海洋沉积物—水界面营养盐交换过程的研究

对胶州湾和渤海沉积物分别进行室内培养实验。结果表明，在沉积物中加入营养盐后，铵氮、硅酸盐由沉积物向水体的迁移增大，铵氮的迁移在总量溶解态氮的交换中起主要作用，其交换量约占总溶解态氮扩散量的76％，硝酸盐及磷酸盐由水体向沉积物的迁移减弱，在上覆水中加入营养盐后，硝酸盐、磷酸盐由水体向沉积物的迁移减弱，在上覆水中加入营养盐后，硝酸盐、磷酸盐由水体向沉积物的迁移增大，硝酸氮的迁移占总溶解态氮交换的主要部分，约为62％，铵由沉积物向水体的迁移减弱，硅酸盐变成由水体向沉积物迁移，沉积物对于上覆水中营养盐的浓度具有一定的调节作用，无论在充空气或氮气条件下，磷及硅的交换速率变化不明显，铵氮的迁移占总溶解态氮扩散量的98％以上，充氧条件下硝酸盐由沉积物向上覆水的迁移通量较充氮气条件增加，比较两种不同的通量计算方法（积分和拟合），结果表明由两种计算方法计算的交换率的变化趋势基本一致的。     

武汉市南湖湖水和沉积物中氮的时空分布

沉积物中大量的有机态氮在水环境中大部分通过分解矿化作用转化为溶解的NH_4~ -N,再通过硝化、反硝化和Anammox作用等与其它溶解的无机态氮(DIN)联系起来.间隙水是沉积物中DIN(包括NH_4~ -N和NO_3~--N)释放进入上覆水的介质,进人间隙水中的DIN可以通过浓度差扩散、生物(微生物和底栖动物等)的扰动和风浪再悬浮作用等向上覆水迁移或交换,成为水体的"内源",使得在外源氮输入得到控制后,其内源氮的释放仍能维持水体的富营养化.本文对武汉市南湖湖水和沉积物中氮的时空分布进行研究,旨在探明氮在湖水和沉积物间的迁移转化规律.     

疏浚对大连湾生物可利用磷的水体浓度和沉积物-水界面交换通量的影响

利用FeO/CAM复合膜对大连湾已疏浚区与疏浚影响区海水水体中生物可利用磷(Bio-available phosphorus,BAP)浓度和水质指标进行调查,并通过实验室培养法、间隙水浓度梯度估算法和薄膜扩散梯度技术(Diffusivegradients in thin films technique,DGT)法分别测定沉积物-水界面间BAP交换通量.结果表明,由于受到调查海区附近正在进行的疏浚工程的影响,疏浚影响区水体中浊度和悬浮物含量平均值高于已疏浚区,且疏浚影响区水体中BAP的平均浓度(22.2μg L-1)高于已疏浚水体(19.5μg L-1);而疏浚影响区叶绿素a和溶解氧的浓度明显低于已疏浚区.沉积物-水界面间BAP交换通量研究结果显示,BAP主要由沉积物向上覆水中扩散,沉积物是BAP交换的源;间隙水浓度梯度估算法和DGT法测定的BAP交换通量相似,但远低于实验室培养法测定值;BAP在已疏浚区沉积物-水界面间的交换通量小于疏浚影响区,说明在一定时间内疏浚可以减弱沉积物内源磷的释放.     

沉水植物对水-沉积物界面各形态氮含量的影响

在室内模拟条件下研究沉水植物对水-沉积物界面的上覆水、不同层次的间隙水和沉积物中不同形态氮含量的影响.结果表明:总体上,上覆水和间隙水中不同形态氮含量的顺序为有机氮＞氨氮＞硝态氮;沉积物中可交换态无机氮以氨氮为主,沉水植物的存在并没有改变这一格局.不同处理不同层次的间隙水中,各形态氮含量均为下层＞中层＞上层,但沉积物中氨氮和硝态氮含量变化规律不明显.水-沉积物界面氨氮和硝态氮含量呈现明显季节性变化.总之,水-沉积物界面氨氮是沉积物向上覆水扩散的主要氮组分,沉水植物降低了氨氮和硝态氮的扩散通量.     

鄱阳湖沉积物与水界面氮的迁移特征及污染评价

通过现场采样及室内分析测试,在沉积物间隙水氮含量分析的基础上,探讨了鄱阳湖沉积物与水界面氮的迁移特征与扩散通量,并对鄱阳湖表层沉积物氮的污染状况进行了评价。结果表明,鄱阳湖表层沉积物间隙水中溶解性总氮的平均含量为1.32 mg·L~(-1),无机氮中以硝态氮含量最高,占总氮的45.4%以上。表层沉积物间隙水中氮的含量在空间分布上表现为北部站点(L6与L7)相对较高,且其浓度均高于上覆水中氮浓度,表明沉积物间隙水中氮有较强的释放趋势,其中溶解性总氮在间隙水与上覆水之间的扩散相对较强,其扩散通量略大于硝态氮,各站点平均扩散通量分别为0.91 mg·m~(-2)·d~(-1)和0.89mg·m~(-2)·d~(-1),且大部分站点沉积物表现为上覆水中氮的源。此外,鄱阳湖各站点总氮污染指数、有机指数、有机氮平均值分别为1.082%、0.161%、0.103%,总氮污染指数与有机指数为Ⅱ级标准,有机氮指数为Ⅲ级标准,但站点L2呈现出有机污染与有机氮污染,存在一定的安全风险,水体面临富营养化威胁。该研究可为鄱阳湖内源污染和富营养化防治提供一定的理论依据。     

氧化还原环境变化对河口沉积物硅影响的模拟

氧化还原环境变化是水生态系统中普遍存在的环境现象,并可能对营养盐迁移转化产生显著影响.本文通过模拟分析好氧/缺氧状态下,典型河口沉积物硅释放及其赋存形态的差异,揭示了氧化还原环境变化对河口沉积物活性硅迁移转化的影响.研究结果表明,厌氧环境下,上覆水中溶解态硅的含量持续上升,在第30天可达4.23 mg·L-1;而好氧环境下上覆水中溶解态硅的含量维持在2.30 mg·L-1左右.其原因可能是厌氧环境下,表层沉积物中Fe/Mn氧化物发生生物还原,氧化层被逐渐破坏,促进溶解态硅的释放.另外,在短期培养过程当中,对于生物硅含量较低且其早期成岩改变程度较高的长江口沉积物而言,厌氧环境并不能有效促进沉积物生物硅的溶解.     

水动力条件下苦草对沉积物氮释放的影响

在浅水湖泊中,沉积物易受到水流的扰动释放出原本沉降于其中的氮营养盐。沉水植物一方面能够减少水动力的作用,一方面又能够吸收沉积物中的和已经释放到上覆水中的氮营养盐供其生长同时改善水质。因此,研究沉水植物对沉积物中氮营养盐释放的影响具有很重要的实际意义。借助自主开发的生态水槽,研究苦草（Vallisneria spiraslis L.）在动、静水条件下对沉积物氮的释放的影响。实验装置包括四组水槽,两组动水槽中的一组只铺沉积物,另一组在沉积物上种植苦草,两组静水槽也如此设置。在40 d的实验周期内,我们在实验始末采集沉积物样品,在每一个采样时间点（0、1、3、6、12、20、30、40 d）采集水样,并测定沉积物中总氮含量,原水样中的总氮含量以及过滤水样中的总氮、氨氮、硝氮和亚硝氮的含量。研究结果表明：没有苦草的实验组0～1 cm沉积物层总氮下降幅度较大,有苦草的实验组表面0～1 cm沉积物层氮含量较高。苦草从根系周围沉积物中吸收氮,1～4 cm沉积物层的吸收量多于4～8 cm沉积物层。各水槽上覆水中总氮含量在第1天就有较大的增加,从0.09 mg·L^-1分别升到0.60、0.50、0.379、0.36 mg·L^-1在水动力影响下的增加更显著,后缓慢上升。动水槽中进入到上覆水的氮中80%以上是以溶解态氮形式存在,静水槽中这个比例高达90%以上。苦草对溶解态和颗粒态氮的去除率最高可达27.6%和84.3%。3种氮形态中硝态氮的含量比重较大,在动水条件下,苦草对氨氮,硝氮和亚硝氮的去除率最高可达30.0%、25.0%和60.0%。但苦草对水中氮形态的比例的影响并不明显。以上结果说明水动力条件明显促进沉积物中氮的释放,沉水植物苦草通过保护表层沉积物,吸收下层沉积物中氮,去除进入上覆水中的氮,特别是颗粒态氮和溶解态中的亚硝态     

广东韶关地区大气氮干湿沉降特征研究

2012 年4 月-2013 年9 月利用自动分离干湿沉降的采样器对广东省韶关市降雨和干沉降进行采集,分析样品降雨量、降尘量及氮营养盐干湿沉降浓度,计算各指标干湿沉降通量,利用沉降通量分析其影响因素及季节性变化趋势,为该地区大气氮沉降的通量预测及其环境管理提供支持,并为其生态环境中污染物的控制与减排提供科学依据.结果表明,观测期间总氮干沉降通量、湿沉降通量和总沉降通量平均值分别为47.73、295.7 和310.5 kg·km^-2·month^-1.氨态氮、硝酸盐氮与有机氮干沉降通量平均值分别为17.39、12.98 和17.37 kg·km^-2·month^-1,其湿沉降通量平均值分别为132.4、117.0 和46.23kg·km^-2·month^-1.总氮湿沉降通量占总氮总沉降通量平均比例为83.19%,说明总氮沉降通量以湿沉降为主.影响因素方面,总氮干沉降通量与降尘量无相关性;湿沉降受降雨量影响较大,所以受雨季影响,韶关地区4-6 月总氮湿沉降负荷较大.成分组成上,干沉降中氨态氮平均占总氮比例35.48%,硝酸盐氮平均占27.96%,有机氮平均占36.55%,因此该地区氮营养盐干沉降中以氨态氮和有机氮为主;氮营养盐湿沉降以氨态氮和硝酸盐氮为主,氨态氮平均占总氮比例46.87%,硝酸盐氮平均占40.64%,有机氮平均比例为12.49%,说明该地区湿沉降同时受到农业活动和工业活动的影响.季节变化上,氮营养盐干沉降通量由大到小依次为冬季、春季、秋季、夏季,湿沉降通量春季较高,夏秋两季较低.     

黄河上中游水体沉积物对磷酸盐的吸附/释放行为

研究了黄河上中游8个沉积物磷酸盐的吸附/释放动力学,比较了不同沉积物吸附磷的差别,分析了沉积物磷形态对磷吸附特征的影响.结果表明,沉积物对磷酸盐的吸附与释放均主要在前8 h内完成,在前0.5 h内对磷的吸附和释放速率均最快,在24 h内吸附基本达到平衡;沉积物对磷的等温吸附曲线既符合线性方程和Freundlich模型,同时也较好地符合Langmuir模型.据Langmuir模型计算得出沉积物对磷的最大吸附容量为0.095～0.272 mg·g-1,且最大吸附容量与沉积物总磷、可交换态磷和有机质含量呈显著正相关;沉积物在相应的上覆水中对磷酸盐的吸附过程存在一个吸附/解吸平衡点,对应的吸附/解吸平衡质量浓度为0.009～0.031 mg·L-1,均大于相应上覆水体中磷浓度,说明沉积物有向上覆水释磷的趋势.     

南四湖表层沉积物重金属的赋存形态及底部界面扩散通量的估算

采用"SOFIE"模拟装置,研究了南四湖污染程度不同的两个湖区(南阳湖及独山湖区)表层沉积物中重金属元素的形态组成,间隙水及界面上覆水中重金属浓度的变化特征.结果表明,南阳湖区沉积物间隙水及界面上覆水中Cr,Cu,Ni,Zn和Pb的浓度均高于独山湖区,这与沉积物中重金属元素的有效结合态含量变化一致,主要与人为污染有关.南阳湖及独山湖区沉积物-水界面±0.5 cm范围内重金属元素具有较高的浓度梯度,间隙水中Fe与Mn浓度明显高于界面上覆水;Cu,Ni,Zn,Pb的浓度均低于界面上覆水;独山湖区沉积物间隙水中Cr浓度与界面上覆水相似,而南阳湖区沉积物间隙水中Cr浓度略高于界面上覆水.采用Fick第一定律,计算得到南阳湖及独山湖区沉积物-水界面附近Cu,Ni,Zn,Pb的扩散通量,分别为-0.23,-1.47,-2.57,-0.04 mmol.m-.2d-1和-0.34,-0.67,-0.48,-0.01 mmol.m-.2d-1,沉积物表现为重金属元素的"汇";而Cr的扩散通量分别为0.03 mmol.m-.2d-1和-0.02 mmol.m-.2d-1,说明污染较重的南阳湖区沉积物中Cr已表现出向上覆水体扩散的特征.     

Phosphate enrichment in the northern Gulf of Aqaba: Regulation by carbonate sediments and impact on nitrogen elevation

The effect of carbonate sediment in regulating phosphate concentrations in sea water was investigated by laboratory incubation experiments using different sediment types. Incubation experiments were made with two types of sediments: uncontaminated sediment from a marine reserve and contaminated sediment with deposited phosphate powders. Fluxes of inorganic nitrogen and phosphate were estimated from linear regressions of solute concentrations over incubation periods. Ammonium and phosphate fluxes were about twofold higher in the uncontaminated sediment that had significantly lower organic carbon and total phosphate concentrations than in the phosphate-contaminated sediment. To test the effect of dissolved phosphate on increasing nitrogen fixation, additional incubation experiments were carried out using treated carbonate and silicate sediments with added dissolved phosphate (20 μM). Incubations were made under sterile conditions with HgCl₂ added to distinguish between biologically enhanced processes and pure physicochemical processes. The adsorption rate of phosphate onto carbonate sediment was about twice that onto silicate sediments. No nitrogen elevation either as ammonium or as nitrate was observed in the soluble phosphate enrichment incubations. In conclusion, this study demonstrates the importance of the regulation of soluble phosphate concentrations in carbonate sediment environments where the carbonate sediment acts as a buffering system keeping soluble phosphate concentrations at certain steady-state levels. The study also demonstrates the lack of evidence on enhancement of nitrogen concentrations due to the increase phosphate concentrations.     

The nitrogen supply to intertidal eelgrass (Zostera marina)

The uptake of ammonium and nitrate by eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) was studied in two-compartment chambers. The plants were collected in 1992 from a population growing on a tidal flat in the S.W. Netherlands. They were incubated under conditions which reflected field conditions; this implied the use of natural seawater and sediment porewater as incubation media. In all six experiments, carried out over the course of a major part of the growing period (from July to the end of September), ammonium appeared to be much more important as a source of nitrogen than nitrate. The largest part was taken up by the leaves: uptake of ammonium by the leaves accounted for 68 to 92% of total plant nitrogen uptake. The uptake of nitrogen compounds by the root-rhizome system represented only 4 to 30% of total plant uptake. Thus, at least during flood tide, the leaves play the major role in nitrogen uptake in this intertidal population. During ebb tide, most of the plants are submerged in very shallow tidepools. It is suggested that during this phase of the tidal cycle, influx of porewater ammonium into the tide-pool water may enable the leaves to exploit local sediment resources.     

Saturated uptake kinetics: transient response of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana to ammonium,nitrate, silicate or phosphate starvation

Changes in the saturated uptake kinetics of the limiting nutrient were followed as Thalassiosira pseudonana (Clone 3 H) batch cultures entered ammonium, nitrate, silicate and phosphate starvation. Cultures starved of ammonium or phosphate developed very high specific uptake capacities over a 24 to 48 h starvation period, due to both decreases in cell quota and increases in uptake rates per cell. In particular, the cell phosphorus quota decreased ca. 8-fold during phosphate starvation and specific uptake rates exceeded 100 d^-1. In contrast, cultures entering nitrate or silicate starvation underwent little or no further cell division, and the uptake capacity declined during starvation. After 24 to 48 h starvation, an induction requirement for uptake of nitrate or silicate was apparent. These responses are consistent with adaptation to the pattern of supply of these nutrients in the field.     

Effect of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria on benthic fluxes of inorganic nutrients and gases

The effect of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria (L.) on the exchange of dissolved nutrients (silicate, phosphate, ammonium, nitrate+nitrite) and gases (oxygen, carbon dioxide) across the sediment-water interface was examined in 1983 and 1984 using experimental mesocosms (13 m³), designed to simulate a shallow coastal ecosystem, that allow for reciprocal biogeochemical interactions between water column (5 m) and bottom sediments (30 cm deep). Benthic, fluxes, measured during a spring-summer warming period, were compared for mesocosms maintained either with added M. mercenaria (16 per m², treatment) or without M. mercenaria (control) as a component of the benthic community. Fluxes were within the range observed for the (control) community in situ in mid-Narragansett Bay and exhibited the pattern of increasing flux with increasing temperature observed in nature. For dissolved inorganic (DIN=ammonia+nitrate+nitrite), analytical problems allowed comparison of fluxes only at the higher temperatures (17° to 22°C); average DIN fluxes were 57% higher in mesocosms with clams. Fluxes of other nutrients and gases were modelled as exponential functions of temperature (9° to 22°C) using a linear regression of the natural logarithm of flux upon temperature in both treatment and control situations. Differences between regression slopes and intercepts for conditions with and without clams were assessed by analysis of covariance. Slopes of the linearized temperature-flux relationships were not significantly different between treatments for any flux measured, suggesting that presence of the clams did not alter the basic relationship of flux and temperature normally observed with this community. For oxygen consumption and silicate production, the regression intercepts were significantly higher in the clam treatment, suggesting that the level of flux was generally elevated in the presence of M. mercenaria by about 20% (oxygen) and 86% (silicate) at any given temperature. Data for carbon dioxide and phosphate showed similar trends to oxygen and silicate, but the variance in fluxes was larger and regression intercepts for the two treatments were not significantly different.     

Impact of microphytobenthos on the sediment biogeochemical cycles: A modeling approach

In marine biogeochemical modeling, the sediment is usually represented by diagenetic models, but in shallow ecosystems these models are incomplete, because they do not take into account the benthic primary production. While microphytobenthos (MPB) is known to strongly impact mineralization pathways and nutrient fluxes, MPB is rarely integrated as an explicit variable. To investigate the impact of microphytobenthos on early diagenesis in sediment, we built a fine-scale dynamic model, based on the diagenetic model OMEXDIA and including MPB and associated processes. The model outputs were similar to a data set of MPB-colonized sediment sampled in Florida Bay, suggesting that the model can recreate a realistic situation. The model showed that MPB activities induced a strong diurnal rhythm on concentration profiles, fluxes, and mineralization processes. When MPB was present at the sediment surface, the total mineralization was strongly enhanced thanks to the supply of labile organic matter. In contrast, coupled nitrification–denitrification was inhibited by a factor of 3.8. This inhibition can be explained by the competition for nitrate and ammonium between MPB and bacteria. Nitrogen uptake of MPB represented 96% of the daily supply of dissolved inorganic nitrogen. This was more than 50 times greater than N consumption by denitrification. With MPB, sediment nitrogen flux to the water column was reduced by a factor of 70, suggesting that sediment colonized by MPB represents a minor source of nutrients for phytoplankton and bacterioplankton. Results showed that current diagenetic models are not well-suited for shallow ecosystems with significant MPB primary production.     

Distributions, cycling and recovery of amino acids in estuarine waters and sediments

Acid hydrolysis of estuarine water samples for the determination of amino acids (AAs) was tested and found to be effective at high (250 μM) nitrate concentrations when the anti-oxidant, ascorbic acid, was added to the samples. Hydrolysable AA concentrations were then determined in surface sediments collected from low and high salinity regions of the Tamar Estuary (UK) during winter 2003 and 2004, and in overlying water when simulated resuspension of sediment particles was performed. Concentrations of AAs in sediment samples comprised <50% of particulate nitrogen, fitting the paradigm that most sedimentary nitrogen is preserved within an organic matrix. When sediment samples were resuspended in overlying water (salinity 17.5), the rapid, measured increase in dissolved AA concentrations almost equalled the reported nitrate concentration in the lower estuary, with the subsequent decrease in the total dissolved AA levels suggested that bacterial uptake was occurring. Our data concur with previous studies on nitrogen desorption from sediments and suggest that an understanding of organic nitrogen cycling will be an important aspect of future effective estuarine management.     

Nitrogen- versus phosphorus-limited growth and sources of nutrients for coral reef macroalgae

Recent investigations of nutrient-limited productivity in coral reef macroalgae have led to the conclusion that phosphorus, rather than nitrogen, is the primary limiting nutrient. In this study, comparison of the dissolved inorganic nitrogen:phosphorus ratio in the water column of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, with tissue nitrogen:phosphorus ratios in macroalgae from Kaneohe Bay suggested that nitrogen, rather than phosphorus, generally limits productivity in this system. Results of nutrient-enrichment experiments in a flow-through culture system indicated that inorganic nitrogen limited the growth rates of 8 out of 9 macroalgae species tested. In 6 of the species tested, specific growth rates of thalli cultured in unenriched seawater from the Kaneohe Bay water column were zero or negative after 12 d. These results suggest that, in order to persist in low-nutrient coral reef systems, some macroalgae require high rates of nutrient advection or access to benthic nutrient sources in addition to nutrients in the overlying water column. Nutrient concentrations in water samples collected from the microenvironments inhabited or created by macroalgae were compared to nutrient concentrations in the overlying water column. On protected reef flats, inorganic nitrogen concentrations within dense mats of Gracilaria salicornia and Kappaphycus alvarezii, and inorganic nitrogen and phosphate concentrations in sediment porewater near the rhizophytic algae Caulerpa racemosa and C. sertularioides were significantly higher than in the water column. The sediments associated with these mat-forming and rhizophytic species appear to function as localized nutrient sources, making sustained growth possible despite the oligotrophic water column. In wave-exposed habitats such as the Kaneohe Bay Barrier Reef flat, water motion is higher than at protected sites, sediment nutrient concentrations are low, and zones of high nutrient concentrations do not develop near or beneath macroalgae, including dense Sargassum echinocarpum canopies. Under these conditions, macroalgae evidently depend on rapid advection of low-nutrient water from the water column, rather than benthic nutrient sources, to sustain growth. Received: 1 December 1997 / Accepted: 9 July 1998