Latitudinal variation in the aerial/aquatic ratio of oxygen consumption of a supratidal high rocky‐shore crab     

Marco A. Lardies  José Luis Muñoz  Kurt A. Paschke  Francisco Bozinovic 《Marine Ecology》2011,32(1):42-51

The colonisation of the terrestrial environment by crustaceans is more apparent in tropical latitudes because of the high diversity of semi‐terrestrial and terrestrial crabs. However, in temperate regions there are also great numbers of crustaceans that inhabit ecological niches at the water–air interface. Grapsidae crabs (Decopoda) are especially important in studies of water‐to‐land transition as the family contains species occupying the intertidal and adjacent regions. A way to evaluate the ability of intertidal invertebrates to breathe air is to measure the aerial/aquatic oxygen consumption ratio. The objective of this study was to test the effect of thermal variation on the aquatic and aerial metabolism. We selected as study model the decopoda crab Cyclograpsus cinereus Dana and utilised five populations of the species spread over 2000 km along the Chilean coast. To determine the compensation capacity in respiration with respect to latitude, we evaluated metabolic rate at the same temperature in a common garden design in the laboratory, to examine the extent to which variation in crab physiology is environmentally determined. Whereas in our study, m_b (body mass) varied significantly with latitude, the difference in mass‐independent metabolism both in air and water persisted, indicating that observed differences in MR (Metabolic Rate) were not an effect of differences in body size. We demonstrated that C. cinereus is able to breath oxygen from air and water as expected for an amphibious crab. Almost all the studied populations of C. cinereus show a aerial/aquatic metabolism ratio near 1. The pattern found indicates an increase in metabolic rate, both aerial and aquatic, in low latitudes and therefore does not support the latitudinal compensation hypothesis for temperate habitats. Finally, these kinds of studies are required to make the necessary link between ecological physiology and macroecology and to help develop a global understanding of organismal function in marine systems.  相似文献   

A primary study of the correlation between the net air-sea heat flux and the interannual variation of western North Pacific tropical cyclone track and intensity   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

WU Liang  WEN Zhiping  HUANG Ronghui 《海洋学报(英文版)》2011,30(6):27-35

A singular value decomposition (SVD) analysis is carried out to reveal the relationship between the interannual variation of track and intensity of the western North Pacific tropical cyclones (WNPTCs) in the tropical cyclone (TC) active season (July-November) and the global net air-sea heat flux (Q net ) in the preceding season (April-June). For this purpose, a tropical cyclone track and intensity function (TIF) is defined by a combination of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index and a cyclone track densit...  相似文献   

Seasonal variability in somatic and reproductive investment of the bivalve Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) along a latitudinal gradient     

Sílvia Santos  Joana F.M.F. Cardoso  Célia Carvalho  Pieternella C. Luttikhuizen  Henk W. van der Veer 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011

Monthly investment in soma and gonads in the bivalve Scrobicularia plana is described for three populations along its distributional range: Minho estuary, Portugal; Westerschelde estuary, The Netherlands and Buvika estuary, Norway. Seasonal cycles in body mass (BMI), somatic mass (SMI) and gonadal mass (GMI) indices were observed for all populations. In Portugal, BMI and SMI peaked in mid-autumn, while in The Netherlands both indices were at their highest in mid-spring. Norway showed a different pattern with two distinct peaks: one in mid-autumn and a second peak in spring. GMI reached maximum values in July in Portugal and Netherlands and in June in Norway. Overall, mean BMI and SMI were lower in Portugal while mean GMI was lower in Norway. The spawning period lasted the whole summer in Portugal, but was shorter (only two months) in The Netherlands and Norway. The reproductive investment in The Netherlands was significantly higher than in Portugal and Norway, with the lowest values being observed in Norway. Differences in annual cycles between populations were attributed to environmental factors, namely temperature and food availability. Temperature seems important in shaping the reproductive pattern with more northern populations showing shorter reproductive periods starting later in the year, and a lower reproductive output. In addition, winter water temperatures can explain the lower mean body and somatic mass values observed in Portugal. Food availability influenced the physiological performance of the species with peaks in somatic mass coinciding with phytoplankton blooms. This relation between physiological performance and environmental factors influences S. plana distribution, densities and even survival, with natural consequences on its commercial importance.  相似文献   

Seasonal variation of suspended-sediment transport through the southern Bohai Strait   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Naishuang Bi  Zuosheng Yang  Houjie Wang  Dejiang Fan  Xiaoxia Sun  Kun Lei 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2011

Based on field observations made in winter 2006 and summer 2007 and on multiscene MODerate resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) imagery, the seasonal variation of suspended-sediment transport in the southern Bohai Strait and its possible mechanisms are examined. The field observations in two different seasons allow an exponential empirical model to be used to retrieve suspended-sediment concentration (SSC) from MODIS imagery. Both the field-survey data and the MODIS-derived SSC show that the sediment transport in the southern Bohai Strait has a significant seasonal variation due to the seasonally varying thermohaline structure of the water column and the hydrodynamics resulting from the seasonally alternating monsoons. The SSC in winter is approximately 3–10 times higher than in summer. Considering the seasonal variation of water flux (WF) and SSC, the annual sediment flux (SSF) through the southern Bohai Strait is estimated to be approximately 40.0 Mt yr⁻¹, about 4–8 times previous estimates, which did not take into account seasonal variation. Although the Huanghe (Yellow River) discharges a large amount of sediment in the summer, the SSF through the southern Bohai Strait in the winter (∼32.0 Mt) is about 4 times greater than it is in the summer. The strong seasonal variability of SSF through the southern Bohai Strait indicates that strong resuspension along the coast of the Huanghe delta in winter and enhanced longshore transport by coastal currents due to winter monsoon activity might be the major mechanisms of cross-strait transport of sediment in winter.  相似文献   

秋季长江口北支表层海水pCO2变化特征     

郑旻辉  张海生  潘建明  于培松  刘小涯  张海娜  刘俊峰 《海洋学研究》2011,(3):57-62

根据2009年9月首次获得的长江口北支海水pCO2实测数据,结合温度、盐度等参数,对长江口北支海水pCO2时空分布、变化特征及其影响因素进行了研究.研究结果表明,长江口北支海水pCO2总体呈现出淡水端高,咸水端低的特点;在同等盐度条件下,长江口北支海水pCO2明显高于长江口南支;长江口北支南段海水pCO2与盐度之间有着...  相似文献   

长江口及邻近海域表层水体溶解氧饱和度的季节变化和特征   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

卢勇  李宏亮  陈建芳  金海燕  陈法锦  高生泉  王奎  王文亮  白有成 《海洋学研究》2011,(3):71-77

根据“908”ST04区块调查的夏、冬、春、秋季四个航次和“908”补充调查的8月航次资料对长江口及邻近海区表层水体溶解氧及其饱和度进行了探讨.研究表明东海北部表层水体在夏季和春季以浮游植物光合作用为主要控制过程,特别是7、8月份长江口外、杭州湾外及浙江近海存在大范围的强光合作用区;秋季以有机质氧化分解过程为主,表层溶...  相似文献   

长江口跨越锋面颗粒磷季节分布变化特征及影响因素   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘希真  李宏亮  陈建芳  金海燕  王文亮  刘际弟  王奎  庄燕培 《海洋学研究》2011,(3):88-98

根据2006年夏、冬季以及2007年春、秋季“海监49号”科学考察船的调查数据,分析了长江口跨越锋面区域(31.00°～31.78°N、121.04°～123.99°E)颗粒总磷(PP),颗粒无机磷(PIP),颗粒有机磷(POP)的季节变化和空间分布特征.结果表明,PIP是水体颗粒磷的主要存在形式;受长江径流输沙量的影...  相似文献   

用沿岸上升流指数分析中国东南沿岸风生上升流的特征   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

苗馨  胡建宇 《海洋通报》2011,30(3):258-265

对1968年1月到2007年12月中国东南沿海(17°N～30°N,109°E～123°E)上升流指数月平均数据进行分析,结论如下:(1)风生沿岸上升流主要在4-8月间发生于海南岛东部、雷州半岛东部、汕头以北至浙江沿岸.(2)风生沿岸上升流的强度具有时空分布变化特征,其中海南岛东部沿岸上升流最强,浙江沿岸其次;整个中国...  相似文献   

时差对海洋磁力测量地磁日变改正的影响分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

王磊  边刚  任来平  吴太旗 《海洋测绘》2011,31(6):39-41

为研究时差对磁测的影响,基于站间同步地磁日变曲线的特征,尝试采用同步比对法和相关分析法计算两站的时差.结论表明:同步比对法和相关分析法能反映站间真实的时差,当测区范围较小时(至少是在本文实例的两个地磁日变站之间),时差对地磁日变改正的影响很小,海洋磁力测量地磁日变改正时可以忽略其影响.  相似文献   

山东半岛南部近岸海域渔业资源群落结构的季节变化   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李涛  张秀梅  张沛东  黄国强 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》2011,(Z1):41-50

根据2006年夏、冬季和2007年春、秋季在山东半岛南部近岸海域进行的渔业资源底拖网调查资料,初步分析了该海域渔业资源群落结构特征。结果表明,该海域4个航次的调查共捕获渔业资源种类72种。2006年夏、冬,2007年春、秋4个航次的单位网次渔获量分别为18.1、6.9、1.3、10.3 kg/h。生物量的季节变化,依次呈夏季>冬季>秋季>春季。优势种类主要为赤鼻棱鳀(Thryssakammalensis)、长蛇鲻(Sauridaelongate)、方氏云鳚(Enedrias fangi)及口虾蛄(Oratosquillaorato-ria)、剑尖枪乌贼(Loligoedulis)、鹰爪虾(Rachypenaeus curvirostris)等。根据4个航次的调查数据,分别计算了渔业生物群落的种类丰度指数R、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数H′、Pielou均匀度指数J′。通过聚类分析、单因子相似性分析(ANOSI M)、相似性百分比分析(SI MPER),以及对该海域游泳动物资源结构现状与历史调查数据对比分析表明,该海域渔业资源群落结构存在衰退现象。本研究为山东半岛南部海域渔业生物多样性保护和资源管理提供了参考依据。  相似文献