The tectonic setting of the west region of the Reserved Area of the International Seabed Authority is the same as that of China Pioneer Area. They have similar characteristics of topography and nodule distribution. To...The tectonic setting of the west region of the Reserved Area of the International Seabed Authority is the same as that of China Pioneer Area. They have similar characteristics of topography and nodule distribution. To research and analyse the characteristics and control factors of nodule distribution can help the establishment of a geological model and the assessment of the polymetallic nodule resource. From the year of 1991 till 2000 COMRA (China Ocean Mineral Resource Research and Development Association) carried out phase 1 and 2 of the exploration and resource assessment project of polymetallic nodules in China Pioneer Area. The features of topography and geo logy, and the distribution of polymetallic nodules and control factors have been clearly understood. The results show that the formation and types and spatial features of abundance and grade of nodules resulted from several factors, the tectonic features (volcanism and faulting) and seafloor topography play an important role in the geological process of the formation of polymetallic nodules.展开更多
This research investigated eight stations in Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone(CCFZ)in the eastern tropical Pacific in 2017 to study the spatial distribution characteristics of nutrients and chlorophyll a(Chi a)concent...This research investigated eight stations in Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone(CCFZ)in the eastern tropical Pacific in 2017 to study the spatial distribution characteristics of nutrients and chlorophyll a(Chi a)concentration,and compared nutrient concentrations and molar ratios with those of other investigations 20 years ago in the same area.The study found that dissolved inorganic nutrient(N,P and Si)concentrations were lowest in the upper layer,and increased from surface to some depths,then they decreased a little to the bottom.N was the limited nutrient factor for the growth of phytoplankton community.Although nutrient concentrations and molar ratios have no obvious changes in 2017 comparing those in 1998-2003,supplemented from the equatorial Pacific,nutrient concentrations in the study area were higher than those in seamounts in the North Pacific and Station ALOHA.Furthermore,this study used Generalized Additive Models(GAMs)to infer the underlying bottom-up factors controlling phytoplankton abundance(Chi a concentration),showing that depth,salinity and PO^-P concentration were major factors controlling the growth of phytoplankton community.Furthermore,this study can provide basic data and theoretical support for the development of polymetallic nodule area and its long-term impact assessment on the environment.展开更多
文摘The tectonic setting of the west region of the Reserved Area of the International Seabed Authority is the same as that of China Pioneer Area. They have similar characteristics of topography and nodule distribution. To research and analyse the characteristics and control factors of nodule distribution can help the establishment of a geological model and the assessment of the polymetallic nodule resource. From the year of 1991 till 2000 COMRA (China Ocean Mineral Resource Research and Development Association) carried out phase 1 and 2 of the exploration and resource assessment project of polymetallic nodules in China Pioneer Area. The features of topography and geo logy, and the distribution of polymetallic nodules and control factors have been clearly understood. The results show that the formation and types and spatial features of abundance and grade of nodules resulted from several factors, the tectonic features (volcanism and faulting) and seafloor topography play an important role in the geological process of the formation of polymetallic nodules.
基金The Eastern Pacific Ecoenvironment Monitoring and Protection Project under contract No.DY135-E2-5-02the Global Change and Air-sea Interaction II under contract No.GASI-01-NPAC-STsumthe Scientific Research Foundation of the Third Institute of Oceanography,Ministry of Natural Resources of China under contract No.2019017.
文摘This research investigated eight stations in Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone(CCFZ)in the eastern tropical Pacific in 2017 to study the spatial distribution characteristics of nutrients and chlorophyll a(Chi a)concentration,and compared nutrient concentrations and molar ratios with those of other investigations 20 years ago in the same area.The study found that dissolved inorganic nutrient(N,P and Si)concentrations were lowest in the upper layer,and increased from surface to some depths,then they decreased a little to the bottom.N was the limited nutrient factor for the growth of phytoplankton community.Although nutrient concentrations and molar ratios have no obvious changes in 2017 comparing those in 1998-2003,supplemented from the equatorial Pacific,nutrient concentrations in the study area were higher than those in seamounts in the North Pacific and Station ALOHA.Furthermore,this study used Generalized Additive Models(GAMs)to infer the underlying bottom-up factors controlling phytoplankton abundance(Chi a concentration),showing that depth,salinity and PO^-P concentration were major factors controlling the growth of phytoplankton community.Furthermore,this study can provide basic data and theoretical support for the development of polymetallic nodule area and its long-term impact assessment on the environment.
