外源氮输入对互花米草生长及叶特征的影响

入侵种互花米草（Spartina alterniflora）是滨海盐沼湿地的多年生草本植物,研究人类活动引起的外源氮输入对其生长的影响有助于了解滨海湿地生态系统结构和功能的未来变化趋势。运用随机区组试验设计方法,模拟海滩水分条件（间歇淹水和持续淹水）,研究了互花米草的地上部生物量、叶片光合特征以及形态特征对外源氮输入的响应。结果表明：互花米草地上部生物量在施氮条件下显著增加,且在土壤处于间歇淹水状态时表现更为明显;施氮条件下植株分蘖数比对照处理分别增加了60.0%和60.2%,是引起地上部生物量增加的主要原因。施加氮素促进了互花米草叶片的生长,叶面积、叶数、叶长和叶宽均显著增加,而叶数的变化是导致植物叶面积增加的主要因素。外源氮输入促进了互花米草叶绿素含量的增加,而对净光合速率的季节变化特征无明显影响。持续淹水处理的植物地上部生物量、生长速率、分蘖数、净光合速率和叶面积均低于间歇淹水处理,说明持续淹水状态对互花米草生长造成了一定的抑制作用。     

互花米草入侵对长江河口湿地土壤理化性质的影响

为了探讨互花米草入侵对长江河口湿地土壤理化性质的影响,在长江口崇明东滩湿地设置了两条样线,利用配对试验设计,高潮滩为互花米草和芦苇群落配对样线,低潮滩为互花米草和海三棱藨草群落配对样线。结果表明,互花米草入侵对东滩湿地高潮滩和低潮滩的土壤温度和p H均无显著影响,且所有群落土壤p H值均在8.0以上。在高潮滩,与芦苇群落相比,互花米草入侵显著降低了土壤盐度、硫酸盐和Fe(III)/Fe(II)比率,而在低潮滩,与海三棱藨草群落相比,互花米草入侵对土壤盐度和硫酸盐无显著影响,但显著增加了土壤Fe(III)/Fe(II)比率。无论是高潮滩,还是低潮滩,与土著植物群落相比,互花米草入侵均显著增加了植物生物量,增加了土壤有机碳和微生物碳含量,而对占土壤总碳60%以上的无机碳含量无显著影响。互花米草入侵可以显著影响长江河口湿地部分土壤理化性质,且对不同潮位的部分土壤理化性质的影响有明显分异,进而可能会对长江河口湿地的生物地球化学过程及生态系统的结构和功能产生重要影响。     

Effects of Invasive Cordgrass on Presence of Marsh Grassbird in an Area where It Is Not Native

The threatened Marsh Grassbird (Locustella pryeri) first appeared in the salt marsh in east China after the salt marsh was invaded by cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), a non‐native invasive species. To understand the dependence of non‐native Marsh Grassbird on the non‐native cordgrass, we quantified habitat use, food source, and reproductive success of the Marsh Grassbird at the Chongming Dongtan (CMDT) salt marsh. In the breeding season, we used point counts and radio‐tracking to determine habitat use by Marsh Grassbirds. We analyzed basal food sources of the Marsh Grassbirds by comparing the δ¹³C isotope signatures of feather and fecal samples of birds with those of local plants. We monitored the nests through the breeding season and determined the breeding success of the Marsh Grassbirds at CMDT. Density of Marsh Grassbirds was higher where cordgrass occurred than in areas of native reed (Phragmites australis) monoculture. The breeding territory of the Marsh Grassbird was composed mainly of cordgrass stands, and nests were built exclusively against cordgrass stems. Cordgrass was the major primary producer at the base of the Marsh Grassbird food chain. Breeding success of the Marsh Grassbird at CMDT was similar to breeding success within its native range. Our results suggest non‐native cordgrass provides essential habitat and food for breeding Marsh Grassbirds at CMDT and that the increase in Marsh Grassbird abundance may reflect the rapid spread of cordgrass in the coastal regions of east China. Our study provides an example of how a primary invader (i.e., cordgrass) can alter an ecosystem and thus facilitate colonization by a second non‐native species. Efectos de Spartina alterniflora Invasora Sobre Locustella pryeri en un Área Donde No Es Nativa     

无瓣海桑不同器官水浸液对互花米草幼苗的化感效应

以互花米草幼苗为受体植物,选用无瓣海桑凋落叶、根、果的5个质量浓度梯度(0.1、0.2、0.3、0.4、0.5 g/mL)水浸液为处理液,研究无瓣海桑对互花米草幼苗的化感效应。结果表明:不同浓度的无瓣海桑凋落叶、根和果的水浸液对互花米草幼苗具有不同程度的化感作用,且存在"高抑低促"的浓度效应。所有水浸液均表现出高浓度下(高于0.3 g/mL)明显抑制互花米草的生长,随着浓度降低其抑制作用逐渐减弱,甚至转为轻微促进作用(即0.1 g/mL时)的规律。无瓣海桑不同器官的水浸液对互花米草幼苗生长的综合化感抑制强度为:果>根>凋落叶。     

大米草人工败育技术研究

大米草的蔓延,不但严重影响了滩涂养殖业,同时也对滩涂生态造成了巨大的破坏,致使红树林生态群大面积消失.我们研制出一种能够导致大米草败育的药剂--米草败育灵,可使大米草种子100%败育,从而可以有效地控制其通过种子传播的方式蔓延.经检测该药剂对环境安全,对水生生物安全且使用后在土壤中检测不到残留.     

闽江河口区互花米草入侵不同年限下湿地土壤有机碳变化

为阐明互花米草的固碳潜力,论文在闽江河口区鳝鱼滩湿地选择不同入侵年限的样地,对其0~60 cm土壤理化性质和碳库变化进行测定与分析。结果表明：1） Y₄（<4 a）、Y₈（4~8 a）和Y₁₂（8~12 a）3个采样点土壤有机碳含量均值分别为 15.5、17.77和19.71 g·kg^-1,土壤有机碳密度均值分别为10.68、12.29和15.01 kg·m^-3,总有机碳储量均值分别为65.24、73.99和90.30 t·hm^-2,其中表层0~20 cm土壤有机碳增加最为显著;2）互花米草入侵引起湿地土壤粘粒和粉粒组成增加,容重和砂粒组成降低,表层土壤C/N增加明显;3）土壤有机碳含量与pH值、盐度、土壤含水量、C/N、平均粒径、粘粒组成呈显著正相关,与容重、砂粒组成呈显著负相关。通过研究发现,短期入侵的互花米草湿地土壤有机碳持续增加,具有较强的有机碳富集能力,在单位面积上可以有效增强河口湿地生态系统的碳蓄积。     

Influence of flooding and vegetation on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in the pore water of a Spartina alterniflora salt marsh

Four sites were selected in a salt marsh in the Bah′?a Blanca Estuary (Argentina): (1) low marsh (flooded by the tide twice daily) vegetated by S. alterniflora; (2) non-vegetated low marsh; (3) high marsh (flooded only in spring tides) vegetated by S. alterniflora; (4) non-vegetated high marsh. The pH and Eh were measured in sediments, while dissolved nutrients (ammonium, nitrate, nitrite and phosphate) and particulate organic matter (POM) were determined in pore water. pH (6.2–8.7) was only a ected by vegetation in low areas. Eh (from –300 to 250 mV) was lower at low sites than at high ones; in the latter, the values were higher in the non-vegetated sediments. The POM concentration was greater in the high marsh than in the low marsh, with no e ect of vegetation. Ammonium was the most abundant nitrogen nutrient species in pore water, except in the non-vegetated high marsh where nitrate concentration was higher. All nitrogen nutrients were a ected by both flooding and vegetation. Phosphate was always present in pore water at all sites throughout the year and its concentration varied within narrow limits, with no e ect of flooding and greater values always at non-vegetated sites. Our results showed that the variability of the pore water composition within the marsh is greater than the temporal variation, meaning that both tidal flooding and vegetation are important in the dynamics of nutrients and organic matter in the sediment pore water.