Macrofaunal nematodes of the deep Whittard Canyon (NE Atlantic): assemblage characteristics and comparison with polychaetes          下载免费PDF全文

Laetitia M. Gunton  Brian J. Bett  Andrew J. Gooday  Adrian G. Glover  Ann Vanreusel 《Marine Ecology》2017,38(2)

Large nematodes form an important component of deep‐sea macrofaunal assemblages, but are often considered to be part of the meiobenthos and are rarely studied. We analysed the standing stocks, diversity, and functional group and genus‐level composition of macrofaunal nematodes at lower bathyal depths (3,500 m water depth) in the Whittard Canyon system (NE Atlantic) and on the adjacent continental slope. Five replicate sample sets were obtained using a Megacorer, at four locations (three canyon branches, one slope). Sediment samples were processed on a 500‐μm mesh to provide both nematode and polychaete data from the same samples. The dominant nematode genera included Paramesacanthion, Metacylicolaimus, Cylicolaimus and Phanodermopsis. Nematode standing stocks (density and biomass) increased significantly from slope to canyon locations. Similarly, nematode dominance increased substantially (and diversity decreased) from slope to canyon locations. Nematode feeding groups and tail shape groups also appeared to exhibit common trends across study locations. Nematode genus‐level faunal composition varied significantly between slope and canyon locations. We describe and discuss the broadly similar trends detected in the matching polychaete data, noting some differences in the polychaete density and diversity responses. We suggest that the similar trends in macrofaunal nematode and polychaete ecology across our four study locations reflect responses to both changing sedimentology and food availability.  相似文献   

The sequence of events around the epicentre of the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: initiation of debris flows and turbidity current inferred from sidescan sonar   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

David J. W. Piper  Pierre Cochonat  & Martin L. Morrison 《Sedimentology》1999,46(1):79-97

Continental slope sediment failures around the epicentre of the 1929 'Grand Banks' earthquake have been imaged with the SAR (Système Acoustique Remorqué) high-resolution, deep-towed sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler. The data are augmented by seismic reflection profiles, cores and observations from submersibles. Failure occurs only in water depths greater than about 650 m. Rotational, retrogressive slumps, on a variety of scales, appear to have been initiated on local steep areas of seabed above shallow (5–25 m) regional shear planes covering a large area of the failure zone. The slumps pass downslope into debris flows, which include blocky lemniscate bodies and intervening channels. Clear evidence of current erosion is found only in steep-sided valleys: we infer that debris flows passed through hydraulic jumps on these steep slopes and were transformed into turbidity currents which then evolved ignitively. Delayed retrogressive failure and transformation of debris flows into turbidity currents through hydraulic jumps provide a mechanism to produce a turbidity current with sustained flow over many hours.  相似文献   

Architecture of a distal pre-vegetation braidplain: Cambrian middle member of the Wood Canyon Formation,southern Marble Mountains,California, USA     

Jason G. Muhlbauer  Christopher M. Fedo  Jeffrey E. Moersch 《Sedimentology》2020,67(2):1084-1113

Architectural element analysis and detailed mapping of a 300 m along-strike exposure of the middle member Wood Canyon Formation, southern Marble Mountains, California, USA, provides new evidence for extensive braided–fluvial channel-belt deposits with adjacent overbank environments. Three-dimensional models constructed using ‘Structure from Motion’ techniques, combined with field-based observations, allowed interpretation of outcrop-scale trends, barforms, channel fills and fine-scale features. The ca 80 m thick member is divisible into five distinct units, including units M1 to M3 that form the bulk of the stratigraphy. Units are defined by stacking patterns of three facies associations (Facies Association 1 to Facies Association 3), each representing the product of a subenvironment within the fluvial system. In Facies Association 1, stacked cosets, interpreted as low-relief fluvial bars and channel fills, preserve vertical-accretion and downstream-accretion elements under unimodal north-north-west palaeoflow, with minor lateral accretion near bar edges. Deposits of Facies Association 2 to Facies Association 3, linked to overbank environments, are found only in unit M2, in the middle 27 m of the middle member. Floodplains, represented by Facies Association 2, include crumbly red-orange intervals of fine to medium-grained sandstone and thinner sets of cross-bedding than Facies Association 1, interbedded with thicker cross-stratification indicative of overbank splay or overland flow aggradation from adjacent channel belts during flood stage. Possible aeolian beds of Facies Association 3 preserve broad festooned trough cross-strata that average 23 cm in thickness; their small size, medium-grained sandstone and iron oxide cement suggest a high water table. The diverse assemblage of interpreted subenvironments, paired with bedform and facies patterns, implies a perennial fluvial system that gradually built large sand bars as the channel belt migrated and avulsed across an unconfined braided–fluvial reach, leaving the overbank area on its flanks subject to weathering and aeolian transport. Despite the occurrence of strata deposited in low-energy and ponded settings, and a marine influence proposed for nearby sections of middle member, no ichnofossils were encountered.  相似文献   

苏北骆马湖浮游植物群落结构及其水质生物评价   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

彭凯  李太民  刘利  邹伟  吴天浩  龚志军 《湖泊科学》2018,30(1):183-191

为了解骆马湖浮游植物的群落结构及其水质健康状态,于2014年对骆马湖浮游植物进行逐月野外调查研究.共鉴定出浮游植物7门71种属,其中蓝藻门和硅藻门最多,其次为绿藻门.全湖细胞丰度在1.52×10~6~7.89×10~6 cells/L之间,全湖生物量在0.048~12.44 mg/L之间.非多维度量尺度分析结果显示,骆马湖全湖浮游植物生物量从冬春季喜低温的硅藻门为主演替到夏秋季喜高温的蓝藻门为主,表明骆马湖浮游植物有着明显的季节演替规律.与20世纪相比,骆马湖浮游植物优势种属有着很大的变化,富营养化指示属隐藻、纤维藻、针杆藻、鱼腥藻、伪鱼腥藻等明显增多,表明自20世纪以来,骆马湖富营养化程度正在加剧.与邻近的洪泽湖、南四湖、高邮湖、邵伯湖和宝应湖相比,骆马湖浮游植物细胞丰度高于宝应湖,但低于其他4个湖泊.基于浮游植物的水质评价结果,骆马湖目前处于从寡污带向β-中污带过渡的状态,富营养化程度轻于洪泽湖,与南四湖部分湖区富营养化程度相似.  相似文献