摘要
Submarine groundwater discharge(SGD),which can be traced using naturally occurring radium isotopes,has been recognized as a significant nutrient source and land-ocean interaction passage for the coastal waters of the Daya Bay,China.However,uncertainties in assessing SGD fluxes must still be discussed in detail.In this study,we attempted to utilize the Monte Carlo method to evaluate the uncertainties of radium-derived SGD flux in the northeast and entirety of the Daya Bay.The results show that the uncertainties of the SGD estimate in the northeast bay are very sensitive to variations in excess radium inventories as well as radium inputs from bottom sediments,while the uncertainties of the SGD estimate for the entire bay are strongly affected by fluctuations in radium inputs from bottom sediments and radium end-members of SGD.This study will help to distinguish the key factors controlling the accuracy of SGD estimates in similar coastal waters.
基金
The Project of Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Survey Technology and Application,Ministry of Natural Resources under contract No.MESTA-2021-D006
the China Ocean Development Foundation under contract No.CODF-002-ZX-2021
the Science and Technology Plan Projects of Guangdong Province under contract No.2021B1212050025
the Director’s Foundation of South China Sea Bureau of Ministry of Natural Resources under contract No.230201
the Research Fund Program of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology under contract No.LAMB20221007
the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China under contract No.2017A030310592
the Key Program of Bureau Director of State Oceanic Administration under contract No.180104
the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography,South China Sea Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract No.LTO1709.