| Based on four seasonal investigation data in April 2018 (spring),June 2018 (summer), September 2018 (autumn) and November
2018 (winter), Kriging interpolation was applied to analyze the spatial distribution of nutrients including inorganic nitrogen, active phos
phate, active silicate, N/P ratio, Si/P ratio and nutritional index. The results showed that the concentrations of inorganic nitrogen, active
phosphate, and active silicate changed with the seasons in the major shellfish production investigation area of Rongcheng. Respectively,
inorganic nitrogen concentration was in the order of autumn, winter, spring and summer from high to low. Active phosphate concentration
was in the order of winter, autumn, summer and spring from high to low. Active silicate concentration was in the order of autumn, winter,
spring and summer from high to low. Nutrient concentrations were larger in autumn and winter than in spring and summer, which was corresponded to the growth pattern of large algae and phytoplankton in Sanggou Bay. N/P ratio was more than 16:1 in every season which
showed that phosphate was the annual limit element. Si/P ratios in spring and autumn were more than 16:1, in winter and summer less
than 16:1, which showed that silicate was the seasonal limit element in winter and summer. The E value in every season was less than 1,
indicating that the major shellfish production area of Rongcheng was in a state of oligotrophy throughout the year, and it was essential to
supplement appropriate nutrients in time for aquaculture production to improve the nutritional level especially in spring. For shellfish
culture in Sanggou Bay, the optimum choice was to appropriately control the farming scale, avoid disorderly expansion, reduce the farming
density especially in summer, increase seawater exchange and carry out integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in shallow sea. The application
prospect of ArcGIS interpolation methods in ecological early warning and prediction is broad, and with the progress of technology and
the accumulation of data, it will be more extensive and in-depth. |