Advances in Vent, Seep, Whale- and Wood-Fall Biology     

Lisa A. Levin  James P. Barry  Horst Felbeck  Craig R. Smith  & Craig M. Young 《Marine Ecology》2007,28(1):1-2

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Colonization, succession, and nutrition of macrobenthic assemblages in a restored wetland at Tijuana Estuary, California     

Serena M. Moseman  Lisa A. Levin  Carolyn Currin  Charlotte Forder   《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2004,60(4):755-770

Modes of colonization, the successional trajectory, and trophic recovery of a macrofaunal community were analyzed over 19 months in the Friendship marsh, a 20-acre restored wetland in Tijuana Estuary, California. Traditional techniques for quantifying macrofaunal communities were combined with emerging stable isotopic approaches for evaluation of trophic recovery, making comparisons with a nearby natural Spartina foliosa habitat. Life history-based predictions successfully identified major colonization modes, although most taxa employed a variety of tactics for colonizing the restored marsh. The presence of S. foliosa did not seem to affect macrofaunal colonization or succession at the scale of this study. However, soil organic matter content in the restored marsh was positively correlated with insect densities, and high initial salinities may have limited the success of early colonists. Total macrofaunal densities recovered to natural marsh levels after 14 months and diversity, measured as species richness and the Shannon index (H′), was comparable to the natural marsh by 19 months. Some compositional disparities between the natural and created communities persisted after 19 months, including lower percentages of surface-feeding polychaetes (Polydora spp.) and higher percentages of dipteran insects and turbellarians in the Friendship marsh. As surficial structural similarity of infaunal communities between the Friendship and natural habitat was achieved, isotopic analyses revealed a simultaneous trajectory towards recovery of trophic structure. Enriched δ¹³C signatures of benthic microalgae and infauna, observed in the restored marsh shortly after establishment compared to natural Spartina habitat, recovered after 19 months. However, the depletion in δ¹⁵N signatures of macrofauna in the Friendship marsh indicated consumption of microalgae, particularly nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, while macroalgae and Spartina made a larger contribution to macrofaunal diets in the natural habitat. Future successional studies must continue to develop and employ novel combinations of techniques for evaluating structural and functional recovery of disturbed and created habitats.  相似文献   

Third international conference on “Current Problems in Optics of Natural Waters” (ONW’2005)     

I. M. Levin  O. V. Kopelevich  V. Yu. Osadchii 《Oceanology》2007,47(1):141-143

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A quasi-one-dimensional velocity regime of super-thermal electron stream propagation through the solar corona     

B. N. Levin 《Solar physics》1984,92(1-2):317-328

The propagation of an inhomogeneous-stream of fast electrons through the corona-the type III radio burst source - is considered. It is shown, that the angular spectrum width of plasma waves excited by the stream is defined both by Landau damping by particles of the diffuse component and by damping (in the region of large phase velocities) by particles of the stream itself having large pitch angles. The regime of quasi-one-dimensional diffusion in the velocity space is realized only in the presence of a sufficiently dense diffuse component of super-thermal particles and only for a sufficiently large inhomogeneity scale of the stream. A large scale of the stream space profile is formed, evidently, close to the region of injection of super-thermal particles. It is the result of stripping of part of the electrons from the stream front to its slower part due to essential non-one-dimensionality of the particle diffusion in velocity space.Results obtained may explain, in particular, the evolution of a stream particle angular spectrum in the generation region of type III radio bursts observed by spacecrafts (Lin et al., 1981). For the relatively low energetic part of the stream, the oblique plasma wave stabilization by a diffuse component results in a quasi-one-dimensional regime of diffusion. The latter conserves the beam-like structure of this part of the stream.  相似文献   

Seismic hazard monitoring in Kamchatka and its applications to the M = 6.6 earthquake of 6 October 1987     

V. M. Zobin  E. I. Gordeev  V. F. Bakhtiarov  E. I. Ivanova  Yu. M. Khatkevich  V. N. Khodenko  V. E. Levin  V. P. Mityakin 《Natural Hazards》1992,6(1):51-70

The earthquake of 6 October 1987 (M = 6.6), which occurred near the Shipunsky Cape, Kamchatka, was the largest crustal event in the vicinity of the main city of Kamchatka — Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky — during the last three decades. It was followed by numerous aftershocks. This earthquake allowed us to test the effectiveness of the seismic hazard monitoring in Kamchatka, including the seismological, geodetic and hydrogeochemical surveys. The seismic survey provided the location and source nature of the main shock and aftershocks and the seismic environment of the main shock. The geodetic and hydrogeochemical surveys have yielded data on the response to earthquakes of the Earth's surface deformations, water level, and chemical elements concentration in the underground water. As a result, the following data were obtained:

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The earthquake of 6 October had a seismic moment 4–10 E18 Nm, thrust type of faulting and the source volume of 20 × 20 × 10 km³. The maximum intensity was VI–VII (MSK-64 scale) and maximum acceleration 88 cm/s².

Before this event, a relative increase in the number of the upper mantle (depth more than 100 km) moderate magnitude earthquakes during 5 years and a one-year period of seismic quiescence for small shallow earthquakes, were recognized. Significant anomalies in HCO₃ and H₃BO₃ concentrations in the underground waters were observed in the wells a week before the main shock.

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A new astrobleme in the Pacific Ocean     

B. W. Levin  E. V. Gretskaya  G. S. Nemchenko 《Doklady Earth Sciences》2006,411(1):1336-1338

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Structure of the thermal lithosphere and asthenosphere beneath oceans and continents     

L. E. Levin 《Geotectonics》2006,40(5):357-366

The lithosphere and asthenosphere make up a common geodynamic system but are characterized by different physical parameters. The former has a temperature of 1200–1300°C, a density of 3.3 g/cm³, and a viscosity of 10²² poise, while the latter has a density of 3.23 g/cm³, a viscosity in the range 10²¹-10^18–19 poise, and a temperature from 1200–1300°C to 1600–1700°C. The asthenosphere is distinguished by a great variability of its physical state in the lateral and vertical directions. This circumstance necessitates the recognition of the different types of the asthenosphere: seismic (LVZ zone), electrical, thermal, and seismological. The structure and the physical state of the thermal asthenosphere is considered in this paper on the basis of P-T parameters. Its state normally fits viscous Newtonian liquid beneath the continents and provides partial (5–20%) melting in spreading zones and along continental margins. No partial melting is detected beneath the main portion of the continents. The interaction between the asthenosphere and lithosphere is characterized by spatiotemporal migration of partial melting zones and asthenosphere upwelling, and such interaction determines the entire range of geodynamic processes from spreading and rifting to collision and vertical motions of different senses.  相似文献   

A comparison of early juvenile red drum densities among various habitat types in Galveston Bay, Texas     

Gregory W. Stunz  Thomas J. Minello  Phillip S. Levin 《Estuaries and Coasts》2002,25(1):76-85

Seagrass meadows are often cited as important nursery areas for newly settled red drum even though many estuaries, such as Galveston Bay, Texas, support large numbers of red drum and have limited seagrass cover, suggesting the use of alternate nursery areas. We examined patterns of habitat use for newly settled red drum at six sampling areas in Galveston Bay; two areas had seagrass beds and four areas had no seagrass. We measured densities in different habitat types using epibenthic sleds and enclosure samplers. Peak recruitment of young red drum to the estuary occurred during September through December. Highest densities of new settlers were found in seagrass meadows (primarilyHalodule wrightii), but when seagrass was absent, the highest densities of red drum occurred along theSpartina alterniflora marsh edge interface. Densities were relatively low on nonvegetated bottom away from the marsh edge. We also examined density patterns in other habitat types at selected sampling areas and found no red drum within marsh vegetation away from the marsh edge interface (5 and 10 m into the marsh interior). Oyster reefCrassostrea virginica was sampled using lift nets, and we found no red drum using this habitat, although adjacent seagrass and marsh interface habitats were used. Even though red drum densities in marsh edge were low relative to seagrass, the large areal extent of marshes in the bay complex probably makes marsh edge the most important nursery habitat for red drum in Galveston Bay.  相似文献   

Anomalous seaward dip of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath northeastern USA detected using differential-array measurements of Rayleigh waves     

William Menke  Vadim Levin 《Geophysical Journal International》2002,149(2):413-421

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P-SH conversions in a flat-layered medium with anisotropy of arbitrary orientation   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Vadim Levin  Jeffrey Park 《Geophysical Journal International》1997,131(2):253-266

P-SH conversion is commonly observed in teleseismic P waves, and is often attributed to dipping interfaces beneath the receiver. Our modelling suggests an alternative explanation in terms of flat-layered anisotropy. We use reflectivity techniques to compute three-component synthetic seismograms in a 1-D anisotropic layered medium. For each layer of the medium, we prescribe values of seismic velocities and hexagonally symmetric anisotropy about a common symmetry axis of arbitrary orientation. A compressional wave in an anisotropic velocity structure suffers conversion to both SV -and SH -polarized shear waves, unless the axis of symmetry is everywhere vertical or the wave travels parallel to all symmetry axes. The P-SV conversion forms the basis of the widely used 'receiver function' technique. The P-SH conversion occurs at interfaces where one or both layers are anisotropic. A tilted axis of symmetry and a dipping interface in isotropic media produce similar amplitudes of both direct ( P ) and converted ( Ps ) phases, leaving the backazimuth variation of the P-Ps delay as the main discriminant. Seismic anisotropy with a tilted symmetry axis leads to complex synthetic seismograms in velocity models composed of just a few flat homogeneous layers. It is possible therefore to model observations of P coda with prominent transverse components with relatively simple 1-D velocity structures. Successful retrieval of salient model characteristics appears possible using multiple realizations of a genetic-algorithm (GA) inversion of P coda from several backazimuths. Using GA inversion, we determine that six P coda recorded at station ARU in central Russia are consistent with models that possess strong (> 10 per cent) anisotropy in the top 5 km and between 30 and 43 km depth. The symmetry axes are tilted, and appear aligned with the seismic anisotropy orientation in the mantle under ARU suggested by SKS splitting.  相似文献