Phytoplankton production in two east coast estuaries: Photosynthesis-light functions and patterns of carbon assimilation in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays     

Lawrence W. Harding  Jr  Blanche W. Meeson  Thomas R. Fisher  Jr 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》1986,23(6)

Chesapeake Bay is a large and productive estuary that has received close scrutiny in recent years because of indications that its water quality and biota have been damaged by man's activities. Data on primary production for the estuary as a whole, however, are surprisingly sparse. We describe here the distribution of photosynthetic carbon assimilation by phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay, and relate productivity patterns to hydrographic characteristics of the estuary. Between March 1982 and April 1983, a series of four cruises was conducted on Chesapeake Bay, and two cruises on the urbanized Delaware Bay for comparison. The upper Chesapeake and Delaware were highly turbid with high concentrations of suspended particulate matter and dissolved inorganic nutrients. Low chlorophyll concentrations were usually found in these areas of high turbidity, despite the abundance of nutrients, suggesting light limitation. Application of Wofsy's (1983) model of phytoplanton growth confirmed this suggestion. Chlorophyll and productivity maxima usually occurred seaward of the turbidity maxima where light penetration increased and suffient nutrients were present to support active phytoplankton growth. Further seaward of the chlorophyll maxima in the Chesapeake, the photic zone depth increased, concentrations of nutrients decreased, and phytoplankton biomass decreased, suggesting that nutrient availability, rather than light, controlled phytoplankton growth in the lower portion of the estuary. In contrast to the Chesapeake, Delaware Bay was more turbid, had generally higher nutrient concentrations, and was lower in phytoplankton productivity. The chlorophyll maxima and region of rapid phytoplankton growth occurred further toward the lower estuary and shelf regions in Delaware Bay because the high turbidity extended further seaward. Nutrients were never depleted at the shelf end of the estuary sufficiently to retard phytoplankton growth. Photosynthesis-irradiance (P-I) curves from simulated in situ and constant intensity incubations showed a strong correlation of the light-limited slope (a^B) with the light-saturated rate ( ) on each cruise. Spatial variations in corresponded to patterns of phytoplankton abundance, as did integral production (PP) and carbon-based growth rates (μ_C, μ_m), and photosynthetic parameters varied significantly with temperature.  相似文献   

Studies on marine nanodiatoms in Fujian coastal waters of China in winter     

Liu Shicheng  Gao Yahui  Cheng Zhaodi 《海洋学报(英文版)》1995,14(2):261-268

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济州岛附近海域表层沉积物中的颗石及其古海洋学     

程广芬  周颖春 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》1992,(2)

对济州岛附近海域表层沉积物中的颗石进行研究,共发现40个种。根据对颗石进行多元统计分析的结果,可将本区划为两个环境区、两个颗石组合。提出海流是控制本区颗石分布的主要因素。  相似文献   

厌氧沉积中有孔虫组合特征     

程广芬 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》1988,(1)

厌氧沉积的有孔虫组合中,底栖有孔虫主要由Bolivina诸种和Buliminella tenuata组成,同时含有少量厌氧标志种Suggrunda eckisi;浮游有孔虫中以Globigerrina bulloides和G.quingueloba为数较多。底栖有孔虫与浮游有孔虫数量相比,浮游有孔虫数量很少。  相似文献   

磁通门罗盘的原理     

王文彬  程彦秋 《海洋技术学报》1992,11(2):21-27

磁通门罗盘是一种新型罗盘。此罗盘的关键部件是探头,探头主要是由高导磁的软磁材料做成的磁环和线圈组成。当在初级线圈加上交变的激励信号时,即可得到与次级线圈在地磁场中相对应的磁方位角。本文介绍其原理,并对其进行了理论分析。  相似文献   

⁶⁰Co－γ辐照对坛紫菜原生质体诱变的研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

姚继承  王诚  左正宏  林芳  陈奕欣 《海洋科学》2005,29(11):48-51

利用^60Co-γ射线对坛紫菜（Porphyra haitanensis）原生质体进行辐照诱变，发现原生质体对^60Co-γ射线有极强的耐受性。前期的培养结果表明，原生质体是一种理想的诱变材料。诱变结果表明，^60Co-γ射线对坛紫菜可诱变剂量范围很大，从200-1300 Gy均有突变株生成。诱变后细胞的存活率不宜作为坛紫菜诱变最佳剂量的指标。  相似文献   

Ice Sheet-Thermohaline Circulation Interactions in a Climate Model of Intermediate Complexity   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Zhaomin Wang  Lawrence A. Mysak 《Journal of Oceanography》2001,57(4):481-494

A vertically integrated dynamic ice sheet model is coupled to the atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-land surface climate model recently developed by Wang and Mysak (2000). The background lateral (east-west) ice sheet discharge rate used by Gallee et al. (1992) is reduced and the planetary emissivity is increased (to parameterize the cooling effect of a decrease of the atmospheric CO₂ concentration), in order to build up substantial ice sheets during a glacial period and hence set the stage for ice sheet-thermohaline circulation (THC) interactions. The following iceberg calving scheme is then introduced: when the maximum model height of the North American ice sheet reaches a critical value (2400 m), a prescribed lateral discharged rate is imposed on top of the background discharge rate for a finite time. Per a small prescribed discharge rate, repeated small iceberg calving events occur, which lead to millennial-scale climate cycles with small amplitudes. These are a crude representation of Dansgaard-Oeschger oscillations. Over one such cycle, the zonally averaged January surface air temperature (SAT) drops about 1.5°C at 72.5°N. However, a large prescribed lateral discharge rate leads to the shut down of the THC. In this case, the January SAT drops about 5°C at 72.5°N, the sea ice extent advances equatorward from 57.5° to 47.5°N and the net ice accumulation rate at the grid of maximum ice sheet height is reduced from 0.24 to 0.15 m/y. Since data strongly suggest that a collapsed THC was not a steady state during the last glacial, we restore the THC by increasing the vertical diffusivity in the North Atlantic Ocean for a finite time. The resulting climate cycles associated with conveyor-on and conveyor-off phases have much larger amplitudes; furthermore, the strong iceberg calving events lead to a larger loss of ice sheet mass and hence the period of the oscillations is longer (several thousand years). This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

营养盐水平对四种海洋浮游硅藻胞外多糖产量的影响   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

王大志  黄世玉  程兆第 《台湾海峡》2003,22(4):487-492

4种海洋浮游硅藻(牟勒氏角毛藻、海链藻、三角褐指藻和新月菱形藻)培养在改进的f／2培养基中，研究了不同氮、磷和硅营养水平对它们胞外多糖产量的影响．结果表明，硅藻胞外多糖的生产和释放具有种间特异性，角毛藻和海链藻胞外多糖的生产和释放主要在静止期，而三角褐指藻和新月菱形藻在指数生长期前期和静止期都能生产和分泌较高的胞外多糖；培养液中低浓度磷减少了4种硅藻在静止期胞外多糖的产量，但增加了角毛藻在生长期前期胞外多糖的产量；氮浓度的降低增加了三角褐指藻在指数生长前期胞外多糖的产量，但减少了其他3种藻类胞外多糖的产量；硅浓度的降低对4种硅藻胞外多糖的产量影响不大，在一定程度上还促进了静止期胞外多糖的生产．本研究表明，营养盐水平对硅藻胞外多糖生产的影响因种类和细胞所处生长期不同而存在着很大的差异．  相似文献   

Proximate Constituents, Biomass, and Energy in Posidonia oceanica (Potamogetonaceae)     

J. M. Lawrence  Ch.-F. Boudouresque  F. Maggiore 《Marine Ecology》1989,10(3):263-270

Abstract. The proximate composition of the various components of Posidonia oceanica is given in terms of gravimetric and energetic level and amount of plants from 2 depths at Port-Cros (Var. France). The level of proximate constituents differed little between the leaves (regardless of age) and the roots, but the rhizome contained much more soluble carbohydrate and less structural carbohydrate and ash. Because of this, the energy level in the leaves was more in terms of organic material and less in terms of total material than the energy level in the rhizome. The leaves of a P. oceanica shoot at 2 m depth in July contained 1.6 g organic material. 29.0 kJ. The weight and energy of the soluble carbohydrate in the rhizome from the base of the leaves to the 18th sheath scale decreased by ca. 40% from October to March and increased by ca. 100% from March to July.  相似文献   

GIS方法在南沙群岛海区海底灾害地质研究中的应用   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

唐诚  詹文欢  张毅祥 《热带海洋学报》2002,21(2):104-111

采用GIS方法，对南沙群岛海区海底灾害地质进行空间叠加分析。利用模糊数学方法，对不同灾害地质因素赋予不同的模糊影响权值；运用模糊叠加模型，得到南沙群岛海区海底灾害地质综合评价图。与前人的研究工作进行对比的结果表明，GIS方法是进行海底灾害地质评价的一种有效方法。  相似文献