Elemental mass-balance of material carried by major world rivers   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Jean-Marie Martin  Michel Meybeck 《Marine Chemistry》1979,7(3):173-206

An estimate of average river particulate matter (RPM) composition was bàsed on analyses of more than 40 elements in the Amazon, Congo, Ganges, Magdalena, Mekong, Parana and Orinoco rivers, to which were added literature data for 13 other major world rivers, covering the whole spectrum of morphoclimatic features. Geographic variations of major elements in RPM are mostly linked to weathering types and to the balance between weathering rate and river transport. As a result of chemical erosion, Al, Fe and Ti are enriched in RPM with respect to the average parent rock, while Na, Ca, Mg and Sr are strongly depleted. These figures are directly related to the relative importance of dissolved and particulate transport in rivers; this has been computed for each of 40 elements. In order to study weathering on a global scale, the total observed elemental fluxes (dissolved + particulate) have been computed and compared to theoretical ones. The latter were derived from the elemental content in the average parent rock and the total quantity of weathered material, computed from the Al ratio in RPM and in parent rock. Observed and theoretical fluxes are balanced for the less mobilized elements (rare earths, Co, Cr, Cs, Fe, Mn, Rb, Si, Th, Ti, U and V) for which no enrichment relative to Al is noted in RPM, and for B, Ba, Ca, K, Mg, Na, Sr which are relatively depleted in RPM due to their high dissolved transport. Additional fluxes have been found for Br, Sb, Pb, Cu, Mo, Zn and are possible also for Ni and P. This is reflected by marked enrichments in RPM relative to Al for the poorly or moderately dissolved transports (Pb, Cu, Zn). Several hypotheses involving either the natural origin (volcanic dust, marine aerosols, geochemical fractionation) or the artificial origin (worldwide pollution) are discussed to explain these discrepancies, assuming river transport and weathering either to be in a steady state on a global scale or not. However, none of them can fully account for these additional fluxes. It is most likely that these excesses have multiple origins, anthropogenic or natural or both. The comparison between RPM and deep-sea clay compositions emphasizes the prime influence of river input on oceanic sedimentation of Si, Al, Fe, Ti, lanthanides, Sc, Rb, V, etc. A few elements such as Zn, Sb, occur in excess in RPM as compared to deep-sea clays; in order to balance this excess, a remobilization of these elements out of the sediment can be considered. Finally, the enrichment of Co, Cu, Mn and Ni in deep-sea clays compared to RPM is discussed and attributed to several sources and processes.  相似文献   

The effect of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl and clophen A50 on the hepatic monooxygenase system of Eider Ducklings (Somateria mollissima) with indications for structure-related biotransformation of CB congeners     

M.J.C. Rozemeijer  J.P. Boon  P. Duiven  J. van der Meer  J.S.J. van de Sant  C. Swennen  A.J. Murk  J.H.J. van den Berg  M. Fellinger  A. Brouwer  J.H. Koeman 《Marine environmental research》1992,34(1-4)

Environmental contamination may be one cause of the high level of parasitic infections and high death rates of eiders in the Wadden Sea where, among other contaminants, high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) occur.To study this problem, four-week-old eider ducklings were exposed to single doses of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (CB 77; 5 or 50 mg i.p./kg) or Clophen A50 (50 or 200 mg i.p./kg). The control group was injected with corn oil only (5 ml/kg). A dose-dependent induction of the hepatic monooxygenase system was only found in ducklings treated with CB77. Clophen A50 (Clo A50) showed no effect.Comparison of CB patterns in the Clo A50-injected groups with the original mixture revealed differences associated with molecular structure: only CBs with vicinal hydrogen atoms in the meta- and para-positions had  相似文献   

Distribution of Th and Pa in the water column in relation to the ventilation of the deep Arctic basins     

J. C. Scholten  M. M. Rutgers van der Loeff  A. Michel 《Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography》1995,42(6)

Distribution of ²³⁰Th and ²³¹Pa in the water column was measured in the Eurasian basins of the Arctic Ocean, i.e. the Makarov, Amundsen and Nansen basins. The profiles obtained were compared to one previously published from the Alpha Ridge (Bacon et al., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 95 (1989) 15–22. The Amundsen and Nansen basins are similar in their ^23OTh and ²³¹Pa distribution, whereas in the Makarov Basin and at the Alpha Ridge these radionuclides are comparatively enriched in the deep basin. This may be due to low particle flux in conjunction with low water mass renewal rates. The ²³⁰Th concentration in water depth < 1000 m in the Makarov Basin is relatively low compared with the Alpha Ridge, which may be caused by an exchange of water masses between the Amundsen and Makarov basins.In the Eurasian Basin Deep Water, ²³⁰Th profiles can be explained both by a scavenging model and by a mixing-scavenging model. Enhanced particle load caused by resuspension may explain the increased scavenging in the Eurasian Basin Bottom Water. The differences in scavenging between the Norwegian-Greenland Sea and the Eurasian basins at present are not large enough to cause significant fractionation between ²³⁰Th and ²³¹Pa.  相似文献   

Porosity and hydrocarbon distribution in the North Sea chalk reservoirs   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Michel D'Heur 《Marine and Petroleum Geology》1984,1(3):211-238

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Consequences of bias in age estimation on assessment of the northern stock of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) and on management advice     

Bertignac  Michel; de Pontual  Helene 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》2007,64(5):981-988

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The Sample Size Necessary to Assess Changes in Fish Biomass – A Reply     

David Mouillot  Jean‐Michel Culioli 《Marine Ecology》2002,23(1):11-18

Abstract. In this article, we compare biomass results for three fish species (Symphodus ocellatus, Serranus scriba and Diplodus annularis) between May 1993 and May 2000 in the Bonifacio Strait Marine Reserve. The data were obtained from seagrass meadows using the visual census method. A randomised procedure was used to test the null hypothesis of biomass equality. To this end, decreasing sample sizes were used for the May 2000 data to determine the sample size necessary to reject the null hypothesis (5 % level). For Symphodus ocellatus, 10 samples (fixed points) were necessary to reject the null hypothesis, whereas 15 samples were required for Diplodus annularis. The null hypothesis was never rejected for Serranus scriba regardless of the sample size considered.
These results are discussed, as is the power statistical analysis proposed by Ortiz (2002; this issue, pp. 1 – 9) , to determine the optimal sample size necessary to detect perturbation effects in the marine environment. Although the power analysis is certainly a useful method to determine the sampling design in assessment the effect of marine reserves on fish biomass, the magnitude of the marine reserve effect remains problematic in ecology.  相似文献   

Magnetic properties of some young basalts from the East Pacific Rise     

Jean-Christophe Sempere  Alexandra Meshkov  Michel Thommeret  Ken Macdonald 《Marine Geophysical Researches》1988,9(2):131-146

We report the results of a study of the magnetic properties of basalts recovered from the axis and from 0.7 m.y. old crust at 21° N and 19°30 S on the East Pacific Rise as well as from the 9°03 N overlapping spreading centers. The natural remanent magnetization of the samples from 21° N and 19°30 S decreases from the axis to 0.7 m.y. old crust as a result of low-temperature oxidation. In addition, the magnetic properties of the samples from the 21° N sites indicate that: (1) the magnetic susceptibility and the Koenigsberger ratio decrease with low-temperature alteration, (2) the Curie temperature, the median demagnetizing field and the remanent coercivity increase with maghemitization, (3) the saturation magnetization measured at room temperature does not change significantly with age. The magnetic properties of the basalt samples from the 9°03 N overlapping spreading centers indicate the presence of a high magnetization zone at the tip of the eastern spreading center. This high magnetization zone is the result of the high percentage of unaltered, fine-grained titanomagnetites present in the samples. These measurements are consistent with the results of the three-dimensional inversion of the magnetic field over the 9°03 N overlapping system [Sempere et al., 1984] as well as with detailed tectonic and geochemical investigations of overlapping spreading centers (Sempere and Macdonald, 1986a; Langmuir et al., 1986; Natland et al., 1986). The high magnetization zone appears to be the result of the eruption of highly fractionated basalts enriched in iron associated with the propagation of one of the limbs of the overlapping system into older lithosphere and not just to rapid decay, due to low-temperature oxidation, of the initially high magnetization of pillows extruded in the neovolcanic zone.  相似文献   

Biometry, Bathymetric Distribution, and Reproductive Cycle of the Holothuroid Holothuria tubulosa (Echinodermata) from Mediterranean Sea grass Beds     

Patrick  Bulteel  Michel  Jangoux Pierre  Coulon 《Marine Ecology》1992,13(1):53-62

Abstract. Holothuria tubulosa individuals were sampled regularly at three different depths (6, 19, and 33m) over a 20-month period in a Posidonia oceanica meadow off Ischia Island (Italy). Biometrical analysis demonstrated that holothuroids have a well-marked size-related distribution according to depth, with the smallest individuals in the shallowest part of the meadow and the large ones in its deepest part. The observed distributions reflect the ability of H. tubulosa to grow more efficiently in areas of low water turbulence where Posidonia shoots are scattered and detrital food is more easily accessible. Recruitment takes place in the shallow meadow, and holothuroids with high reproductive potential only occur in the deep meadow. Small holothuroids (shallow individuals of similar sizes) may be either juveniles or sexually mature individuals; environmental constraints apparently restrict the growth of individuals and their gonads. There is a progressive downward migration of growing individuals when the whole population is considered, although at the level of the individual the migration occurs randomly. Accordingly, the size of a sexually mature individual is more a function of its past history in the meadow than of its real age.  相似文献   

Application du modele de distribution d'abondance de Mandelbrot a l'estimation des captures dans l'etang de Thau     

Bach  Pascal; Amanieu  Michel; Hoai  Thong Lam; Lasserre  Gerard 《ICES Journal of Marine Science》1988,44(3):235-246

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Work sharing in Kerala's fisheries     

Marrit van den Berg  Bart Jan Lensing 《Marine Policy》2007

Earlier studies suggest that once population growth and market integration reach a certain critical level, traditional practices of work sharing tend to degenerate or disappear altogether. Work sharing has, however, survived to date in small-scale fisheries in Kerala, India. Artisanal fishermen strongly favor the system, for ethical reasons as well as for their personal benefit. Besides, boat owners appear not to be hindered by the system. Contrary to observations in crop production, work sharing has not inhibited the introduction of modern technologies like motorization.  相似文献