舟山近海海域夏季上升流时空特征及其与风场的关系

利用2002-2013年期间的卫星遥感海表温度(SST)数据分析了舟山海域夏季上升流的时空特征,并结合同时期的海面风场数据探讨了风对该海域夏季上升流的影响。对多年夏季月平均的SST进行经验正交函数(EOF)分解结果表明,7月份前两个模态方差贡献率分别为71.66%、16.55%,8月份前两个模态方差贡献率分别为87.03%和7.30%,并均通过了显著性检验,舟山近海海域的上升流存在较为明显的年际变化。相关分析显示,经向风速和SST异常存在显著的负相关关系,即夏季盛行的西南风有利于上升流的发展。并且,艾克曼(Ekman)体积输运计算结果表明,舟山海域7、8月份风生上升流的量级分别为3.0×10~(-5)m/s和1.5×10~(-5)m/s,7月上升流显著强于8月,这与8月份观测到的海表显著低温异常相关。     

Early ocean distribution of juvenile Chinook salmon in an upwelling ecosystem

Extreme variability in abundance of California salmon populations is often ascribed to ocean conditions, yet relatively little is known about their marine life history. To investigate which ocean conditions influence their distribution and abundance, we surveyed juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) within the California Current (central California [37°30′N) to Newport, Oregon (44°00′N]) for a 2‐week period over three summers (2010–2012). At each station, we measured chlorophyll‐a as an indicator of primary productivity, acoustic‐based metrics of zooplankton density as an indicator of potential prey availability and physical characteristics such as bottom depth, temperature and salinity. We also measured fork lengths and collected genetic samples from each salmon that was caught. Genetic stock identification revealed that the majority of juvenile salmon were from the Central Valley and the Klamath Basin (91–98%). We constructed generalized logistic‐linear negative binomial hurdle models and chose the best model(s) using Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC) to determine which covariates influenced the salmon presence and, at locations where salmon were present, determined the variables that influenced their abundance. The probability of salmon presence was highest in shallower waters with a high chlorophyll‐a concentration and close to an individual's natal river. Catch abundance was primarily influenced by year, mean fork length and proximity to natal rivers. At the scale of sampling stations, presence and abundance were not related to acoustic indices of zooplankton density. In the weeks to months after ocean entry, California's juvenile Chinook salmon population appears to be primarily constrained to coastal waters near natal river outlets.     

镂空方型增殖礁上升流特性的粒子图像测速试验

利用粒子图像测速技术（particle image velocimetry）对镂空方型增殖礁单体礁和组合礁的上升流流场特性进行分析,按照海区实测流速和礁区选址要求,设定5个不同的来流速度0.2、0.4、0.6、0.8、1.0 m/s,并计算出试验流速分别为0.045、0.090、0.135、0.180、0.225 m/s。结果表明：单体礁在任何一种迎流方式下,上升流的规模都随来流速度的增加而增大;而相同来流速度下,主视面90o迎流时,上升流规模最大;单体俯视面45o迎流时,上升流规模最小;礁体横向组合排列时,礁体间距在0.5L～1.0 L时所产生的上升流规模最大,礁体间的协同作用最强;礁体纵向组合排列时,在0.5L～1.5 L倍的间距时,礁体间的相互作用较强,形成的上升流规模最大。     

南海中部海域夏季叶绿素a浓度垂向分布特征

根据2014年7月～8月南海中部海域(12N～18N,110E～117E) 调查获得的水柱方向上连续的叶绿素a浓度(Chl-a)数据,分析了南海中部海域夏季Chl-a垂向分布特征。结果表明:1)南海中部海域Chl-a垂向分布呈现先增加后减小的趋势,在30～70 m水层出现Chl-a高浓度区;2)次表层Chl-a最大值(subsurface chlorophyll a concentration maximum,SCM)强度变化为0.94～4.69 mgm-3, 平均为1.90 mgm-3, 是遥感表层Chl-a平均值的18.10倍,SCM深度变化为4～75.36 m,SCM厚度变化为19.01～80.36 m;3)从断面分布来看,局部海域Chl-a垂向分布受到上升流的显著影响,断面A上沿岸上升 流区表现出明显的SCM强度大、深度浅和厚度大的特征, 而断面B上中沙群岛岛礁上升流区同样表现出SCM强度大、深度浅的特征,但是厚度相对较小。     

Coastal sea surface temperature and coho salmon production off the north-west United States

A time series of mean weekly sea surface temperature (SST) images was used to investigate the relationship between fluctuations in the marine survival of hatchery-reared coho salmon and coastal ocean dynamics off the north-western United States (51° to 37°N) between 1985 and 1996, using univariate and nonlinear bivariate regression analysis. Ocean conditions were matched against survival for a number of different annual time frames according to the sum of negative or positive weekly SST anomalies. From the univariate analyses, the sum of negative anomalies from April to June, when the juvenile salmon first enter the ocean, was found to have an R ² of 0.88 against survival with 1991 excluded as an outlier. The bivariate multiple regressions used the sum of negative anomalies from April to June as the first independent variable. When the sums of positive anomalies from the following periods during the fishes' second calendar year in the ocean were each used as the second independent variable, the R ² values were all greater than or equal to 0.92 (with no data points excluded): January to June, February to June, April to June, March to June. These results are discussed within the context of coastal ocean processes. It is concluded that the analysis of SST image time series might allow management to make reasonable forecasts of hatchery-reared coho salmon survival.     

Selection of a new scallop strain,QN‐2, from the backcross of Peruvian scallop × bay scallop F1 hybrids with bay scallops

Cross‐breeding has been successfully applied in agriculture and aquaculture industries to improve important production traits. In our previous studies, we produced the F₁ hybrids with high heterosis in growth by crossing the bay scallops with the Peruvian scallops and selected a new strain, Bohai Red, from the F₁ hybrids. In this study, we selected another new strain from the backcross (BC₁) of the F₁ hybrids with bay scallops. The base cohort (G₀) was size‐selected from the BC₁, and the G₁, G₂, G₃ and G₄ cohorts were produced with size‐selected brood stocks from the G₀, G₁, G₂ and G₃ cohorts respectively. Our results showed that average shell height, shell length, shell width and whole body weight of the G₄ cohort were increased by 16.8%, 16.8%, 11.5% and 43.6%, respectively, compared with the unselected control group of bay scallop. This new strain has now become one of the major cultured Argopecten scallops in northern China waters and was later named QN‐2.     

Trends in carbon flux to seabirds in the Peruvian upwelling system: effects of wind and fisheries on population regulation

We hypothesized that change in the annual population size of guano‐producing seabirds (cormorant, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii; booby, Sula variegata; pelican, Pelecanus thagus) is a response to changes in primary and secondary production of the Peruvian upwelling system. We tested this hypothesis by modeling nitrate input through upwelling to the upper layers of the ocean off Peru between 6° and 14°S using data on wind stress and sea surface temperature. The model predicted the amount of carbon fixed by primary production each year from 1925 to 2000, which was then apportioned to the Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens) biomass and ultimately to the seabird population and the anchovy fishery, the largest single‐species fishery on Earth. The model predicted a marked increase in primary production as a consequence of increasing wind stress. It overestimated the anchovy biomass after the collapse of the fishery in 1972, but closely predicted the growth of seabird populations from 1925 to the mid‐1960s, and their decline thereafter, explaining about 94% of the variation in seabird numbers from 1925 to 2000. The model indicates the seabirds consumed 14.4% of the available anchovies and, thus, that seabirds consumed 2.3% of the new production, before the development of the anchovy fishery, and only 2.2% of the available anchovies and 0.3% of the new production after the development of the fishery. The model results clarify the roles that environmental and anthropogenic factors may have had in regulating the guano‐producing seabird populations. It indicates that the growth of seabird populations from 1925 to 1955 was likely a response to increased productivity of the Peruvian upwelling system and that the subsequent drastic decline in seabird abundance was likely due to competition for food with the fishery, which caught ～85% of the anchovies, which otherwise would have been available for the seabirds. This model also shows that an increase in oceanic primary production promotes reproductive success and population growth in higher trophic level organisms.     

The importance of retention processes in upwelling areas for recruitment of Octopus vulgaris: the example of the Arguin Bank (Mauritania)

The relationship between recruitment of octopus ( Octopus vulgaris ) populations and environmental conditions off the Arguin Bank (Mauritania) in the main nursery ground was investigated between 1990 and 1996. Three environmental indices (coastal upwelling intensity, coastal retention and wind-induced turbulence indices) are derived from satellite infrared imagery (METEOSAT) and from the COADS (Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set) data to quantify the coastal retention process and productivity, both believed to be important factors for recruitment success. The octopus recruitment index as well as environmental indices fluctuate annually and seasonally. Linear regression and generalized additive models (GAM) are used to relate recruitment indices and the environmental conditions prevailing during the early-life planktonic stage, known to be the main critical period of the octopus life cycle. Coastal retention especially appears to be a key factor for recruitment success. Owing to seasonal variations in enrichment and mixing processes, larvae benefit from retention in the spring but are negatively affected by a breakdown in retention in the autumn. Increasing upwelling intensity is beneficial for octopus recruitment, as the Arguin Bank limits the detrimental dispersive effects linked to upwelling.     

Seasonal changes in a deep‐water fish assemblage in response to monsoon‐generated upwelling events

The coastal shelf of the Gulf of Oman experiences periodic upwelling events during the summer months that are driven by the southwest monsoon. It is unclear what role these events play in the spatial and temporal distribution of the region’s fish assemblage. We carried out trials on two different video techniques to characterize the habitat and fish assemblage along the continental shelf margin near Muscat, Oman. Exploratory surveys with a drift stereo‐video revealed three main habitat types: Sand, Reef and Megabenthos. Three areas were chosen for additional sampling using stereo‐BRUVS (‘baited’ remote underwater‐video systems). On two separate occasions (November 2005 and March 2006) replicate stereo‐BRUVS were deployed in each area stratified by the main habitat types. For each teleost and elasmobranch species encountered on the video, an estimate of total body length and the relative abundance (MaxN_i) was made. The stereo‐BRUVS recorded a wide range of demersal and pelagic teleosts including species of conservation interest such as sharks, rays and groupers. The drift stereo‐video recorded significantly fewer species than the stereo‐BRUVS (N = 15 versus N = 43). Species diversity from the stereo‐BRUVS increased by 96% in March 2006 (N = 41) compared to November 2005 (N = 23), a pattern consistent at all three areas. The structure of the overall fish assemblage (using canonical analysis of principal coordinates analysis) was highly variable both in time and space. There was ample evidence of strong habitat associations, particularly with depth and seasonal shifts in abundance and diversity. We argue the upward migration of oxygen‐depleted water into the shallow depths during the late monsoon displaces the demersal fish community along this coast.     

Responses in growth rate of larval northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) to anomalous upwelling in the northern California Current

We examined variability in growth rate during the larval stage of northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) in response to physical and biological environmental factors in 2005 and 2006. The onset of spring upwelling was anomalously delayed by 2–3 months until mid‐July in 2005; in contrast, spring upwelling in 2006 began as a normal year in the northern California Current. Larval and early juvenile E. mordax were collected in August, September, and October off the coast of Oregon and Washington. Hatch dates ranged from May to September, with peaks in June and August in 2005 and a peak in July in 2006, based on the number of otolith daily increments. Back‐calculated body length‐at‐age in the June 2005 hatch cohort was significantly smaller than in the August 2005 cohort, which had comparable growth to the July 2006 cohort. Standardized otolith daily increment widths as a proxy for seasonal variability in somatic growth rates in 2005 were negative until late July and then changed to positive with intensification of upwelling. The standardized increment width was a positive function of biomass of chlorophyll a concentration, and neritic cold‐water and oceanic subarctic copepod species sampled biweekly off Newport, Oregon. Our results suggest that delayed upwelling in 2005 resulted in low food availability and, consequently, reduced E. mordax larval growth rate in early summer, but once upwelling began in July, high food availability enhanced larval growth rate to that typical of a normal upwelling year (e.g., 2006) in the northern California Current.