Composition and diagenesis of neutral carbohydrates in sediments of the Baltic-North Sea transition     

Marlene Mark Jensen  Marianne Holmer 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2005,69(16):4085-4099

The distribution and composition of neutral carbohydrates in the solid phase and porewater, and their role in carbon cycling were investigated in contrasting marine sediments of the Baltic-North Sea region. Depth-invariant profiles of particulate carbohydrates (PCHO) and low PCHO yields (PCHO/organic carbon) indicated that a small inert carbohydrate fraction deposits on the sediment at the deeper stations in the northern Kattegat and Skagerrak compared to the shallower stations further South. This was supported by long-term sediment incubations, in which the PCHO concentrations remained unchanged during 480 days, revealing that neutral carbohydrates play a minor role in carbon mineralization at the deeper sites. In contrast, the reactivity of PCHO was high (first-order rate constant of 3.2 yr⁻¹) at one shallow site in the Belt Sea. Monosaccharide spectra were uniform with sediment depth and between sites with the exception of the shallowest site in the middle of Kattegat, where glucose dominated the polymers at the surface. This was likely due to benthic diatoms. Addition of fresh algae to surface sediment from the deeper sites resulted in a preferential mineralization of particulate glucose polymers. The addition of algae also resulted in an initial pulse of glucose in the porewater pools of total hydrolyzable carbohydrates (THCHO), indicating a faster hydrolysis of glucose polymers in the particulate phase than the subsequent hydrolysis and bacterial consumption of oligo- and polymers of glucose in the porewater. This study shows that some carbohydrates such as glucose polymers are selectively utilized by heterotrophic bacteria during the settling of organic particles through the water column, and a relatively inert fraction arrives to the sediments where much of it escapes mineralization and becomes permanently buried. In shallow coastal environments, where the degradation in the water column is less extensive and where benthic algae may represent a local carbohydrate source, neutral carbohydrates appear to be more important in organic matter mineralization.  相似文献   

uTshani BuyaKhuluma––The Grass Speaks: the political space and capacity of the South African Homeless People’s Federation     

Marianne Millstein  Sophie Oldfield  Kristian Stokke   《Geoforum》2003,34(4):457-468

The point of departure for this article is the contemporary tendency towards localisation of politics in the context of neo-liberal globalisation. Mediated through institutional reforms, political discourses and localised struggles, this localisation of politics produce new and transformed local political spaces. The purpose of the article is to examine the capacity of popular movements to use and transform such political spaces within the South African housing sector. This analysis is done through a combination of conceptual examination of political space and actor capacity and a concrete case study of the political strategies and capacities of The South African Homeless People’s Federation. The article argues that the Federation has utilised political relations at different scales to mobilise resources such as land and subsidies for housing for its members. It has also influenced the formulation of housing policies through its discourses and practical experiences with people-driven housing processes. In consequence the Federation’s ability to function as a civil/political movement has granted them a certain capacity to participate in the complicated process of turning de jure rights to adequate shelter into de facto rights for the urban poor as citizens of a democratic South Africa.  相似文献   

Wind tunnel measurement of boundary-layer response to sediment transport   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Cheryl McKenna Neuman  Marianne Maljaars 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1997,84(1):67-83

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Changes in the importance of lotic and littoral diatoms in a high arctic lake over the last 191 years   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Stuart D. Ludlam  Susan Feeney  Marianne S. V. Douglas 《Journal of Paleolimnology》1996,16(2):187-204

Both habitat preferences and community associations for some of the most prominent pennate taxa in our profile were established using samples from the modern lake and its watershed. Habitat preferences were used to establish a simple indicator for the relative contribution of lotic communities in this lake (Lotic Index) and indicator taxa for both littoral (Achnanthes spp. and Cymbella spp.) and lotic (Hannaea arcus and Meridion circulare) communities. When profiled, the Lotic Index showed a clear positive relationship to sedimentation rate as recorded in the varves, while profiles of littoral indicator taxa show the opposite trends. It seems likely that the patterns we observed in the Lotic Index are related to changes in runoff. Apparently, there was a period of declining runoff beginning ca. two centuries ago and ending in the late 1800's. This was followed by increasing runoff lasting until the middle of the 20th century. A brief minimum occurred in ca. 1970 followed by a recovery by ca. 1980.A strong positive relationship was also found between the dates of major turbidites, exceptionally thick varves and the concentration of valves in the sediment. It is possible that many of the thicker varves in the profiles contain littoral material transported to the site of deposition by turbid interflows and underflows. For this reason, the concentration of valves in the sediment in our cores appears to be a proxy for sediment deposition from turbidity currents.This is the sixth in a series of papers published in this issue on the Taconite Inlet Lakes project. These papers were collected by Dr R. S. Bradley.  相似文献   

Effects of benthic fauna on organic matter mineralization in fish-farm sediments: importance of size and abundance   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Heilskov  Anna C.; Holmer  Marianne 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2001,58(2):427-434

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Groundwater-dependent ecology of the shoreline of the subtropical Lake St Lucia estuary   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ricky Taylor  Bruce Kelbe  Sylvi Haldorsen  Greg A. Botha  Bente Wejden  Lars Været  Marianne B. Simonsen 《Environmental Geology》2006,49(4):586-600

The ecology of the St Lucia estuary in South Africa is of unique international importance. During droughts the estuary experiences high salinities, with values above that of seawater. Ion-poor groundwater flowing into the estuary from prominent sand aquifers along its eastern shoreline forms low-salinity habitats for salt-sensitive biota. During droughts, plants and animals can take refuge in the groundwater discharge zone until the condition in the estuary regains tolerable salinity. Simulations of the groundwater discharge indicate that the flow can persist during droughts over at least a decade, and be of great important for the resilience of the estuary. Anthropogenic activities have reduced the river inflow and made the St Lucia estuary more sensitive to droughts. The groundwater has thereby become increasingly important for the estuary’s ecology. Protection of the groundwater discharge along the shoreline itself and actions to increase the groundwater recharge are therefore important management tasks.  相似文献   

Beziehung zwischen Biomasse und Stickstoffgehalt des Phytoplanktons und die daraus ableitbare Anwendung der Bestimmungsmethoden für die Praxis     

Frau Dr. Marianne Pavoni 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1969,31(1):110-127

Zusammenfassung Im Zusammenhang mit der Verbesserung der Stickstoffmethode nach Kjeldahl durchSchmid [18] wurde die übereinstimmung des partikul?r gebundenen Stickstoffs (p.N) mit der aus Individuenzahl und Zellvolumen berechneten Biomasse (B) des Phytoplanktons überprüft. Ausser p. N undB wurde zum Teil auch die Trockensubstanz bzw. die aschenfreie Trockensubstanz gleichsam als Kontroll-und Bezugsgr?sse bestimmt. Untersucht wurde das Phytoplankton aus Netzproben und Sch?pfproben des Vierwaldst?ttersees im Ablauf eines Jahres; ferner das Kulturmaterial der PlanktonalgenOscillatoria rubescens undSynedra acus. Sowohl Netzproben als Algen aus Kulturen zeigen eine klare Beziehung 1. zwischen aschenfreier Trockensubstanz und partikul?rem Stickstoff, 2. zwischen aschenfreier Trockensubstanz und Biomasse und 3. zwischen Biomasse und partikul?rem Stickstoff. Die Verh?ltniszahlen der verglichenen Komponenten variieren je nach Algenart und Zusammensetzung des Planktons. Der prozentuale p.N-Gehalt (bezogen auf die aschenfreie Trockensubstanz) derOscillatoria rubescens betr?gt rund 10%, derjenige der Kieselalgen rund 7%. Das Verh?ltnis vonB zu p.N der Sch?pfproben hingegen variierte von Probeserie zu Probeserie. Innerhalb der einzelnen Probeserien jedoch ist das Verh?ltnis vonB zu p.N relativ konstant. Es werden Gründe diskutiert, die diese Unterschiede bedingen. Um das mühsame Ausz?hlen der Planktonorganismen und die Berechnung der Biomasse bei Seeuntersuchungen, speziell bei routinem?ssigen überwachungsprogrammen, teilweise zu umgehen, wird eine Untersuchungsweise vorgeschlagen, die es erm?glicht, die organisch geformte Substanz und zugleich die Zusammensetzung des Planktons mit verh?ltnism?ssig geringem Arbeitsaufwand zu erfassen.

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Summary In connection with the improvement of the nitrogen method bySchmid (18), the agreement of particulate nitrogen with the biomass (determined by the individuals counted and the cell volume calculated) of the phytoplankton was tested. For control and reference the dry weight and the ashfree dry weight or organic dry weight respectively were determined. Three types of material were investigated: Phytoplankton from net samples and samples of unfiltered lakewater which were taken monthly during a year from the Lake of Lucerne and algal material from cultures of the two common plankton algaeOscillatoria rubescens andSynedra acus. Within the net fractions and culture samples a good agreement is observed 1) between ash-free dry weight and particulate nitrogen, 2) between ash-free dry weight and biomass, 3) between biomass and particulate nitrogen. The proportional figures of the compared components vary depending on the alga species and the composition of the plankton. The content of particulate nitrogen (per ash-free dry weight) amounted to about 10% forOscillatoria rubescens and about 7% for diatoms. The ratio of biomass to particulate nitrogen of the samples of unfiltered lakewater may alter from one sample series to another. Within the single sample series however, the relationship of the biomass to the particulate nitrogen is generally constant. Reasons for these differences are discussed. On the basis of the investigations and the results obtained therefrom, a combined method applying the determination of the particulate nitrogenand the biomass is suggested. This method allows to reduce the time consuming calculation of the biomass in lake investigations, more particularly in routine survey programs. On the other hand it enables to determineboth the organic substance formed at the momentand the composition of the plankton in relatively short time.

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Die Bedeutung des Nannoplanktons im Vergleich zum Netzplankton   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Marianne Pavoni dipl. sc. nat. 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》1963,25(2):219-341

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Mantle Rheology, Viscomagnetic Coupling At the Core-Mantle Boundary and Differential Rotation of the Core Induced By Pleistocenic Deglaciation   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Marianne Lefftz  Roberto Sabadini  Hilaire Legros 《Geophysical Journal International》1994,117(1):1-18

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High-frequency magnetotelluric investigation of crustal structure in north-central Abitibi, Quebec, Canada     

Ping Zhang  Michel Chouteau  Marianne Mareschal  Ron Kurtz  Claude Hubert 《Geophysical Journal International》1995,120(2):406-418

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