海水痕量营养盐和金属的分子光谱分析方法研究进展

海洋现场观测是获取海洋环境研究数据的重要途径.鉴于海洋的现场环境严酷复杂,以及采集、储存和运输海水样品的困难,海洋化学参数的现场和原位检测一直为海洋学家所追求,成为海水分析技术的研究热点.通过综述近年来海水痕量营养盐和重要痕量金属的分子光谱分析方法的研究进展,从灵敏度和测定范围等方面,总结痕量营养盐（活性磷、亚硝氮、硝氮、铵态氮）和痕量金属（铁、锰、铜、铝）的分析技术,侧重于现场和原位测定方法,聚焦于分光光度法、荧光法和化学发光法等适用于海洋现场的光学检测方法的研究情况,同时展示这些方法及相应仪器在岸基实验室、船基实验室、海洋走航分析以及原位长期观测中的应用实例;并对现存的关键问题及可能的解决方案进行探讨,对本领域今后的发展方向做出展望.     

渤海湾近岸海域春季大型底栖动物群落特征

2008年4月下旬在渤海湾近岸海域进行了21个站位的大型底栖动物调查,共发现大型底栖动物99种,其中包括多毛类24科45种,软体动物15科19种,棘皮动物3科3种,甲壳动物18科25种,其他类群7种. 调查区内大型底栖动物的优势现象不明显,优势度指数大于1%的物种仅有7种,分别为黄海埃刺梳鳞虫、深钩毛虫、不倒翁虫、豆形胡桃蛤、长尾虫、绒毛细足蟹和纽虫. 调查区内大型底栖动物的总栖息密度平均值为228.81 m-2,总生物量平均值为36.03 　g/m2,其中多毛类的平均栖息密度为71.43 m-2,生物量为2.95 　g/m2;软体动物的平均栖息密度为76.19 m-2,生物量为8.28 　g/m2;棘皮动物的平均栖息密度为6.90 m-2,生物量为16.69 　g/m2;甲壳动物的平均栖息密度为53.10 m-2,生物量为4.53 　g/m2. 调查区内大型底栖动物的香农-威纳多样性指数为0～4.18,平均值为2.99;丰富度指数为0～2.97,平均值为1.71;均匀度指数为0.51～1.00,平均值为0.84. 与1959年全国海洋综合调查的渤海底栖生物调查结果比较表明,近半个世纪以来渤海湾近岸海域大型底栖动物的平均生物量显著升高,群落结构有所改变.      

Photodegradation of 2-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)benzotriazole (UV-P) in coastal seawaters: Important role of DOM

Benzotriazole UV stabilizers (BT-UVs) have attracted concerns due to their ubiquitous occurrence in the aquatic environment, and their bioaccumulative and toxic properties. However, little is known about their aquatic environmental degradation behavior. In this study, photodegradation of a representative of BT-UVs, 2-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)benzotriazole (UV-P), was investigated under simulated sunlight irradiation. Results show that UV-P photodegrades slower under neutral conditions (neutral form) than under acidic or alkaline conditions (cationic and anionic forms). Indirect photodegradation is a dominant elimination pathway of UV-P in coastal seawaters. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) from seawaters accelerate the photodegradation rates mainly through excited triplet DOM (³DOM^?), and the roles of singlet oxygen and hydroxyl radical are negligible in the matrixes. DOM from seawaters impacted by mariculture exhibits higher steady-state concentration of ³DOM^? ([³DOM^?]) relative to those from pristine seawaters, leading to higher photosensitizing effects on the photodegradation. Halide ions inhibit the DOM-sensitized photodegradation of UV-P by decreasing [³DOM^?]. Photodegradation half-lives of UV-P are estimated to range from 24.38 to 49.66?hr in field water bodies of the Yellow River estuary. These results are of importance for assessing environmental fate and risk UV-P in coastal water bodies.     

The concentration of Cs in the surface of the Greek marine environment

The radiological status of the Greek marine environment, prior to the Chernobyl accident, was characterized mainly by the fallout from nuclear weapon tests. However, the release of radioactivity into the environment from the accident in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and its deposition in the Greek marine environment resulted in an increase of the ¹³⁷Cs activity concentration by approximately one order of magnitude. In addition, the direct transport of radiocaesium into the North Aegean Sea has been further influenced by the late impact of the Chernobyl accident on the Greek marine environment, related to the transfer of ¹³⁷Cs, mainly through the Dnieper but also the Danube rivers, to the Black Sea and further to the North Aegean Sea through the Straits of Dardanelles. The aim of this work is to provide a present day picture of the geographic variation of the concentration of ¹³⁷Cs in the surface layer of the Greek marine environment and hence, to evaluate the annual committed effective dose delivered to humans through the ingestion pathway from marine sources.     

Nutrient distribution in locations of the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic sea) suspected of pollution

Nutrients (ammonium‐nitrogen, nitrite, nitrate, orthophosphate and dissolved silica) as well as some chemical‐physical parameters (temperature, pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen and total suspended matter) were determined in filtered seawater samples taken at the surface, at middle depth and at the bottom, in 6 open‐sea locations of the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea) close to pipeline exits that discharge wastewaters from treatment plants. The collected data allow a comparison of the quality of these open‐sea waters with coastal waters and constitute a reference for successive monitoring in these locations suspected of pollution. A multivariate statistical analysis by the principal component method shows that the considered ecosystem can be modeled with two factors: the first one is referenced to the marine environment, in particular to the decomposition of the organic debris in deep water; whereas the second factor is referenced to the input of freshwaters in the Gulf, driving nitrates from agricultural lands.