Causes and Consequences of Changes in Nutrient Structure in the Jiaozhou Bay

Concentrations and ratios of nutrients in Jiaozhou Bay, China, have changed much in the past decades, with trends indicating an increase in nitrogen and a decrease in silicate. Statistical analysis has shown that the long-term variations of nutrients are associated with agricultural activities, precipitation, and anthropogenic factors. Stoichiometric calculations indicate that the nutrient structure has become more and more unbalanced. There has been almost no possibility for nitrogen limitation since the 1980s, the probability of P limitation has increased, and the probability of Si limitation has also increased markedly from the 1980s to the 1990s. As a consequence of changes in nutrient structure, a decrease in the abundance of net phytoplankton was evident, whereas total chlorophyll a levels have remained roughly unchanged at around 3.55 μg/L. Thus, it is likely that smaller species have taken the niche vacated by the larger species. Changes in phytoplankton size and species composition may ultimately lead to various functional and structural changes at the system level.     

TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON SILICON LIMITED GROWTH OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN DIATOM STEPHANODISCUS MINUTUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)1

The effect of temperature on the silicon limited growth and nutrient kinetics of Stephanodiscus minutus Grun. was examined using batch and semicontinuous culture methods. Short-term batch culture methods gave maximum growth rates which were essentially constant over the temperature range of 10° to 20°C (μ₃= 0.71–0.80 d^?1). The half-saturation constant for growth (K_s) was significantly lowest at 10°C (K_s= 0.31 μM Si; 0.22–0.41), and higher at both 15°C (K_s= 1.03 μM Si; 0.68–1.47) and 20°C (K_s= 0.88 μM Si; 0.60–1.22). Two methods were used to evaluate the semicontinuous experiments. The Droop relationship showed that the minimum cell quota was about 1.50 × 10^?7 nmol Si cell^?1, but there was much overlap in the results at all three temperatures. The Monod growth relationship for the semicontinuous experiments gave estimates of K_s which were lowest at 15°C (K_s= 0.12 μM Si), and higher at 10°C (K_s= 0.68 μM Si) and 20°C (K_s= 1.24 μM Si), although 95% confidence intervals overlapped. The maximum growth rate estimates for the semicontinuous experiments were similar at 10° and 15°, and higher at 20°C, but the number of points used in making the calculations makes the results less reliable than those from batch cultures. Generally, there were no consistent significant differences in the silicon limited growth of S. minutus over the temperature range studied. Our values of K_s for S. minutus are the lowest recorded for a freshwater diatom, and are consistent with the distribution of this species in nature. Generally, this species becomes abundant in areas with high phosphorus loading and very low silicon levels (low Si:P loading rates). Stephanodiscus species are also fossil indicators of eutrophication in north temperate lakes.     

胶州湾海域鱼类群落种类组成及多样性

为了解胶州湾海域鱼类群落结构特征,根据2016—2017年间对胶州湾海域进行的4个航次底拖网调查数据,采用相对重要性指数、生态多样性指数和典范对应分析(canonical correspondence analysis,CCA)、非线性多维标度排序(non-metric multidimensional scaling,NMDS)等方法分析了胶州湾海域鱼类群落的种类组成和多样性特征。结果表明:调查共采集到鱼类46种,隶属2纲10目30科41属,以硬骨鱼纲鱼类为主(45种,97.83%)。其中,鲈形目(Perciformes)最多(22种,47.83%),其次是鲉形目(Scorpaeniformes),占15.22%。种类数季节变化明显,以夏季最高,23种;秋季最低,16种。优势种组成以赤鼻棱鳀(Thryssa kammalensis)、褐菖鲉(Sebastiscus marmoratus)、褐牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus)、大泷六线鱼(Hexagrammos otakii)、许氏平鮋(Sebastes schlegeli)和矛尾鰕虎鱼(Chaeturichthys stigmatias)等鱼类为主。多样性分析显示,鱼类物种多样性存在明显的季节差异。多样性指数(H′)季节变化范围为1.668—2.453,以夏季最高,春季最低;均匀度指数(J′)季节变化范围为0.577—0.808,以秋季最高,春季最低;丰富度指数(D′)季节变化范围为2.431—3.123,以冬季最高,秋季最低。典范对应分析表明,水温、盐度、水深和pH是影响胶州湾海域鱼类群落物种组成的主要环境因子,且水温和pH是影响鱼类群落结构及多样性时空变化的主要因子。与历史调查资料相比,由于人类活动对胶州湾生态系统的干扰,鱼类群落结构发生了较大变化,优势种组成更替明显,多样性水平降低,鱼类群落结构趋向简单化。     

Response of Periphytic Algae to Gradients in Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Streamside Mesocosms

In this study we manipulated both nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in stream mesocosms to develop quantitative relationships between periphytic algal growth rates and peak biomass with inorganic N and P concentrations. Stream water from Harts Run, a 2nd order stream in a pristine catchment, was constantly added to 36 stream-side stream mesocosms in low volumes and then recirculated to reduce nutrient concentrations. Clay tiles were colonized with periphyton in the mesocosms. Nutrients were added to create P and N concentrations ranging from less than Harts Run concentrations to 128 μg SRP l⁻¹ and 1024 μg NO₃-N l⁻¹. Algae and water were sampled every 3 days during colonization until periphyton communities reached peak biomass and then sloughed. Nutrient depletion was substantial in the mesocosms. Algae accumulated in all streams, even streams in which no nutrients were added. Nutrient limitation of algal growth and peak biomass accrual was observed in both low P and low N conditions. The Monod model best explained relationships between P and N concentrations and algal growth and peak biomass. Algal growth was 90% of maximum rates or higher in nutrient concentrations 16 μg SRP l⁻¹ and 86 μg DIN l⁻¹. These saturating concentrations for growth rates were 3–5 times lower than concentrations needed to produce maximum biomass. Modified Monod models using both DIN and SRP were developed to explain algal growth rates and peak biomass, which respectively explained 44 and 70% of the variance in algal response.     

Nitrogen cycling and anthropogenic impact in the tropical interamerican seas

We discuss the mechanisms leading to nutrient limitation in tropical marine systems, with particular emphasis on nitrogen cycling in Caribbean ecosystems. We then explore how accelerated nutrient cycling from human activities is affecting these systems.Both nitrogen and phosphorus exert substantial influence on biological productivity and structure of tropical marine ecosystems. Offshore planktonic communities are largely nitrogen limited while nearshore ecosystems are largely phosphorus limited. For phosphorus, the ability of sediment to adsorb and store phosphorus is probably greater for tropical carbonate sediments than for most nearshore sediments in temperate coastal systems. However, the ability of tropical carbonate sediments to take up phosphorus can become saturated as phosphorus loading from human sources increases. The nature of the sediment, the mixing rate between nutrient-laden runoff waters and nutrient-poor oceanic waters and the degree of interaction of these water masses with the sediment will probably control the dynamics of this transition.Nearshore tropical marine ecosystems function differently from their temperate counterparts where coupled nitrification/denitrification serves as an important mechanism for nitrogen depuration. In contrast, nearshore tropical ecosystems are more susceptible to nitrogen loading as depurative capacity of the microbial communities is limited by the fragility of the nitrification link. At the same time, accumulation of organic matter in nearshore carbonate sediments appears to impair their capacity for phosphorus immobilization. In the absence of depurative mechanisms for either phosphorus or nitrogen, limitation for both these nutrients is alleviated and continued nutrient loading fuels the proliferation of nuisance algae.     

天津近岸海域夏季大型底栖生物群落结构变化特征

近年来,天津海岸带区域经济发展迅速,污染物排放量及污染海域面积持续增加,特别是2004年以来,天津港和临港工业区进行了大规模的海洋工程建设。由于具有迁移能力差、随季节波动不明显、生命周期相对较长等优点,大型底栖生物作为重要的人类干扰的反应指标,被广泛的应用于河口和海岸带生态系统对人类干扰的环境响应评价。为研究遭受人类干扰活动的天津近岸海域大型底栖生物群落结构的时空变化特征,分别于2004年和2007年夏季对渤海湾天津近岸海域进行了大面积的底栖生物群落调查。运用聚类分析、多维标度(MDS)及相似性分析(ANOSIM)等多元统计方法,分析了该区域底栖生物丰度、优势种、群落结构及生物多样性的时空变化特征。结果表明:1)2004年夏季底栖生物调查获得底栖生物29种,平均丰度为402.8个/m²,优势种为日本鼓虾、脆壳理蛤;2007年夏季底栖生物调查获得底栖生物36种,平均丰度为120.27个/m²,优势种为脆壳理蛤、小胡桃蛤、绒毛细足蟹、涡虫4种。2)2004年,调查区域底栖生物丰度空间分布呈现北低南高特征,2007年,则呈现中间低南北高的空间分布特征。3)2004年到2007年,位于大沽河口的19号站点底栖生物群落结构与其它站点存在显著性差异,生物群落受冲淡水影响明显,具有河口生物群落结构的独特性。2004年调查区域中的塘沽断面的底栖生物群落结构与其它四个断面存在显著性差异,而到2007年,五个断面底栖生物群落结构整体趋向一致。4)2004年,北部北塘、汉沽及南部岐口断面具有较高的丰富度、均匀度、多样性及较低的优势度指数,而到2007年,南部岐口、北部汉沽区域丰富度、均匀度和多样性指数均呈现下降趋势,而优势度指数则有所上升。中部区域特别是塘沽断面在丰富度、均匀度、多样性指数上有所增加,且越靠近中心区域增加程度越大。海岸工程、污染物排放、围垦养殖等人为干扰因素可能是造成天津近岸海域底栖生物丰度降低及其群落结构和多样性指数空间分布不均匀变化的主要原因。     

基于土地利用变化和生态系统服务的海岸带生态安全综合评价——以胶州湾为例

以土地利用为主的陆域开发活动能改变近海环境质量,并影响和改变原有海岸带生态系统服务功能的供给模式,对海岸带生态安全产生一定的负面影响.目前在海岸带生态系统研究领域较多采用陆地生态系统研究模式,未能真正体现海岸带作为海陆结合的独立的环境体系的特点,并缺乏对陆域活动驱动与生态系统服务功能响应和生态安全实现之间复杂关系的科学解释.本研究基于海岸带生态系统服务的空间异质性和流动性特点,以“土地利用变化(LUCC)-生态系统服务(ES)-生态系统安全”为研究主线,构建海岸带生态安全评价模型,探讨以土地覆被变化为主的陆域活动对海岸带生态系统服务功能和区域生态安全的影响机理及其时空变异规律.从模型的评价结果上看,作为生态安全系统中主要压力表征的胶州湾陆域土地利用变化,与相应海域内的生态系统服务状况和生态安全状态呈现出一定的相关性和趋势性.随着环胶州湾地区城市化进程中大量用地流转为城乡建设用地,胶州湾中相应海域的生态系统服务状态下降,进而带来该海域生态安全状态恶化.本文所提出的基于压力-状态-响应(PSR)框架的海陆结合的生态安全评价模型,以探讨陆域活动对海岸带生态系统服务功能和区域生态安全的影响及其时空变异规律为目的,可以克服目前研究中只关注陆域部分而忽视陆域活动与海域部分之间的联系和相互影响的缺陷,对海岸带生态安全评价研究具有一定的改进作用.     

胶州湾潮下带大型底栖动物群落的季节变化

胶州湾位于山东半岛南岸, 是黄海深入内陆的半封闭天然海湾, 底栖动物种类丰富。本文根据2014年2、5、8和11月4个航次(冬、春、夏、秋)的调查资料, 采用优势度指数, 物种多样性指数、丰富度指数、均匀度指数, Bray-Curtis相似性聚类和非参数多维标度排序(NMDS)方法, 分析了胶州湾大型底栖动物群落的季节变化特点。各航次共采集大型底栖动物199种, 其中多毛类79种, 甲壳动物47种, 软体动物40种, 棘皮动物17种, 其他类群16种。各季度优势种有变化亦有重叠, 以多毛类为主。2014年度胶州湾大型底栖动物的年平均丰度为209.85 ind./m², 最高丰度出现在秋季, 最低出现在春季; 年平均生物量为79.22 g/m², 最高生物量出现在夏季, 最低出现在春季。物种多样性指数(H')变化范围为2.16-2.86, 物种丰富度指数(D)变化范围为2.79-3.72, 物种均匀度指数(J)变化范围为0.58-0.82。聚类分析结果显示, 4个航次的群落相似性系数均较低, 分布格局存在季节性变化。近年来, 伴随海岸带开发及人类活动的持续影响, 胶州湾底栖生境的稳定性受到一定的威胁, 建议继续开展长期连续的监测, 探索有效的综合治理措施, 使胶州湾海洋生态系统能够持续健康的发展。     

A comparison of phytoplankton assemblages in the Chesapeake and Delaware estuaries (USA), with emphasis on diatoms

The Delaware Bay is characterized as having greater nutrient and turbidity levels than the Chesapeake Bay. In reference to these differences, a one year study was conducted to identify any similarities and differences in the phytoplankton populations in these estuaries. The results indicated patterns of similarity in the diatom composition, with the total phytoplankton assemblage forming two site groups along a salinity gradient in each bay. These site groups were associated with stations located in the tidal fresh-oligohaline and meso-polyhaline regions of both estuaries. The seasonal concentrations of diatoms and total phytoplankton in both of these regions were higher in the Chesapeake Bay.Subtle differences between the two estuaries include a more diversified and abundant assemblage of neritic phytoplankters (including dinoflagellates) are present in the lower Chesapeake Bay. In contrast, a diatom dominated community is more characteristic of Delaware Bay. It is suggested the entry of neritic species into lower regions of the estuaries was enhanced by the reduced amount of rainfall and flow rates that occurred during the study period. The greater success of neritic species in the Chesapeake Bay is attributed to the lower turbidity of that estuary compared to Delaware Bay.     

胶州湾近岸浅水区鱼类群落结构及多样性

根据2009年3月-2010年2月在胶州湾西北部近岸浅水区进行的鱼类逐月定置网调查数据,采用生态多样性指数和多元统计分析等方法研究了该海域的鱼类群落结构及多样性特征.结果表明:调查共鉴定出44种鱼类,其中海洋性27种,河口性鱼类17种.鱼类种类组成与底层水温和盐度有密切关系.胶州湾近岸浅水区鱼类群落Margalef种类丰富度指数(R)变化范围为0.33-3.50,Shannon-Wiener多样性指数(H’)为0.42-2.25,Pielou均匀度指数(J’)为0.23-0.93.聚类分析(CLUSTER)和多维标度排序(MDS)分析表明,不同鱼类种类组成的各月份样品可划分为3个组分:水温较低的冬季组G1(12月-翌年4月)、水温次高的春秋季组G2(5-6月、10-11月)和水温最高的夏季组G3(7-9月).其中G1的典型种主要为尖海龙(Syngnathus acus)、方氏云鳚(Enedrias fangi)和玉筋鱼(Ammodytes personatus)等冷温性常栖类群种类,G2的主要典型种为鳀鱼(Engraulis japonicus)和尖海龙,G3的主要典型种为鲐鱼(Scomber japonicus)、细条天竺鱼(Apogonichthys lineatus)和普氏缰虾虎鱼(Amoya pflaumi)等洄游性鱼类.单因子相似性分析(ANOSIM)表明,3个月份组间鱼类群落结构差异显著,不同月份组间两两差异均显著.生物-环境分析(BIOENV)表明,底层水温是影响胶州湾近岸浅水区鱼类群落结构时间变化的主要环境因子.在胶州湾内近岸浅水区发现40余种幼鱼,但占优势的主要为低值鱼类,表明胶州湾的产卵、肥育场功能有所下降,应加强胶州湾近岸水域生态环境和渔业资源的保护及修复.     

胶州湾大型底栖软体动物物种多样性研究

1998年2月至2004年11月,共7年27个航次对胶州湾10个站进行综合调查,研究了其大型底栖软体动物的多样性现状(菲律宾蛤仔(Ruditapesphilippinarum)除外)并探讨其成因。结果表明:在胶州湾共发现62种底栖软体动物,优势种是滑理蛤(Theoralubrica)和豆形胡桃蛤(Nuculafaba)。从1998年至2004年期间物种多样性指数(H′)年际间波动幅度不大,且无明显的规律性变化;但季节变化明显,秋季和冬季较高,春季和夏季较低。物种均匀度指数(J)则为秋季最高(0.87),夏季最低(0.58)。物种丰富度指数(D)除夏季相对较低(1.82)外,其他三个季节差别不大。     

胶州湾大型底栖动物生物多样性现状

根据自1998年2月至2001年11月对胶州湾的10个站15个航次（每季度月一次）的大型底栖动物分布状况调查资料,报道了胶州湾大型底栖生物物种多样性现状,采用了香农-威纳指数、物种丰富度指数以及物种均匀度指数对胶州湾大型底栖生物的群落结构、种类组成、优势种以及数量动态趋势进行了分析。本次调查共采到底栖动物322种,其中多毛类44科133种,甲壳动物42科92种,棘皮动物仅有14种。各站获得平均种类数在8—26种之间,种类最少的出现在7号站,最多的出现在3号站。各站位香农-威纳指数也有很大差异,最大的是2001年11月的8号站,最小的则出现在2001年8月的9号站。7号站和9号站种类数、物种多样性指数及物种丰度指数均较低,这是因为它们位于水流较大的区域,且底质为粗砂。3号站虽然种类数较多,并具有较大的香农-威纳指数,但它的物种均匀度指数却非常低,这是因为3号站靠近菲律宾蛤仔养殖区域,蛤仔的高密度降低了均匀度指数。生物多样性除了受种的数量及其个体密度的影响外,还与多种环境因素有关,如水温,盐度、初级生产力等,人为因素（如污染、过度利用）对底栖生物影响非常大。目的在于为进一步研究胶州湾生物多样性变化及底栖生物资源的合理开发和持续利用提供科学依据和积累资料。