在热带城市河口的水柱生物地质化学
Autumn Oczkowski1, Ivelisse Cappielo-Cosme2, Morgan Schwartz1
1Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, Narragansett, RI, USA.
概括
热带城市河口表现出独特的生物地化学过程. 营养水平和同位素值与温带系统有所不同,这凸显了对本地生态系统健康评估的需求.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 河口生态学 河口生态学
- 生物地质化学生物地质化学
背景情况:
- 热带城市河口研究不足,生态系统的健康状况通常使用温带模型进行评估.
- 这种方法可能不能准确地反映热带系统中独特的生物地质化学驱动因素.
研究的目的:
- 测试假设,热带城市河口水柱化学的生物地化学驱动因素与温带系统不同.
- 为未来的恢复和气候变化影响研究建立基准.
主要方法:
- 从波多黎各的圣胡安湾河口三年来每两周收集水样.
- 测量盐度,溶解氧气,温度,度,营养物质,肠球菌和悬浮颗粒的稳定同位素 (δ15N, δ13C).
主要成果:
- 肠球菌度经常超过安全限值,特别是在接收城市排水和污水的地区.
- 在城市输入道中观察到低δ15N值,与温带河口范式相反.
- 同位素值显示与溶解的无机相反相关,表明独特的N循环过程.
结论:
- 热带城市河口的生物地质化学驱动因素与温带系统有质量上的不同.
- 独特的循环,可能涉及固定,可以解释观察到的同位素模式.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解这些过程,并为保护工作提供信息.
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