Prorocentrum spp. are planktonic and/or benthic species. Benthic Prorocentrum species are of primary concern to scientists and the public because some of them are toxic. We established clonal cultures of 3 strains of Prorocentrum species that were collected from the thalli of a macroalga in the coastal waters off Jeju Island, located at the southern end of Korea. The Korean strains of P. cf. rhathymum, which are morphologically almost identical to the Virgin Island strain of P. rhathymum, were different from P. mexicanum because the former dinoflagellate has one simple collar-like spine in the periflagellar area, while the latter dinoflagellate has a 2- or 3-horned spine. In addition, the sequences of the small subunit (SSU) rDNA of the Korean strains were identical to those of the Malaysian and Floridian strains of P. rhathymum, while the sequences of the large subunit (LSU) rDNA of the Korean strains were 0.1–0.9% different from those of the Iranian and Malaysian strains of P. rhathymum. In phylogenetic trees based on the SSU rDNA sequences, the Korean strains of P. rhathymum formed a clade with the Malaysian and Floridian strains of P. rhathymum and the Vietnamese and Polynesian strains of P. mexicanum. However, in phylogenetic trees based on the LSU rDNA sequences, the Korean strains of P. rhathymum formed a clade with the Iranian strain of P. rhathymum and the Spanish and Mexican strains of P. mexicanum. Therefore, the molecular characterization of the Korean strains does not allow us to clearly classify them as P. rhathymum, nor P. mexicanum, although their morphology has so far been reported to be closer to that of P. rhathymum than P. mexicanum and thus we designated them as P. cf. rhathymum. 相似文献
In this study an equation for estimating the error involved in the areal average rain rate considering the inter-station correlation
was derived and applied for two cases: the first compared two storm events with different inter-station correlations, and
the second evaluated the seasonal variation of estimation error of monthly rainfall. Similar cases, but without considering
the rainfall seasonality, were also investigated for the comparison. This study was applied to the Geum River Basin with 28
rain gauge measurements, each having more than 30 years of rainfall data. A summary of the application results follows: (1)
When considering the inter-station correlation, the estimation error involved in the areal average rain rate became significantly
decreased proportional to the inter-station correlation. (2) The estimation error of monthly areal average rainfall showed
strong seasonality with high ones during the wet season and lower ones during the dry season. (3) The estimation error was
well proportional to the areal average rain rate as well as to its standard deviation. The ratio of estimation error to the
areal average rain rate itself was estimated to be about 0.1 for the case of assuming no inter-station correlations, but decreased
to 0.06 for the case of considering the inter-station correlations between measurements. (4) The relation between the standard
deviation of areal average rain rate and the estimation error became much stronger than that between the areal average rain
rate itself and the estimation error. The ratio of estimation error to the standard deviations of rain rate amount was estimated
to be about 0.2 for the case of assuming no inter-station correlations, but decreased to 0.1 for the case of considering the
inter-station correlations. This relation was found to be valid for any case of accumulation time such as in daily, monthly,
or annual rainfall data. 相似文献
This study analyzed the influence of large-scale climate pattern on precipitation in the Colorado River Basin. Large-scale
climatic oscillations, like ENSO, PDO, NAO, and the global warming trend are associated with regional hydrologic variation.
Ten types of climate indices were gathered and analyzed to investigate their influence on seasonal precipitation variation
in the basin based on a linear correlation analysis and an influence index analysis. The influence index was developed in
this study to measure the effect of climate variation on the seasonal precipitation in the basin. The statistical evidence
achieved in this study confirms that the Colorado River Basin is subjected to the phase of climate variation. The strength
of the seasonal response of precipitation to the climate variation varies in different localities in the basin. The methods
of analysis used in this study were proposed in the hope that progress in understanding and modeling dynamic climatic systems
can result in developing a valuable long-term forecasting model for water resources management. 相似文献
Ocean Science Journal - This study evaluates the application of biomarkerbased temperature proxy data (alkenone with its resultant $$U_{37}^{K'}$$ index and glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether... 相似文献
A deep-sea sediment core (GC98-06) from the southernmost Drake Passage, West Antarctica, shows late Quaternary depositional
environments distinctly different from sedimentary drifts commonly found along the southwestern Pacific margin of the Drake
Passage. The chronology of the core has been inferred using geochemical tracers of paleoproductivity and diatom biostratigraphy,
and represents the paleoceanographic conditions in a continental rise setting during the last 150,000 years. Three dominant
sediment types associated with distinct sedimentary processes have been identified using textural/compositional analyses:
(1) hemipelagic mud (interglacial sediments) deposited from pelagic settling of bioclasts, meltwater plumes, and ice-rafted
detritus; (2) terrigenous mud (glacial sediments) delivered by turbid meltwater plumes; and (3) massive muds marking the boundaries
from interglacial to glacial periods. The succession of the sedimentary facies in core GC98-06 is interpreted to reflect temporal
changes in environmental conditions prevailing on the continental rise of the southern Drake Passage in the course of successive
climatic stages over the last 150 ka: from the bottom upward, these are glacial, interglacial, glaciation, glacial, and interglacial
episodes. Variability in sediment flux and diatom abundance seem to have been related to changes in glacial advance, sea-ice
extent, and specific sedimentary environments, collectively influenced by mid- to late Quaternary climatic changes. 相似文献
Planktonic mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates are ubiquitous protists and often abundant in marine environments. Recently many phototrophic dinoflagellate species have been revealed to be mixotrophic organisms and also it is suggested that most dinoflagellates may be mixotrophic or heterotrophic protists. The mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates are able to feed on diverse prey items including bacteria, picoeukaryotes, nanoflagellates, diatoms, other dinoflagellates, heterotrophic protists, and metazoans due to their diverse feeding mechanisms. In turn they are ingested by many kinds of predators. Thus, the roles of the dinoflagellates in marine planktonic food webs are very diverse. The present paper reviewed the kind of prey which mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates are able to feed on, feeding mechanisms, growth and ingestion rates of dinoflagellates, grazing impact by dinoflagellate predators on natural prey populations, predators on dinoflagellates, and red tides dominated by dinoflagellates. Based on this information, we suggested a new marine planktonic food web focusing on mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates and provided an insight on the roles of dinoflagellates in the food web. 相似文献
Using Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) channel 2 (Ch. 2, 53.74 GHz) data, Spencer and Christy (1992a) determined that the earth exhibits no temperature trend in the period 1979–90, while other authors find a temperature increase of roughly 0.1 K. Based on a theoretical analysis Prabhakara et al. (1995) showed that the information about the global atmospheric temperature deduced from MSU Ch. 2 observations has a small contamination, T2, as a result of the attenuation due to hydrometeors in the atmosphere. A method is developed in this study, that utilizes coincident measurements made by MSU in Ch. 1 (50.3 GHz), to estimate this T2 over the global oceans. The magnitude of T2 is found to be about 1 K over significant parts of the tropical oceanic rain belts and about 0.25 K over minor portions of the mid-latitude oceanic storm tracks. Due to events such as El Niôo, there is variability from year to year in the rain areas and rain intensity leading to significant change in the patterns of T2. The patterns of T2 derived for March 82 and March 83 reveal such a change. When averaged over the global oceans, from 50° N to 50° S, T2 has a value of 0.25 and 0.29 K for March 1982 and 1983, respectively. Due to these reasons the interannual temperature change derived by Spencer and Christy from MSU Ch. 2 will contain a residual hydrometeor effect. Thus in evaluating decadal trend of the global mean temperature of the order of 0.1 K from MSU Ch. 2 data one has to take into account completely the contamination due to hydrometeors. 相似文献
The Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO)/Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation (BSISO) has been considered an important climate mode of variability on subseasonal timescales for East Asian summer. However, it is unclear how well the MJO/BSISO indices would serve as guidance for subseasonal forecasts. Using a probabilistic forecast model determined through multiple linear regression (MLR) with MJO, ENSO, and long-term trend as predictors, we examine lagged impacts of each predictor on East Asia extended summer (May–October) climate from 1982 to 2015. The forecast skills of surface air temperature (T2m) contributed by each predictor is evaluated for lead times out to five weeks. We also provide a systematic evaluation of three commonly used, real-time MJO/BSISO indices in the context of lagged temperature impacts over East Asia. It is found that the influence of the trend provides substantial summertime skill over broad regions of East Asia on subseasonal timescales. In contrast, the MJO influence shows regional as well as phase dependence outside the tropical band of the main action centers of the MJO convective anomalies. All three MJO/BSISO indices generate forecasts that yield high skill scores for week 1 forecasts. For some initial phases of the MJO/BSISO, skill reemerges over some regions for lead times of 3–5 weeks. This emergence indicates the existence of windows of opportunity for skillful subseasonal forecasts over East Asia in summer. We also explore the dynamics that contribute to the elevated skills at long lead times over Tibet and Taiwan–Philippine regions following the initial state of phases 7 and 5, respectively. The elevated skill is rooted in a wave train forced by the MJO convective heating over the Arabian Sea and feedbacks between MJO convection and SSTs in Taiwan–Philippine region. Two out of the three commonly used MJO/BSISO indices tend to identify MJO events that evolve consistently in time, allowing them to serve as reliable predictors for subseasonal forecasts for up to 5 weeks.
Frontal areas between warm and saline waters of the Kuroshio currents and colder and diluted waters of the East China Sea
(ECS) influenced by the Changjiang River were identified from the satellite thermal imagery and hydrological data obtained
from the Coastal Ocean Process Experiment (COPEX) cruise during the period between March 1st and 10th, 1997. High chlorophyll concentrations appeared in the fronts of the East China Seas with the highest chlorophyll-a concentration
in the southwestern area of Jeju Island (~2.9 mg/m3) and the eastern area of the Changjiang River Mouth (~2.8 mg/m3). Vertical structures of temperature, salinity and density were similar, showing the fronts between ECS and Kuroshio waters.
The water column was well mixed in the shelf waters and was stratified around the fronts. It is inferred that the optimal
condition for light utilization and nutrients induced both from the coastal and deep waters enhances the high phytoplankton
productivity in the fronts of the ECS. In addition, the high chlorophyll-a in the fronts seems to have been associated with
the water column stability as well. 相似文献