浅水湖泊水生植物残体降解过程中活性氧物种的产生及其作用分析

水生植物是湖泊生态系统中的重要组分,每到秋冬季水生植物大量衰亡,植物残体分解过程对水体生源要素循环有重要影响。大型水生植物残体的分解一直被认为是微生物降解的过程,而光降解在很大程度上被忽视了。主要探究单可见光、单微生物和可见光+微生物联合作用下芦苇残体降解过程中各组分去除效率的差异性及不同条件下的降解机制。结果表明,与单可见光降解或单微生物降解相比,可见光+微生物联合降解在110 d内去除植物残体生物量最多(54.9±2.1%),同时产生更多的活性氧物种(Reactive Oxygen Species, ROS),且残体的各个组分(纤维素、半纤维素和木质素)的去除率与累积生成的ROS均呈正相关性,尤其是其中的难降解组分——木质素。因此,为了更准确地预测水生生态系统的碳循环,需要考虑可见光在植物残体降解中的作用,而对浅水湖泊中水生植物残体降解机理的深入认识将有助于湖泊科学管理和治理修复。     

近百年来长江荆江段牛轭湖沉积的孢粉、炭屑特征及其环境意义——以天鹅洲、尺八湖为例

根根据长江荆江段沿江牛轭湖天鹅洲和尺八沉积钻孔柱样,在建立了高分辨率的年代框架的基础上,分别进行了沉积物孢粉、炭屑分析,并结合荆州市1955~2012年的气候数据、史志记载的洪水和火灾等环境事件进行了综合分析。结果显示:天鹅洲、尺八两湖泊钻孔沉积物的孢粉和炭屑特征均较好地响应了近百年来湖区周边的环境变化;牛轭湖在裁断成湖之前、成湖之后的孢粉、炭屑特征不同:成湖之前,沉积物总孢粉浓度与乔木、灌木孢粉浓度都相对较低,水生植物和蕨类植物孢粉浓度相对较高,成湖之后乔木孢粉浓度仍呈减小趋势,但灌木、水生植物孢粉浓度呈波动增加趋势;利用沉积物炭屑浓度与孢粉浓度的比值(C/P值)指标,可以较好地指示自然山火与人类聚居地火灾等燃烧事件在沉积物中的记录,而且综合利用C/P值与沉积物孢粉特征,有可能厘清长江全流域洪水与局地洪涝事件的沉积记录。     

太湖湖滨带浮叶植物菱(Trapa quadrispinosa Roxb)对氮素再悬浮的影响

大型浅水湖泊沉积物的再悬浮是湖泊生态系统的重要过程之一,也是影响湖泊内源负荷的主要因子之一。大型水生植物在抑制沉积物再悬浮方面有重要作用。通过测定浮叶植物生长区内外的沉积物再悬浮速率、沉积物总氮含量和水中总氮浓度,探讨太湖湖滨带浮叶植物菱（Trapa quadrispinosa Roxb）对沉积物中氮素再悬浮的影响。研究结果发现菱对沉积物的再悬浮有良好的抑制作用,在研究期间,菱生长区内的平均沉积物再悬浮速率为218.46 g dw m-2d-1,生长区外为658.13 g dw m-2d-1。随着沉积物的再悬浮,在生长区内平均每天每平方米有719.63 mg N（每年每平方米262.66 g）被带入水中,在生长区外相应的数字为1 536.14 mg（每年每平方米560.69 g）。另外在研究中发现上层沉积物总氮含量受风浪影响较大,与沉积物再悬浮速率呈负相关。恢复浮叶植物能有效控制湖泊沉积物再悬浮,降低湖水氮负荷。     

巢湖水向湖滨带生态修复工程实践

针对巢湖湖滨带水生植物消失的问题,提出浅水区自组织生态修复技术框架,并开展工程示范。该技术框架依据湖泊水生植被恢复的环境条件需求,针对不同区域湖滨带情况,提出合理的修复目标,进而集成系列工程措施,改善湖滨带环境并恢复水生植被。根据该技术框架实施中试工程,恢复湖滨带水生植被面积5万m2,使水生植物多样性增加70%,植被盖度由30%提高到60%。该技术为巢湖湖滨带生态修复提供技术支撑,有较强的实际应用价值     

退化山地植被恢复和重建的基本理论和方法

退化植被恢复和重建已成为我国农村社会经济环境持续发展面临的迫切任务,提出了人工恢复和退建退化山地植被的基本方法论。退化山地植被和重建必需以兼顾退化 治理和农村经济发展,建设生态经济型植被为目标,阐述了在恢复和重建过程中应的九项生态学原理和芾项技术方法,介绍了诊断一玫方案一物种选择－各种植物 群的设计及其组合与实施－监测和进一步优化调控等基本人工恢复和重建退化地山植被的步骤。该方法论已在岷江上游的在     

人工重建的水生植物群落演替动态研究

水生植物群落在湖泊生态修复过程中作用显著,但目前人工重建的水生植物群落抗外界干扰能力弱,群落稳定性差,这就需要我们对人工重建的水生植物群落结构及其演替的生态学过程进行研究,从而探索受损群落的修复途径。于2003年在富营养化水体中采用物理生态工程进行了水生植物群落的重建研究,对群落演替动态变化过程进行了持续3年的观测。结果表明：水生植物之间发生生态位重叠时,其结果往往是以一个物种取代另一个物种,随着生态位重叠程度下降,种间关系和群落结构趋于稳定;而当物种空间位置错开时,生长期相近的物种共存则变为可能,因此在群落的构建过程中应当避免同时引入生态位重叠较高的物种,应注意植物间时间序列及空间结构的分离;此外还通过物种间的竞争表现,对几种常见水生植物构建的群落稳定性做了初步探讨.     

武汉地区湖泊沉积物重金属的分布及潜在生态效应评价

对武汉地区6个湖泊沉积物重金属元素Hg、Cd、Cu、Pb、Zn、As、Cr、Ni的空间分布特征及其潜在生态效应进行研究。调查区的湖泊底泥重金属含量表现出市区内湖泊沉积物的重金属含量普遍高于郊区湖泊,其中墨水湖中重金属含量最高;湖泊沉积物柱重金属元素垂向分布表现为城区受到一定程度污染的湖泊某些元素表现出表层沉积物显著高于底部沉积物含量的特征,而郊区湖泊除Cd外其它元素垂向含量变化不大,说明郊区湖泊受到人为影响较小。利用潜在生态危害指数法对湖泊沉积物进行生态危害评价,显示武汉地区湖泊元素生态危害排序为：Cd>Hg>As>Cu>Pb>Zn;墨水湖沉积物重金属潜在生态危害相对最高,其次是金银湖;其它湖泊重金属生态危害都比较轻,总体而言武汉湖泊重金属生态危害还是较小的。但参照国外沉积物基准的生态数据库阈值,市区受到人为污染较严重的湖泊沉积物可能会对生物产生负面影响。     

三峡库区香溪河消落带植被多样性及分布格局研究

研究三峡大坝蓄水10 a后香溪河消落带不同高程区域植被的物种组成、群落多样性及其空间分布特征,旨在为库区消落带生态修复中的物种选择、植被群落重建提供依据。研究结果发现:(1)香溪河消落带植被以一年生草本植物为主,物种组成比较简单。植物种群空间分布分析表明,优势种种群均属于聚集分布;(2)随着高程的增加,α多样性指数中Patrick丰富度、Shannon-wiener多样性和Pielou均匀度呈增加趋势,而Simpson优势度则与其它三个指数相反呈递减的趋势;而β多样性指数中Cody指数、Wilson-Shmida指数、Jaccard指数和Sorenson 指数均呈增加趋势;(3)推荐狗牙根、马唐、狗尾草和香附子4种植物作为三峡库区香溪河消落带植被恢复的备选草本物种。     

筑坝蓄水过程对高原湿地拉市海湖滨植被的影响

选择滇西北高原湿地拉市海湿地湖滨作为研究区域,采用传统的野外植被调查和定位观测相结合的方法对该区域植被特征、分布格局及受筑坝蓄水过程的影响进行分析和研究。结果表明：研究区共有维管束植物97种,隶属于34科76属,可划分为2个植被类型,3个植被亚型,10个群落类型;拉市海筑坝蓄水过程对研究区植物群落分布格局和组成结构产生明显的影响,草甸植被、沼泽植被和湖泊水生植被占研究区面积比重分别从2009年的4454%、1869%和3676%变为2011年的3259%、1368%和5359%,草甸植被和沼泽植被的面积不断缩小,湖泊水生植被面积持续扩大,狗牙根〖WTBX〗（Cynodon dactylon）逐渐取代蒿属（Artemisia）〖WTBZ〗植物在草甸植被中的优势地位,而李氏禾群落（Com.Leersia hexandra）成为了研究区湖滨带水生植物的主要成分;研究区植被在筑坝蓄水过程的胁迫下呈草甸植被（杂草群落、狗牙根群落Com.Cynodon dactylon）,沼泽植被（葱状灯心草群落Com.Juncus allioides、菖蒲群落Com.Acorus calamus、刚毛荸荠群落Com.Eleocharis vallcculosa、水蓼群落Com.Polygonum hydropiper）,湖泊水生植被（李氏禾群落Com.Leersia hexandra、两栖蓼群落Com.Polygonum amphibium、满江红群落Com.Azolla imbricata、鸭子草 穗状狐尾藻群落Com.Potamogeton distinctus Myriophyllum spicatum）的演替格局;拉市海植物群落受筑坝蓄水过程影响发生的逆向演替,从理论上延长了湿地的服务年限,但蓄水过程对鱼类的生存和繁殖、越冬水禽的生境及整个湿地生态系统结构和功能的影响是长期的,还有待深入的研究     

浅析轮藻植物与水体富营养化的关系

近几十年来,轮藻植被从许多富营养化的浅水湖泊中逐渐消失。然而作为浅水湖泊稳态转换模型的代表植物,轮藻植物被证明在湖泊水体的修复中有着重要的作用和功能,因为轮藻植被通过对水体浊度和营养水平的多重反馈机制能稳定湖泊清水稳态。基于此,介绍了轮藻植物及其在水体的分布和浅水湖泊稳态转换概念模型,重点阐述了轮藻与水体富营养化的关系,并介绍了影响轮藻生长繁殖的环境因子,分析了国内外轮藻生态学研究的现状及其特点     

鄱阳湖湿地植被退化原因分析及其预警

2003年以来,鄱阳湖长期处于低枯水位状态,湖盆植被面积减少600km2;洲滩土壤含水量降低,旱生植物物种入侵,占据高程15m以上洲滩,湿地植被演变成中生性草甸,使物种大幅度增加;湿生和水生植物向湖中心下移,生长空间缩减;对水深、污染物敏感的植物群落的物种、生物量减少,生物多样性退化;对水深适应性强和耐污染的植物迅速扩张。无序采砂、防火烧荒、牲畜放牧加剧了这一局面。在气候变化和人类活动影响下,鄱阳湖湿地植被正在逐步退化。为了遏制这一退化现象,正在建立鄱阳湖健康评价体系与标准,加强植物群落固定断面和针对稀有物种、对水深和污染物敏感物种、危害湖泊健康物种进行专项监测,针对发现的问题,用遥感影像辨识、实地勘测研究分析全湖变化状况,判断其危害程度,提出防治对策,向相关部门和地区提出预警建议。     

低溶解氧对苦草生长的影响

针对太湖梅梁湾生态净化示范区内重建的沉水植物存在的腐烂死亡问题及伴随的底层水体溶解氧偏低现象,在室外模拟生态系统内进行了低氧对沉水植物（苦草）生长的影响试验。结果表明：无论沉积物类型如何,一个月的低氧处理（溶解氧平均值为1.6 mg/L）对苦草株重、株高、分蘖数及叶片数等指标的影响均不明显,对块茎的影响则较显著,表现为块茎数量与重量显著下降。对岸边沉积物处理组而言,低氧对苦草根系的影响显著,表现为根须变细且数量增加,根系活力明显下降,中心沉积物处理组则不显著。同时,低氧处理使岸边沉积物处理组的沉积物氧化还原电位显著下降、水体营养盐浓度上升,尤其是磷酸盐浓度显著增加,中心沉积物处理组的环境理化因子变幅则相对较小。分析认为,低氧对苦草生长的影响虽不明显,但对其种群扩张有潜在的不利作用;梅梁湾生态净化示范区内沉水植物的腐烂死亡,低氧的作用是次要或间接的。     

Woody vegetation change in Sahelian West Africa: evidence from local knowledge

Vegetation changes in Sahelian West Africa have been increasingly investigated since 1970 due to the catastrophic droughts in the early 1970s and 1980s and the following decades with below average precipitation. In most cases this was done by remote sensing and vegetation studies. In recent years, local knowledge of farmers and pastoralists about vegetation changes has been increasingly investigated. In this paper, information from different case studies in three West African countries (Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal) was used to analyse and evaluate vegetation changes in the Sahel. In total, data were analysed from 25 villages, where the local people were asked to mention plant species and qualify their present occurrence compared to the past. In total, 111 woody species were mentioned as having changed compared to the past, of which 79% were classified as having decreased or disappeared. For each single location 8–59 different woody species were mentioned. In most cases, these are valuable species of socio-economic importance. Only 11% of the species was classified as increasing or new (0–12 were mentioned per location), the later being mainly exotic species. Ten percent were categorised differently among villages. A comparison of local knowledge from different locations provide regional scale information on endangered species and thereby crucial information for making insightful priorities for assisted regeneration, reforestation and conservation strategies.     

鄱阳湖水生植被30年演变及其驱动因素分析

基于1983和2013年两次鄱阳湖综合科学考察植被调查结果发现,30年来鄱阳湖水生植被呈退行性演变。主要体现在：（1）水生植被面积大幅缩减,沉水植被面积减少37.7%,菱等敏感物种面积减幅为87.6%;（2）群落结构简单化,组成物种由5～8种下降至3～5种,苦草替代竹叶眼子菜成为优势物种;（3）生物多样性降低,单位面积生物量减少。驱动此演变的主要因素包括：（1）长期持续的低枯湖水位压缩了水生植物的生存空间;（2）湖水氮磷浓度增加恶化沉水植被的生境;（3）洪水灾害干扰沉水植物正常生长发育,诱发沉水植被演替;（4）过度的人类活动直接或间接损害沉水植被。为了遏制退行性演变趋势、保护湿地植被生态系统的健康,建议采取有力的湖泊管理措施,将人类活动控制在湿地生态系统可承受范围之内。     

Foliar uptake of cesium from the water column by aquatic macrophytes

The probable occurrence and rate of foliar absorption of stable cesium (133Cs) from the water column by aquatic macrophyte species was analyzed following the addition of 133Cs into a small reservoir near Aiken, South Carolina, USA. An uptake parameter u (10(3)Lkg(-1)d(-1)) and a loss rate parameter k (d(-1)) were estimated for each species using time series of 133Cs concentrations in the water and plant tissues. Foliar uptake, as indicated by rapid increases in plant concentrations following the 133Cs addition, occurred in two floating-leaf species, Brasenia schreberi and Nymphaea odorata, and two submerged species, Myriophyllum spicatum and Utricularia inflata. These species had values of u> or =0.75 x 10(3)Lkg(-1)d(-1). Less evidence for foliar uptake was observed in three emergent species, including Typha latifolia. Ratios of u to k for B. schreberi, M. spicatum, N. odorata and U. inflata can be used to estimate concentration ratios (CR) at equilibrium, and these estimates were generally within a factor of 2 of the CR for 137Cs for these species in the same reservoir. This correspondence suggests that foliar uptake of Cs was the principal absorption mechanism for these species. Assessments of: (1) the prevalence of foliar uptake of potassium, rubidium and Cs isotopes by aquatic macrophytes and (2) the possible importance of foliar uptake of Cs in other lentic systems are made from a review of foliar uptake studies and estimation of comparable u and k values from lake studies involving Cs releases.     

Methylmercury levels and bioaccumulation in the aquatic food web of a highly mercury-contaminated reservoir

The low Ebro River basin (NE Spain) represents a particular case of chronic and long-term mercury pollution due to the presence of an industrial waste (up to 436 μg/g of Hg) coming from a chlor-alkali plant Albeit high total mercury (THg) levels have been previously described in several aquatic species from the surveyed area, methylmercury (MeHg) values in fish individuals have never been reported. Accordingly, in order to investigate bioaccumulation patterns at different levels of the aquatic food web of such polluted area, crayfish and various fish species, were analysed for THg and MeHg content. At the hot spot, THg mean values of crayfish muscle tissue and hepatopancreas were 10 and 15 times, respectively, greater than the local background level. Higher mean THg concentrations were detected in piscivorous (THg=0.848 ± 0.476 μg/g wet weight (ww); MeHg=0.672 ± 0.364 μg/g ww) than in non-piscivorous fish (THg=0.305 ± 0.163 μg/g ww; MeHg=0.278 ± 0.239 μg/g ww). Although these results indicated that THg in fish increased significantly with increasing trophic position, the percentage of the methylated form of Hg was not strongly influenced by differences in relative trophic position. This is an important finding, since the fraction of THg as MeHg in the top fish predator was unexpectedly lower than for other species of the aquatic food chain. Moreover, mean THg concentrations in piscivorous fish exceed the maximum level recommended for human consumption. From our findings, it is clear that for this specific polluted system, speciation becomes almost mandatory when risk assessment is based on MeHg, since single measurements of THg are inadequate and could lead to an over- or under-estimation of contamination levels.     

Multivariate statistical methods as a tool for model-based prediction of vegetation types

The current research was carried out to find the most effective environmental factors in plant species occurrence and providing their predictive habitat models. For this purpose, study was conducted in Poshtkouh rangelands of Yazd province in the central of Iran. For modeling, vegetation data in addition to site condition information including topography, climate, geology and soil were prepared. CCA and Logistic regression (LR) techniques were implemented for plant species predictive modeling. To plants predictive mapping, it is necessary to prepare the maps of all affective factors of models. To mapping soil characteristics, geoestatistical method including variogram analysis and Kriging interpolation were used. Based on obtained predictive models for each species (through LR method) and for whole species (through CCA method) related predictive maps were prepared in GIS. The accuracy of predictive maps were tested with actual vegetation maps. Vegetation modeling results with CCA indicates that predictive map of vegetation corresponds with actual map (with high accuracy). Predictive maps of Cornulaca monachantha, Ephedra strobilacea-Zygophyllum eurypterum, Seidlitzia rosmarinus, and Tamarix ramosissima, which have narrow amplitude, has high accordance with actual vegetation map prepared for the study area. Among species of study area, predictive model of Artemisia sieberi, due to its ability to grow in most parts of Poshtkouh rangelands with relatively different habitat conditions, is not possible. Comparing CCA and LR methods showed that each technique has its advantages and drawbacks. In general, LR will provide better specific-model, but CCA will provide a broader overview of multiple species.