结构及土壤理化属性,从而影响冻土环境。迄今为止,关于青藏高原高寒生态系统中生物结皮对土壤理化属性的影响尚不清楚。以青藏高原高寒冻土区生物结皮为研究对象,初步研究了生物结皮的特征及其对土壤理化属性的影响。结果表明：生物结皮在高寒草甸退化过程中广泛发育,主要以藻结皮为主,其盖度可达37.3%~51.7%,结皮层平均厚度为12.6 mm。由于生物结皮的发育,高寒地区5~20 cm土层粉粒含量有所增加,但差异不显著,而结皮层土壤田间持水量相比于裸地表层（2 cm）增加了10%~40%,结皮层容重较裸地降低了30%;两种类型藻结皮均显著增加了结皮层及其下0~20 cm土层土壤有机质,而深色藻结皮增加了结皮层及其下0~20 cm土层土壤全氮含量,浅色藻结皮仅增加了结皮层土壤全氮含量,对其下0~20 cm土层土壤全氮含量没有显著影响;生物结皮对土壤pH没有显著影响;生物结皮是高寒生态系统植被退化过程中的关键环节。研究结果为揭示生物结皮在高寒生态系统中发挥重要生态功能提供依据。 相似文献
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新疆古尔班通古特沙漠生物结皮的土壤理化性质分析 总被引：21，自引：0，他引：21
古尔班通古特沙漠是我国第二大沙漠,广泛发育着地衣、苔藓和藻类等生物结皮,其分布状况与其自身生理生态特点和所处沙丘部位的环境条件密切联系着.结合野外调查和实验室样品分析结果,讨论了沙丘不同部位土壤理化性质与生物结皮分布、发育的关系.结果表明:不同类型生物结皮在沙丘上的分布和发育状况是不同的,从沙丘顶部的流动或半流动沙面上到沙丘两坡的中部、下部以及丘间低地,生物结皮的分布依次为微生物种类、藻类结皮、地衣结皮和苔藓结皮,从沙丘上部、中部至沙丘底部及丘间,生物结皮的类型、厚度及发育程度呈增强态势.生物结皮在沙丘不同部位的发育特点和分异变化与沙丘不同地貌部位的土壤理化性状、地表基质稳定性等生态条件有着密切的关系. 相似文献
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The coastal dunes of Israel have been undergoing a process of stabilization since 1948. One of the major features of this process is a change in the surface properties of the dunes – the development of a biological soil crust (BSC), and a change in the properties of the sand grains themselves. In Ashdod, at the southern coastal plain of Israel, sand properties that include the BSC, their fines (silt and clay) content and free iron-oxide (indicating their degree of rubification) have been analysed in detail using field and lab spectroscopy methods. In addition, sand erosion and deposition were measured using erosion pins to determine their effect on the presence of the above-mentioned factors. It was found that the BSC over these dunes is comprised of green algae that differs in its reflectance spectra from cyanobacterial crust, especially in the blue band. The crust was found to be particularly developed in the stable areas (mainly the interdunes) and on the north-facing slopes rather than on the south-facing slopes. A positive correlation was found between the crust fines and chlorophyll content, with stable areas showing more developed BSC. The stable areas showed also a lower albedo and slightly more developed reddish colour, indicating a slightly higher rate of rubification. This study demonstrates that the intensity of sand erosion/deposition rates affects soil properties, with the BSC being the fastest to react to the stabilization process (months to several years), followed by the content of fine particles (several years to a decade), whereas the rubification process is a much weaker marker and may need much longer time periods to develop (decades to centuries). 相似文献
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【研究目的】为仁怀市农业生产中土壤养分的合理利用、农业结构调整及土地利用价值的提升等提供科学依据。【研究方法】本文利用电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法、容量法及电位法获取了5486件表层土壤样品氮磷钾（全量和有效态）及有机质的含量，系统研究了其地球化学特征及含量影响因素。【研究结果】仁怀市耕地土壤氮、磷、钾、有机质、碱解氮、速效磷及速效钾的平均值分别为1.74 g/kg、0.75 g/kg、19.90 g/kg、30.90 g/kg、100.28 mg/kg、10.40 mg/kg和101.03 mg/kg。其中，氮、碱解氮、磷、钾及有机质的含量及分布与地层关系密切；速效磷及速效钾的含量及分布与地层关系较差。仁怀市耕地土壤肥力较好，以较丰富等级为主，较丰富及丰富等级占比为57.6%。其中，氮、磷及钾皆处于丰富水平；碱解氮及有机质处于中等水平；速效磷及速效钾处于缺乏水平。【结论】仁怀市耕地土壤养分的含量及分布不仅受地质背景、土壤类型、海拔高度、酸碱度及土壤深度等自然因素影响，还与土地利用方式等人为活动有关。创新点：系统统计了仁怀市耕地土壤氮磷钾（全量和有效态）及有机质的含量，对其地球化学等级开展了评价，并系统分析了它们的含量影响因素。耕地土壤养分的含量及分布不仅受地质背景、土壤类型等自然因素影响，还与土地利用方式等人为活动有关。 相似文献
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XIN-PING WANG YAN-XIA PAN RUI HU YA-FENG ZHANG HAO ZHANG 《Journal of Earth System Science》2014,123(2):297-305
Characteristics of water vapour condensation, including the onset, duration, and amount of water vapour condensation on moss-dominated biological soil crust (BSC) and dune sand were studied under simulated conditions with varying air temperature and relative humidity. The simulations were performed in a plant growth chamber using an electronic balance recording the weight of condensation. There was a positive linear correlation between the water vapour condensation and relative humidity while the mean temperature was negatively linearly related to amounts of water vapour condensation for both soil surfaces. The amount of water vapour condensation on BSC and dune sand can be described by the difference between air temperature and dew point with an exponential function, indicating that when the difference of air temperature and dew point exceeds a value of 35.3?C, there will be zero water vapour condensed on BSC. In contrast, when the difference of air temperature and dew point exceeds a value of 20.4?C, the water vapour condensation will be zero for dune sand. In general, when the air is fully saturated with water and the dew point is equal to the current air temperature, the water vapour condensed on BSC attained its maximum value of 0.398 mm, whereas it was 0.058 mm for dune sand. In comparison, water vapour condensed on BSC was at a relatively high temperature and low relative humidity, while we did not detect water vapour condensation on the dune sand under the similar conditions. Physical and chemical analyses of the samples pointed to a greater porosity, high content of fine particles, and high salinity for BSC compared to the dune sand. These results highlight that soil physicochemical properties are the likely factors influencing the mechanism of water vapour condensation under specific meteorological conditions, as onset was earlier and the duration was longer for water vapour condensation on BSC in comparison with that of dune sand. This contributed to the greater amount of vapour absorbed on BSC compared to the dune sand under an identical meteorological condition. The feedback of water vapour condensation on BSC formation and its contribution to sustain the revegetation desert ecosystems was discussed. 相似文献
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中国的沙漠和沙地部分或全部分布在季节冻土区， 研究沙丘的冻融过程是讨论季节冻结期间沙丘风蚀和形态演变规律的条件之一。以宁夏河东沙地流动沙丘和沙障固定沙丘为研究对象， 通过野外观测和室内控制实验， 分析了沙丘的冻融过程及其控制因素。结果显示： 沙丘的冻结期在11月中旬至3月上旬， 流动沙丘各地貌部位的冻结时长和冻结层厚度均存在较大差异（背风坡面>迎风坡面>丘顶）， 背风坡脚的冻深最大。在季节冻结期内沙丘表层始终不发生冻结， 未冻层厚度的阈值约为10 cm且具有保护冻结层的作用， 流动沙丘迎风坡中在未冻层风蚀后， 地表冻结层融化再被风蚀， 如此循环过程造成其冻结层厚度远小于沙障固定沙丘的冻结层厚度。流动沙丘丘顶和背风坡面的冻结层厚度分别受短时（32 h）和较长历时（15 d）平均气温的影响。野外观测和室内控制实验均证明水分含量低于1.6%的沙丘沙不发生冻结， 冻结层硬度随含水率的增加呈幂函数递增（P<0.001）， 随温度降低呈缓慢递增。 相似文献
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Successional stages of biological soil crusts and their microstructure variability in Shapotou region (China) 总被引：6，自引：1，他引：5
In order to investigate succession of biological soil crusts (BSCs) and their microstructure variability, we conducted this
work in Shapotou revegetation region at the southeast edge of Tengger Deser. The results showed that BSCs generally succeeded
as a pathway of “Algae crusts, algae–lichen crusts, lichen crusts, lichen–moss crusts and moss crusts”. Occasionally mosses
directly occurred on algae crusts, and BSCs succeeded from algae crusts to moss crusts. Crust vertical stratification was
a common phenomenon, from top to bottom an inorganic layer, algae-dense layer and algae-sparse layer were divided in algae
crusts; a thallus layer, rhizoid layer and sub-rhizoid layer in lichen crusts; a “stem-leaf” layer, rhizoid layer and sub-rhizoid
layer in moss crusts, respectively. The main crust binding organisms varied from filamental cyanobacteria (dominated by Microcoleus) in algae crusts to lichen rhizoids, free-living cyanobacterial filaments and fungal hyphaes in lichen crusts, and to moss
rhizoids and fungal hyphaes in moss crusts. The dominant phototrophic organisms varied from Microcoleus (algae) in algae crusts to Collema (lichens) in lichen crusts, and to Bryum (or Didymodon and Tortula; mosses) in moss crusts. Total phototrophic biomass increased while the free-living algal biomass decreased with the succession
of BSCs. In addition, exopolysaccharides and fine particles accumulated in the course of development and succession of BSCs,
all of which lead to a gradual increase in crust thickness and porosity, while decrease in the bulk density. 相似文献
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通过室内压力陶土板系统测定土壤含水率与基质势的关系与Star-1土壤水分物理特征测定系统确定非饱和土壤水力传导度的方法,结合应用van Genuchten公式模拟,分析了位于腾格里沙漠东南缘包兰铁路沙坡头段人工生态防护体系生物土壤结皮的水文物理特征,确定了其水分特征曲线、非饱和土壤水力传导度、非饱和弥散系数,并与原始沙丘沙进行比较。结果表明,生物土壤结皮的持水能力是沙丘沙的3~9倍。当土壤基质势在-1~-3 000 cm的较高范围变化时,生物土壤结皮平均非饱和水力传导度低于沙丘沙(约为12%);而当土壤基质势在-3 000~-15 000 cm的较低范围变化时,沙丘沙的平均非饱和水力传导度又大大低于生物土壤结皮(约为91.0%)。正是由于生物土壤结皮特殊的质地与结构,使其非饱和水力传导度随着土壤基质势的降低,以及土壤含水量的减少,而趋于增大。与原始沙丘沙比较,生物土壤结皮独特的水文物理特点决定了它对荒漠地区土壤微生境的改善与促进作用,特别是通常情况下的高持水能力与低土壤基质势条件下的较高非饱和水力传导度,能够提高浅层土壤水分的有效性,有利于人工生态防护体系主要组分浅根系灌木、草本植物与小型土壤动物的生存繁衍。 相似文献
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Using field surveys and laboratory analysis, soil physical and chemical properties were studied at a site exhibiting the reversal
of desertification in Yanchi County of China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region. The dominant soil particle size changed from
coarse-fine sand to a combination of very fine sand and silt + clay, and corresponding levels of each soil nutrient increased.
The content of coarse-fine sand (2–0.1 mm) was significantly and negatively correlated with soil nutrient contents, whereas
nutrient contents were significantly and positively correlated with the contents of very fine sand (0.1–0.05 mm) and silt + clay
(<0.05 mm). The increasingly fine soil texture and the nutrient enrichment both facilitated rehabilitation of desertified
land. The silt + clay content contributed the most to the increasing soil nutrient contents, and thus appears to be the key
factor in reversal of desertification. Soil nutrient concentrations in the bulk soil increased with increasing content of
soil nutrients with different particle fractions, and there were significant positive correlations between them. The nutrients
in all particle size classes jointly decided the effect of soil nutrient contents on the reversal process. Principal-components
analysis (PCA) revealed that the soil quality tended to increase during the reversal process, and that nutrient factors were
more significant than particle size (i.e., were the dominant factor that influenced soil quality). Available nutrients and
soil organic matter (SOM) were the most important nutrient factors. Silt + clay were the most important particle factors. 相似文献
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荒漠地区土壤初始状况对水平入渗的影响 总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7
通过对沙坡头荒漠地区人工植被固沙区生物土壤结皮与固沙区外天然沙丘沙以及天然植被红砂、珍珠分布区砂粘土在不同初始含水率（θi）条件下土壤水平入渗过程的对比试验研究,探讨土壤质地以及θ i对水平入渗系数（λf）、剖面平均含水率（θm）状况的影响。生物土壤结皮对降水入渗量的截持作用大于沙丘沙,因而将显著地改变降水入渗过程中土壤水分的再分配格局,减少降水对深层土壤（沙丘沙）的有效补给。通过对土壤剖面平均含水率θm与距离湿润锋前缘0～5 cm、5～10 cm处体积含水率θfA、θfB比较,生物土壤结皮的θm、θfA和θfB分别约为沙丘沙的1．5倍。 相似文献
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Relations between dune morphology, air flow, and sediment flux on reversing dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada 总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8
Relations between wind speed, sediment flux and dune morphology were measured for two reversing dunes situated in the south-western part of the Silver Peak dunefield in Clayton Valley, west-central Nevada. The larger dune was 120 m in length with a height of 12.5 m and the smaller dune 80 m long and 6 m high. Both dunes were sharp crested, aligned approximately E-W perpendicular to the dominant wind direction, and had slightly concave stoss profiles. Twenty-seven rotating cup anemometers were placed (0.3 m elevation) along N-S transects on each of the dunes. At each anemometer site a passive wedge-shaped sediment trap was used to measure sediment flux. Amplification of wind speed was observed towards the crest on the stoss side of both dunes with speed-up factors (ucrest/Ubase) ranging from 1·50–3·19, with a corresponding increase in sediment flux by 1–2 orders of magnitude. In general, the ratio of crest flux to base flux (qc/qt,) increased with increasing incident basal wind speed on both dunes. Direct measurements of the stoss slope variation in sediment flux relative to the dune crest are in good agreement with Owen's transport model. Friction speed (u) was approximated from near surface (0·3 m) point wind speed. Although not all assumptions of the Owen model are upheld, the modified model performance is sufficiently robust to predict short-term variation in stoss sediment flux on the study dunes. Improved models that adequately account for variation in sediment flux under changing air flow and transport conditions are necessary for the prediction of longterm evolution of dunes. In this regard, further progress in model development will require increased understanding of the spatial and temporal variability of airflow and the short term response of sediment flux to these flow conditions. 相似文献
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Xiaoan Zuo Halin Zhao Xueyong Zhao Yirui Guo Yulin Li Yayong Luo 《Environmental Geology》2008,54(5):1111-1120
A survey was conducted in an 11-year recovery mobile dune (RMD11) and a 20-year recovery mobile dune (RMD20), in Horqin Sandy
Land, Northern China, to determine plant distribution at the mobile dune scale and its relevance to soil properties and topographic
features. The results showed that (1) vegetation cover and species number increased from dune top to bottom in the restoration
process of mobile dune; (2) the average value of soil organic C, total N, pH, relative height of sampling site, very fine
sand content and soil water contents (40−60 and 60−80 cm) of RMD11 were less than that of RMD20, respectively, and there were
significant differences (P < 0.05) between the two dunes; (3) soil resources were redistributed by shrub restoration and relative height of sampling
site on dune. The distribution of sand pioneer plant, Agriophyllum squarrosum, was positively related to the relative height of sampling site and soil water content, while that of other herbaceous plants
was positively related to soil nutrients in the restoration process of mobile dune. These results suggest that at mobile dune
scale, plant distributions are determined by a combination of soil properties and topographic feature. Much effort should
be made to preserve the interdune lowland and to improve the level of soil nutrients on mobile dune. 相似文献
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K. Urushibara-Yoshino 《Environmental Geology》1996,28(3):154-160
The properties of soils on previously dated sand dunes from Robe to Naracoorte in South Australia were examined. In these
areas younger sand dunes are composed of fresh sand, but older sand dunes are composed of calcarenited sand. The soils on
the sand dunes developed successionally by the age of sand dunes. The soil properties of these sand dunes differ depending
on the ages of the sand dunes. The properties of sand particles in soils are as follows:
(1) On the sand dunes of 4300 years B.P., A/C profile developed (Rendzina). On the sand dunes older than 125 000 years B.P.
and on the plateau of Tertiary limestone, soil profiles of A1/AB/B/C on the sand dunes of 83 000 years B.P. and A1/A3/B1/B2/C (Terra rossa) are well developed.
(2) Within the sand of A/C horizons of the sand dunes with the age of 4300 year B.P., the calcite grain content is about 64%,
and the quartz content is about 35%. Within the B horizons of soils on the dunes from 83 000 years B.P. to 347 000 years B.P.,
the calcite grain content is only 1–2%; however, the quartz grain content is about 92%. In the B2 horizons of soils on the dune of 690 000 years B.P. and on the Tertiary plateau, there are some calcite grains but the quartz
grain content is about 96%.
(3) The average size of quartz grains in the soils on the sand dunes from 4300 B.P. to 347 000 years B.P. is generally smaller,
but the average size of quartz on the sand dunes of 690 000 year B.P. becomes larger and the grains are well rounded. On the
Tertiary limestone plateau, the average quartz size becomes again smaller, and the grains are more rounded.
(4) Fet in B2 horizon of the soil profiles increases clearly corresponding to the age. Iron activity expressed by Feo/Fed also shows a close relation to the chronological sequence. The B horizon of the soil profiles shows a drastic decrease of
Feo/Fed according to the age. Iron crystalinity, (Fed-Feo)/Fet, has a tendency for a positive relation with increasing age.
Received: 1 June 1995 · Accepted: 4 December 1995 相似文献
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祁连山黑河上游不同退化草地土壤理化性质及养分和酶活性的变化规律 总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7
为了揭示草地退化过程中土壤理化性质及养分和酶的变化规律,在祁连山黑河上游俄博岭研究了4种草地土壤理化性质及养分和酶活性的变化规律.结果表明:未退化草地与退化草地、中度退化草地和重度退化草地比较,0~60 cm土层有机碳、有机碳密度、有机碳储量随退化程度加剧呈显著减少趋势;土壤理化特性的总孔隙度、团聚体、物理性粘粒、饱和蓄水量、田间持水量随土壤退化加剧呈减少趋势,同时CEC、碱解氮、速效磷、速效钾、脲酶、蔗糖酶、磷酸酶、多酚氧化酶、过氧化氢酶等养分和酶活性也随土壤退化加剧呈明显减少变化.随着土壤退化加剧,容重、物理性砂粒、石砾、pH值以及CaCO3含量均有明显的增长.4种草地0~60 cm土层孔隙度、团聚体、物理性粘粒、饱和蓄水量、田间持水量、土壤有机碳、速效氮磷钾和酶活性均值由大到小的变化顺序为:未退化草地轻度退化草地中度退化草地重度退化草地;容重、物理性砂粒、石砾、pH、CaCO3均值由小到大的变化顺序为:未退化草地轻度退化草地中度退化草地重度退化草地.不同层次孔隙度、团聚体、物理性粘粒、饱和蓄水量、田间持水量、土壤有机碳、速效氮磷钾和酶活性均值随着土层垂直深度的增加而递减,而容重、物理性砂粒、石砾、pH、CaCO3均值随着土层垂直深度的增加而递增. 相似文献
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Using ground‐penetrating radar, optically stimulated luminescence dating, particle‐size distribution and morphological analysis, the study of the construction phases of a vegetated linear dune in the arid north‐western Negev dunefield of Israel during the last millennium improves current knowledge about vegetated linear dunes that developed in the late Pleistocene. Vertical accretion in rapid pulses forming horizontally bedded units along the axis of vegetated linear dunes, regardless of their age, was found to be characteristic of vegetated linear dunes. The combination of the unique topographic feature of a longitudinal 5 m step‐like fall in dune crest elevation with the substantial narrowing of dune width constitutes a distinct morphological marker for interpreting local dune growth and stabilization of the last, albeit localized, dune mobilization episode at ca 0·5 ka. Evidence for lateral dune migration was not observed. Where local sediment supply exists, short episodes of powerful winds within the Holocene (with recurrence intervals separated by hundreds of years) can lead to the construction of vegetated linear dunes. The spatially constrained extent of such young dunes in the north‐western Negev may be due to limited sand availability because most of the Negev dunes were stable during the Holocene. These findings imply that vegetated linear dune construction can occur in glacial and interglacial (including Holocene) environments in semi‐arid to arid climates if certain conditions are met. In times of increased wind power during the Anthropocene, a period characterized by simultaneous rises in the human impact on the landscape and in climate variability (i.e. drought), local growth of vegetated linear dunes can be expected. This study demonstrates that ground‐penetrating radar is a reliable tool for interpreting the shallow internal structure of young vegetated linear dunes. 相似文献
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Søren Laurentius Nielsen Kaj Sand-Jensen Jens Borum Ole Geertz-Hansen 《Estuaries and Coasts》2002,25(5):930-937
We present a comparative analysis of 1400 data series of water chemistry (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations), phytoplankton biomass as chlorophylla (chla) concentrations, concentrations of suspended matter and Secchi depth transparency collected from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s from 162 stations in 27 Danish fjords and coastal waters. The results demonstrate that Danish coastal waters were heavily eutrophied and had high particle concentrations and turbid waters. Median values were 5.1 μg chla 1−1, 10.0 mg DW 1−1 of suspended particles, and Secchi depth of 3.6 m. Chlorophyll concentration was strongly linked to the total-nitrogen concentration. The strength of this relationship increased from spring to summer as the concentration of total nitrogen declined. During summer, total nitrogen concentrations accounted for about 60% of the variability in chlorophyll concentrations among the different coastal systems. The relationship between chlorophyll and total phosphorus was more consistant over the year and correlations were much weaker than encountered for total nitrogen. Secchi depth could be predicted with good precision from measurements of chlorophyll and suspended matter. In a multiple stepwise regression model with In-transformed values the two variables accounted for most of the variability in water transparency for the different seasons and the period March–October as a whole (c. 80%). We were able to demonstrate a significant relationship between total nitrogen and Secchi depth, with important implications for management purposes. 相似文献
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Eolian deposits of central and southern Yukon, northwestern Canada, consist of loess mantles, small areas of active dunes, and larger stabilized dune fields. Dune fields in valley settings within the region are situated both within and beyond the limit of the last glaciation. Infrared stimulation luminescence (IRSL) dating in central and southern Yukon reveals that these dune fields stabilized as late as 9–8.5 ka, well after the retreat of Cordilleran glaciers. These findings are comparable to other valley-setting dune fields and loess from central Alaska, which record activity during the period from the Lateglacial to the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM), and reduced or altered activity after 9–8 ka. Post-glacial dune activity was most likely related to warm, dry conditions during the HTM, under predominantly shrub-tundra vegetation. Early Holocene stabilization of these dunes probably occurred in response to cooler, moister conditions, and replacement of predominantly tundra by boreal forest cover, dominated by spruce. Stabilization of dune fields in southern Yukon and Alaska most likely represented an extension of the time-transgressive stabilization of dune fields that occurred across northwestern North America with the post-glacial expansion of the boreal forest. 相似文献
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Tillamook Bay, Oregon, is a drowned river estuary that receives freshwater input from 5 rivers and exchanges ocean water through
a single channel. Similar to other western United States estuaries, the bay exhibits a strong seasonal change in river discharge
in which there is a pronounced winter maximum and summer minimum in precipitation and runoff. The behavior of major inorganic
nutrients (phosphorus, nitrogen, and silica) within the watershed is examined over seasonal cycles and under a range of river
discharge conditions for October 1997–December 1999. Monthly and seasonal sampling stations include transects extending from
the mouth of each river to the mouth of the estuary as well as 6–10 sites upstream along each of the 5 major rivers. Few studies
have examined nutrient cycling in Pacific Northwest estuaries. This study evaluates the distributions of inorganic nutrients
to understand the net processes occurring within this estuary. Based upon this approach, we hypothesize that nutrient behavior
in the Tillamook Bay estuary can be explained by two dominant factors: freshwater flushing time and biological uptake and
regeneration. Superimposed on these two processes is seasonal variability in nutrient concentrations of coastal waters via
upwelling. Freshwater flushing time determines the amount of time for the uptake of nutrients by phytoplankton, for exchange
with suspended particles, and for interaction with the sediments. Seasonal coastal upwelling controls the timing and extent
of oceanic delivery of nutrients to the estuary. We suggest that benthic regeneration of nutrients is also an important process
within the estuary occurring seasonally according to the flushing characteristics of the estuary. Silicic acid, nitrate, and
NH4
+ supply to the bay appears to be dominated by riverine input. PO4
−3 supply is dominated by river input during periods of high river flow (winter months) with oceanic input via upwelling and
tidal exchange important during other times (spring, summer, and fall months). Departures from conservative mixing indicate
that internal estuarine sources of dissolved inorganic phosphorus and nitrogen are also significant over an annual cycle. 相似文献