Molecular weight and chemical reactivity of dissolved trace metals (Cd,Cu, Ni) in surface waters from the Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico     

Liang-Saw Wen  Peter H. Santschi  Kent W. Warnken  William Davison  Hao Zhang  Hsiu-Ping Li  Kuo-Tung Jiann 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011

It is generally assumed that estuarine mixing is continuous for metals from terrestrial sources, gradually decreasing towards the open ocean endmember. Here we show that, chemical reactivity, determined by ion exchange method, and molecular weight distributions, obtained using cross-flow ultrafiltration, of dissolved Cd, Cu, and Ni in the surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico varied systematically across the estuarine mixing zone of the Mississippi River. Most size or chemical affinity fractions of dissolved metals (<0.4 μm) were linearly related to salinity (10.8–36.6), suggesting that the distribution of these elements was mainly controlled by continuous mixing processes. Dissolved concentrations across the salinity gradient ranged for Cd: 87–187 pM; Cu: 1.4–18.3 nM; and Ni: 2.6–18.8 nM, with highest values near the Mississippi river mouth, and lowest concentrations in a warm core ring in the Gulf of Mexico. Dissolved Cd was mostly present as a truly dissolved (<10 kDa, 97 ± 1%) and cationic fraction (Chelex-100 extractable, 94 ± 4%). A novel observation across the estuarine mixing zone was that colloidal metal concentrations were identical to either inert (for Cu, Ni) or AMPG-labile anionic (Cu, Cd) fractions. The difference in behavior between Cu and the other two metals might indicate differences in the biopolymeric nature of the metal–organic chelates. In particular, the anionic-organic Cd fractions accounted for just 3 ± 1%, on average. However, for Cu, it was 24 ± 4%, and for Ni, it was 9 ± 6%. The fractions of the total dissolved metal fractions that were “inert” averaged 31 ± 10% for Cu and 29 ± 12% for Ni. Small but noticeable amounts (6 ± 3%) of dissolved inert Cd fractions were also present. Apparent non-local transport processes, likely associated with cross-shelf sediment resuspension processes, could have been responsible for the relatively high concentrations of ‘inert’ and ‘anionic’ metal fractions in high salinity coastal waters, and accounting for the persistence of metals bound to humic substances in the Gulf of Mexico.  相似文献   

Shallow water depth retrieval from space-borne SAR imagery   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Kaiguo Fan  Weigen Huang  Hui Lin  Jiayi Pan  Bin Fu  Yanzhen Gu 《Journal of Oceanography》2011,67(4):405-413

Based on shallow water bathymetry synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging mechanism and the microwave scattering imaging model for oceanic surface features, we developed a new method for shallow water depth retrieval from space-borne SAR images. The first guess of surface currents and winds are estimated from the normalized radar crossing section (NRCS) profile of shallow water bathymetry SAR imagery, according to the linear theory and geophysical model function. The NRCS profile is then simulated by the microwave scattering imaging model. Both the surface currents and winds are adjusted by using the dichotomy method step by step to make the M4S-simulated NRCS profiles approach those observed by SAR. Then, the surface currents and the wind speeds are retrieved when a best fit between simulated signals and the SAR image appears. Finally, water depths are derived using the Navier–Stokes equation and finite difference method with the best estimated currents and the surface winds. The method is tested on two SAR images of the Taiwan Shoal. Results show that the simulated shallow water NRCS profile is in good agreement with those measured by SAR with the correlation coefficient as high as 85%. In addition, when water depths retrieved from the SAR image are compared with in situ measurements, both the root mean square and relative error are less than 3.0 m and 6.5%, respectively, indicating that SAR images are useful for shallow water depth retrieval and suggesting that the proposed method in this paper is convergent and applicable.  相似文献   

1990s年代际转型前后南海季风系统的季节变化     

黄菲  邢雯  李元妮  张旭  董静舒 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2011,(Z1):9-15

利用多变量经验正交分解(MV-EOF)等方法,研究了在季节变化尺度上南海季风系统的时空分布特征。结果表明:南海夏季风的爆发时间在1993—1994年前后存在显著的年代际转型,由爆发偏晚转变成爆发偏早。第一模态表现为冬夏反位相的年周期变化,但爆发早年夏季风持续时间略长于爆发晚年,空间上都反映了南海中央海盆区的夏季强降水和850 hPa上南海北部的气旋性环流异常,但夏季风爆发早年中国华南沿海降水加强而南海南部降水偏少。相应的大范围环流场上主要反映了南海夏季风爆发后进入盛夏时节亚太地区大范围的环流特征,南海夏季风爆发偏早年索马里越赤道气流偏强,东亚季风槽位置偏北,爆发偏晚年则相反。第二模态反映了南海季风系统春秋反位相的季节变化,且秋季的振幅更强,空间降水场上对应着秋季华南沿海和南海北部与南海中南部北旱南涝的跷跷板式分布,850 hPa风场上则主要表现为异常的东北季风,该模态时空特征表明南海夏季风爆发偏早年的秋季,冬季风建立也偏早,越南及周边地区的降水偏多。相应的大范围环流场上则主要反映了冬季风的环流特征,在南海夏季风爆发偏早年的秋季,菲律宾以东的热带对流减弱,PJ波列增强,爆发晚年则相反。  相似文献   

壳聚糖酶基因在解脂耶氏酵母中的表达及重组酶性质研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘万顺  王娇  杨艳  韩宝芹  董文  刘光磊  池振明 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2011,41(12):58-62

为构建高效表达壳聚糖酶工程菌株,以Microbacteriumsp.基因组为模板扩增壳聚糖酶基因,目的基因与表达载体pINA1317连接构建重组质粒,重组质粒NotⅠ酶切线性化后转化解脂耶氏酵母Y.liPolytica Po1h。所得结果为PCR扩增得到约1000bp的特异性片段,序列分析表明含有壳聚糖酶全长基因,开放阅读框801bp,编码266个氨基酸残基。转化子酶活力为10.4U/mL,是原菌株酶活力的3.15倍。重组蛋白经DEAE-Sepharose FF分离纯化,达到电泳纯,SDS-PAGE显示单一条带,分子量约41kDa。重组酶反应最适温度为45℃,最适pH为5.6,Km和Vmax分别是0.926mg/mL和6.15U/mL。质谱分析酶解产物主要为三糖和五糖。实现了壳聚糖酶在解脂耶氏酵母中的分泌表达,为壳聚糖酶的工业化生产奠定了理论基础。  相似文献   

地理信息网络服务的发展研究     

蔡畅  崔铁军  葛文 《地理信息世界》2011,9(1):35-39

随着体系结构、软件层次和自身需求的变化,GIS逐步发展为地理信息网络服务并得到迅速的推广.从标准化、语义化和3维化的角度总结了当前地理信息服务的发展状态,并指出下一代地理信息网络服务必然是基于以上三者的能够实现主动服务和统一多维服务的新一代地理信息服务.  相似文献   

海量城市空间数据资源汇集模块的设计与实现     

陈晓斌  李歆  余慧明  葛文 《地理信息世界》2011,(5):67-70

研究了OGSA-DAI网格中间件技术,设计了一个基于OGSA-DAI的海量城市空间数据资源汇集模块,实现了城市地理空间信息的共享应用.本模块的创新之处在于扩展了OGSA-DAI的数据资源,实现网格环境下多源异构空间数据的访问与集成,对相关研发工作的开展起到了很好的借鉴作用.  相似文献   

“天地图”网站系统在马克思主义教育中的初步应用及未来构想     

任守双  李中华  任华玉  周文 《地理信息世界》2011,9(6):60-63

马克思主义教育的网络信息化是马克思主义传播的时代化、大众化的需要,“天地图”网站系统在马克思主义教育实践中具有得天独厚的技术优势,并已在本校的教学实践中取得了较好的效果和经验.如果进一步改造丰富“天地图”网站系统,相信其技术实力必将有力推动马克思主义教育,一定能开启网络时代马克思主义教育工作的新局面.  相似文献   

The suitability of using leaf area index to quantify soil loss under vegetation cover   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Wentai Zhang  Dongsheng Yu  Xuezheng Shi  Hongjie Wang  Zhujun Gu  Xiangyan Zhang  Manzhi Tan 《山地科学学报》2011,8(4):564-570

Soil erosion by water under forest cover is a serious problem in southern China. A comparative study was carried out on the use of leaf area index (LAI) and vegetation fractional coverage (VFC) in quantifying soil loss under vegetation cover. Five types of vegetation with varied LAI and VFC under field conditions were exposed to two rainfall rates (40 mm h⁻¹ and 54 mm h⁻¹) using a portable rainfall simulator. Runoff rate, sediment concentration and soil loss rate were measured at relatively runoff stable state. Significant negative exponential relationship (p < 0.05, R² = 0.83) and linear relationship (p < 0.05, R² = 0.84) were obtained between LAI and sediment concentration, while no significant relationship existed between VFC and sediment concentration. The mechanism by which vegetation canopy prevents soil loss was by reducing rainfall kinetic energy and sediment concentration. LAI could better quantify such a role than VFC. However, neither LAI nor VFC could explain runoff rate or soil loss rate. Caution must be taken when using LAI to quantify the role of certain vegetation in soil and water conservation.  相似文献   

江苏沿江地区生态保护与产业分布空间匹配格局分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陈诚  陈雯  赵海霞 《地理研究》2011,30(2):269-277

根据生态空间保护需求,调整产业空间布局方向,是协调产业开发与生态保护空间关系及进行区域空问调控的重要内容.以江苏沿江地区为例,在提取生态功能保护区和产业分布空间信息的基础上,运用矩阵分类和空间分析方法研究了生态保护与产业分布的空间匹配特点,总结了产业空间布局的调整思路.研究表明:江苏沿江大部分地区生态保护与产业分布空间...  相似文献   

新疆“百里、三十里风区”铁路沿线设计风速研究     

李红军  赵勇  霍文  何清  葛盛昌 《干旱区地理》2011,34(6):941-948

为使通过新疆“百里、三十里风区”的铁路抗风达到既安全又经济的目标,使用风区内气象站和铁路测风站风资料分析了风速风向的分布规律和两种站之间风速相关关系,采用极值Ⅰ型分布推算确定了铁路沿线合理的设计风速.研究表明:十三间房和达坂城是两风区平均风速和最大风速的最大站,年平均风速分别为5.4 m/s和6.1 m/s,10 mi...  相似文献