Pub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024020085
E. V. Lipukhin, A. K. Zalota, A. V. Mishin, U. V. Simakova
Abstract
Most likely, the alien snow crab Chionoecetes opilio entered the Kara Sea from the Barents Sea, both due to the migration of adults and with currents at the larval stage. Currently, all bottom stages, including mature individuals and a large number of pelagic larvae, are present in the Kara Sea. However, the origin of larvae has not yet been clarified. The larvae hatched in the Kara Sea should be at an earlier stage of development compared with the larvae arrived here from the Barents Sea due to later development of phytoplankton and, accordingly, later hatching. The larvae of the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio and the spider crab Hyas araneus were collected in the central and southwestern Kara Sea in July–early August 2019 by a Bongo zooplankton net with a diameter of 60 cm. It was established that the larvae were unevenly distributed across the Kara Sea. The most populus region was the border with the Barents Sea in the St. Anna Trough (up to 860 ind./m2), and relatively high concentrations of larvae were recorded in the southwestern part, where their abundance at stations varied from 18 to 302 ind./m2. In the zone of the Ob–Yenisei plume, crab larvae were absent or their abundance was minimal. Using molecular genetic methods, the species identity of 361 larvae (344 C. opilio and 17 H. araneus) was reliably determined, and measurements of a number of morphological structures were made for 401 larvae. Significant differences in size were found at the zoea II stage between C. opilio and H. araneus. In July 2019, in most of the Kara Sea, in zooplankton samples, crab larvae were represented by zoea I of C. opilio with rare specimens of zoea I of H. araneus of the Kara Sea origin. Only in the southwestern part, at the boundary with the Barents Sea, was the presence of zoea II of C. opilio and H. araneus observed in samples with an increased share of the latter species in catches, which probably originated from the Barents Sea.
摘要外来雪蟹 Chionoecetes opilio 很可能是从巴伦支海进入喀拉海的,这既是由于成蟹的迁移,也是由于幼蟹阶段的洋流。目前,喀拉海存在所有底层阶段,包括成熟个体和大量浮游幼体。不过,幼体的来源尚未明确。与从巴伦支海来到这里的幼体相比,在喀拉海孵化的幼体应该处于较早的发育阶段,因为浮游植物发育较晚,因此孵化也较晚。2019 年 7 月至 8 月初,用直径为 60 厘米的邦戈浮游动物网在喀拉海中部和西南部采集了雪蟹(Chionoecetes opilio)和蜘蛛蟹(Hyas araneus)的幼虫。结果表明,幼虫在喀拉海分布不均。幼虫数量最多的区域是圣安娜海槽与巴伦支海交界处(高达 860 头/平方米),西南部的幼虫浓度相对较高,各站的幼虫数量从 18 头/平方米到 302 头/平方米不等。在奥布-叶尼塞羽流区域,没有蟹幼体或蟹幼体数量极少。利用分子遗传方法,可靠地确定了 361 只幼体(344 只 C. opilio 和 17 只 H. araneus)的物种特征,并对 401 只幼体的一些形态结构进行了测量。发现 C. opilio 和 H. araneus 的幼虫在 zoea II 阶段的体型存在显著差异。2019 年 7 月,在喀拉海的大部分浮游动物样本中,螃蟹幼体以 C. opilio 的 zoea I 为代表,极少有喀拉海 H. araneus 的 zoea I 标本。只有在西南部与巴伦支海交界处的样本中,才观察到 C. opilio 和 H. araneus 的 Zoea II,后者在渔获物中的比例增加,可能来自巴伦支海。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024020048
A. V. Dubinin, T. P. Demidova, O. A. Ocherednik, L. S. Semilova, M. N. Rimskaya-Korsakova, E. D. Berezhnaya, E. N. Zologina
Abstract
Elemental sulfur and its derivatives, polysulfides, play a key role in hydrogen sulfide oxidation processes in anoxic basins. Having low solubility, elemental sulfur is mainly represented by suspended forms. However, in sulfide waters, it forms highly soluble polysulfides. This article studies elemental sulfur and polysulfides in the upper part of the Black Sea anoxic water column in 2017–2019 and 2022 at stations located on the continental slope off the coast of the Caucasus and Crimea. Sulfur was sampled, filtered, and determined under strictly anoxic conditions in an argon atmosphere. The concentration of elemental sulfur (zero-valent sulfur (ZVS)–elemental sulfur together with polysulfides) increases with depth and hydrogen sulfide content from 0.01 µmol/kg at the redox interface to 0.67 µmol/kg at a depth of 600 m. The elemental sulfur fraction in the composition of ZVS is 23 ± 5%. Based on thermodynamic data, calculation of the polysulfide concentration in equilibrium with suspended sulfur shows that deeper than 20–25 m of the upper boundary of the anoxic zone, their concentration was higher than ZVS and at a depth of 600 m they differed about threefold. The predominance of elemental sulfur over sulfide sulfur in the composition of polysulfides in the anoxic zone at depths of 450 and 600 m may be the reason for the fractionation of its isotopic composition by 2.2‰ with respect to dissolved sulfide sulfur (–41.0‰ VCDT).
{"title":"Distribution and Variations of Elemental Sulfur in the Upper Part of the Black Sea Anoxic Water Column","authors":"A. V. Dubinin, T. P. Demidova, O. A. Ocherednik, L. S. Semilova, M. N. Rimskaya-Korsakova, E. D. Berezhnaya, E. N. Zologina","doi":"10.1134/s0001437024020048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0001437024020048","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>Elemental sulfur and its derivatives, polysulfides, play a key role in hydrogen sulfide oxidation processes in anoxic basins. Having low solubility, elemental sulfur is mainly represented by suspended forms. However, in sulfide waters, it forms highly soluble polysulfides. This article studies elemental sulfur and polysulfides in the upper part of the Black Sea anoxic water column in 2017–2019 and 2022 at stations located on the continental slope off the coast of the Caucasus and Crimea. Sulfur was sampled, filtered, and determined under strictly anoxic conditions in an argon atmosphere. The concentration of elemental sulfur (zero-valent sulfur (ZVS)–elemental sulfur together with polysulfides) increases with depth and hydrogen sulfide content from 0.01 µmol/kg at the redox interface to 0.67 µmol/kg at a depth of 600 m. The elemental sulfur fraction in the composition of ZVS is 23 ± 5%. Based on thermodynamic data, calculation of the polysulfide concentration in equilibrium with suspended sulfur shows that deeper than 20–25 m of the upper boundary of the anoxic zone, their concentration was higher than ZVS and at a depth of 600 m they differed about threefold. The predominance of elemental sulfur over sulfide sulfur in the composition of polysulfides in the anoxic zone at depths of 450 and 600 m may be the reason for the fractionation of its isotopic composition by 2.2‰ with respect to dissolved sulfide sulfur (–41.0‰ VCDT).</p>","PeriodicalId":54692,"journal":{"name":"Oceanology","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140931153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024020073
S. V. Katrasov, A. N. Bugaets, V. V. Zharikov, S. M. Krasnopeev, A. M. Lebedev, V. A. Mainulov
Abstract
Numerical experiments have been carried out to model hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes to explain the nature of the spatial distribution of Zostera marina (eelgrass) in the inner bays of Posyet Bay. Hydrodynamic modeling has been performed using the Delft3D flow model. The Simulating WAves Near shore (SWAN) spectral wave model has been used to simulate wind wave parameters (direction of propagation, wave length and height, and near-bottom orbital velocities). The restructuring of the bottom topography under the influence of wind waves and the hydrodynamic influence of tidal and wind currents has been calculated with the Delft3D software package. The results of numerical experiments showed that the dynamics of the coastal bottom topography is determined by the nature of sediment motion in the coastal zone under the combined influence of waves and currents. A comparison of the modeling results with data on the distribution of Zostera showed a high correlation with model simulations of erosion and accumulation in the coastal zone.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1134/s000143702402005x
L. A. Dukhova, A. S. Suvorova, A. K. Gruzevich, E. V. Oganesova, A. D. Kudyakov
Abstract
The article presents the results of comprehensive studies of the hydrological and chemical structure of the Middle and Northern Caspian Sea carried out aboard R/V Issledovatel Kaspiya in September 2022. It is shown, despite the continuing decrease in sea level, that there is no aeration of deep layers and a hydrogen sulfide layer persists with a tendency towards an increasing hydrogen sulfide concentration in the bottom layer. There is an enlargement in the oxygen minimum zone. The changes of the Caspian Sea ecosystem have led to weakening of nutrient transfer from the photic layer into the bottom layers and, as a consequence, to a decrease in the silicon concentration in the bottom layer. The results will make it possible to evaluate trends of ongoing changes.
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Pub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024020036
N. A. Belyaev, V. Y. Fedulov, M. D. Kravchishina, S. A. Shchuka
Abstract
The article summarizes data on the suspended particulate matter content and dissolved and particulate organic carbon concentrations in Kara Sea water for 2007–2022. A difference in the distributions of dissolved (DOC) and particulate (POC) organic carbon in the water column during autumn (September) and spring–summer (July–August) was revealed. An increase in dissolved organic carbon concentrations was recorded both on the surface and in the water column in summer. Analysis of the dependences of DOC concentrations on salinity showed that the increase in these concentrations is not associated with an increase in DOC concentrations in river runoff water. There was also a significant increase in DOC and POC concentrations in phytoplankton bloom zones throughout the water column. Thus, a relationship has been identified between seasonal increases in organic matter concentrations in the open part of the sea and phytoplankton bloom processes.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1134/s000143702401003x
V. I. Baranov, A. G. Zatsepin, S. B. Kuklev, V. V. Ocherednik, V. V. Mashura
Abstract
The article describes the design and operational principles of the MDS-II bottom multimodem station, located in the coastal zone (depth of location 25 m) of the northeastern Black Sea at the Gelendzhik test site of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences. The station is connected to the coastal center by a bottom fiber optic cable, through which power is supplied to the station, and online transmission of measurement data takes place. The station is an underwater server to which one can connect a measuring device and get a real-time access to it, as well as remotely control on its operation. The design of an automatic stationary station for vertical sounding (SSVS) of the water column, which is also used at the Gelendzhik test site, is described as well. This station is moored close to the MDS-II multimodem station and is connected to one of its modems. The station consists of a bottom electric winch installed on the seabed and a floating module (probe) on a cable line wound around the winch drum. When the command “sounding” is given, the cable unwinds and the floating module, equipped with temperature and pressure sensors, floats and measures the water temperature profile from the bottom layer to the sea surface. Then the cable is wound on a drum, and the floating module returns to the bottom layer. A prototype of a new SSVS is being developed, which will allow sounding of the water layer with a thickness of up to 100 m. It will be equipped with a multiparameter probe that makes joint measurements of hydrophysical and biooptical parameters.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024010041
L. L. Demina, S. V. Galkin, A. S. Solomatina
Abstract
Within the program “Marine Ecosystems of the Siberian Arctic,” based on materials collected during cruises 69 and 72 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, the distribution of chemical elements (As, Ba, Bi, Co, Cr, Cr, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sc, Ti, Tl, Th, V, U, and Zn) and organic carbon in the benthic mass taxa of methane seepage fields in the Laptev Sea and outside of them was examined. For the first time, the bioaccumulation potential (BP) was quantified, taking into account, in addition to the concentrations of elements in organisms, their biomass. On the C-15 methane field, the ophiuroid population accumulates each element per square meter of seafloor up to 40 times greater than at the background station. Ophiuroids and bivalves exhibited elevated BP for Ni, As, Ba, Cu, Ti, V, Mn, and Zn compared to other elements. At the same time, the BP of ophiuroids significantly exceeds that of bivalves. It is suggested that the increased bioaccumulation of some heavy metals and metalloids is related to greater bioavailability of organic matter in the bottom sediments of methane seeps. Organic carbon revealed the highest BP, which was especially pronounced in the C-15 methane field. At the background station, taxa accumulate a significantly smaller (by a factor of 10) amount of carbon in their biomass. As a result of the detritus feeders’ activity, bottom sediments are enriched in organic carbon, which indicates an important contribution of benthic organisms to the carbon cycle in the Arctic seas.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024010107
S. P. Pletnev, V. T. Sedin
Abstract
This report analyzes original geological materials on the Magellan Seamounts in the Pacific Ocean, obtained by the authors on numerous cruises of the R/V Gelendzhik. This chain of guyouts does not have a common volcanic basement and apparently formed in the second half of the Early Cretaceous on the oldest (Middle–Late Jurassic) fragment of the Pacific Plate. The main viewpoints on the genesis of the Magellan Seamounts are as follows: either they originated at the intersection of fracture zones or the Pacific Plate moved them from the Southern Hemisphere to their present-day position. Because of their high degree of study, the Magellan Seamounts are one of the key sites for understanding the mechanism underlying the origin of linear chains in the ocean. A comprehensive analysis of new geological data on the Magellan Seamounts has established the important role of magmatism and tectonics in the formation of the modern morphological forms, sedimentation, and influence on the paleoceangraphy. The periodic reactivation of these processes from the Early Cretaceous to Late Cenozoic can be traced in the cyclicity of sedimentation, the continuous growth of ore crusts, and the formation of secondary volcanic domes and cones.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024010120
A. S. Ulyantsev
Abstract
According to the results of an analysis of 99 samples of bottom sediments and submarine permafrost from boreholes 1D-14, 3D-14, and 1D-15 drilled in Buor-Khaya Bay, differences in their mineral composition due to paleogeographic factors, namely, Late Quaternary changes in climate and sea level, as well as regional hydrodynamics are shown. The basis of the light fraction of minerals was quartz and feldspar (mainly plagioclase), found as grains of various dimensions and degree of sorting, as well as fine grains. To a lesser extent, chlorite, kaolinite, and serpentine have been noted; illite and smectite are rare. Forty-two accessory minerals were identified in the heavy fraction (average yield 0.95%) concentrated in fine-grained sands. It mainly consists of pyroxene, amphibole, carbonatite, epidote, zoisite, magnetite, mica, garnet, limonite, titanite, leucoxene, and ilmenite. Rutile, kyanite, sillimanite, zircon, tourmaline, apatite, and staurolite were found in smaller quantities. In the studied strata, plant remnants and carbonlike particles (kerogen) have been found, the contribution of which exceeds 5% by weight in a number of samples. The results of the study allowed the conclusion that the basis of the petrofund of the studied deposits are most likely sedimentary rocks of the Kharaulakh ridge of the Verkhoyansk Mountain system (sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone). The presence of characteristic accessory minerals in the sediments marks the unloading of igneous and metamorphic rocks, but their contribution is subordinate. They probably also include rocks of the Verkhoyansk Complex, common near Tiksi.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-22DOI: 10.1134/s0001437024010089
I. A. Nemirovskaya, A. Yu. Ivanov
Abstract
Based on remote sensing data obtained by Sentinel-1A and Sentinel-1B satellites in 2016–2022 and the results of analysis of hydrocarbons (aliphatic—AHCs, and polycyclic aromatic—PAHs) in bottom sediments collected in 2019–2022, the nature of oil slicks in various areas of the Barents Sea has been established. It has been shown that the distribution of oil slicks in coastal areas is greatly influenced by anthropogenic hydrocarbon inflows (mainly from shipping), which is confirmed by elevated AHC concentrations in coastal sediments (up to 73 μg/g) and in the composition of Corg (up to 3.6%). In the central and northern regions of the sea (in particular, at coordinates 75.2°–75.3° N and 31.5°–31.8° E, station 7105), the grouping of oil slicks is due to natural oil and gas manifestations. This is confirmed by the anomalous concentration of PAHs in the lower horizons of the sediment column, as well as their composition (dominance of 2-methylnaphthalene, a marker of their oil genesis). At the same time, the proportion of light homologues in the composition of alkanes increased, which may indicate their formation in the sedimentary sequence.
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