Effect of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM) on distribution of bacterioplankton

Four surveys were carried out in August 2001, and in August, September and October 2002 in the southern Yellow Sea, China. Bacterioplankton abundance and biomass were quantified along the transects from Qingdao, China to the Korean island of Jeju. In this paper, the author describes the distribution of bacterioplankton and predatory pressures, and also discusses the impact of Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM) on the distribution of bacterioplankton. The range of Synechococcus biomass was 0.78–33.49 mg C/m³ (on average 6.26 mg C/m³), and heterotrophic bacteria biomass was 1.58–21.25 mg C/m³ (on average 5.79 mg C/m³, n=197). In the vertical direction, the distribution order of Synechococcus biomass was mid-layer>surface>bottom, and the one of heterotrophic bacteria biomass was surface>mid-layer>bottom. The contribution of Synechococcus to the total phytoplankton biomass (SB/PB) ranged from 2% to 99% (on average 42.5%), and the ratio of heterotrophic bacterial biomass to phytoplankton biomass (HBB/PB) was from 5% to 637% (on average 85%). Daily variations of bacterioplankton biomass at anchor stations showed that the maximal Synechococcus biomass was 8.8 times the minimum, and it was 2.8 times in heterotrophic bacterial biomass. The distribution of bacterioplankton accorded with temperature and salinity, and the minimum of bacterioplankton biomass occurred in the YSCWM waters. At the same time, the microzooplankton (20–200 μm) preyed on Synechococcus in these waters, with the ingestion rate of about 0.20–0.42/d.     

中国南方海域鲎的种类和分布

The northern sea area of the South China Sea is situated between 107.5°～122.5°East longitude and 17°～25° North latitude with high temperature and a large quantity of rainfall which belongs to the oceanic climate of the torrid zone and subtropical zone. From September, 1994 to June, 1998,during the research on the species of Horseshoe crab within the scope between the south from North gulf and the north to Xiamen, choosing Xiamen, Shantou, Wuchuan, Donghaidao and Qishui as fixed positions and irregularly going to Xuwen and Suixi in Guangdong province and Fangcheng in Guangxi province, we found that there was only Tachypleus tridentatus in the northern sea area of the South China Sea and the sea area from Wuchuan to Xiamen, and found that there were two species of horseshoe crab which were Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda in the southern area to East Sea Island, referring to East Sea Island, Qishui, Xuwen, Suixi and Fangcheng, most of which were Tachypleus tridentatus, and found a great number of larvae of Tachypleus tridentatus including zooids with different sizes from 7cm bodily length to mature. In Minan we found not only big colonies of adult Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda , but also a great number of larvae of Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda with different body size from 7cm body length to maturity. All these show that the northern sea area of the South China Sea is the area where both Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda distribute and reproduce. On January 1st, 1998 at the town of Qishui in Leizhou, we found an adult male Horseshoe crab and majority of its eggs was immature, while the eggs with above 4mm diameters were only 0.87 percent but the eggs with below 1.0mm diameter was 58 percent(1 160 pills). It shows that Qishui is a place where Tachyplers tridentatus survive in the winter.     

Effect of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM) on distribution of bacterioplankton

Four surveys were carried out in August 2001, and in August, September and October 2002 in the southern Yellow Sea, China. Bacterioplankton abundance and biomass were quantified along the transects from Qingdao, China to the Korean island of Jeju. In this paper, the author describes the distribution of bacterioplankton and predatory pressures, and also discusses the impact of Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM) on the distribution of bacterioplankton. The range of Synechococcus biomass was 0.78–33.49 mg C/m³ (on average 6.26 mg C/m³), and heterotrophic bacteria biomass was 1.58–21.25 mg C/m³ (on average 5.79 mg C/m³, n=197). In the vertical direction, the distribution order of Synechococcus biomass was mid-layer>surface>bottom, and the one of heterotrophic bacteria biomass was surface>mid-layer>bottom. The contribution of Synechococcus to the total phytoplankton biomass (SB/PB) ranged from 2% to 99% (on average 42.5%), and the ratio of heterotrophic bacterial biomass to phytoplankton biomass (HBB/PB) was from 5% to 637% (on average 85%). Daily variations of bacterioplankton biomass at anchor stations showed that the maximal Synechococcus biomass was 8.8 times the minimum, and it was 2.8 times in heterotrophic bacterial biomass. The distribution of bacterioplankton accorded with temperature and salinity, and the minimum of bacterioplankton biomass occurred in the YSCWM waters. At the same time, the microzooplankton (20–200 μm) preyed on Synechococcus in these waters, with the ingestion rate of about 0.20–0.42/d.     

Y-chromosome haplotype distribution in Han Chinese populations and modern human origin in East Asians

We investigated the distribution of Y-chromosome haplotype using 19 Y-SNPs in Han Chinese populations from 22 provinces of China. Our data indicate distinctive patterns of Y chromosome between southern and northern Han Chinese populations. The southern populations are much more polymorphic than northern populations. The latter has only a subset of the southern haplotypes. This result confirms the genetic difference observed between southern and northern ethnic populations in East Asia. It supports the hypothesis that the first settlement of modern humans of African origin occurred in the southern part of East Asia during the last Ice Age, and a northward migration led to the peopling of northern China.     

A Dispersal and Vicariance Analysis of the Genus Caragana Fabr.

The genus Caragana Fabr., consisting of approximately 70 species, has a temperate Asian distribution and occurs mainly in the drought and cold regions of the northwestern and southwestern Tibetan Plateau of China. The distribution pattern of the genus was investigated using dispersal-vicariance analysis （DIVA）, The results indicate that vicariance versus dispersal plays a major role in the evolution of the genus and that short-distance dispersal also exists. There is no fossil record of this genus. Therefore, Caragana is inferred as an advanced taxon in terms of its limited temperate Asian distribution. Based on the morphological variation and ecological adaptation in Caragana, the generic speciation is postulated to be related to the uplifting of the Tibetan Plateau and to the increasing arid conditions of Central Asian lands since the Neogene. The Mongolian Plateau and the Tibetan Plateau are hypothesized as the barriers of vicariance between East Asia and western Central Asia.     

Wood-inhabiting marine fungi from the coast of Shandong, China Ⅲ

Five species of higher marine fungi were observed on the incubated drift and intertidal woods collected from the coasts of Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. Among them, Halosphaeriopsis was a genus newly recorded for China. Taxonomy and morphology of these species were discussed in this paper. The specimens were deposited in Mycology Herbarium at Qingdao Agricultural University （MHQAU）.     

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIESA Joint Symposium of the British Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of China

The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China have very different histories.In the United Kingdom, industrial development began early, in the 18th century, and was swept along by the tide of riches that it generated, in a way that damage to the environment was disregarded and pollutants accepted as inevitable-"where there's muck,there's monev"But all this stimulated. by degrees. an.(?)     

Analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among red jungle fowls and Chinese domestic fowls

Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among 568 individuals of two red jungle fowl subspe- cies (Gallus gallus spadiceus in China and Gallus gallus gallus in Thailand) and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds were evaluated with 29 microstaellite loci, the genetic variability within population and genetic differentiation among population were estimated, and then genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships were analyzed among red jungle fowls and Chinese domestic fowls. A total of 286 alleles were detected in 16 population with 29 microsatellite markers and the average number of the alleles observed in 29 microsatellite loci was 9.86±6.36. The overall expected heterozygosity of all population was 0.6708±0.0251, and the number of population deviated from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium per locus ranged from 0 to 7. In the whole population, the average of genetic differentiation among population, measured as FST value, was 16.7% (P<0.001), and all loci contributed significantly (P<0.001) to this differentiation. It can also be seen that the deficit of heterozygotes was very high (0.015) (P<0.01). Reynolds' distance values varied between 0.036 (Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair) and 0.330 (G. gallus gallus-Gushi chicken pair). The Nm value ranged from 0.533 (between G. gallus gallus and Gushi chicken) to 5.833 (between Xiaoshan chicken and Luyuan chicken). An unrooted consensus tree was constructed using the neighbour-joining method and the Reynolds' genetic distance. The heavy-body sized chicken breeds, Luyuan chicken, Xiaoshan chicken, Beijing Fatty chicken, Henan Game chicken, Huainan Partridge and Langshan chicken formed one branch, and it had a close genetic relationship between Xiaoshan chicken-Luyuan chicken pair and Chahua chicken-Tibetan chicken pair. Chahua chicken and Tibetan chicken had closer genetic relationship with these two subspecies of red jungle fowl than other domestic chicken breeds. G. gallus spadiceus showed closer phylogenetic relationship with Chinese domestic chicken breeds than G. gallus gallus. All 29 microstaellite loci in this study showed high levels of polymorphism and significant genetic differentiation was observed among two subspecies of red jungle fowl and 14 Chinese domestic chicken breeds. The evolutional dendrogram is as follows: evolutional breeds→primitive breeds (Chahua chicken and Tibetan)→red jungle fowl in China (G. gallus spadiceus)→red jungle fowl in Thailand (G. gallus gallus). The results supported the theory that the domestic fowls might originate from different subspecies of red jungle fowl and Chinese domestic fowls had independent origin.     

Distribution patterns of pelagic euphausiids in the East China Sea

Distribution patterns and abundance of the euphausiids were examined in the East China Sea (23°30′ –33°00′N, 118°30′ –128°00′ E) in relation to temperature and salinity. The data were collected in 4 surveys from 1997 to 2000. The density or yield density model was used to predict optimum temperature and salinity of water for euphausiid distribution, and thereafter distribution patterns of euphausiids were determined based on the predicted parameters. Of 23 species, Euphausia pacifica, E. nana, Pseudeuphausia sinica and P. latifrons were numerically dominant. The analyses indicate that Euphausia pacifica is an offshore temperate water species, E. nana is an offshore temperate warm water species, P. sinica is a coastal subtropical water species and P. latifrons is an oceanic tropical water species. The 4 species occupied 4 different water masses, respectively, namely, cold water mass, cold and warm water mixed masses in winter and spring, cold and warm water mixed masses in summer and autumn, and warm water mass, which could be the good designators of individual water masses, respectively. The predicated optimal temperatures for E. tenera, S. carinatum, E. diomedeae, Stylocheiron affine, Nematoscelis sp., N. gracilis, N. atlantica, Stylocheiron sp. and S. suhmii are all > 25°. These species are mainly distributed in southern Kuroshio in winter and spring, Kuroshio, the Taiwan Warm Current and Tsushima Current in summer and autumn, the equatorial waters of Pacific Ocean and the eastern waters of the Taiwan Strait. They are called as oceanic tropical water species. Nematoscelis tenella and T. tricuspidata are referred to as offshore subtropical water species according to their geographic distributions even if they are halobionts. Euphausia sanzoi is considered as a typical offshore subtropical water species, which inhabited waters below 25°. Stylocheiron microphthalma, occupying warm current waters where temperature and salinity are nearly 25° and 34 in summer and autumn, belongs to oceanic tropical water species. In the same way, E. similes, E. mutica, Euphausia sp., E. brevis and E. recurva are classified into offshore subtropical water species in accordance with the optimum temperature and salinity of waters as well as locations and seasons of their occurrence. Optimum temperature, rather than salinity, is a better parameter in determining the distribution patterns of euphausiids.     

Temporal Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Red Tide Events in China's Coastal Waters

Between the years 1933–2001, 460 red tide events were found in China's coastal water. The scope of red tide occurrence has extended over all the coastal provinces of China, and the three major areas with high red tide frequency are the Bohai sea, the sea area near the Shengsi Archipelago and Huaniaoshan Island on the outer side of the Changjiang River estuary and the Hangzhou Bay, and the coastal waters on the east side of the Zhujiang River estuary from Hong Kong to East Guangdong. In the past 20 years, the frequency of red tides has been tending upwards. The years of 1988–1990 and 1998–2001 saw the most serious red tides along China's coastal waters, with the latter period as the peak. The average area of a single red tide, i.e., the scale of red tides, is expanding every year, and in 2001 rose to about 500 km². Every year, China's red tides occur from south to north, with those in the South China Sea occurring from March to May, those in the East China Sea from April to August and those in the Bohai and Huanghai Seas from May to September.     

春季赤潮频发期东海微型浮游动物摄食研究

2002年4～5月在东海长江口及其邻近水域的8、11、14、23和28号5个典型站位采样。用现场稀释法对春季东海水域浮游植物的生长率和微型浮游动物对浮游植物的摄食压力等方面进行了研究．结果表明,微型浮游动物的摄食行为在东海赤潮过程起到关键作用．各站位微型浮游动物主要以急游虫、红色中缢虫和夜光藻为主,在种类上砂壳纤毛虫是主要的类群．微型浮游动物的摄食速率范围在0．28～1．13d-1,对浮游植物现存量的摄食压力范围在35．14％～811．69％。对浮游植物潜在初级生产力的摄食压力范围在74．04％～203．25％,对浮游植物碳的摄食率范围在9．58～97．91μg·L-1·d-1,靠近岸边的站位,微型浮游动物的摄食速率、对浮游植物现存量的摄食压力和对浮游植物碳的摄食率相对较高。而远离岸边的站位对浮游植物潜在初级生产力的摄食压力却较高．与世界其它海区比较此水域微型浮游动物摄食压力处于较高水平．急游虫是控制东海主要赤潮原因生物具齿原甲藻生长的关键种类．     

黄渤海海水养殖自身污染的评估

探讨了投饵和非投饵两种养殖方式自身污染对海洋环境的影响.结果表明,海水养殖产量与营养盐类、COD和赤潮发生次数均呈正相关关系,其中无机氮含量和赤潮发生次数与虾养殖产量有显著正相关关系,说明海水养殖自身污染对邻近海域富营养化及赤潮发生有一定影响.通过黄渤海海水养殖向海洋排泄氮、磷、COD等污染物估算,分别占相应陆源污染物排海量的2.8%、5.3%、1.8%.虽然与人类其他活动向海洋排污量相比,水产养殖的排污量所占比重还不算大,对于某些局部水域,特别是海水养殖密集区,将对海洋环境的影响产生叠加作用,很可能成为刺激近海富营养化和赤潮发生的一个重要因素,应引起足够的重视.     

东海赤潮高发区COD和石油烃分布特征及其与赤潮发生关系的初步研究

根据2002年4月25日-5月2日对东海赤潮高发区化学耗氧量（COD）、石油烃等项目的现场调查,探讨了该海区COD、石油烃以及富营养化指数（EI）的分布特征,结果表明,COD和富营养化指数（EI）表明,COD和海水富营养化程度高,是调查海区赤潮发生的必要条件,有合适的温盐和光照条件下,当海水EI和COD浓度分别处在2.5-15和0.8-1.4mg·L^-1范围内可导致赤潮发生。     

依据大规模捕捞统计资料分析东黄渤海白姑鱼种群划分和洄游路线

根据我国10多个主要渔业公司1971-1982年间白姑鱼(Argyrosomus argentatus)捕捞统计资料,从产量分布,鱼群移动等方面,研究了东黄渤海白姑鱼的种群划分和洄游路线。结果显示,我国沿海白姑鱼可分为2个种群。其中,黄渤海种群越冬场主要在黄海中部34°00'N以北水域。每年3-4月份,鱼群陆续进入山东半岛的乳山沿海、渤海各海湾、黄海北部沿岸和海州湾产卵。栖息在渤海的白姑鱼9-11月份在渤海中部索饵,形成越冬群体,11月后绕过成山头向越冬场洄游,12月至1月份到达越冬场;东黄海种群越冬场主要是在东海外海和中南部近海。每年3-4月份东海外海白姑鱼向西进入舟山渔场。在舟山渔场,这部分鱼群与从东海中南部近海北上的产卵群体汇合,向西进入舟山群岛沿海水域产卵。到了5月份,在浙江北部近海形成索饵群体。6-8月份,索饵群体经过长江口北上黄海南部近海索饵,9月份,索饵群体前锋到达34°00'N禁渔线外侧。此后,索饵场的白姑鱼向南做越冬洄游,并在10月份回到长江口。从这里,一部分群体游向外海越冬场,一部分群体继续南下回到东海中南部近海的越冬场。另外,在东海中南部近海越冬群体,部分就近游向沿岸的海湾,河口产卵,产卵后在产卵场外侧索饵,冬季回到就近的越冬场。     

Spatial distributions of floating seaweeds in the East China Sea from late winter to early spring

Floating seaweeds play an important role as a habitat for many animals accompanying or attaching to them in offshore waters. It was in 2000 that the first report described abundant distributions of floating seaweeds in offshore waters in the East China Sea in spring. Young individuals of the yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata are captured for aquaculture purposes from floating seaweeds in the East China Sea. Therefore, a sound understanding of the distributions of floating seaweeds in the East China Sea is needed. Detailed information is especially important during the late winter to early spring, which corresponds to the juvenile period of the yellowtail. Thus, field surveys using R/V Tansei-Maru were conducted in the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone in the East China Sea from late winter to early spring in 2010 and 2011. We obtained positions of the vessel by GPS and transversal distances from the vessel to a raft by visual observation. Distance sampling method (Thomas et al. 2010) was applied to estimation of floating seaweed densities (rafts km^?2). Seaweed rafts were also randomly sampled using nets during the research cruises. In the East China Sea, seaweed rafts were distributed mainly on the continental shelf west of the Kuroshio, especially in waters between 26° N and 30° N. Collected rafts consisted of only one species, Sargassum horneri (Turner) C. Agardh. Taking into account surface currents and geographical distribution of S. horneri, it is estimated that these floating seaweeds originated from natural beds along the coast between mid and south China. Considering the approximate travel times, it is suggested that floating patches are colonized by yellowtails early on during their trips, i.e., close to the Chinese coast.     

基于集成模型的小黄鱼越冬群体适宜生境及其环境影响因素

小黄鱼是中韩渔业共同利用鱼种,其跨界洄游习性限制了对越冬场范围的调查和评估,导致对越冬群体适宜栖息地分布缺乏了解。本研究基于越冬期我国自然海域的物种分布点位数据和5个环境数据,运用8个物种分布模型(SDM)分析了小黄鱼越冬场分布范围,采用5折交叉验证,利用受试者工作特征曲线下面积(AUC)评价模型预测性能,并通过加权集成方法构建综合生境模型预测越冬场核心分布位置。结果表明: 出现/未出现数据模型预测准确度普遍高于仅出现模型;在出现/未出现数据模型中,机器学习方法预测准确度高于经典回归模型,支持向量模型(SVM)准确度最高(AUC=0.85),广义线性模型(GLM)准确度最低(AUC=0.73)。集成模型AUC较单一独立模型的准确度有所提升,表明集成模型能有效降低单一独立模型所带来的不确定性,提高模型预测准确度。变量重要性分析结果显示,盐度和温度是决定小黄鱼越冬场地理分布的重要因素,适宜分布区集中在黄海南部外海、东海北部外海和浙江省沿岸海域,而黄海南部沿岸海域和东海中南部外海为不适宜越冬区。研究结果为预测小黄鱼潜在越冬场提供了理论基础,可支撑越冬场渔业资源的空间规划和可持续利用。     

我国东海赤潮原甲藻应属哪种？

阐述并讨论了中国东海长江口外经常发生的原甲藻赤潮原因种的种类认知问题．论述了自从Stein提出具齿原甲藻(Prorocendrum dentatum Stein)新种后迄今中外专家报告该种的描述及分布,并对比了具齿原甲藻与长江口的原甲藻的异同．研究证实我国东海的原甲藻与具齿原甲藻有较大的差别,主要表现在体积大小、藻体末端形态以及藻体前端突起的大小和形态等方面．本文汇集了国内外对具齿原甲藻与我国原甲藻的研究成果,对比认为。我国长江口外经常发生赤潮的原甲藻为东海原甲藻(Prorocendrum donghaiense Lu)．文中还讨论了由陆斗定发表的东海原甲藻需要补充修正的观点．在过去的数年中,我国东海长江口海域频繁爆发大面积的原甲藻赤潮,但对于赤潮原因种原甲藻(Prorocentrum)的定种问题存在两种不同的观点,一种观点认为本种是具齿原甲藻,另一种观点认为是东海原甲藻．为了阐明此种原甲藻的命名问题,于2002年11月在深圳召开了题为“我国东海赤潮原因种原甲藻分类学国际研讨会”．认为是P．dentatum的依据是长期以来国际上通常把类似我国东海的原甲藻定为P．dentatum,其根据是它的前端有突起等．而持不同观点的专家认为我国东海的这种原甲藻在细胞长度上与Stein描述的原P．dentatum差异很大,并且除少数样品末端尖伸外,大多数细胞末端是钝圆的．专家们还认为在日本、韩国等亚洲海域分布的被报告为P．dentatum的原甲藻与我国东海的此种原甲藻为同一种．综观各种观点,作者认为东海本种原甲藻应为东海原甲藻.     

北海区海洋生态灾害的主要类型及分布现状研究

本文将海洋生态灾害定义为局部海域一种或少数几种海洋生物数量过度增多引起的海洋生态异常现象,包括赤潮、绿潮、水母旺发和外来种入侵等,根据相关研究及调查资料,探讨了北海区赤潮、绿潮、水母、外来生物入侵等生态灾害发生特点及趋势。结果表明,北海区赤潮和绿潮灾害频发,影响面积较大,渤海北部秦皇岛附近海域赤潮灾害严重,黄海西部山东半岛近岸海域浒苔绿潮灾害严重;水母灾害呈上升趋势,对人体健康威胁较大,北海区滨海城市都曾发生过水母蛰伤致死案例;黄河三角洲区域米草和泥螺入侵扩展速度较快。面对这些海洋生态灾害巨大威胁,北海区亟需加强海洋生态灾害防控研究。     

福建平潭岛海域底栖贝类物种多样性及其地理分布

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