The Sensitivity and Adaptation of Ecosystems to the Disturbances: A Case Study in Northeastern Estonia

The study focused on the problem of the response and adaptation of an ecosystem to natural fire in case of greenhouse warming. The palaeoecological approach was used and reconstructions were made for timeca 6000 years ago, when the human impact in the studied area was absent or very weak and the summer temperatures were about 2.4 degrees higher than at the present time. The palaeoreconstructions were compliled using the charcoal, pollen and diatoms data from the sediments of a northeast Estonian lake. The results show that forest fires influenced the biota of the lake mainly through evapotranspiration and the accompanying erosional changes. The impacts of the fire directly to the lake ecosystem were short-term and the primary diatom association was restored after 10–15 years. The pollen influx was influenced by the fires mainly through the changes in the openness of the landscape and the composition of the pollen spectra was restored over a period of 50–60 years. The data demonstrate the high ability of the studied ecosystem to adapt to the impact of natural fires in the climatic environment comparable with that predicted for the future.     

三峡库区蓄水期长江口底栖生物数量动态分析

三峡库区蓄水期于2004年在长江口区进行季节性(2、5、8、11月)综合调查.结果表明,该水域出现底栖生物种类依序为2月127种,5月为114种,8月和11月分别为83种和97种.在种类组成中,以多毛类占首位(42～70种)、其次软体类17～32种.甲壳类和棘皮类较少.底栖生物优势种有15种,其优势度(D2)值以多毛类丝异须虫(0.27～0.36)和小头虫(0.18～0.26)明显高于其他种类.底栖生物的平均总生物量以2月和5月较高,分别为19.7g/m2和23.4 g/m2.在生物量组成中,以软体类最高为5.6～12.2 g/m2.底栖生物的平均总密度以5月和11月最高,分别为623.0个/ m2和781.7个/m2.在生物密度组成中,多毛类的密度居首位(194.8～625.6个/ m2).底栖生物多样性指数(H')值最高为2月(2.94)和5月(2.76).生物种类丰度指数(D)值以2月较高为1.34.各月的生物种类均匀度指数(J)值均不足1.通过调查分析,长江口外水域及口北少数站的底栖生物量和密度,仍保持高于河口附近测站的分布格局.     

Deformity frequencies of benthic marine diatoms associated with contaminated sediments in Hong Kong

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底栖动物完整性指数评价西苕溪溪流健康

根据浙江安吉县西苕溪的64个底栖动物样点数据,对36个生物参数的分布范围、Pearson相关性和判别能力进行分析,确定B-IBI指数由总分类单元数、EPT分类单元数、鞘翅目%、前3位优势分类单元%、(纹石蛾科/毛翅目)%、滤食者%和BI指数构成.用比值法统一参数量纲,采用直接累加、变异系数权重法和熵值权重法分别计算B-IBI值并进行B-IBI健康标准的准确性检验,结果表明,熵值权重法的准确性(92.9%)优于直接累加(85.7%)和变异系数权重法(78.5%).建立了评价西苕溪健康的B-IBI标准:B-IBI＞0.69健康,0.52～0.68亚健康,0.35～0.51一般,0.18～0.34差,B-IBI＜0.17极差.B-IBI指数与栖境指数(r=0.62,p＜0.01)、水温(r=-0.64,p＜0.01)和海拔(r=0.64,p＜0.01)显著相关.     

太湖浮游硅藻时空演化与环境因子的关系

利用1992年至2002年每月1次的监测资料,系统分析了太湖北部3个区域(河口、梅梁湾、湖心)浮游硅藻(Planktonic diatoms)生物量周年变化和空间分布情况.同时,水中磷酸盐(PO43--P)、氨氮(NH4+-N)、硝氮(NO3--N)和硅酸盐(SiO23--Si)含量等相关资料也被用于解释太湖浮游硅藻时空分布的原因.结果显示,直链硅藻(Aulacoseira sp.)是太湖浮游硅藻的优势种,其它常见种有小环藻(Cyclotella sp.)、针杆藻(Synedrasp.)等.硅藻总生物量占浮游藻类生物量百分比平均值约为20%.太湖浮游硅藻生物量在河口最大,梅梁湾其次,湖心最小,究其原因可能与河口的特殊生态环境(水流速度)有关,另外,河口丰富的营养盐,特别是磷酸盐和氨氮也是一个重要因素.温度可能是影响太湖浮游硅藻生物量季节变化的关键因素.Pearson相关分析证实,磷酸盐、氨氮和温度均与硅藻生物量显著相关(p<0.01),且蓝藻生物量百分比与硅藻生物量百分比呈显著负相关.研究结果说明,太湖浮游硅藻的生长分布受多种环境因子(磷酸盐、氨氮、温度)的影响限制,太湖浮游硅藻与蓝藻可能存在着竞争演替的趋势.     

A flow cytometer based protocol for quantitative analysis of bloom-forming cyanobacteria (Microcystis) in lake sediments

A quantitative protocol for the rapid analysis of Microcystis cells and colonies in lake sediment was developed using a modified flow cytometer, the CytoSense. For cell enumeration, diluted sediment samples containing Microcystis were processed with sonication to disintegrate colonies into single cells. An optimized procedure suggested that 5 mg dw (dry weight)/mL dilution combined with 200 W × 2 min sonication yielded the highest counting efficiency. Under the optimized determination conditions, the quantification limit of this protocol was 3.3×10⁴ cells/g dw. For colony analysis, Microcystis were isolated from the sediment by filtration. Colony lengths measured by flow cytometry were similar to those measured by microscopy for the size range of one single cell to almost 400 μupm in length. Moreover, the relationship between colony size and cell number was determined for three Microcystis species, including Microcystis flos-aquae, M. aeruginosa and M. wessenbergii. Regression formulas were used to calculate the cell numbers in different-sized colonies. The developed protocol was applied to field sediment samples from Lake Taihu. The results indicated the potential and applicability of flow cytometry as a tool for the rapid analysis of benthic Microcystis. This study provided a new capability for the high frequency monitoring of benthic overwintering and population dynamics of this bloom-forming cyanobacterium.     

菲律宾蛤仔养殖对胶州湾沉积物-水界面生源要素迁移的影响

通过培养实验测定了菲律宾蛤仔(Ruditapes philippinarum)DIN和PO34-的排泄率和生物扰动作用对胶州湾沉积物-水界面营养盐交换通量的影响,探讨了菲律宾蛤仔养殖对沉积物-水界面生源要素迁移的影响.研究表明,菲律宾蛤仔能够排泄DIN和PO34-,但其生物扰动能够改变沉积物中生物地球化学过程,减少排泄物中的DIN和PO34-向水体释放.在生物扰动作用下,菲律宾蛤仔排泄的DIN和PO34-中,仅有37%(DIN)和34%(PO34--P)最终释放到水体中.在考虑生物扰动作用的影响后,养殖菲律宾蛤仔每年从水体滤除的生源要素中仅有19%的氮和17%的磷以无机营养盐形态完成再生过程返回到水层中,其余部分以渔获量、生物难于利用形态或埋藏的沉积颗粒形态从水层中清除.菲律宾蛤仔生物扰动条件下沉积物向水层释放Si∶N∶P的速率比约为5∶18∶1,其中Si∶N和Si∶P比远低于菲律宾蛤仔从水体中滤除的颗粒物.因此菲律宾蛤仔养殖能够加速生物硅沉积,加剧胶州湾水体中Si限制.     

孔石莼提取物对海洋硅藻生长的影响

为筛选具有防污活性的物质,对孔石莼进行了提取,利用海洋硅藻检测了各提取物的防污活性.首先,使用极性不同的有机溶剂对孔石莼分步提取,然后,将得到的各种粗提物加入到硅藻培养液中,通过显微镜计数硅藻附着生长数量.实验发现各提取物均明显地抑制了硅藻的附着及生长,特别是乙酸乙酯提取物在1 g/L浓度下对硅藻附着生长的抑制率达到99%以上.对硅藻生长影响程度依次为:乙酸乙酯提取物>乙醇提取物>石油醚提取物>蒸馏水提取物.