Benthic community and food web structure on the continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay (North Eastern Atlantic) revealed by stable isotopes analysis

The North Bay of Biscay continental shelf is a major French demersal fishery, but little was known on the trophic food web of its benthic communities. In order to determine the benthic trophic web, the objectives of this study are to describe the macro- and megafaunal benthic community structure (species richness, abundance and biomass) and to establish the trophic pathways (food sources and trophic levels) by applying carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic analysis to the main benthic and demersal species (invertebrates and fish). Two distinct benthic communities have been identified: a muddy sand community within the central part of the bay, and an outer Bay of Biscay Ditrupa sand community of higher species richness, abundance and biomass than the muddy sand community. Deposit-feeders, suspension feeders and predators, distributed in three main trophic levels, dominate both communities. Large differences in stable carbon ratio values within the primary consumers provide evidence of two different food sources: i) a pelagic food source made up of recent sedimenting particulate organic matter on which zooplankton and suprabenthos feed and ii) a benthic detrital food source supplying deposit feeders and partly benthic suspension feeders. Differences in isotopic signatures were also observed within the upper trophic levels that allowed estimation of the contribution of each food source component to the diet of the upper consumers. Finally, the use of stable isotopic composition together with the species' feeding strategy allow identification of the main differences between the trophic functioning of the two benthic communities and highlight the importance of the role of detrital pathways in the carbon cycling within the continental shelf benthic trophic web.     

浅谈浦东新区内环内非机动车网络改善对策

非机动车交通系统是上海市绿色交通系统的关键环节及综合交通体系的重要组成部分。该文结合上海市及浦东新区"十二五"综合交通规划,研究分析了浦东新区中心区域内非机动车道网现状和存在问题,并在此基础上提出了改善措施。     

浅议天津滨海新区中心渔港的建设开发模式及重大技术问题的决策

天津滨海新区中心渔港项目作为滨海新区重点工程,已成为滨海休闲旅游区的重点建设内容之一,其建设已被列为天津市2005-2020年间的城市总体规划,并已经国务院批复。该文介绍了中心渔港项目紧紧围绕"北方水产品加工集散中心"和"北方艇产业中心"产业定位,将其建设发展成为一个以水产品加工集散、游艇产业为主,港口物流和休闲旅游相关产业竞相发展的现代化主题经济区。     

青岛高新区雨水利用研究

在水资源急缺以及雨水利用技术大规模应用下,对青岛高新区提出了雨水利用的开源模式,并进行雨水利用试点,可促进该区域的水资源持续利用。     

唐山港京唐港区海域的风、波浪统计分析

根据在京唐港区建设过程中从港区附近海洋站收集的历史风速、风向、短期波浪观测资料和对上述资料进行的统计,分析港区附近的风、波浪等动力条件及其分布特征,并根据历史天气图推算不同重现期的设计波浪,分析设计波浪要素的变化情况.     

唐山港曹妃甸港区围堤工程的施工工艺

通过对唐山港曹妃甸港区化工管线带围堤工程大型充砂袋和软体排施工情况的介绍,研究探讨围堤大型充砂袋和护底部分软体排的施工工艺流程和关键技术,提出充砂袋棱体及软体排材料、制作和铺设的质量控制标准:通过对该围堤施工工艺的经济性分析,总结大型充砂袋围堤的施工经验,为该技术在其他工程中的推广应用提供参考.     

三峡库区定线制航路改革与航道建设探讨

介绍实行船舶定线制航路改革的内涵、作用和方法,总结长江干线已实施船舶定线制改革的经验,深入分析川江和三峡库区的航道条件和通航船舶类型等特点,校核航道尺度,探讨三峡库区实施定线制航路改革的方法和航标等配套设施的布设方式,可作为今后规划建设川江航道的参考.     

浅谈外海大潮差地区水下大型软体排铺设工艺的改进

以南通洋口港区人工岛围堤工程为例,介绍水下大型软体排的组成结构、材料选取和设计方法的要点,并重点探讨如何改进在复杂工况条件下铺设水下大型软体排的施工工艺和船机配备.实践证明,改进后的软体排铺设工艺与传统施工工艺相比,既提高了施工效率,又确保了工程质量.     

广州港南沙港区粮食码头工艺系统设计介绍

介绍广州港南沙粮食码头工程工艺系统的布置及特点,以及工艺系统主要设备的配置、筒仓型式、系统控制及计算机管理等,供今后类似工程参考.     

Non‐compatible chemicals as cargoes in industry,on road,rail, and water

Toronto is to have an urban transit system with a passenger carrying capacity which fills the gap between the capacity of the subway and the capacity of the car and bus. Correspondingly, in the words of the Premier of Ontario, the system will “make possible an attractive alternative to high‐rise, high‐density living and urban sprawl. . . .” Furthermore, the new system is sufficiently economical to provide “. . . an encouragement to growth in appropriate areas, rather than merely responding to growth as it occurs . . .”

The decision to have such a system is the culmination of some years of major transportation activities in the Province, which included the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Transportation Study (MTARTS) of 1962. This study pursued both urban expressways and public transport solutions to the movement of people in Metropolitan Toronto.

The urban expressways programmes ran into difficulties, on environmental terms, when strong opposition from community groups was met on proposed routes. A climax came when the Ontario Government halted the construction of the controversial Spadina expressway in June 1971. However, the programmes of public transport solutions met with great success. The Toronto subway and its extensions, together with the change in land values along the route, has become a classic success story. So, too, has the introduction of the GO Train Service (Government of Ontario train service). This pioneered a combination of commuter rail service and integrated feeder buses and today replaces some 14,000 cars each day along the lakeshore highways.

The success of the subway and the GO train coupled with the difficulties experienced by the urban expressways programme, gave rise to the realisation that a better city through public transport rather than the car, was practicable. However, subways were too expensive and they needed a large patronage in a narrow corridor. Accordingly, an intermediate capacity transit system was sought.

The paper describes the programme of activities involved in the choice of the system and describes the technical specification which the system will enjoy. In particular, the demonstration installation which is to be set‐up in Toronto is described in detail, together with the plans to instal some 56 miles over five routes in Metropolitan Toronto.