Abundance of the introduced seastar, Asterias amurensis, and spatial variability in soft sediment assemblages in SE Tasmania: Clear correlations but complex interpretation     

D. Jeff Ross  Craig R. Johnson  Chad L. Hewitt   《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2006,67(4):695-707

The northern Pacific seastar, Asterias amurensis, was first collected in southeast Tasmania in 1986. Mistaken for the endemic asteroid Uniophora granifera, its true identity was not realised until 1992. It is now a conspicuous predator in soft sediment habitats in this region, and is considered a major threat to native assemblages and commercial species. We examined the structure of soft sediment assemblages at different spatial scales in southeast Tasmania, and correlated spatial variation in community composition with seastar abundances. We found that the structure of soft sediment assemblages is highly variable at a range of spatial scales from metres to tens of kilometres. Clear differences in the composition of assemblages and abundances of major taxa were detected between areas with and without seastars and between areas with low and high seastar densities. However, the nature of these patterns suggests that they are more likely due to differences in sediment characteristics than due to impacts of the seastar. Thus, spatial differences in soft sediment assemblages might have been erroneously attributed to seastars without detailed information on important physical factors such as sediment characteristics. A second survey, using larger sampling units (1 m²) but across a more limited spatial extent, targeted bivalves and heart urchins that were identified as important prey of the seastar in observations of feeding and in experimental studies. Large-scale patterns of abundance and size structure were consistent with seastar effects anticipated from small-scale experimental and feeding studies for some, but not all, species. While the field survey ultimately provided evidence about the presence or absence of seastar impacts at large-scales, the identification of key ecological variables in experimental and feeding studies proved crucial to both the design and interpretation of patterns observed in the large-scale surveys. Overall, this work highlighted the necessity to consider multiple lines of evidence rather than relying on a single ‘inferential’ test, in the absence of pre-impact data.  相似文献   

Habitat characteristics and spatial arrangement affecting the diversity of fish and decapod assemblages of seagrass (Zostera marina) beds around the coast of Jersey (English Channel)     

Emma L. Jackson  Martin J. Attrill  Malcolm B. Jones 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2006,68(3-4):421

Recent research and management plans for seagrass habitats have called for landscape level approaches. The present study examines the spatial utilisation of subtidal seagrass beds by fish and decapods around the coast of Jersey (49°N 02° W). A hierarchical scale of landscape configuration and the plant characteristics of eight seagrass beds were measured and the contributions of these variables as predictors of the properties of the fish and decapod assemblages were evaluated using multiple linear regression models. The results indicated that total diversity had a negative relationship with transect heterogeneity and total species number had a weak negative association with increasing fragmentation. Both total diversity and total species number showed a positive relationship with depth. In fact, in all models of species number and densities, values were higher in deeper seagrass beds. Total decapod density increased with aggregation of seagrass patches within a landscape. In addition to landscape configuration, smaller-scale structural changes in both canopy height and epiphyte load appeared to influence densities of decapod crustaceans. At night, fewer patterns could be explained by the independent variables in the model.  相似文献   

中国海区区域地质编图中重磁图的编制方法     

张训华 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》1994,14(4):95-100

本文简要介绍了局控项目《中国海区１∶５０万区域地质编图（大连幅）》重力异常图、磁力异常图的编制过程，给出了一种以计算机为手段、实现编图自动化的新方法，并分析了该方法与以往编图方法的不同和优点，以国际分幅在中国海区开展区域地质编图尚属首次，在既无海区地质调查规范，又无海区地质调查编图规范的情况下，这一工作无异具有开创性。从理论上系统总结出一套切实可行的编图方法，对于编制中国海区区域地质调查编图规范以  相似文献   

走航测深数据的自动采集     

陈汉权  蔡淇松  林民森 《热带海洋学报》1991,(4)

本文介绍应用IBM微机实现走航实时水深及定位数据的自动采集系统。给出了联机系统方框图及采集、传送数据的程序流程图。并对IBM-PC/XT微机与测深仪之间的接口、数码转换和数据处理作了简要的叙述。  相似文献   

北太平洋宽吻海豚正常生理指标数值的算法     

陈艳  王文琪  徐申波  李建 《海洋科学》2003,27(12):7-9

连续5年对青岛海豚表演馆中北太平洋宽吻海豚(Tursiops gille Dall)进行现场实验和行为学研究，获取了大量的生理指标数据，运用不同的分析和计算方法对所得数据进行了筛选、剔除及处理，确立了海豚各生理指标的正常闽值和范围确定的方法，从而为准确了解海豚机体的生理状况、疾病诊断及治疗奠定了基础。  相似文献   

关于胶莱盆地东南缘基性火山熔岩喷发时代上限的讨论          下载免费PDF全文

赵广涛  曹钦臣  冯叶  李巍然 《海洋科学》1993,17(6):64-66

首次对采自青岛即墨WN部两个深钻孔中新鲜玄武岩样品进行Rb-Sr同位素测年,测定年龄值为65.77±13.6Ma。认为该年龄值代表了胶莱盆地东南缘基性火山熔岩喷发的时代上限,对于整个胶莱盆地中基性火山岩的划分和对比具重要的年代学意义。  相似文献   

埕岛油田数据基础重组及开发应用     

孔庆慈  于定勇 《海岸工程》2003,22(1):32-40

从数据管理及后期应用的角度提出了数据平台的要领，讨论了该数据平台的物理结构、逻辑结构，在分类与组织的基础上给出了相应的数据字典。同时，还基于该平台探讨了测井曲线库及图形库的建设方法，并实现了具体功能。  相似文献   

自动海洋站数据接收与处理软件的功能及特点     

彭伟  张翼飞 《海洋技术学报》2001,20(1):62-64

采集设备采集数据发送到值班PC机，在无人干预的情况下接收处理软件自动对数据进行回放和进一步处理，为用户提供数据产品和服务，并提供一个界面，使用户能够了解系统的运行状况，获得相关数据和状态参数。  相似文献   

Accuracy and precision of fish-count data from a "dual-frequency identification sonar" (DIDSON) imaging system     

Holmes  John A.; Cronkite  George M.W.; Enzenhofer  Hermann J.; Mulligan  Timothy J. 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2006,63(3):543-555

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Estimation of gillnet and hook selectivity using log-linear models   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

Millar  Russell B.; Holst  Rene 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1997,54(3):471-477

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