Cadmium and phosphate in coastal Antarctic seawater: Implications for Southern Ocean nutrient cycling     

Katharine R. Hendry  Rosalind E.M. Rickaby  Jan C.M. de Hoog  Keith Weston  Mark Rehkmper 《Marine Chemistry》2008,112(3-4):149-157

Cadmium is a biologically important trace metal that co-varies with phosphate (PO₄³⁻ or Dissolved Inorganic Phosphate, DIP) in seawater. However, the exact nature of Cd uptake mechanisms and the relationship with phosphate and other nutrients in global oceans remain elusive. Here, we present a time series study of Cd and PO₄³⁻ from coastal Antarctic seawater, showing that Cd co-varies with macronutrients during times of high biological activity even under nutrient and trace metal replete conditions. Our data imply that Cd/PO₄³⁻ in coastal surface Antarctic seawater is higher than open ocean areas. Furthermore, the sinking of some proportion of this high Cd/PO₄³⁻ water into Antarctic Bottom Water, followed by mixing into Circumpolar Deep Water, impacts Southern Ocean preformed nutrient and trace metal composition. A simple model of endmember water mass mixing with a particle fractionation of Cd/P (α_Cd–P) determined by the local environment can be used to account for the Cd/PO₄³⁻ relationship in different parts of the ocean. The high Cd/PO₄³⁻ of the coastal water is a consequence of two factors: the high input from terrestrial and continental shelf sediments and changes in biological fractionation with respect to P during uptake of Cd in regions of high Fe and Zn. This implies that the Cd/PO₄³⁻ ratio of the Southern Ocean will vary on glacial–interglacial timescales as the proportion of deep water originating on the continental shelves of the Weddell Sea is reduced during glaciations because the ice shelf is pinned at the edge of the continental shelf. There could also be variations in biological fractionation of Cd/P in the surface waters of the Southern Ocean on these timescales as a result of changes in atmospheric inputs of trace metals. Further variations in the relationship between Cd and PO₄³⁻ in seawater arise from changes in population structure and community requirements for macro- and micronutrients.  相似文献   

Assessing phosphate rock depletion and phosphorus recycling options   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

R.H.E.M. Koppelaar  H.P. Weikard 《Global Environmental Change》2013,23(6):1454-1466

We analyze global elemental phosphorus flows in 2009 for (1) mining to products, (2) animal and human manure flows, (3) crop harvests and animal production, (4) food production, (5) soil erosion, (6) and crop uptake. Informed by the flow assessment the potential and cost of phosphorus usage reduction and recycling measures are quantified, and fed into a constructed phosphorus supply-demand model with reserve assessment to assess the impact of these measures on phosphate rock resource availability. According to our results in 2009 globally 21.4 Mt elemental phosphorus from rock phosphate was consumed in products of which 17.6 Mt used as fertilizers, fully able to cover erosion losses and outputs in agriculture in aggregate, but insufficient from the perspective of bio-available phosphorus in soils. We find substantial scope for phosphorus use reduction, at potentially 6.9 Mt phosphorus, or 32% of 2009 phosphate rock supply. Another 6.1 Mt, or 28% can technologically be recycled from waterways and wastewater, but at a cost substantially above any foreseeable phosphate rock fertilizer price. The model results suggests phosphate rock reserves are sufficient to meet demand into the 22nd century, and can be extended well into the 23rd century with assessed use reduction and recycling measures.  相似文献   

Seasonal climatologies of oxygen and phosphates in the Bering Sea reconstructed by variational data assimilation approach     

Gleb Panteleev  Vladimir Luchin  Nikolay P. Nezlin  Takashi Kikuchi 《Polar Science》2013,7(3-4):214-232

Climatological fields of dissolved oxygen and phosphates in the Bering Sea during the spring, summer, and fall seasons were generated on the basis of an extensive dataset of hydrochemical observations (16,356 stations, beginning in 1928) and a novel 3D variational algorithm for interpolation of a passive ocean tracer. The resulting patterns comply with maps produced earlier using an optimal interpolation method, though they also provide more detail and contain no “missing data” regions. Vertical, spatial, and temporal variability of both parameters follow large-scale patterns of circulation, upper mixed layer depth, and phytoplankton productivity in the Bering Sea.  相似文献   

长江水体溶解态无机氮和磷现状及长期变化特点   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

江涛  俞志明  宋秀贤  曹西华  袁涌铨 《海洋与湖沼》2012,43(6):1067-1075

于2006年2、5、8和11月对长江从攀枝花至河口和上游的两条支流雅砻江和嘉陵江的溶解态无机氮(NO-3-N、NO-2-N和NH+4-N)和磷酸盐(PO43--P)进行了取样调查,同时结合长江营养盐的历史数据,分析了长江水体中溶解态无机氮、磷的长期变化特点。结果表明,长江NO-3-N、NH+4-N、DIN(包括NO-3-N、NO-2-N和NH+4-N)和PO3-4-P浓度从上游到下游显示出增加趋势,但存在季节差异;NO2-N浓度总体较低,在长江中下游(武汉—南京)浓度较高。长江从上游到下游DIN通量的变化主要受径流量的影响,从上游到下游单位面积年产N量逐渐升高;PO3-4-P输送通量从上游往下游呈增加趋势,也主要受径流量控制,但从季节变化来讲,PO3-4-P的月输送通量受其浓度的控制更加明显。自20世纪60年代来,长江水体中NO3--N、NO2--N、DIN和PO3-4-P的浓度都处于缓慢上升趋势,但到80年代上升速度明显加快;不同阶段DIN和34PO-P的季节变化特点也不尽相同,反映了其来源的差异。目前,长江水体中溶解态无机氮、磷浓度与国内及国际河流相比处于中等水平。  相似文献   

全球海洋碳循环模式MOM4_L40对碳和营养物自然分布的模拟   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

李清泉  谭娟  王兰宁  魏敏  赵其庚 《地球物理学报》2015,58(1):63-78

本文介绍了国家气候中心发展的一个全球海洋碳循环环流模式,并分析评估了该模式的基本性能.该模式是在美国地球物理流体动力学实验室(GFDL,Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)的全球海洋环流模式MOM4(Modular Ocean Model Version 4)基础上发展的一个垂直方向40层、包含生物地球化学过程的全球三维海洋碳循环环流模式,简称为MOM4_L40(Modular Ocean Model Version 4 With 40Levels).该模式在气候场强迫下长期积分1000年,结果分析表明,与观测相比,模式较好地模拟了海洋温度、盐度、总二氧化碳、总碱、总磷酸盐的表面和垂直分布特征.模拟的海洋总二氧化碳分布与观测基本相符,表层为低值区,其下为高值区,高值区域位于10°S—60°N之间,但2000m以上模拟值较观测偏小,2000m以下模拟值较观测偏大.总体来说,MOM4_L40模式是一个可信赖的海洋碳循环过程模拟研究工具.  相似文献   

磷酸盐矿物的孔道结构特征及其环境意义     

刘瑞  秦善  鲁安怀  王长秋  郑喜坤  王丽娟  赵东军 《地球科学进展》2004,(Z1)

黄磷铁矿、磷钠铍石、磷方沸石、簇磷铁矿、磷锰钠石、水磷铈石和磷灰石是非硅元素的孔道结构矿物。[PO_4]四面体和[MO_n]多面体共用角顶构成杂多面体格架。形成一维或多堆沿一定方向分布的孔道结构,孔道内由水分子和其它金属或非金属离子占据。孔道结构的磷酸盐矿物具有类似沸石矿物的分子筛效应,可与其它有害元素进行离子交换、孔道过滤和表面吸附等功能,是另一类重要的环境矿物材料。  相似文献   

Phosphate rock demand into the next century: Impact on wolld food supply     

James R. Herring  Richard J. Fantel 《Natural Resources Research》1993,2(3):226-246

A vital and indisputable link exists between phosphate rock and world food supply. Phosphate rock is the source of phosphorus used to make phosphatic fertilizers, essential for growing the food needed by humans in the world today and in the future. We modeled the depletion of the known reserves and reserve base (which includes reserves) of phosphate rock based on various scenarios for increasing population and future demand for phosphate. Using these scenarios, the presently known reserves will be depleted within about 50 years, and the remainder of the reserve base will be depleted within the next 100 years. For this model, we used rates of growth of demand for phosphate rock of between 1 and 1.7 percent annually. We also examined demand rates that decrease over time toward demand stasis. Growthrate scenarios that stabilize demand at the year 2100 are little different from unconstrained growth. Demand stabilization by 2025 extends the reserve base by only about 50 years. Additional considerations could affect these depletion scenarios, causing them to be substantially too high or too low. Nonetheless, the incluctable conclusion in a world of continuing phosphate demand is that society, to extend phosphate rock reserves and reserve base beyond the approximate 100 year depletion date, must find additional reserves and/ or reduce the rate of growth of phosphate demand in the future. Society must: 91) increase the efficiency of use of known resources of easily minable phosphate rock; (2) discover new, economically-minable resources; or (3) develop the technology to economically mine the vast but currently uneconomic resources of phosphate rock that exist in the world. Otherwise, the future availability of present-cost phosphate, and the cost or availability of world food will be compromised, perhaps substantially.  相似文献   

The hydrogeochemistry of a heavily used aquifer in the Mexican wine-producing Guadalupe Valley, Baja California     

L. W. Daesslé  L. G. Mendoza-Espinosa  V. F. Camacho-Ibar  W. Rozier  O. Morton  L. Van Dorst  K. C. Lugo-Ibarra  A. L. Quintanilla-Montoya  A. Rodríguez-Pinal 《Environmental Geology》2006,51(1):151-159

The Guadalupe Valley aquifer is the only water source for one of the most important wine industries in Mexico, and also the main public water supply for the nearby city of Ensenada. This groundwater is monitored for major ion, N-NO₃, P-PO₄, Fe, As, Se, Mo, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Sb concentrations, as well as TDS, pH, dissolved oxygen and temperature. High concentrations of N-NO₃ (26 mg l⁻¹), Se (70 μg l⁻¹), Mo (18 μg l⁻¹) and Cu (4.3 μg l⁻¹) suggest that groundwater is being polluted by the use of fertilizers only in the western section of the aquifer, known as El Porvenir graben. Unlike the sites located near the main recharge area to the East of the aquifer, the water in El Porvenir graben has low tritium concentrations (<1.9 TU), indicating a pre-modern age, and thus longer water residence time. No significant variations in water quality (generally <10%) were detected throughout 2001–2002 in the aquifer, suggesting that reduced rainfall and recharge during this dry period did not significantly affect water quality. However, the wells nearest to the main recharge area in the Eastern aquifer show a slight but constant increase in TDS with time, probably as a result of the high (∼200 L S⁻¹) uninterrupted extraction of water at this specific recharge site. Relatively high As concentrations for the aquifer (10.5 μg l⁻¹) are only found near the northern limit of the basin associated with a geological fault.  相似文献   

Origin of Cretaceous phosphorites from the onshore of Tamil Nadu,India     

V. Purnachandra Rao  Pratima M. Kessarkar  R. Nagendra  E. V. S. S. K. Babu 《Journal of Earth System Science》2007,116(6):525-536

Cretaceous phosphorites from the onshore of Tamil Nadu have been investigated for their origin and compared with those in the offshore. Cretaceous phosphorites occur as light brown to yellowish brown or white nodules in Karai Shale of the Uttatur Group in the onshore Cauvery basin. Nodules exhibit phosphatic nucleus encrusted by a chalky shell of carbonate. The nucleus of the nodules consists of light and dark coloured laminae, phosphate peloids/coated grains and detrital particles interspersed between the laminae. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies reveal trapping and binding activity of microbial filaments. A mat structure with linearly arranged microbial filaments and hollow, cell-based coccoid cyanobacterial mat are present. Nodules contain abundant carbonate fluorapatite, followed by minor calcite, quartz and feldspar. The P₂O₅ content of the phosphorites ranges from 18 to 26%. The CaO/P₂O₅, Sr and F contents are higher than that of pure carbonate fluorapatite. Concentrations of Si, Al, K, Fe, and Ti are low. We suggest that the nuclei of the nodules represent phosphate clasts related to phosphate stromatolites formed at intertidal conditions. At high energy levels the microbial mats were disintegrated into phosphate clasts, coated with carbonate and then reworked into Karai Shale. On the other hand, Quaternary phosphorites occur as irregular to rounded, grey coloured phosphate clasts at water depths between 180 and 320m on the continental shelf of Tamil Nadu. They exhibit grain-supported texture. Despite Quaternary in age, they also resemble phosphate stromatolites of intertidal origin and reworked as phosphate clasts onto the shelf margin depressions. Benthic microbial mats probably supplied high phosphorus to the sediments. Availability of excess phosphorus seems to be a pre-requisite for the formation of phosphate stromatolites.  相似文献   

磷矿的分布、特征与开发现状          下载免费PDF全文

吴发富  王建雄  刘江涛  曾国平  向鹏  胡鹏  向文帅 《中国地质》2021,48(1):82-101

世界磷矿储量近695亿t(2019年),但分布不均,磷矿储量最为丰富的北非地区集中了全球80%以上的磷矿资源。该区域的摩洛哥和西撒哈拉是世界磷矿资源最为丰富的国家,2019年其磷矿储量达500亿t,占世界的近72%。目前世界上主要利用的磷矿类型为沉积型磷块岩矿,其最主要的成矿时代为震旦—寒武纪和中生代—新生代,前者以中国西南部大量产出的海相磷矿床为代表,后者以从摩洛哥和西撒哈拉到埃及一带的北非磷矿成矿省最为典型。2019年排名世界前10位的产磷国为中国、摩洛哥和西撒哈拉、美国、俄罗斯、约旦、沙特阿拉伯、越南、巴西、埃及和秘鲁,磷矿总产量逾2亿t,占世界总产量的89.29%。传统上美国、俄罗斯、摩洛哥和中国等是世界磷矿的主要出口地区,但随着北非和中东地区磷矿开发的不断深入和传统供给区资源的消耗,近年来磷矿供应中心向北非、中东地区转移。2018年世界磷矿粉出口前10位的国家有5个位于北非和中东地区,且北非的摩洛哥是第一大磷矿出口国。在磷肥的进出口方面,近年世界磷肥进口国主要有印尼、巴西、美国、马来西亚、法国、澳大利亚、孟加拉国、罗马尼亚、巴拉圭和荷兰等,出口国有中国、埃及、摩洛哥、以色列、澳大利亚、荷兰、黎巴嫩、墨西哥、秘鲁、阿根廷等。其中,曾经的磷肥出口大国美国,在2006年后逐渐转为磷肥进口国;磷矿进口大国印度的磷肥近年来基本实现自给。中国以不占优势的磷矿储量(2019年为32亿t,占世界储量的4.61%),在磷肥生产上除满足本国需要外还保持世界第一的磷肥出口,近10年来的磷肥出口量都占世界的18%以上,磷矿资源消耗速度快,资源形势严峻。  相似文献