Phytoplankton life cycle transformations lead to species-specific effects on sediment processes in the Baltic Sea     

Kristian Spilling  Magnus Lindstrm 《Continental Shelf Research》2008,28(17):2488-2495

In order to study the sediment response to different addition of organic matter, we added cultures of the dinoflagellates Scrippsiella hangoei and Woloszynskia halophila and the diatom Pauliella taeniata to aquaria containing natural sediment. The biomass added was 1550–3260 mg C m⁻², and in the control, no biomass was added (n=3). Oxygen profiles at the sediment–water interface and inorganic nutrients in the near bottom water were determined once a week. In the additions of P. taeniata and W. halophila the sediment quickly became anoxic, and subsequently there was a flux of >1 mmol PO₄³⁻ m⁻² d⁻¹ out of the sediment in these treatments. The majority of the released P came from P stored in the sediment and not from the organic phosphorus added. The result was very different for the S. hangoei addition. This species underwent a life cycle change to form temporary cysts. During this process there was a net uptake of nutrients. After the formation of cysts the concentration of inorganic nutrient was similar to that of the control. Cysts generally survive for long periods in the sediment (months to years) before germinating, but can also be permanently buried in the sediment. The novel idea presented here is that the phytoplankton composition may directly affect sediment processes such as oxygen consumption and phosphorus release, through species-specific life cycle changes and yields of resting stages produced prior to sedimentation. This can be an important aspect of nutrient cycling in eutrophic waters, like the Baltic Sea, where there is large year-to-year difference in the amount of resting stages settling at the sea floor, mainly due to differences in abundance of diatoms and dinoflagellates during the spring bloom. If yields of resting stages change, e.g. due to changes in the phytoplankton community, it may lead to alterations in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients.  相似文献   

浏阳永和磷矿沉积环境与成矿机理   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

游国君  张祖圻 《湖南地质》2000,19(2):90-94,116

永和磷矿的磷质主要来自南华洋前湘锰期的海底火山活动 ,上升洋流是磷质运移的主要营力。根据本区的 2个冰海—含磷建造的旋回组合特征 ,本文提出了“冰期磷质储集库”的新解说 ,揭示了“大冰期成磷说”的内涵机理。  相似文献   

洞穴石笋沉积速率研究中值得注意的几个问题   总被引：12，自引：5，他引：7  

林玉石  张美良  覃嘉铭 《中国岩溶》2001,20(2):131-136

众多大型石笋纵剖面观测、测年和纹层沉积计率(沉积速率计算)表明,速率差异是石笋沉积特征的重要数据,也是古气候环变化的重要反映,但以往诸多资料不好引用、无从对比。通过筛选石笋的全(正)心纵剖面,沿纹层轴(中)部采样,测年值和计率可信度大,具时空对比意义。为提高精度和分辨率,提倡按石笋沉积特征段,特别是纹层组测年计率。   相似文献   

EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION PROBLEMS IN SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES     

Bingnan LIN  Deyi WU  Zhide ZHOU 《国际泥沙研究》2000,(4)

1 INTRODUCTIONFrom 1989 to 1993, as project managers of the UNDP/UNESCO project entitled Regional TrainingProgramme on Erosion and Sedimentation for Asia, the writers had the privilege of meeting manyoutstanding hydraulic engineers of this region and came to learn of some important erosion andsedimentation problems thereof. Some issues as noted by the writers are presented in the followingalong the some comments. These issues are mainly concerned with rivers. It should be stated tha…  相似文献   

Tectonic development of the Mid-Norway continental margin     

Christian Bukovics  Peter A. Ziegler 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》1985,2(1):2-22

The area reviewed covers the Mid-Norway continental margin between latitudes 62°N and 68°N. Main structural elements, as defined at the base Cretaceous level, are the Tröndelag Platform, underlying the inner shelf, the Möre and Vöring Basins, located beneath the outer shelf and slope, and the Möre Platform and the Outer Vöring Plateau, forming a base of slope trend of highs. Sediments contained in the Mid-Norway Basin range in age from Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic. The basement was consolidated during the Caledonian orogenic cycle. Devonian and Early Carboniferous wrench movements along the axis of the Arctic-North Atlantic Caledonides are thought to have preceded the Namurian onset of crustal extension. Rifting processes were intermittently active for some 270 My until crustal separation between Greenland and Fennoscandia was achieved during the Early Eocene. During the evolution of the Norwegian-Greenland Sea rift system a stepwise concentration of tectonic activities to its axial zone (the area of subsequent continental separation) is observed. During the Late Palaeozoic to Mid-Jurassic a broad zone was affected by tensional faulting. During the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous the Tröndelag Platform was little affected by faulting whilst major rift systems in the Möre and Vöring Basins subsided rapidly and their shoulders became concomitantly upwarped. During the latest Cretaceous and Early Palaeogene terminal rifting phase only the western Möre and Vöring Basins were affected by intrusive and extrusive igneous activity. Following the Early Eocene crustal separation and the onset of sea floor spreading in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea, the Vöring segment of the Mid-Norway marginal basin subsided less rapidly than the Möre segment. During the Early and Mid Tertiary, minor compressional deformations affected the Vöring Basin and to a lesser degree the Möre Basin. Tensional forces dominated the Late Palaeozoic to Early Cenozoic evolution of the Mid-Norway Basin and effected strain mainly in the area where the crust was weakened by the previous lateral displacements. The lithosphere thinned progressively and the effects of the passively upwelling hot asthenospheric material became more pronounced. Massive dyke invasion of the thinned crust preceded its rupture.  相似文献   

A stochastic model of sedimentation     

Richard Thompson 《Mathematical Geology》1984,16(8):753-778

A mathematical model is presented which describes the origin of the earth's geological record in terms of a stochastic process involving random events of sedimentation and erosion. The model yields quantitative predictions of the percentages of the earth's land area in which sediments of one geological period directly overlie those of any given earlier period. It also predicts the total amount of sediment dating from each geological period, and the percentage of the earth's surface marked by outcrops of this sediment. These computed quantities are shown to correlate well with corresponding quantities derived from empirical investigation.  相似文献   

Predicting cumulative sediment depostition in large reservoirs     

R. M. Phatarfod  T. E. Unny  K. Ponnambalam 《Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics》1990,4(3):241-251

Sediment deposition and its accumulation in a large resorvoir depends on the inflow and reservoir storage content, respectively. Because of this fact it is possible to model the cumulative deposition of sediment as an additive process defined on a bivariate Markov chain. Using the bivariate Markov chain model the mean and variance of the cumulative deposition of John Martin Reservoir, Colorado, U.S.A. are estimated and compared with observed sedimentation data.  相似文献   

THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON FLOOD CONTROL IN THE HUAIHE BASIN     

Hugen ZhU Associate Prof  Dept. Of Civil Eng.  Hefei University of Technology  Hefei  China Zhaoyin WANG Prof  Dr. International Research  Training Center on Erosion  Sedimentation  P.O. Box  Beijing China Dieter PRINZ Prof. 《国际泥沙研究》1997,(3)

LIN~DUCnONTheHuaiheBasinislOCatedbetWeen31"-36"llorthemlahtudeand112"-121"easternlongitude,andcoversatotalareaofabout269,000sq.kin,OfwhichthemountainousandhillyareasocCUPyl/3,theplainsandlow-iringland2/3.ThebasinelicitSsalientphysicalgeographicalfeatllTesasfollowsf(l)Thereisnoobviousmountaindividebe~ntheWatershedoftheriVerandtheYellowforerBasinaswellastheYangtZeRadBasin.MostofthetributariesinthenoalbudoftheHuaiheforertakethesouthdikesOftheYellowherasthedivide.(2)TheriVerbedofthetr…  相似文献   

太湖现代沉积物中磷的沉积通量及空间差异性   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

朱广伟  秦伯强  高光 《海洋与湖沼》2007,38(4):329-335

在水文状况、水质状况、生态类型均显著不同的三个太湖典型湖区, 利用^210Pb定年测定了近百年来沉积物及磷的沉积通量.结果发现, 三个湖区磷的沉积通量及其变化规律相差很大.发生蓝藻水华暴发的梅梁湾近百年来沉积物和磷的沉积通量都比较小, 只是在近十几年来才有明显增加的趋势; 太湖上游的夹浦沉积物沉积速率近百年来持续增加, 只有表层有所下降, 但表层12cm沉积物中磷的沉积通量却显著下降; 处于太湖下游草型化的胥口湾湖区, 在20世纪60年代以前沉积物沉积通量呈增加趋势, 之后呈下降趋势, 磷的沉积通量则呈振荡下降趋势.研究表明, 太湖沉积物中磷的累积通量具有明显的空间异质性.  相似文献   

西菲律宾海晚第四纪沉积地球化学特征   总被引：7，自引：3，他引：7  

石学法  陈丽蓉 《海洋与湖沼》1995,26(2):124-131

对１９８８对取自西菲律宾海区的３个沉积物柱样进行系统的地球化学研究。结果表明，本区的沉积物属半远洋沉积物，其地球化学特征受控于陆源沉积作用、海洋生物沉积作用和海底火山常积作用。据主要化学元素和ＣａＣＯ５的柱状变化进行地层划分和古气候的恢复，区分出末次冰期的亚间冰期沉积、冰期最盛期沉积和全新世沉积。本区的ＣａＣＯ３变化表现出两种类型，ＷＰ１柱样属大西洋型溶解旋回；ＷＰ２和ＷＰ４０柱样属太平洋型溶解旋  相似文献