Decadal-Scale Climate and Ecosystem Interactions in the North Pacific Ocean   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Arthur J. Miller  Fei Chai  Sanae Chiba  John R. Moisan  Douglas J. Neilson 《Journal of Oceanography》2004,60(1):163-188

Decadal-scale climate variations in the Pacific Ocean wield a strong influence on the oceanic ecosystem. Two dominant patterns of large-scale SST variability and one dominant pattern of large-scale thermocline variability can be explained as a forced oceanic response to large-scale changes in the Aleutian Low. The physical mechanisms that generate this decadal variability are still unclear, but stochastic atmospheric forcing of the ocean combined with atmospheric teleconnections from the tropics to the midlatitudes and some weak ocean-atmosphere feedbacks processes are the most plausible explanation. These observed physical variations organize the oceanic ecosystem response through large-scale basin-wide forcings that exert distinct local influences through many different processes. The regional ecosystem impacts of these local processes are discussed for the Tropical Pacific, the Central North Pacific, the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, and the California Current System regions in the context of the observed decadal climate variability. The physical ocean-atmosphere system and the oceanic ecosystem interact through many different processes. These include physical forcing of the ecosystem by changes in solar fluxes, ocean temperature, horizontal current advection, vertical mixing and upwelling, freshwater fluxes, and sea ice. These also include oceanic ecosystem forcing of the climate by attenuation of solar energy by phytoplankton absorption and atmospheric aerosol production by phytoplankton DMS fluxes. A more complete understanding of the complicated feedback processes controlling decadal variability, ocean ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycling requires a concerted and organized long-term observational and modeling effort. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

The rise of seafood awareness campaigns in an era of collapsing fisheries     

Jennifer L. Jacquet  Daniel Pauly 《Marine Policy》2007

The human appetite for seafood has intensified and so has overfishing and damage to marine ecosystems. Recently, the response to the fisheries crisis has included a considerable effort directed toward raising the seafood awareness of consumers in North America and Europe. The resulting campaigns aim to affect the seafood demand and to lead to a sustainable seafood supply. Though there are indicators of some regional successes, lack of support by the Asian market and the proliferation of self-serving seafood labels are but two of the many significant limitations of these campaigns. This contribution investigates the difficulties and successes of seafood awareness campaigns, as well as the need for indicators of campaign effectiveness.  相似文献   

海洋生态系统中放射性核素转移的数值模拟   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

苏柯 《海洋科学》2007,31(10):51-54

在西大亚湾海域浓度场分布的基础上,用库室模型分析的观点建立了海洋生态系统库室模型,采用浓集因子法建立了相应的线性方程组,对放射性核素在浮游植物、浮游动物、软体动物、甲壳动物、鱼类以及沉积物中的迁移进行数值模拟。数值模拟结果从一定程度上反映了核电站液态排放对海洋生态系统影响的规律。这为预测核电站废水排放对海洋生态系统的影响提供了一套有价值的参考模型及软件。  相似文献   

A review of geochemical background concepts and an example using data from Poland   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

Agnieszka Gałuszka 《Environmental Geology》2007,52(5):861-870

One of the most crucial issues of recent environmental sciences is the topic of background concentrations of elements and organic compounds in various abiotic and biotic systems. The relationship between natural and anthropogenically altered concentrations of chemical species is a question that involves many implications in the geosciences, environmental and biological sciences, toxicology, and other related disciplines. This is especially important when interpreting geochemical and biogeochemical anomalies of toxic elements and/or organic compounds in various media. To better understand the potential impact of hazardous substances in the environment, we must become more familiar with their spatial and temporal distribution and with their behavior under different physico-chemical and biotic conditions. This review presents an assessment of the geochemical background concept as used by various authors. Different assumptions and approaches to this topic are presented, including direct, statistical, and integrated methods. Based on the results derived from geochemical and biogeochemical studies performed in selected forest ecosystems of Poland, an integrated method is presented. As a consequence of data processing, a normal distribution of data points was obtained using an iterative 2σ-technique. This method of estimating geochemical background is feasible and can be used for setting environmental quality standards or for studying the impact of anthropogenic pollution sources on the environment.  相似文献   

中国东部南北样带森林生态系统蒸腾与蒸散比值（T/ET）时空变化   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

任小丽  路倩倩  何洪林  张黎  牛忠恩 《地理学报》2019,74(1):63-75

植被蒸腾与蒸散的比值（transpiration/evapotranspiration, T/ET）表征了植被蒸腾对生态系统蒸散的贡献率,是准确量化生态系统水分利用效率的关键参数,对研究植被水分运移的生理生态机理以及碳水循环关系具有重要意义。基于站点数据验证PT-JPL模型（Priestly-Taylor Jet Propulsion Laboratory Model）模拟精度,集成遥感数据和气象栅格数据模拟中国东部南北样带森林生态系统2001-2010年T/ET,并分析其时空变化及影响因子。结果表明：① PT-JPL模型适用于中国东部森林生态系统蒸散及其组分模拟,具有较高的稳定性和可靠性;② 中国东部南北样带森林生态系统T/ET空间差异显著,整体呈南部低、北部高,主要由夏季T/ET空间格局主导;样带整体T/ET均值为0.69,2001-2010年呈显著缓慢上升趋势,增幅为0.007/yr（p < 0.01）;③ T/ET季节和年际变异的主控因子不同：温度和EVI是影响T/ET季节变异的关键因子,两者均可解释T/ET季节变异的90%左右（p < 0.01）;而T/ET的年际变异则主要受EVI影响,解释率为53%（p < 0.05）。  相似文献   

2000-2010年新疆陆地生态系统变化格局与分析     

袁烨城  刘海江  李宝林  高锡章  许丽丽  董贵华 《地球信息科学学报》2015,17(3):300-308

本文以Landsat TM/ETM+数据和HJ-1卫星CCD数据,系统分析了2000-2010年新疆地区陆地生态系统变化。10年间,新疆地区建设用地、农田和湿地生态系统迅速扩张,分别增加了30.5%、26.7%和10.2%;草地与灌丛生态系统则大量减少,分别减少了2.4%和5.1%;冰川积雪减少也较为明显,减少了1.6%;荒漠和森林生态系统变化较小。生态系统变化热点区域主要分布在传统绿洲区,尤其是天山南北麓的绿洲区。水利设施改善与灌溉节水技术进步,以及国家西部开发战略导致灌草地被大量开垦为农田,人口增长则是建设用地增加的主因;全球气候变暖使冰川积雪减少明显,20世纪60年代至今面积减少了16.7%~32.5%,导致山区湿地生态系统增加;国家生态环境保护工程则有效地遏制了林地与荒漠生态系统的恶化趋势。山地水源涵养区除了要严格控制森林砍伐外,还要严格禁止灌草的开垦,控制绿洲农田的增加和重视生态过渡带的保护,并加强全球气候变化对新疆水资源影响的研究,以制定相关对策。  相似文献   

Probable effects of heat advection on the adjacent environment during oil production at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska     

Stuart A. Harris 《寒旱区科学》2016,8(6):451-460

The latest available data for mean annual air temperature at sites away from the Arctic coast in both Alaska and the Yukon Territory show no significant warming in the last 30~50 years. However, around the Arctic coast of northwest North America centered on Prudhoe Bay, the weather stations show significant warming of both the air and the ocean water, resulting in substantial losses in sea ice west of Prudhoe Bay. These changes appeared shortly after the commencement of shipment of oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1977, but have now reached a quasi-stable thermal state. Since more than 17 trillion barrels of oil have passed through the pipeline after being cooled by the adjacent air, which in turn, can then result in the melting of the adjacent sea ice, there appears to be a very strong relationship between these events, and a marked lack of correlation with the changes of the content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This contrasts with the IPCC interpretation of the available climatic data, which assumes that the maximum climatic warming at Prudhoe Bay is typical of the entire region and is the result of increasing greenhouse gases. Engineers need to consider heat advection by oil or gas from underground when designing pipeline facilities, and to take account of the potential environmental consequences that they may cause.  相似文献   

What is groundwater and what does this mean to fauna? - An opinion     

Susanne I. Schmidt  Hans Jürgen Hahn 《Limnologica》2012,42(1):1-6

Many subsurface waters are considered groundwater but are influenced in shallow depths by hyporheic, parafluvial and/or soil interception water to such a degree that groundwater fauna (stygofauna) communities may be significantly altered. Recharge, even if spatially and temporally distinct, delivers input of dissolved oxygen, organic matter (OM), and nutrients that caters sustainably for ubiquists such as stygophiles and hyporheic fauna, but renders the life of uncompetitive stygobites difficult or impossible. The impact of recharge at shallow groundwater thus needs to be taken into account when determining groundwater fauna reference communities and when evaluating monitoring studies.One of the main characteristics of groundwater is low OM concentration. In contrast, high OM concentrations are typical of hyporheic or parafluvial waters, which are enriched by OM from the river, the riparian soils and from interflow, and which contribute significantly to river OM balance. Consequently, for ecological studies on subsurface waters, both the origin of the water and OM, and the intensity of surface water interactions should be considered. Here, we discuss how groundwater spatial and temporal heterogeneity translates into faunal distribution patterns. In terms of the origin of water and OM, and from an ecological point of view, we need to distinguish between (i) shallow groundwater characterized by infiltrating precipitation and soil recharge, (ii) shallow groundwater interacting with surface water bodies such as continuously flowing and ephemeral streams and rivers, and (iii) “old” groundwater which has no recent connections to the surface and is thus largely secluded from input of nutrients and carbon. Water in the first two groups is characterized by high amounts of OM of varying quality, while water in the third group is characterized by low amounts of low quality OM. Consequently, stygophiles dominate in groups 1 and 2, with hyporheic fauna taking up a considerable proportion in group 2, while stygobites only dominate in group 3. Thus, for studies aiming to assess impacts on groundwater, only sampling sites of the third group should be used for reference sites as these are the most likely sites to have little surface impact and a stygofauna representative of the deeper aquifer.  相似文献   

A cross-system analysis of sedimentary organic carbon in the mangrove ecosystems of Xuan Thuy National Park, Vietnam   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Nguyen Tai Tue  Nguyen Thi NgocTran Dang Quy  Hideki HamaokaMai Trong Nhuan  Koji Omori 《Journal of Sea Research》2012,67(1):69-76

A cross-system analysis of bulk sediment composition, total organic carbon (TOC), atomic C/N ratio, and carbon isotope composition (δ¹³C) in 82 surface sediment samples from natural and planted mangrove forests, bank and bottom of tidal creeks, tidal flat, and the subtidal habitat was conducted to examine the roles of mangroves in sedimentation and organic carbon (OC) accumulation processes, and to characterize sources of sedimentary OC of the mangrove ecosystem of Xuan Thuy National Park, Vietnam. Sediment grain sizes varied widely from 5.4 to 170.2 μm (mean 71.5 μm), with the fine sediment grain size fraction (< 63 μm) ranging from 11 to 99.3% (mean 72.5%). Bulk sediment composition suggested that mangroves play an important role in trapping fine sediments from river outflows and tidal water by the mechanisms of tidal current attenuation by vegetation and the ability of fine roots to bind sediments. The TOC content ranged from 0.08 to 2.18% (mean 0.78%), and was higher within mangrove forests compared to those of banks and bottoms of tidal creeks, tidal flat, and subtidal sediments. The sedimentary δ¹³C ranged from − 27.7 to − 20.4‰ (mean − 24.1‰), and mirrored the trend observed in TOC variation. The TOC and δ¹³C relationship showed that the factors of microbial remineralization and OC sources controlled the TOC pool of mangrove sediments. The comparison of δ¹³C and C/N ratio of sedimentary OC with those of mangrove and marine phytoplankton sources indicated that the sedimentary OC within mangrove forests and the subtidal habitat was mainly composed of mangrove and marine phytoplankton sources, respectively. The application of a simple mixing model showed that the mangrove contribution to sedimentary OC decreased as follows: natural mangrove forest > planted mangrove forest > tidal flat > creek bank > creek bottom > subtidal habitat.  相似文献   

Stability analysis of probabilistic soil moisture dynamics     

Jan M. Nordbotten 《Advances in water resources》2008

We study the dynamics of soil moisture in the presence of precipitation, evapotranspiration and leakage. This study utilizes a probabilistic framework, and considers the evolution of the probability density function of soil moisture. Our main objective is to assess when the stationary solution is a physically realizable state of the system. Mathematically, this is equivalent to analyzing when the stationary solutions are stable. We show the following main results: For a general rainfall and evapotranspiration model, in a multiple plant framework, the stationary solution is a stable attractor in L₁. However, the stationary solution is at best conditionally stable in L_∞. This has important implications in terms of (1) the validity of moment analysis of the transient problem, (2) the physical importance of transient solutions, and (3) the numerical solution of the stationary problem as a late time solution of the transient problem.  相似文献