The relationship between electrical conductivity and selected macroinvertebrate communities in four river systems of south-west Victoria, Australia   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Ben J. Kefford 《International Journal of Salt Lake Research》1998,7(2):153-170

In order to relate macroinvertebrate fauna to electrical conductivity (EC), a survey of selected orders of macroinvertebrates was conducted in the Glenelg, Hopkins, Merri and Barwon River Catchments in south-west Victoria, Australia. The survey consisted of sampling 21 paired sites at confluences of streams. There was little difference between the in-stream habitat but there was a range of differences in EC between each of the paired sites. The dissimilarity of macroinvertebrate fauna between the paired sites was compared to the proportional difference in EC and other water quality variables (dissolved oxygen, water temperature, pH, NO₂−N, NO₃−N, PO₄ and turbidity). This allowed the elimination of EC being confounded with geographical scale parameters and took into account other water quality parameters that may be confounded with EC. A positive relationship was found between the dissimilarity of the fauna at each of the two paired sites and the proportional difference in EC. No such relationship was found for any other measured water quality variable. The results of this survey show that macroinvertebrate community structure is associated with EC of the river systems investigated after eliminating large scale geographical patterns, in-stream habitat and the measured water quality parameters.  相似文献   

The spatial focus of U.S. interstate migration flows     

Rogers A  Raymer J 《International journal of population geography : IJPG》1998,4(1):63-80

"Despite the widespread interest in the changing geographies of national migration regimes, it is somewhat remarkable that no widely accepted measure of the spatial concentration or focus exhibited by such geographies has emerged. We examine four of the most popular indices of inequality in this paper and contrast their performance as measures of spatial focus. Adopting the coefficient of variation as our preferred alternative, we go on to examine the spatial focus of aggregate interstate migration steams in the U.S. over time. Then we consider disaggregations of the migration streams by age, race and nativity, and examine the role of states as national redistributors of these same subpopulations."  相似文献   

The NdSr isotopic correlation in mantle materials and geodynamic consequences     

Claude J. Allegre  Dalila Ben Othman  Mireille Polve  Pierre Richard 《Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors》1979,19(4):293-306

The neodymium-strontium isotopic correlation observed in most of the Earth mantle materials is evaluated by means of direct modelling. Several geochemical models are quantitatively developed to explain the observations. The main results of this modelling are that such a correlation is not geochemically trivial and that it corresponds to specific conditions in chemical fractionation. These specific conditions seem to be satisfied by solid-liquid partitioning in magmatic conditions. The discussion of the experimental data supports a continuous convecting-magmatic fractionation model for a large proportion of the mantle.  相似文献   

Hydrothermal melting of some New Zealand greywackes and argillites     

J. Rogers 《Bulletin of Volcanology》1966,29(1):173-175

The temperatures at which melting begins of three New Zealand greywackes and two argillites were determined as a function of water pressure up to 3000 atmospheres. The purpose of these experiments was to provide data possibly relevant to the genesis of the North Island ignimbrites and for comparison with the experiments ofBowen andTuttle (1958) on the melting temperatures of granites and the ternary minimum system (NaAlSi₃O₈ — KAlSi₃O₈ — SiO₂ — H₂O). Powdered samples of the rocks were heated in unsealed silver tubes in cold seal bombs, the water pressure being measured on a Bourdon gauge and applied during heating. Temperature control was ± 5°C. Twelve days was the longest heating period, most being for 24 hours, which was sufficient for apparent reaction. At the end of an experiment, the pressure was released, and the sample quickly cooled by removal from the bomb. The samples were crushed and examined by X-ray diffraction and the petrographic microscope. The PT curve for the beginning of melting of the greywackes and argillites is very close toBowen andTuttle’s for granites and the ternary minimum to 1000 atmospheres water pressure. Above this pressure the greywackes melt at slightly higher temperatures than on the granite curve with the argillites a little higher still. These observations are similar to those reported for shales byWyllie andTuttle 1960, 1961, for greywackes byWinkler andvon Platen 1961, and pelitic sediments byWyart andSabatier, 1959. The amount of anatectic melt increases rapidly above the temperature of initial melting and is inversely related to the quartz present in the greywackes. The partially melted products were often notably vesicular. Cordierite, mullite, hypersthene, scapolite and mica were identified in the X-ray diffractograms as coexisting with the melt. These experiments are in agreement with published work in showing that the quartz and alkali feldspars of granites, shales and arkosic sediments can in the presence of water react and begin to melt at 20–25 kilometres depth in the earth assuming a geothermal gradient of 30°C/km. The melt is granitic or granodioritic in composition.  相似文献   

A crustal suture and lineament in North Africa     

Richard M Nagy  Mohamed A Ghuma  John J.W Rogers 《Tectonophysics》1976,31(3-4)

A possible suture between an old craton in West Africa and the Arabian—Nubian shield is marked by a persistent zone of Phanerozoic weakness. This zone extends between the Nile and Niger deltas and passes through the Qattara embayment, along the Bahariya fault, through the Kufra basin, between the Tibesti and Jabal al Uwaynat massifs, through the Bahr el Ghazal and Lake Chad areas, and along the Benoue trough.  相似文献   

Unusual Ca-rich formation-waters from Devonian-aged aquifers in western Canada: Implications for seawater chemistry     

Ben J. Rostron 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》2009

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Angular momentum transport and disc morphology in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of galaxy formation     

Tobias Kaufmann  Lucio Mayer  James Wadsley  Joachim Stadel  Ben Moore 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,375(1):53-67

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Genetic structure of the tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis in NW Scottish sea lochs          下载免费PDF全文

Erin P. Wright  Kirsty Kemp  Alex D. Rogers  Chris Yesson 《Marine Ecology》2015,36(3):659-667

The tall sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis has a patchy distribution around the UK, being found in sheltered waters below 20 m depth on the northwest coast of Scotland and Ireland. The limited distribution and sensitivity to bottom fishing activities make F. quadrangularis vulnerable to reduction in population numbers that may lead to genetic isolation and reduced diversity. Because of this vulnerability and low resilience to physical disturbance, the tall sea pen is recognised as a Species of Principle Importance under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act, 2006, UK. ( http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/contents ) and is also on the Biodiversity Action Plan list of Priority Species for the UK. In the Mediterranean it is recognised as a sensitive and essential fish habitat because it forms habitat for several commercially important crustaceans. The aim of this study was to understand the current state of the genetic structure and gene flow of F. quadrangularis in areas of NW Scotland. We developed 10 microsatellite markers and used them to genotype 176 samples from four populations. Overall, our results suggest that there is high genetic diversity and high gene flow between colonies of F. quadrangularis in and among locations in Loch Linnhe and Loch Duich. As a result of the high rates of gene flow, genetic differentiation between sites was low. This may provide resilience to human impacts if distant populations have a high connectivity. However, care must be taken, as small but significant isolation by distance was found between the most geographically distant sites and only a small part of the species range was examined in this study. The genetic tools developed here will provide a foundation for wider studies of this vulnerable species.  相似文献   

Temporal and spatial zonation of macroepiphytes on Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile leaves in a meadow off Tunisia          下载免费PDF全文

Lotfi Mabrouk  Mounir Ben Brahim  Asma Hamza  Med‐Najmeddine Bradai 《Marine Ecology》2015,36(1):77-92

The aim of this survey was to study the cover and the composition of macroepiphytic species on the leaves of Posidonia oceanica in the east of Tunisia. Surveys were conducted in December 2009 (winter period), March (spring period) and August 2010 (summer period) in a fringing reef located in Chebba. At each sampling date, 15 adult leaves were randomly collected and divided into basal and apical parts. The inner face of each part was examined with ocular glasses and microscope to estimate species cover by orthogonal projection. PERMANOVA and ANOSIM were used to test for differences of cover between sampling dates and leaf parts. SIMPER, cluster analysis, and PCA were used to ordinate species assemblages. Comparison of epiphytic cover along leaf blades showed significant differences for all groups, except cyanophycea, with high cover of hydrozoans and bryozoans in the basal part and high cover of algae in the apical part. The species composition and cover also vary with sampling date; minimum values were detected in December and the epiphytic community was composed of a few pioneer species, whereas maximum epiphytic cover values were registered in August, with the epiphytic community being composed of a more mature and more diverse community, termed ‘climax’. The main regulatory factors for this distribution are discussed.  相似文献   

吉南地区万隆组燧石相微生物化石及其古环境意义     

张德军  刘鹏举  尚晓冬  杨犇 《地质学报》2023,97(12):4006-4019

拉伸纪作为承接中元古代蓝菌时代以及成冰纪生物锐减的关键地质历史时期,是探索早期生命与环境演化最重要的时期之一。吉林南部地区地处华北板块东北缘,拉伸系发育完整、出露全,在燧石条带、燧石结核和泥页岩中富含微生物化石,是开展拉伸纪古生物学、生物地层学和古环境研究的理想地区。本次工作利用岩石切片法在吉林南部二道江地区万隆组顶部燧石中发现微生物化石6属9种,其中丝状蓝菌1属4种Siphonophycus robustum,S.typicum,S.kestron,S.solidum;球状蓝菌3属3种Eoentophysalis belcherensis,Gloeodiniopsis lamellosa,Scissilisphaera bistratosa;分类位置未定2属2种Glenobotrydion majorinum,Globophycus rugosum。这些微体化石的发现为开展万隆组古环境分析及生物地层对比研究提供了新的素材。研究显示,万隆组燧石相微生物组合以发育管鞘藻席(Siphonophycus mat)为主要特征,丝状蓝菌呈横向展布,长可达400μm以上,显示原地或近原地埋藏的特点...  相似文献