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We report the results from a 250 km long transect, from the Danish coast to the North Sea at 55°30′ N, which was sampled every
32 km in order to study the composition and distribution of phytoplankton, and their dependence on the distance from the coast,
depth and other environmental factors. Altogether 144 species of algae were identified by light, epifluorescence and electron
microscopy. Some ecological preferences were found on the basis of measured environmental parameters and compared with the
literature. Possible controlling mechanisms for the distribution patterns of the plankton algae were analyzed by multivariate
statistics. Only distance from the coast was found to be a significant factor for algal distribution along the transect. Three
main areas of the transect were found: the coastal, middle and oceanic areas. Diatoms, mainly the centric ones, were the most
abundant group of algae. The other less abundant groups were Dinophyceae, Dictyochophyceae, Prasinophyceae and Chlorophyceae.
The pattern of distribution of diatoms and dinophytes along the transect was more or less similar, with larger numbers of
cells found close to both the eastern and western parts of the transect, although the species composition was different. Some
species were found to prefer coastal waters, other species were characterized as oceanic, and several species were found at
all stations. Porosira glacialis showed an atypical distribution along the transect, with highest abundances at both coastal and oceanic stations. 相似文献
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The Abra alba community is widely spread in the coastal zone of the English Channel and the Southern Bight of the North Sea. The community is located on shallow, fine muddy sands. Its spatial distribution can be broken up into a number of isolated patches (Atlantic French, British and German coast) and one large continuous distribution area (northern France up to the Netherlands). The aim of this study is to investigate the geographical patterns within the macrobenthic A. alba community at different scales: the community's full distribution range (i.e. large scale) and a selected area with a continuous distribution of the A. alba community (i.e. small scale) in relation to structuring environmental variables. Therefore, an analysis of newly collected samples along the Belgian coastal zone was combined with available information on the A. alba community throughout its distribution range. Although the community structure shows a high similarity across the full distribution range of the A. alba community, large- as well as small-scale changes in community composition were observed: the Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) should be considered as a major transition from the rich southern to the relatively poorer northern distribution area of the A. alba community. At a large scale (i.e. full distribution range), the differences in community structure are expected to result from (1) the specific hydrodynamic conditions in the English Channel (Atlantic ocean waters) and the Southern Bight of the North Sea, with a consequent differential connectivity between the different areas and (2) the climatological and related faunal shift from temperate (English Channel) to boreal conditions (German Bight). At a small scale (i.e. within the continuous distribution area), structural and functional community aspects may result from geographic differences in (1) detrital food availability, related to riverine input and pelagic productivity, along and across the coastline and (2) the amount of suspended matter, impoverishing the A. alba community when excessively available. 相似文献
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A combined numerical and experimental study of the propagation of an internal solitary wave (ISW) over a corrugated bed is
presented, in which the amplitude and the wavelength of the corrugated bed, together with the wave amplitude and wave speed
of the ISW, have been varied parametrically. Both ISWs of elevation and depression have been considered. The wave-induced
currents over the corrugated bed cause flow separation at the apex of the corrugations and a sequence of lee vortices forms
as a result. These vortices develop fully after the main wave has passed over the topographic feature, resulting in deformation
of the overlying pycnocline and, in some instances, significant vertical mixing. It is found that the intensity of the vortex
formation is dependent on both the amplitude and wavelength of the bottom topography. In the case of an ISW of depression,
the generation of vertically (upward)-propagating vortices is seen to result in entrainment of fluid from a bottom boundary
jet (Carr and Davies, Phys Fluids 18:016601, 2006), while, in the elevation case, a second mechanism is present to induce significant turbulent mixing in the water column.
It occurs when the bottom corrugations reach into, or are very near, the pycnocline at rest. Large waves of elevation that
are stable on approach to the corrugations exhibit evidence of a spatio-temporally developing shear instability as they interact
with the bottom corrugation. The shear instability takes the form of billows that have a vertical extent that can reach 50%
of the wave amplitude. 相似文献