升钟水库浮游植物的生物多样性调查及时空分布

2008年5月至2009年4月对升钟水库的浮游植物群落结构进行了研究.结果表明,升钟水库浮游植物共计8门69属219种(含变种和变型),种群结构主要以蓝藻、绿藻和硅藻为主.浮游植物的生物多样性指数平均为1.059,均匀度指数平均为0.192,平均藻类密度为33.41×10 5个/L,标志升钟水库的水体营养程度较高.     

Role of diatoms as indicators of pollution gradients

The impact of liquid wastes from a paper mill on the benthic diatoms in flowing waters has been studied for a period of two years. Water and algal samples were analysed at monthly intervals at three sites along the course of the river, along with raw effluents. The water before the confluence of effluents was well oxygenated with an alkaline pH. Organic matter, NH₃ and nutrients were recorded at low concentrations. At the entry of effluents, the water showed considerable decline in dissolved oxygen content, increase in organic matter, hardness, Cl, HCO₃ and total dissolved solids. Diatoms constituted 61% by numerical abundance and were reduced to 25% of total algae at the entry of effluents. Multiple regression analysis was employed to discover the relative importance of various physicochemical variables on the abundance and distribution of diatoms at various sampling stations. Mathematical equations were derived involving the physicochemical variables for better prediction of algal number.     

太湖东部水域浮游硅藻群落特征及其与环境因子关系

对太湖东部水域9个点位浮游硅藻的群落结构进行了分析。结果表明,9个点位的生物多样性处于一般到较丰富状态,其水质为中污染到轻污染;硅藻群落的物种丰富度、生物量和密度因水域地形特点、换水周期等因素出现差异,在半封闭水体中的物种丰富度较差,生物量和藻密度较高,优势种所指示的水质处于中等偏下水平。硅藻相对多度和各项环境因子冗余分析显示,总磷(TP)对群落的组成和分布影响显著。东北部水域浮游硅藻群落主要受到TP和浊度(NTU)的影响,东南部水域浮游硅藻群落受到TP和NTU的影响则很小。     

Using diatoms as quality indicators for a newly-formed urban lake and its catchment

Periphytic diatoms were studied to evaluate the water quality of a newly created lake, formed by the enclosure of the formerly tidal Cardiff Bay (Wales, UK), and the effects of two inflowing rivers which drain densely populated and industrialised catchments. Seven sites in Cardiff Bay and two locations on the inflowing rivers were monitored for diatoms and water chemistry over 2 years. Water quality was assessed using a revised UK trophic diatom index (TDI) and new methods to determine ecological quality ratios and ecological status classes as required by the EU Water Framework Directive. Diatom assemblages reflected spatiotemporal variations in environmental conditions between the rivers and Cardiff Bay and within the bay. In the bay, diatoms reflected differences in river quality and possibly local pollution in certain areas of the lake. High values of the TDI indicated eutrophic to hypertrophic conditions in both rivers and in the bay and diatoms indicated poor ecological status.     

基于深度学习技术的藻类智能监测系统开发

浮游藻类对水环境的变化非常敏感,是评价水环境质量的重要指示生物。传统的浮游藻类监测依靠人工采样分析,需要专业检测人员使用显微镜对藻细胞逐一鉴定并计数,耗时耗力且严重依赖检测人员的专业知识与鉴定经验,限制了浮游藻类监测工作的标准化推广和普及应用。利用神经网络模型建立了一套浮游藻类智能监测系统,该系统能够实现浮游藻类检测的自动进样、自动显微摄影,同时充分发挥深度学习技术在视觉分析领域的优势,自动进行浮游藻类智能识别和计数。使用大量浮游藻类样品开展了深度学习模型训练和结果验证,结果表明,该浮游藻类智能监测系统能够顺利完成浮游藻类样品自动进样、拍摄、鉴定和计数等一系列流程,且智能识别系统鉴定计数结果与人工镜检结果的误差较小。该系统还具有进一步的泛化和拓展能力,随着后续模型训练样品数量的增多,系统识别效率和精度可得到进一步提升,在浮游藻类监测及研究领域具有广阔的应用前景。     

Microphytobenthic biomass,species composition and environmental gradients in the mangrove intertidal region of the Andaman Archipelago,India

Monthly sampling in mangrove intertidal sediments of Andaman Archipelago was carried out during a 1-year study (January to December, 2013) in order to analyse the spatial and temporal distribution of microphytobenthos (MPB) and MPB biomass (sediment chlorophyll-a (chl-a)) in the surficial layer 0–1 cm. The MPB community was mainly composed of diatoms. The MPB biomass concentration in surface sediment (0–1 cm) ranged from 0.7 to 16.98 μg cm^?3. Population density of benthic diatoms varied from 78 to 224 ind cm^?3. This study identified 41 diatom taxa (27 pennate diatoms, 14 centric diatoms) in the sediment, and among all the diatom taxa, we distinguished few true planktonic species—Coscinodiscus centralis, Coscinodiscus marginatus, Leptocylindricus danicus, Planktoniella sol, Thalassiosira decipiens, Thalassionema nitzschioides and Thalassiothrix longissima. Overall, a high percentage of diatoms were pennate (81%) as opposed to centric. Based on benthic diatom abundance, species composition and distribution, MPB assemblages of sampling stations were grouped into two distinct clusters: one with St. 1 and St. 3 and another one with St. 2 and St. 4. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) revealed seasonality as the most important factor determining variability in diatom species composition among sampling sites. There was a distinct seasonal pattern in MPB biomass distribution and benthic diatom cell density during monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. Our results suggest that among various physical and chemical variables studied, greater levels of overlying water nutrients and sediment textures significantly correlated and were conducive factors for MPB. This is the first detailed study on the MPB from these mangrove sediments, providing benchmark data for future studies about these remote groups of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.     

Spatial heterogeneity of stream environmental conditions and macroinvertebrates community in an agriculture dominated watershed and management implications for a large river (the Liao River,China) basin

Understanding the effects of watershed land uses (e.g., agriculture, urban industry) on stream ecological conditions is important for the management of large river basins. A total of 41 and 56 stream sites (from first to fourth order) that were under a gradient of watershed land uses were monitored in 2009 and 2010, respectively, in the Liao River Basin, Northeast China. The monitoring results showed that a total of 192 taxa belonging to four phyla, seven classes, 21 orders and 91 families were identified. The composition of macroinvertebrate community in the Liao River Basin was dominated by aquatic insect taxa (Ephemeroptera and Diptera), Oligochaeta and Molluscs. The functional feeding group GC (Gatherer/Collector) was dominant in the whole basin. Statistical results showed that sites with less watershed impacts (lower order sites) were characterized by higher current velocity and habitat score, more sensitive taxa (e.g., Ephemeroptera), and the substrate was dominated by high percentage of cobble and pebble. The sites with more impacts from agriculture and urban industry (higher order sites) were characterized by higher biochemical (BOD₅) and chemical oxygen demand (COD), more tolerant taxa (e.g., Chironominae), and the substrate was dominated by silt and sand. Agriculture and urban-industry activities have reduced habitat condition, increased organic pollutants, reduced macroinvertebrate abundance, diversity, and sensitive taxa in streams of the lower Liao River Basin. Restoration of degraded habitat condition and control of watershed organic pollutants could be potential management priorities for the Basin.     

Macroinvertebrate Assemblages on Woody Debris and Their Relations with Environmental Variables in the Lower Sacramento and San Joaquin River Drainages, California

Data from 25 sites were used to evaluate associations between macroinvertebrate assemblages on large woody debris (snags) and environmental variables in the lower San Joaquin and Sacramento River drainages in California as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment Program. Samples were collected from 1993 to 1995 in the San Joaquin River drainage and in 1996 and 1997 in the Sacramento River drainage. Macroinvertebrate taxa were aggregated to the family (or higher) level of taxonomic organization, resulting in 39 taxa for analyses. Only the 31 most common taxa were used for two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN) and canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). TWINSPAN analysis defined four groups of snag samples on the basis of macroinvertebrate assemblages. Analysis of variance identified differences in environmental and biotic characteristics among the groups. These results combined with the results of CCA indicated that mean dominant substrate type, gradient, specific conductance, water temperature, percentage of the basin in agricultural land use, percentage of the basin in combined agricultural and urban land uses, and elevation were important factors in explaining assemblage structure. Macroinvertebrate assemblages on snags may be useful in family level bioassessments of environmental conditions in valley floor habitats.     

Littoral diatoms as indicators of recent water and sediment contamination by metals in lakes

We studied the response of benthic diatoms to recent metal contamination in littoral cores collected at 25 sites in 11 lakes situated at different distances from a smelter in the Rouyn-Noranda mining region (Quebec). Diatom response was described in terms of density, diversity, and taxonomic composition of the entire assemblages and as abundance of individual indicator taxa. Metal concentrations were measured in sediment and in the overlying water (as total dissolved and as free-ions). Sediment metal contamination was significantly higher in lakes located <10 km from the smelters than in lakes farther away. Such difference was not significant when metal concentrations in the overlying water were considered. Metal contamination did not affect diatom density, which indeed was highest in the most contaminated lake. Diversity (either measured as number of taxa or as Shannon and evenness indices) was instead significantly higher in lakes close to the smelter than elsewhere. Redundancy analysis indicated that diatom composition changed along a gradient in alkalinity (CO?) and one in sediment metal contamination (Cd, Hg, Cu). We identified three diatom taxa (Fragilaria construens var. venter, F. construens var. pumila, and Brachysira vitrea) that increased in relative and absolute abundance with metal contamination. Benthic diatom responses at the community (density, diversity, assemblage composition) and population levels (abundance of selected benthic taxa) were stronger to the sediment metal contamination than to the contamination of overlying water. Comparisons with available literature indicated that, for monitoring recent sediment contamination, diatoms in littoral sediments are preferable to invertebrates that mostly respond to overlying water. Diatoms in littoral cores are therefore unique as tools for monitoring recent contamination of lake sediments.     

鄱阳湖浮游藻类群落特征及与环境因子典范对应分析

通过2018—2019年夏冬季在鄱阳湖布设17个采样点,采样检测浮游藻类和水质参数,并采用典范对应分析法研究该湖浮游藻类群落结构特征及其与环境因子的相互关系。结果表明,两次调查共检测出浮游藻类7门31科58属,浮游藻类丰度范围为3.5×105 L-1～1.15×107 L-1,主要由绿藻门、硅藻门和蓝藻门组成,绿藻门为夏、冬季主要优势种群。典范对应分析结果显示,鄱阳湖冬季湖区水环境空间差异较大,而夏季差异较小;夏季氮磷营养盐和DO是影响浮游藻类群落时空分布的主要环境因子,冬季氮磷营养盐、BOD5和IMn是影响浮游藻类群落时空分布的主要环境因子。