{"title":"Morphotype dependence of Globigerinoides ruber (white) and Trilobatus sacculifer Mg/Ca ratios in the western tropical Pacific: implications for reconstructing the mixed-layer depth","authors":"Qi Jia, Tiegang Li, Zhifang Xiong, Bingbin Qin","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2163-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2163-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Planktonic foraminifer <i>Globigerinoides ruber</i> (white) and <i>Trilobatus sacculifer</i> are the most frequently used mixed-layer dwelling species for reconstructing past oceanic environments. Specifically, the Mg/Ca ratios of these two foraminiferal species have been used for reconstructing tropical/subtropical changes in sea surface temperature (SST). However, these two species have different morphotypes, of which the spatial and temporal differences in Mg/Ca ratios and their influencing factors are still unclear. Our objective is to investigate the potential differences between the Mg/Ca ratios of these different morphotypes of <i>G. ruber</i> (white) and <i>T. sacculifer</i> in the western Philippine Sea (WPS) and determine their implications for the reconstruction of SST and upper-ocean structure. Mg/Ca measurements are made on two basic morphotypes of <i>G. ruber</i> (white) [sensu stricto (s.s.) and sensu lato (s.l.)] and <i>T. sacculifer</i> [with (w) and without (w/o) a sac-like final chamber] on samples of Site MD06-3047B from the WPS. Our results reveal that Mg/Ca ratios of different <i>G. ruber</i> morphotypes show consistent differences; and those of <i>T. sacculifer</i> morphotypes show staged variations since MIS 3. It is suggested to select a single morphotype for reconstructing SST changes using the Mg/Ca ratios of <i>G. ruber</i> and <i>T. sacculifer</i> in the WPS. Furthermore, the Mg/Ca ratios between <i>G. ruber</i> s.s. and <i>G. ruber</i> s.l. [Δ(Mg/Ca)<sub><i>G.ruber</i> s.s.−s.l.</sub>] downcore MD06-3047B covaries with indexes of summer monsoon. Combining with the core-top results, showing regional variation of differences in the Δ(Mg/Ca)<sub><i>G.ruber</i> s.s.−s.l.</sub> over the western tropical Pacific, we propose that Δ(Mg/Ca)<sub><i>G.ruber</i> s.s.−s.l.</sub> may tend to reflect summer mixed layer depth.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140044856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of screening, transport pathway, and vasodilation mechanisms on angiotensin-I converting enzyme inhibitory peptide from Ulva prolifera proteins","authors":"Zhiyong Li, Yuan He, Hongyan He, Caiwei Fu, Mengru Li, Aiming Lu, Dongren Zhang, Tuanjie Che, Songdong Shen","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2170-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2170-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, <i>Ulva prolifera</i> protein was used for preparing angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory peptide via virtual gastrointestinal digestion and <i>in silico</i> screening. Some parameters of the obtained peptide, such as inhibition kinetics, docking mechanism, stability, transport pathway, were explored by Lineweaver-Burk plots, molecular docking, <i>in vitro</i> stimulate gastrointestinal (GI) digestion and Caco-2 cells monolayer model, respectively. Then, a novel anti-ACE peptide LDF (IC<sub>50</sub>, (1.66 ± 0.34) µmol/L) was screened and synthesized by chemical synthesis. It was a no-competitive inhibitor and its anti-ACE inhibitory effect mainly attributable to four Conventional Hydrogen Bonds and Zn701 interactions. It could keep activity during simulated GI digestion <i>in vitro</i> and was transported by peptide transporter PepT1 and passive-mediated mode. Besides, it could activate Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity to promote the production of NO and reduce Endothelin-1 (ET-1) secretion induced by Angiotensin II (Ang II) in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs). Meanwhile, it could promote mice splenocytes proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. Our study indicated that this peptide was a potential ingredient functioning on vasodilation and enhancing immunity.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140045345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical diversity of scleractinian corals revealed by untargeted metabolomics and molecular networking","authors":"Jiying Pei, Yuxia Zhou, Shiguo Chen, Kefu Yu, Zhenjun Qin, Ruijie Zhang, Yitong Wang","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2173-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2173-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The chemical diversity of scleractinian corals is closely related to their physiological, ecological, and evolutionary status, and can be influenced by both genetic background and environmental variables. To investigate intraspecific variation in the metabolites of these corals, the metabolomes of four species (<i>Pocillopora meandrina</i>, <i>Seriatopora hystrix</i>, <i>Acropora formosa</i>, and <i>Fungia fungites</i>) from the South China Sea were analyzed using untargeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. The results showed that a variety of metabolites, including amino acids, peptides, lipids, and other small molecules, were differentially distributed among the four species, leading to their significant separation in principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering plots. The higher content of storage lipids in branching corals (<i>P. meandrina</i>, <i>S. hystrix</i>, and <i>A. formosa</i>) compared to the solitary coral (<i>F. fungites</i>) may be due to the high densities of zooxanthellae in their tissues. The high content of aromatic amino acids in <i>P. meandrina</i> may help the coral protect against ultraviolet damage and promote growth in shallow seawater, while nitrogen-rich compounds may enable <i>S. hystrix</i> to survive in various challenging environments. The metabolites enriched in <i>F. fungites</i>, including amino acids, dipeptides, phospholipids, and other small molecules, may be related to the composition of the coral’s mucus and its life-history, such as its ability to move freely and live solitarily. Studying the chemical diversity of scleractinian corals not only provides insight into their environmental adaptation, but also holds potential for the chemotaxonomy of corals and the discovery of novel bioactive natural products.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140045035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of Typhoon Kalmaegi on the modal energy and period of internal waves near the Dongsha Islands (South China Sea)","authors":"Rongwei Zhai, Guiying Chen, Chenjing Shang, Xiaodong Shang, Youren Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2205-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2205-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The influence of Typhoon Kalmaegi on internal waves near the Dongsha Islands in the northeastern South China Sea was investigated using mooring observation data. We observed, for the first time, that the phenomenon of regular variation characteristics of the 14-d spring-neap cycle of diurnal internal tides (ITs) can be regulated by typhoons. The diurnal ITs lost the regular variation characteristics of the 14-d spring-neap cycle during the typhoon period owing to the weakening of diurnal coherent ITs, represented by O<sub>1</sub> and K<sub>1</sub>, and the strengthening of diurnal incoherent ITs. Results of quantitative analysis showed that during the pre-typhoon period, time-averaged modal kinetic energy (sum of Modes 1–5) of near-inertial internal waves (NIWs) and diurnal and semidiurnal ITs were 0.62 kJ/m<sup>2</sup>, 5.66 kJ/m<sup>2</sup>, and 1.48 kJ/m<sup>2</sup>, respectively. However, during the typhoon period, the modal kinetic energy of NIWs increased 5.11 times, mainly due to the increase in high-mode kinetic energy. At the same time, the modal kinetic energy of diurnal and semidiurnal ITs was reduced by 68.9% and 20%, respectively, mainly due to the decrease in low-mode kinetic energy. The significantly reduced diurnal ITs during the typhoon period could be due to: (1) strong nonlinear interaction between diurnal ITs and NIWs, and (2) a higher proportion of high-mode diurnal ITs during the typhoon period, leading to more energy dissipation.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140035069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zijian Cui, Chujin Liang, Binbin Guo, Feilong Lin, Yong Mu
{"title":"Application and evaluation of layering shear method in LADCP data processing","authors":"Zijian Cui, Chujin Liang, Binbin Guo, Feilong Lin, Yong Mu","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2200-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2200-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The current velocity observation of LADCP (Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) has the advantages of a large vertical range of observation and high operability compared with traditional current measurement methods, and is being widely used in the field of ocean observation. Shear and inverse methods are now commonly used by the international marine community to process LADCP data and calculate ocean current profiles. The two methods have their advantages and shortcomings. The shear method calculates the value of current shear more accurately, while the accuracy in an absolute value of the current is lower. The inverse method calculates the absolute value of the current velocity more accurately, but the current shear is less accurate. Based on the shear method, this paper proposes a layering shear method to calculate the current velocity profile by “layering averaging”, and proposes corresponding current calculation methods according to the different types of problems in several field observation data from the western Pacific, forming an independent LADCP data processing system. The comparison results have shown that the layering shear method can achieve the same effect as the inverse method in the calculation of the absolute value of current velocity, while retaining the advantages of the shear method in the calculation of a value of the current shear.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"234 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140035415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Satellite-observed significant improvement in nearshore transparency of the Bohai Sea during pollution control","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2180-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2180-z","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <p>The Bohai Sea (BS) is the unique semi-closed inland sea of China, characterized by degraded water quality due to significant terrestrial pollution input. In order to improve its water quality, a dedicated action named “Uphill Battles for Integrated Bohai Sea Management” (UBIBSM, 2018–2020) was implemented by the Chinese government. To evaluate the action effectiveness toward water quality improvement, variability of the satellite-observed water transparency (Secchi disk depth, <em>Z</em><sub>SD</sub>) was explored, with special emphasis on the nearshore waters (within 20 km from the coastline) prone to terrestrial influence. (1) Compared to the status before the action began (2011–2017), majority (87.3%) of the nearshore waters turned clear during the action implementation period (2018–2020), characterized by the elevated <em>Z</em><sub>SD</sub> by 11.6% ± 12.1%. (2) Nevertheless, the improvement was not spatially uniform, with higher <em>Z</em><sub>SD</sub> improvement in provinces of Hebei, Liaoning, and Shandong (13.2% ± 16.5%, 13.2% ± 11.6%, 10.8% ± 10.2%, respectively) followed by Tianjin (6.2% ± 4.7%). (3) Bayesian trend analysis found the abrupt <em>Z</em><sub>SD</sub> improvement in April 2018, which coincided with the initiation of UBIBSM, implying the water quality response to pollution control. More importantly, the independent statistics of land-based pollutant discharge also indicated that the significant reduction of terrestrial pollutant input during the UBIBSM action was the main driver of observed <em>Z</em><sub>SD</sub> improvement. (4) Compared with previous pollution control actions in the BS, UBIBSM was found to be the most successful one during the past 20 years, in terms of transparency improvement over nearshore waters. The presented results proved the UBIBSM-achieved remarkable water quality improvement, taking the advantage of long-term consistent and objective data record from satellite ocean color observation.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140017428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differences in spring precipitation over southern China associated with multiyear La Niña events","authors":"Guangliang Li, Licheng Feng, Wei Zhuang, Fei Liu, Ronghua Zhang, Cuijuan Sui","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2147-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2147-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Composite analyses were performed in this study to reveal the difference in spring precipitation over southern China during multiyear La Niña events during 1901 to 2015. It was found that there is significantly below-normal precipitation during the first boreal spring, but above-normal precipitation during the second year. The difference in spring precipitation over southern China is correlative to the variation in western North Pacific anomalous cyclone (WNPC), which can in turn be attributed to the different sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) over the Tropical Pacific. The remote forcing of negative SSTA in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific and the local air-sea interaction in the western North Pacific are the usual causes of WNPC formation and maintenance. SSTA in the first spring is stronger than those in the second spring. As a result, the intensity of WNPC in the first year is stronger, which is more likely to reduce the moisture in southern China by changing the moisture transport, leading to prolonged precipitation deficits over southern China. However, the tropical SSTA signals in the second year are too weak to induce the formation and maintenance of WNPC and the below-normal precipitation over southern China. Thus, the variation in tropical SSTA signals between two consecutive springs during multiyear La Niña events leads to obvious differences in the spatial pattern of precipitation anomaly in southern China by causing the different WNPC response.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140004958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixed layer warming by the barrier layer in the southeastern Indian Ocean","authors":"Kaiyue Wang, Yisen Zhong, Meng Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2151-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2151-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The southeastern Indian Ocean is characterized by the warm barrier layer (BL) underlying the cool mixed layer water in austral winter. This phenomenon lasts almost half a year and thus provides a unique positive effect on the upper mixed layer heat content through the entrainment processes at the base of the mixed layer, which has not been well evaluated due to the lack of proper method and dataset. Among various traditional threshold methods, here it is shown that the 5 m fixed depth difference can produce a reliable and accurate estimate of the entrainment heat flux (EHF) in this BL region. The comparison between the daily and monthly EHF warming indicates that the account for high-frequency EHF variability almost doubles the warming effect in the BL period, which can compensate for or even surpass the surface heat loss. This increased warming is a result of stronger relative rate of the mixed layer deepening and larger temperature differences between the mixed layer and its immediate below in the daily-resolving data. The interannual EHF shows a moderately increasing trend and similar variabilities to the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), likely because the mixed layer deepening under the positive SAM trend is accompanied by enhanced turbulent entrainment and thus increases the BL warming.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140005770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiangyu Song, Zemin Wang, Jianbin Song, Baojun Zhang, Mingliang Liu
{"title":"The morphological changes of basal channels based on multi-source remote sensing data at the Pine Island Ice Shelf","authors":"Xiangyu Song, Zemin Wang, Jianbin Song, Baojun Zhang, Mingliang Liu","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2241-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2241-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The basal channel is a detailed morphological feature of the ice shelf caused by uneven basal melting. This kind of specifically morphology is widely distributed in polar ice shelves. It is an important research object of sea-ice interaction and plays a vital role in studying the relationship between the ice sheet/ice shelf and global warming. In this paper, high-resolution remote sensing image and ice penetration data were combined to extract the basal channel of the Pine Island Ice Shelf. The depth variation of Pine Island Ice Shelf in the recent 20 years was analyzed and discussed by using ICESat-1, ICESat-2, and IceBridge data. Combined with relevant marine meteorological elements (sea surface temperature, surface melting days, circumpolar deep water and wind) to analyze the basal channel changes, the redistribution of ocean heat is considered to be the most important factor affecting the evolution and development of the basal channel.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"132 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139945444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziqun Zhang, Hongyan Cui, Baoxu Chen, Hong Cai, Pin Li
{"title":"The combined effects of North Atlantic Oscillation and Western Pacific teleconnection on winter temperature in Eastern Asia during 1980–2021","authors":"Ziqun Zhang, Hongyan Cui, Baoxu Chen, Hong Cai, Pin Li","doi":"10.1007/s13131-023-2187-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2187-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As important atmospheric circulation patterns in Northern Hemisphere (NH), the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Western Pacific teleconnection (WP) affect the winter climate in Eurasia. In order to explore the combined effects of NAO and WP on East Asian (EA) temperature, the NAO and WP indices are divided into four phases from 1980–2021: the positive NAO and WP phase (NAO+/WP+), the negative NAO and WP phase (NAO−/WP−), the positive NAO and negative WP phase (NAO+/WP−), the negative NAO and positive WP phase (NAO−/WP+). In the phase of NAO+/WP+, the low geopotential height (GH) stays in north of EA at 50°–80°N; the surface air temperature anomaly (SATA) is 0.8–1 °C lower than Southern Asian. In the phase of NAO−/WP−, the center of high temperature and GH locate in the northeast of EA; the cold air spreads to Southern Asia, causing the SATA decreases 1–1.5 °C. In the phase of NAO+/WP−, the high GH belt is formed at 55°–80°N. Meanwhile, the center of high SATA locates in the north of Asia that increases 0.8–1.1 °C. The cold airflow causes temperature dropping 0.5–1 °C in the south of EA. The SATA improves 0.5–1.5 °C in south of EA in the phase of NAO−/WP+. The belt of high GH is formed at 25°–50°N, and blocks the cold air which from Siberia. The NAO and WP generate two warped plate pressure structures in NH, and affect the temperature by different pressure configurations. NAO and WP form different GH, and GH acts to block and push airflow by affecting the air pressure, then causes the temperature to be different from the north and south of EA. Finally, the multiple linear regression result shows that NAO and WP are weakened by each other such as the phase of NAO+/WP+ and NAO−/WP−.</p>","PeriodicalId":6922,"journal":{"name":"Acta Oceanologica Sinica","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}