A TWO-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE TRACKING ESTUARINE TRANSPORT MODEL1

ABSTRACT: A two-dimensional particle tracking model is developed for estuarine water quality investigation. The method requires only the solution of a two-dimensional hydrodynamics model and, therefore, is more economical to use than conventional multi-dimensional estuarine transport models. The present model does not consider turbulent diffusion, and it handles only conservative constituents. The model was applied to Humboldt Bay, California, where the flushing of sewage effluent was simulated. The model was applied to evaluate the present release plan, and to determine alternative release plans for limiting the transport of sewage effluent into shellfish producing areas Within the Bay.     

Coupling ecosystem science with management: A Great Lakes perspective from Green Bay,Lake Michigan,USA

Continued resource degradation in various areas of the Great Lakes has led to doubts of the adequacy of conventional science and management approaches. The need for a more holistic approach, identified as an ecosystem approach, appears now to be more widely accepted although progress with implementation is slow. We argue here that ecosystem science is an integral part of an ecosystem approach and is a prerequisite to effective management planning.One of the problems of implementing an ecosystem approach is forging the link between ecosystem based research and management. For Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA, certain structural and functional qualities of the ecosystem have been used to define operational guides and to formulate management objectives. These objectives are being utilized in the development of a remedial action plan for Green Bay.Deceased 5 February 1986.     

PATTERNS OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN A COASTAL ALASKA STREAM1

Suspended sediment data from a 154 ha watershed on northeast Chichagof Island, Alaska, were collected over three fall storm seasons from 1980 to 1982. Sediment rating curves for nine pooled storms explained less than 34 percent of the variation in total suspended solids (TSS). Significantly higher concentrations of suspended sediment occurred during the rising limb of storm hydrographs than for similar flows on the falling limb, accounting for hysteresis loops in TSS versus streamflow plots for individual storms. These hysteresis loops were wider during early season storms, indicating that easily transportable fine sediment may have been flushed from the upper portion of channel banks and from behind large organic debris during early season peak flows. Regression relationships (TSS versus Q) developed for the highest stormflows (> 1 m³/s) had steeper slopes than the lower stormflows (< 1 m³/s). Turbidity correlated well (r=0.94) with TSS for all storm-flow data combined. Organic matter constituted an average of 35 percent (by weight) of TSS for all water quality samples.     

THERMAL DISCHARGES AND PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT1

ABSTRACT The generation of electric energy in steam-electric power plants is accompanied by the discharge of large quantities of waste heat into the environment. In most cases, this heat is released into natural bodies of water at temperatures relatively close to ambient. In certain locations, such as the Chesapeake Bay, discharges of waste heat may triple in the next decade. It is expected that past practices of thermal discharge, if continued into the future, will result in significant damages to other legitimate users of the water resource, both present and future. This paper reviews the economic causes of these potential damages, and describes the role of public policy as one of removing such causes through regulation incentive or intervention. Possible public policies are reviewed, including prohibition, standards, various types of dollar incentives such as taxes and subsidies, marketable effluent permits, and direct government investment. The innovative power plant siting program recently adopted in Maryland is also discussed. It is concluded that no statements can be made regarding the comparative efficiency or effectiveness of the various policies at the present state of knowledge. It is recommended that policy-makers adopt mixed strategies, preserving as many options as possible for dealing with similar problems in the future.     

环胶州湾污水处理厂排放口溶解有机氮生物可利用潜力研究

溶解有机氮(DON)是陆源输入近海总溶解氮(TDN)的重要组成部分,其生物可利用性对探讨近海氮污染和富营养化形成机制具有重要意义.本研究根据2012年7月、2012年11月、2013年3月和2013年5月在胶州湾海域4个污水处理厂进行的4次调查,分析了直排胶州湾污水处理厂水体中总溶解氮(TDN)及其中总溶解氨基酸(TDAA)的含量和季节分布特征,并以溶解有机碳n(DOC)/溶解有机氮n(DON)和氨基酸的构成和丰度为指标,评价了直排胶州湾各污水处理厂排放口DON的生物可利用性.结果表明,TDN的变化范围为413.10~3 580.65μmol·L~(-1),并基本呈现3月和11月高,5月和7月低的变化趋势,其中,DON在TDN中所占摩尔分数变化范围为2.14%~88.75%.各污水处理厂排放口不同季节DOC/DON值较低,介于0.2~26.2 mol·mol~(-1)之间,平均值为(5.05±6.39)mol·mol~(-1),而TDAA中所含碳在DOC中的摩尔分数即TDAA/DOC值较高,分布在0.33%~3.02%之间,平均值为1.54%±0.78%,基于TDAA/DOC估算排入胶州湾各污水处理厂排放口污水中具有生物可利用溶解有机质所占摩尔分数为0.44%~46.97%.上述结果表明,直排胶州湾污水处理厂排放口DON具有较高的生物可利用性,对该海域富营养化贡献不容忽视.     

胶州湾表层海水中的正构烷烃及其来源解析

<正>构烷烃是自然界中普遍存在的有机物质,其组成和分布与人类活动密切相关,是表征有机污染物来源的良好标志物.用气相色谱-质谱(gas chromatography-mass spectrometry,GC-MS)对2016年4月胶州湾表层海水中的正构烷烃进行检测,首次报道了胶州湾表层海水中正构烷烃的分布特征及来源解析.结果表明,其含量在1.756~39.09μg·L~(-1)之间,主要由连续分布的C11~C_(37)正构烷烃同系物组成,没有明显的奇偶优势,但碳数为C_(21)~C_(33)的正构烷烃约占总正构烷烃的95.0%.胶州湾表层海水中正构烷烃的高值区以湾口为主,在湾内东北部和西部也有出现,这一分布特征与胶州湾东北部和西部河流带来的工业废水、生活污水和湾口码头附近的船舶航运带来的正构烷烃输入有关.水交换较为充分的湾中部和湾外海域正构烷烃总量在1.756~2.842μg·L~(-1)之间,平均值为2.196μg·L~(-1),可视为胶州湾正构烷烃的环境背景值.其碳数分布有明显的C_(24)主碳峰,前峰群有微弱的奇碳优势,后峰群有微弱的偶碳优势,表明这部分正构烷烃以藻类和海洋细菌等生物自生输入为主.人类活动对胶州湾的影响很大,输入的正构烷烃主要集中在湾口及湾内近岸海域,由C_(21)~C_(33)正构烷烃同系物组成,呈现出有微弱偶碳优势的后峰群单峰形分布特征,代表高度风化的石油类污染物.其含量在9.606~39.09μg·L~(-1)之间,约占胶州湾总正构烷烃量的83.7%.整体来看,胶州湾表层海水对正构烷烃的去除机制以蒸发、稀释等物理风化过程为主,从湾内向湾外风化强度增大.     

海洋细菌N3对几种赤潮藻的溶藻效应

从深圳大鹏湾南澳赤潮暴发海域的表层沉积物中分离得到1株海洋溶藻细菌(编号N3),以三角褐指藻(Phaeodactylumtricornutum)和常见赤潮生物锥状斯氏藻(Scrippsiella trochoidea)、海洋原甲藻(Prorocentrum micans)和中肋骨条藻(Skeletonemacostatum)为实验藻种,利用液体感染法研究了该株溶藻细菌的溶藻效应及溶藻方式.结果表明,菌株N3对中肋骨条藻和三角褐指藻均无溶藻活性,而菌悬液的体积分数为2%和10%时分别对锥状斯氏藻和海洋原甲藻有较好的溶藻效果,但溶藻现象不同.菌株N3可使锥状斯氏藻的细胞变形,胞内物质分布不均匀并最终死亡;使海洋原甲藻的藻细胞膨胀变形,细胞膜内物质聚集于一端,最终藻细胞破裂死亡.菌株N3对锥状斯氏藻和海洋原甲藻的溶藻方式相同,均以直接溶藻为主.菌株N3的菌悬液以2%、1%和0.1%的体积分数接种到锥状斯氏藻藻液中时,细菌的密度整体上呈下降趋势,2%处理组中藻细胞在120 h内全部死亡,而1%和0.1%处理组藻细胞的增长率略低于对照组.菌株N3的菌悬液以10%、5%和1%的体积分数接种到海洋原甲藻藻液中时,细菌的密度呈下降趋势,10%和5%处理组中藻细胞至120 h时死亡率分别为78%和70%,而1%处理组的藻细胞与对照组无显著差异.电镜观察、生理生化鉴定及16S rRNA鉴定结果表明,菌株N3为芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus sp.).     

金普湾海域表层沉积物中基质结合态磷化氢的分布特征

利用气相色谱-脉冲火焰光度检测器(GC-PFPD),对金普湾海域夏季表层沉积物中基质结合态磷化氢的含量及其影响因素进行了初步分析.结果表明,研究区域内沉积物中均检测到基质结合态磷化氢的存在,其含量介于62.58~190.81ng·kg-1之间,均值为114.42 ng·kg-1;并且,在近岸海域沉积物中基质结合态磷化氢的含量普遍高于远岸海域沉积物.相关数理统计分析显示,沉积物中基质结合态磷化氢与有机磷含量和碱性磷酸酶活性有显著的线性正相关(R=0.882,P=0.01;R=0.819,P=0.023),而与有机氮、无机磷含量、沉积物粒径的相关性并不显著.由此,揭示了金普湾海域沉积物中基质结合态磷化氢的累积与分布主要受有机磷化合物微生物降解作用的影响.     

Implications of excess 210Pb and 137Cs in sediment cores from Mikawa Bay, Japan

Four sediment cores were collected from Mikawa Bay, Japan, and excess 210Pb and 137Cs were measured by gamma spectrometry. Sedimentation rates for the four cores were determined by 210Pb method. The sedimentation rate range is 0.10-0.70 g/(cm2·year). The bio-mixing depth for each core is less than 7.0 cm, and was determined by the excess 210Pb profiles as well. Therefore, the bioturbation is slight. The 210Pb-derived dates coincided with the results from 137Cs geochronology. Acceleration in sedimentation ra...     

近年来渤海湾赤潮监控区营养盐变化及其结构特征分析

根据2004~2006年进行的连续监测结果,分析、探讨了渤海湾赤潮监控区表层海水营养盐的污染现状、变化规律及其结构特征。结果表明:近年来,渤海湾赤潮监控区海域受到了DIP、DIN污染,水体处于严重的富营养化状态,且DIN的污染程度明显高于DIP;除个别项目外,渤海湾赤潮监控区以S4站营养盐含量最高,原因是S4站靠近河口,大量生活污水排放所致;在赤潮多发期,表层海水N、P、Si含量存在明显的月变化特征。6月份营养盐含量最低,8月份最高。年际变化表明:NH4-N的年际变化最为明显,表现为逐年递减的趋势,而SiO3-Si的年际变化最小。赤潮监控区DIN一直处于热力学平衡状态,NO3-N占DIN含量的57%~78%。近年来DIN/PO4-P和SiO3-Si/PO4-P逐年增加,而SiO3-Si/DIN则逐年降低。