The Effect of Macrofauna on Porewater Profiles and Nutrient Fluxes in the Intertidal Zone of the Humber Estuary   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

R. J. G. Mortimer  J. T. Davey  M. D. Krom  P. G. Watson  P. E. Frickers  R. J. Clifton 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》1999,48(6):683

Macrofauna, nutrient fluxes, porewater chemistry and sediment characteristics were measured at six intertidal mudflat sites in the Humber Estuary, U.K., during the different seasons. Nereis diversicolor , Macoma balthica and Corophium volutator were found to be the dominant macrofauna. Salinity was the baseline control on macrofauna distribution but this was overprinted by periodic impoverishment due to sediment mobilization. High resolution gel probe porewater samplers provided direct evidence for the impact of burrows on porewater chemistry. The macrofauna modified nutrient fluxes during periods of mud flat stability. Nereis caused a decrease in silicate and phosphate effluxes but enhanced ammonia release and nitrate uptake. Macoma enhanced ammonia and nitrite release. The impact of Corophium was not possible to discern. The Humber is a large, highly dynamic macrotidal estuary in which sediment resuspension has a large impact on porewater profiles, nutrient fluxes and macrofaunal communities. Simple patterns and inter-relationships which are seen in small sheltered estuaries are not observed in the Humber.  相似文献   

Effects of changing climate on ice cover in three morphometrically different lakes   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

Madeline R. Magee  Chin H. Wu 《水文研究》2017,31(2):308-323

A one‐dimensional hydrodynamic lake model (DYRESM‐WQ‐I) is employed to simulate ice cover and water temperatures over the period 1911–2014. The effects of climate changes (air temperature and wind speed) on ice cover (ice‐on, ice‐off, ice cover duration, and maximum ice thickness) are modeled and compared for the three different morphometry lakes: Fish Lake, Lake Wingra, and Lake Mendota, located in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. It is found that the ice cover period has decreased due to later ice‐on dates and earlier ice‐off dates, and the annual maximum ice cover thickness has decreased for the three lakes during the last century. Based upon simulated perturbations of daily mean air temperatures across the range of ?10°C to +10°C of historical values, Fish Lake has the most occurrences of no ice cover and Lake Wingra still remains ice covered under extreme conditions (+10°C). Overall, shallower lakes with larger surface areas appear more resilient to ice cover changes caused by climate changes.  相似文献   

Wetland Loss Patterns and Inundation-Productivity Relationships Prognosticate Widespread Salt Marsh Loss for Southern New England     

Elizabeth Burke Watson  Cathleen Wigand  Earl W. Davey  Holly M. Andrews  Joseph Bishop  Kenneth B. Raposa 《Estuaries and Coasts》2017,40(3):662-681

Tidal salt marsh is a key defense against, yet is especially vulnerable to, the effects of accelerated sea level rise. To determine whether salt marshes in southern New England will be stable given increasing inundation over the coming decades, we examined current loss patterns, inundation-productivity feedbacks, and sustaining processes. A multi-decadal analysis of salt marsh aerial extent using historic imagery and maps revealed that salt marsh vegetation loss is both widespread and accelerating, with vegetation loss rates over the past four decades summing to 17.3 %. Landward retreat of the marsh edge, widening and headward expansion of tidal channel networks, loss of marsh islands, and the development and enlargement of interior depressions found on the marsh platform contributed to vegetation loss. Inundation due to sea level rise is strongly suggested as a primary driver: vegetation loss rates were significantly negatively correlated with marsh elevation (r ²?=?0.96; p?=?0.0038), with marshes situated below mean high water (MHW) experiencing greater declines than marshes sitting well above MHW. Growth experiments with Spartina alterniflora, the Atlantic salt marsh ecosystem dominant, across a range of elevations and inundation regimes further established that greater inundation decreases belowground biomass production of S. alterniflora and, thus, negatively impacts organic matter accumulation. These results suggest that southern New England salt marshes are already experiencing deterioration and fragmentation in response to sea level rise and may not be stable as tidal flooding increases in the future.  相似文献   

Paramater regimes for studying isolated eddies     

Peter D. Killworth  Michael K. Davey 《地球物理与天体物理流体动力学》2013,107(4):225-264

Abstract

The parameter ranges relevant to propagating oceanic eddies are explored with a view to simplifying the equation sets previously used to simulate such eddies. The reduced gravity shallow-water model is used as a starting point. We consider eddies whose width is of the same order as, or somewhat larger than, the Rossby deformation radius. Two model equations emerge from these scalings, both permitting modon solutions and easy numerical integration. Both, too, give fair simulations of the shallow-water model, but disagree in details.

Using another approach, an ad hoc vortex model is used to predict the path of an eddy. This also gives a fair but not perfect simulation of the one-layer results. It appears that the only ideal way to reproduce primitive equation results accurately is to use the primitive equations themselves.  相似文献   

Trophic Resource Overlap Between Small Elasmobranchs and Sympatric Teleosts in Mid-Atlantic Bight Nearshore Habitats     

Ryan Jordan Woodland  David H. Secor  Madeline E. Wedge 《Estuaries and Coasts》2011,34(2):391-404

Small, abundant elasmobranchs use shallow marine areas (<20 m depth) of the US Middle Atlantic coast as nurseries and adult foraging habitat, an area also used by a diverse assemblage of economically important juvenile and adult teleost species. Specimens of three small elasmobranch species (smooth dogfish Mustelus canis, clearnose skate Raja eglanteria, and bullnose ray Myliobatis freminvillii) were collected in August 2007 and 2008 from a study area of ∼150 km², extending 22 km south from Ocean City, Maryland, USA (38° 19′ N) and offshore from 5- to 20-m depth. Stomach contents indicated that fish were part of the diets of smooth dogfish and clearnose skate at a level comparable with sympatric piscivorous teleosts. However, stable isotope data suggest that piscivory is likely an opportunistic foraging behavior in this habitat. Studied elasmobranchs were secondary-tertiary consumers with diets composed primarily of decapod crustaceans, fish, and mollusks. There was significant overlap in diet composition, spatial distribution, and diel stomach fullness patterns between clearnose skate, southern kingfish Menticirrhus americanus (teleost) and, to a lesser extent, smooth dogfish. Despite this evidence for piscivory, their relatively low densities suggest that predation by these elasmobranchs is unlikely to affect teleost populations in shallow coastal ocean habitats. If shared prey were to become scarce, then competitive interactions are possible.  相似文献   

Backmixing in industrial flotation banks. 2. Effect upon metallurgical performance     

J.A. Frew  K.J. Davey 《International Journal of Mineral Processing》1985,15(4):239-250

Liquid-tracer measurements in industrial flotation banks have indicated extensive backmixing between adjacent cells in those banks where there are no weirs between the individual cells. The effect that this backmixing has upon metallurgical performance is examined for both rougher-scavenger and recleaner banks in an industrial zinc circuit. The main effects are decreased recovery of valuable mineral and increased concentrate flows from the later cells in the bank. These effects are more detrimental to the performance of the rougher-scavenger bank than that of the recleaner bank.The performance of a bank in the presence of backmixing is measured by detailed sampling at steady state. This is compared with estimates of its performance without backmixing provided by simulations using a first-order flotation rate model with rate coefficients determined from plant sampling.  相似文献   

合浦珠母贝代谢产物对异枝麒麟菜生长的促进作用   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：3  

吴汪黔生  钱培元  高洪峰  丁美丽  吴超元  谢玉坎  张偲 《海洋与湖沼》1997,28(5):453-457

于１９９５年４月间在海南省三亚市、陵水县分别采集合浦珠母贝和异枝麒麟菜并进行混养实验，测定贝释放的三氮（ＮＨ４－Ｎ，ＮＯ３－Ｎ，ＮＯ２－Ｎ）以及藻类对贝释放的三氮的吸收及其生长，在期探讨合浦珠母贝代谢产物促进异枝麒麟菜生长的原因。结果表明，贝释放物中以ＮＨ４－Ｎ为主，ＮＯ３－Ｎ次之，ＮＯ２－Ｎ含量较少；藻对三氮的吸收 依此顺序递减。实验组藻体的生长速率明显高于对照组的，在模拟实验组中，通过加入无机  相似文献   

The Virtual Solar Observatory—A Resource for International Heliophysics Research     

Frank Hill  Piet Martens  Keji Yoshimura  Joseph Gurman  Joseph Hourclé  George Dimitoglou  Igor Suárez-Solá  Steve Wampler  Kevin Reardon  Alisdair Davey  Richard S. Bogart  Karen Q. Tian 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2009,104(1-4):315-330

The Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO) has been developed to allow researchers, educators, and the general public to access data and images from the major sources of on-line solar data. The VSO substantially reduces the effort required to locate disparate data sets, and removes the need for the user to locate the data and learn multiple interfaces. The VSO provides a single interface to about 60 geographically distributed data sets including space- and ground-based sources. These data sets incorporate several physical variables including magnetic field, intensity, Doppler velocity, etc., and all wavelengths from X-ray to radio. All layers of the sun, from the interior to the corona, are included. In this paper we describe the system and present the interface that the user will encounter. We also discuss future enhancements planned for the system.  相似文献   

Bouguer Anomaly Map of the North Celtic Sea and Entrance to the Bristol Channel     

F. J. Davey 《Geophysical Journal International》1971,22(3):277-282

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Effects of reservoir stratification and watershed hydrology on manganese and iron in a dam‐regulated river          下载免费PDF全文

Zackary W. Munger  Thomas D. Shahady  Madeline E. Schreiber 《水文研究》2017,31(8):1622-1635

The presence of metals, including manganese (Mn) and iron (Fe), adversely impacts water quality. In seasonally stratified reservoirs, Mn and Fe can accumulate in the water column due to reducing conditions in sediments and be released to downstream rivers through dam discharge. In addition to reservoir stratification influences, the release of metals downstream is influenced by hydrologic conditions in the river. We examined the seasonal and spatial variability of Mn and Fe concentrations in a eutrophic, hydropower reservoir and the downstream river over a two‐year period. Overall, we found that reservoir stratification was a strong predictor of tailrace Mn and Fe concentrations but that tailrace Fe concentrations were also influenced by dam discharge. Downgradient of the tailrace, river discharge and suspended sediment were the dominant predictors of both Mn and Fe concentrations. Using our data, we develop a conceptual model of seasonal and hydrologic drivers of metal concentrations. The model can be modified for other systems aiding drinking water utilities and other water users in forecasting under what seasonal and hydrologic conditions that Mn and Fe concentrations in river systems are likely to be elevated.  相似文献