Changes in the composition of planktonic ostracod populations across a range of latitudes in the North-east Atlantic   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Martin V. Angel  Kasia Blachowiak-Samolyk  Ruth Castillo 《Progress in Oceanography》2007,73(1):60-78

A large database representing the bathymetric distribution of 117 species of halocyprid ostracods has been compiled from seven stations forming a transect from the equator to 60°N along 20°W, plus an additional station at 32°N, 65°W. This data base is analysed to examine the latitudinal and bathymetric changes in species composition and diversity of assemblages of this important, yet neglected, holoplanktonic group. At each station stratified sampling of the complete water column from the surface down mostly to 2000 m was carried out both day and night. Each sample resulted from the filtration of at least 2500 m³ of water and was analysed using a consistent protocol. The differences between the day and night profiles are attributable to diel vertical migrations, to local-scale heterogeneity, and possibly to a degree of net avoidance. There is a gradient of increasing species richness and diversity from high to low latitudes. By day, halocyprids are either infrequent or absent from the upper 50 m of the water column, but at night after diel vertical migration they become quite abundant in the epipelagic zone, particularly at low latitudes. Bathymetric profiles show ostracod abundances increase rapidly below the thermocline, reaching maxima at 200-400 m and then declining by at least an order of magnitude at 2000 m. Diversity (both species richness, H′ and evenness, J) also increases below the thermocline and thereafter is either maintained or declines only slightly to 2000 m. There are no relationships among diversity, abundance and productivity, but analysis of the whole database shows that the changes in community structure are consistent with Longhurst’s [Longhurst, A.R., 1998. Ecological Geography of the Sea. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. xiv, 398.] biogeochemical provinces.  相似文献   

格陵兰冰心中的矿物粉尘记录     

Urs Ruth  张光威 《海洋地质前沿》2006,22(9):21-22

矿物粉尘在当今气候研究中发挥着重要的作用。矿物粉尘气溶胶具有的发射性质使其直接影响着大气圈的辐射平衡。矿物粉尘也以多种间接方式积极参与了气候活动,其中包括成为云层凝聚中心来决定云盖层的规模和特征以及可能控制着遥远的营养贫瘠的大洋与大陆地区的原始生物生产力。  相似文献   

Heat flow and quantity of methane deduced from a gas hydrate field in the vicinity of the Dnieper Canyon,northwestern Black Sea   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：1  

Thomas?LüdmannEmail author  How?Kin?Wong  Philipp?Konerding  Matthias?Zillmer  J?rg?Petersen  Ernst?Flüh 《Geo-Marine Letters》2004,24(3):182-193

Seismic reflection data document for the first time the existence of a BSR in a limited area west of the Dnieper Canyon in the northwestern Black Sea. Seismic wide-angle data suggest that gas hydrates occupy in average 15±2% of the pore space in a zone of 100 m in thickness. A conservative quantification of the amount of methane associated with this gas hydrate occurrence is about 12±3×10¹¹ m³ (0.6±0.2 Gt of methane carbon). Conductive heat flow deduced from the BSR depth is in the range of 21±6 to 55±15 mW m^–2.  相似文献   

Metabolism of 2-acetylaminofluorene by rainbow trout     

Harish C. Sikka  A. Ruth Steward  Sayed A. Elmarakby  Subodh Kumar  U. Devanaboyin  Ramesh C. Gupta 《Marine environmental research》1995,39(1-4)

In order to examine factors that may contribute to the reported resistance of rainbow trout, Shasta strain, to the well-known hepatocarcinogenic effects of 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF), the in-vitro and in-vivo metabolism of [¹⁴C]AAF in trout has been examined. Trout (compared to rat) liver microsomes metabolized AAF more efficiently, producing 3-fold larger amounts of ring-hydroxylated metabolites (7-hydroxy-AAF and 5-hydroxy-AAF), but 5-fold less N-hydroxy-AAF. Freshly isolated trout hepatocytes extensively metabolized AAF to form the same ring-hydroxylated metabolites and their respective glucuronide and sulfate conjugates. N-OH-AAF (plus its conjugates) and covalently-bound AAF derivatives amounted, respectively, to < 1% and 1.4–1.6% of total metabolites. Liver DNA of trout treated with AAF contained a single AAF-DNA adduct identified as N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (the major persistent AAF-DNA adduct found in rat liver). The level of this adduct (12 attomoles/μg DNA) was about 1000-fold lower than the level of AAF-DNA adduct previously reported in rat liver. The data show that trout liver, compared to rat liver, is considerably less efficient in metabolizing AAF to carcinogenic metabolites, and more efficient in forming nontoxic products, thus possibly explaining, in part, the resistance of trout to AAF-induced hepatocarcinogenesis.  相似文献   

Assessing the reliability of the modified three-component spatial autocorrelation technique   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Andreas Köhler  Matthias Ohrnberger  Frank Scherbaum  Marc Wathelet  Cecile Cornou 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,168(2):779-796

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Estimating the influence of increased nitrate loads from wastewater on phosphorus mobility in river sediments     

Oliver Gabriel  Dagmar Balla  Thomas Kalettka  Christian Schilling  Matthias Zessner 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2006,34(4):333-345

Research on the sediment‐surface water transition zone in three study site regions, different in hydrological conditions, was conducted to estimate to which extent nitrate in surface water can contribute to riverbed sediment oxidation and thus prevent release of sediment phosphorus to surface water. Consequently, the Du tch Flow Model (DUFLOW) based water quality model “Spreewald” and results from the emission model “ Mo delling N utrient E missions in Ri ver S ystems” (MONERIS) were used to estimate to which extent wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) could contribute to the NO₃^– concentration in surface waters if they were operated without denitrification. It is demonstrated that an effective phosphorus retention in sediments by means of surface water NO₃^– is possible only under specific conditions, i. e. (i) a sufficient supply of surface water to the sediment by advective fluxes, (ii) a sufficient amount of sediment iron to provide phosphorus binding sites in the case of sediment oxidation, (iii) a redox system not leading to a rapid NO₃^– and FeOOH depletion and to phosphorus release from organic pools by high microbial activities. Model results show that in‐stream denitrification processes counteract a significant increase of NO₃^– surface water concentrations from WWTPs operated without denitrification during summer, when eutrophication risk through phosphorus is highest. The increase of NO₃^– surface water concentrations in winter due to decreased denitrification in the surface water is of minor relevance for phosphorus release from sediments.  相似文献   

Routine analysis of sediment pore water of high ionic strength     

Peter Herzsprung  Elke Bozau  Olaf Büttner  Anja Duffek  Kurt Friese  Matthias Koschorreck  Martin Schultze  Wolf v. Tümpling  Katrin Wendt‐Potthoff 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2006,34(6):593-607

Pore water of sediments plays an important role in aquatic systems as mediator and as the reactive zone between the sediment and surface water. Sediment pore waters with high ionic strength from acidified pit lakes were investigated to obtain information about the influence on the lake water quality. The analysis of soluble reactive phosphorus, nitrate, ammonium, silica, dissolved organic carbon, ferrous iron, sulfate, chloride, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, and total dissolved iron was predetermined as the dataset required for evaluation of water quality. The data collection procedure was optimised by designing a methodology for stabilisation, dilution of pore water samples and adaptation of analytical methods. The developed methodology was evaluated with respect to the effort required in the laboratory under routine conditions. In the first round of analyses, 72% of 638 individual analyses from a random selection of pore water profiles were found to be within the calibration ranges. Remedial actions to handle the remaining 28% of invalid analytical results are exemplified. Differences between comparative analyses of some ions by continuous flow analysis, ion chromatography, and atomic emission spectroscopy were evaluated. The majority of results measured by ion chromatography differed on a highly significant level from results measured by atomic emission spectroscopy. Possible reasons, originating from the extreme sample matrix, are discussed. Finally, the designed methodology and the results of the method comparison are used to recommend the selection of analytical methods under specific conditions.  相似文献   

Natural vs. human-induced facies changes in recent,shallow fjord sediments of the Store Lungegårdsvannet in Bergen (western Norway)     

Matthias Paetzel  Hans Schrader 《Environmental Geology》2003,43(4):484-492

A basin-wide change from an older homogeneous bioturbated to a younger laminated facies occurs in sediments from the 26-m-deep, permanently anoxic Store Lungegårdsvannet fjord. The younger facies consists of alternating packages of light and dark layers, each containing millimetre-scale laminae. The composition of the dark layers differs from that of the light layers in the occurrence of predominantly marine benthic diatoms, larger grain size, lower loss-on-ignition (LOI) and lower trace metal (Cu, Pb, Zn) concentrations. Total trace metal concentrations correlate with the redox-sensitive trace elements Mo and V (r>0.8) and with LOI (r=0.6). The correlation of the minerogenic matter and the grain-size related elements Al and Li is poor (r=0.2). The shoaling of the sill depth and reduction of the fjord area resulting in the reduction of bottom water exchange accounted for the shift from bioturbated to laminated sediments during the end of the last century. The alternating changes within the laminated facies are the result of alternating wind forces. During years of calm wind conditions (1908-1919 and 1945-1961), undisturbed sedimentation of organic matter from primary production and an associated accumulation of trace metals prevail. Years of high wind force (1919-1945 and 1961-1991) trigger shore erosion and an increased influx of minerogenic matter.  相似文献   

Gravitational lensing of type Ia supernovae by galaxy clusters     

Tsafrir S. Kolatt  & Matthias Bartelmann 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,296(3):763-772

We propose a method to remove the mass-sheet degeneracy that arises when the mass of galaxy clusters is inferred from gravitational shear. The method utilizes high-redshift standard candles that undergo weak lensing. Natural candidates for such standard candles are type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia).
When corrected with the light-curve shape (LCS), the peak magnitude of SNe Ia provides a standard candle with an uncertainty in apparent magnitude of Δ m ≃0.1–0.2. Gravitational magnification of a background SN Ia by an intervening cluster would cause a mismatch between the observed SN Ia peak magnitude compared with that expected from its LCS and redshift. The average detection rate for SNe Ia with a significant mismatch of ≥2Δ m behind a cluster at z ≃0.05–0.15 is about 1–2 supernovae per cluster per year at J , I , R ≲25–26.
Since SNe are point-like sources for a limited period, they can experience significant microlensing by massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) in the intracluster medium. Microlensing events caused by MACHOs of ∼10⁻⁴ M⊙ are expected to have time-scales similar to that of the SN light curve. Both the magnification curve by a MACHO and the light curve of a SN Ia have characteristic shapes that allow us to separate them. Microlensing events caused by MACHOs of smaller mass can unambiguously be identified in the SN light curve if the latter is continuously monitored. The average number of identifiable microlensing events per nearby cluster ( z ≲0.05) per year is ∼0.02 ( f /0.01), where f is the fraction of the cluster mass in MACHOs of masses 10⁻⁷< M _macho/M⊙<10⁻⁴.  相似文献   

Computing the elastic scattering from inclusions using the multiple multipoles method in three dimensions     

Matthias G. Imhof 《Geophysical Journal International》2004,156(2):287-296

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