Temporal and spatial variability of benthic macrofauna communities in the Yangtze River estuary and adjacent area

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Shou ◽  
Jiangning Zeng ◽  
Yibo Liao ◽  
Ting Xu ◽  
Aigen Gao ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1174-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuo Tao ◽  
Wang Jun ◽  
Jin Xianshi ◽  
Li Zhongyi ◽  
Tang Qisheng

2012 ◽  
Vol 209-211 ◽  
pp. 1910-1914
Author(s):  
Qiang An ◽  
Lu Lin ◽  
Yuan Yuan Liu ◽  
Ning Qiu Huang ◽  
Bin Zhao

The Yangtze River Estuary has become increasingly challenged by various destructive threats to its ecosystem such as the frequent occurrence of harmful algal blooms. Four cruises were carried out in the Yangtze River Estuary and its adjacent area in 2006. Ten variables including CODMn, PO43--P, SiO3-Si, NO3--N, NO2--N, NH4+-N, TN, TP, TOC and chl-a were analyzed by exploratory data analysis. Nitrate was the dominant form of TN throughout the year. Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to estimate the sources of nutrients contamination in 2006. Two principal components (PCs) were extracted, namely, CODMn, PO43--P, NO3--N and TN for PC1, NO2--N and chl-a for PC2. Influenced by anthropogenic sewage, PC1 near Shidongkou, Bailonggang, Xinhe and Zhuyuan outlets was higher than other stations. The primary influencing factor of PC1 were the contaminants carried by runoff from the Yangtze River. And the dominating factors of eutrophication in 2006 were CODMn, PO43--P, NO3--N, TN and chl-a in the Yangtze River Estuary and its adjacent area.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
范海梅 FAN Haimei ◽  
蒋晓山 JIANG Xiaoshan ◽  
纪焕红 JI Huanhong ◽  
刘鹏霞 LIU Pengxia ◽  
胡茂桂 HU Maogui ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 1099-1103
Author(s):  
Wei Na Zhang ◽  
Yi Gang Wang ◽  
Tong Jun Yang ◽  
Hui Ming Huang

Abstract. The saltwater intrusion in the Yangtze River Estuary is very frequent and complicated with a great effect on freshwater supply in Shanghai and nearby cities. By using the hydrologic data observed in dry season, the temporal and spatial variation of the saltwater intrusion in the Yangtze River Estuary were analyzed. The results show that the saltwater intrusion of the south branch is mainly induced by the saltwater spilling over from the north branch, which causes the Chenhang reservoir being plagued by saltwater intrusion during dry season. As the saltwater group from the north branch moving downward along the south branch, the longitudinal salinity distribution present a high-low-high shape during spring tide cycle, low-high-low-high shape during medium tide cycle and low-high shape during neap tide cycle along the south branch-south channel-south passage. Moreover, the north branch is controlled by high saline water with the increase of the salinity in the upstream reach in medium and spring tides, but this phenomenon is vanished in neap tide. In addition, the vertical distribution of salinity is more homogeneous in shoals than that in deep channels, which is induced by mixing degree in water column.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 399-402
Author(s):  
Hao Liu ◽  
Wen Shan Xu ◽  
Hong Xuan Kang ◽  
Bao Shu Yin

This paper mainly focuses on the temporal and spatial variation of nutrients in the Yangtze River Estuary. Observations show that the high level of nitrate concentration appears in the coast waters and gradually decreases toward the continental shelf both in summer and in winter; while the ammonium and phosphate concentrations show the relatively high level in the bottom layer of the water column in summer, since ammonium and phosphate can be regenerated on the sediments and reenter the bottom layer of the water column to make up their contents. In winter, the nutrients are well-distributed in the vertical due to the strong mixing mechanism. The further examination of the nutrient limitation, according to the Redfield theory, shows that the phosphorus limitation dominates in the river mouth and then shift to the nitrogen limitation toward the continental shelf gradually. The variation of the nutrient limitation may be dependent on the relative strength between the Changjiang Diluted Water and the Intrusion Branch of the Kuroshio Current.


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