The effects of antifoulant-paint-contaminated sediments on coral recruits and branchlets

The 184-m cargo ship "Bunga Teratai Satu" ran aground on Sudbury Reef, within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, on 2 November 2000. Although no cargo or fuel was lost, the ship remained aground for 12 days and a large quantity of antifoulant paint containing tributyltin (TBT), zinc, and copper was scraped from the hull during the grounding and subsequent refloating operation. This resulted in extensive contamination of the reef sediments for up to 250 m surrounding the grounding site. Two laboratory-based experiments assessed the impact of contaminated sediments on the survival of both newly settled corals of Acropora microphthalma and branchlets of A. formosa. Newly settled corals exposed to sediments containing 8.0 mg kg^–1 TBT, 72 mg kg^–1 Cu, and 92 mg kg^–1 Zn or greater suffered significantly higher mortality after 72 h, compared to control or low-concentration treatments. Coral recruits exposed to 40 mg kg^–1 TBT (Sn), 306 mg kg^–1 Cu, and 403 mg kg^–1 Zn were all killed within 38 h. Branchlets from adult corals exposed to sediments with a high concentration of contaminants (TBT 160 mg kg^–1, Cu 1,180 mg kg^–1, and Zn 1,570 mg kg^–1) suffered significant mortality (38%), whereas branchlets placed in treatments with lower levels of contaminants suffered no mortality. Visual bleaching of the branchlets was observed at high contaminant levels, but an overall reduction in the symbiotic zooxanthellae populations was not observed in surviving corals. The photosynthetic yields of light-adapted zooxanthellae remained constant in live branchlets, indicating that the TBT-contaminated sediment may be more toxic to the host than the symbiont. Our results show that antifoulant contamination at ship-grounding sites has the potential to cause major mortality of resident coral communities and can have a negative impact on the recovery of adult populations.Communicated by P.W. Sammarco, Chauvin     

Effect of temperature and temperature adaptation on calcification rate in the hermatypic coral Pocillopora damicornis

Using ⁴⁵Ca incorporation into the coral skeleton as a measure of calcification rate, the effect of temperature on clacification rate was studied in the hermatypic coral Pocillopora damicornis. Both immediate and long-term (adaptation) effects were investigated. Temperature has a marked effect on rate — an effect that varies depending on the temperature history of the coral (i.e., temperature adaptation occurs). P. damicornis showed both 27° and 31°C temperature optima, one or the other being dominant depending on the natural water temperature to which the coral was adapted. The two optimum temperatures may indicate two isoenzymes or two alternate metabolic pathways involved in the calcification process.     

大气CO2体积分数升高环境温度与土壤水分对农田土壤呼吸的影响

植物-土壤生态系统土壤呼吸与温度、水分环境因子的关系对评价目前大气CO2浓度持续升高背景下陆地生态系统土壤碳库的变化趋势具有重要意义.依托FACE(free air carbon dioxide enrichment)技术平台,利用阻断根法,采用LI-6400红外气体分析仪(IRGA)-田间原位测定的方法,研究了大气CO2体积分数升高对稻(Oryza sativa L.)/麦(Triticum aestivum L.)轮作制中麦田的土壤呼吸、基础土壤呼吸和呼吸主要影响因子,分析了大气CO2体积分数升高后温度与水分对土壤呼吸的影响.结果表明,在整个测定期间,土壤呼吸与基础土壤呼吸速率呈明显的季节变化,与气温和土壤温度季节变化趋势基本一致,呼吸速率与温度具有显著的相关性,是影响土壤呼吸的控制性因素;呼吸速率与土壤含水量无显著的相关性,土壤水分是研究区麦田土壤CO2排放的非限制性因素,且温度与土壤含水量间的交互效应对土壤呼吸的影响不显著.基础土壤呼吸比作物下的土壤呼吸更易受温度影响,土壤温度比气温能更好地解释土壤CO2排放的季节性变化.而CO2体积分数增加降低了温度与呼吸速率间的相关系数和Q10,表明温度对土壤CO2排放的影响程度下降.但高CO2体积分数环境中植物-土壤生态系统的土壤呼吸对温度增加敏感性的降低,有利于减缓土壤碳分解损失的速度.结果有助于评价未来高CO2体积分数气候变暖背景下植物-土壤系统下的农田生态系统土壤碳的固定潜力.     

温度和水分对羊草草原土壤呼吸温度敏感性的影响

采用静态暗箱-气相色谱法对内蒙古锡林河流域羊草(Leymus chinensis)草原土壤呼吸进行测定,研究了温度和水分条件对土壤呼吸温度敏感性系数Q_(10)值的影响.结果表明羊草草原土壤呼吸与5cm地温具有很好的指数关系(r~2=0.338～0.858,P<0.001～0.08),Q_(10)介于1.15～2.25之间,均值为1.72.Q_(10)值与5 cm地温呈负相关关系(r~2=0.407),而与0～10 cm土壤水分含量呈显著的二次函数关系(r~2=0.872,P<0.05).在较低含水量时Q_(10)值随着水分含量的上升而增大,当土壤水分含量较高时转而减小.以往大多数研究认为Q_(10)值与土壤水分含量呈正相关关系,这可能是土壤水分跨度不足造成的,极端的水分条件对Q_(10)值具有重要影响.     

Brooded coral larvae differ in their response to high temperature and elevated pCO2 depending on the day of release

To evaluate the effects of temperature and pCO₂ on coral larvae, brooded larvae of Pocillopora damicornis from Nanwan Bay, Taiwan (21°56.179′N, 120°44.85′E), were exposed to ambient (419–470 μatm) and high (604–742 μatm) pCO₂ at ~25 and ~29 °C in two experiments conducted in March 2010 and March 2012. Larvae were sampled from four consecutive lunar days (LD) synchronized with spawning following the new moon, incubated in treatments for 24 h, and measured for respiration, maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII (F _v/F _m), and mortality. The most striking outcome was a strong effect of time (i.e., LD) on larvae performance: respiration was affected by an LD × temperature interaction in 2010 and 2012, as well as an LD × pCO₂ × temperature interaction in 2012; F _v/F _m was affected by LD in 2010 (but not 2012); and mortality was affected by an LD × pCO₂ interaction in 2010, and an LD × temperature interaction in 2012. There were no main effects of pCO₂ in 2010, but in 2012, high pCO₂ depressed metabolic rate and reduced mortality. Therefore, differences in larval performance depended on day of release and resulted in varying susceptibility to future predicted environmental conditions. These results underscore the importance of considering larval brood variation across days when designing experiments. Subtle differences in experimental outcomes between years suggest that transgenerational plasticity in combination with unique histories of exposure to physical conditions can modulate the response of brooded coral larvae to climate change and ocean acidification.     

Effect of acclimatization to low temperature and reduced light on the response of reef corals to elevated temperature

This study tested the effects of acclimatization on the response of corals to elevated temperature, using juvenile massive Porites spp. and branching P. irregularis from Moorea (W149°50′, S17°30′). During April and May 2006, corals were acclimatized for 15 days to cool (25.7°C) or ambient (27.7°C) temperature, under shaded (352 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹) or ambient (554 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹) natural light, and then incubated for 7 days at ambient or high temperature (31.1°C), under ambient light (659 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹). The response to acclimatization was assessed as biomass, maximum dark-adapted quantum yield of PSII (F _v/F _m), and growth, and the effect of the subsequent treatment was assessed as F _v/F _m and growth. Relative to the controls (i.e., ambient temperature/ambient light), massive Porites spp. responded to acclimatization through increases in biomass under ambient temperature/shade, and low temperature/ambient light, whereas P. irregularis responded through reduced growth under ambient temperature/shade, and low temperature/ambient light. Acclimatization affected the response to thermal stress for massive Porites spp. (but not P. irregularis), with an interaction between the acclimatization and subsequent treatments for growth. This interaction resulted from a lessening of the negative effects of high temperature after acclimatizing to ambient temperature/shade, but an accentuation of the effect after acclimatizing to low temperature/shade. It is possible that changes in biomass for massive Porites spp. are important in modulating the response to high temperature, with the taxonomic variation in this effect potentially resulting from differences in morphology. These results demonstrate that corals can acclimatize during short exposures to downward excursions in temperature and light, which subsequently affects their response to thermal stress. Moreover, even con-generic taxa differ in this capacity, which could affect coral community structure. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Effects of temperature on photosynthesis and respiration in hermatypic corals

Photosynthesis and respiration rates of the reef corals Pocillopora damicornis (Linn.), Montipora verrucosa (Lamarck), Porites compressa Dana and Fungia scutaria Lamarck were measured under controlled temperatures. Results indicate that coral metabolism is closely adapted to ambient temperature conditions. Tropical corals measured at Enewetak, Marshall Islands, showed greater primary production compared to maintenance requirements at elevated temperatures than did subtropical varieties of the same species in Hawaii. Photosynthesis: respiration (P:R) ratios were significantly and negatively related with temperature between 18° and 31°C for all Hawaiian corals, whereas at Enewetak this ratio generally showed a curvilinear relationship for this temperature range. Extrapolations of P:R regressions on temperatures to a value of 2.0 (estimated as a minimum required for long-term functional autotrophy) coincide for Hawaiian specimens with published upper lethal temperatures. Extrapolation of P:R regressions for Enewetak specimens at temperatures above 25°C suggests lethal temperatures for these corals to be 2 to 5 C° higher than for Hawaiian corals, in good agreement with recent experimental findings. Interspecific differences in P:R temperature regressions for Hawaiian corals correlating with upper lethal temperature tolerances are described.Contribution No. 505 of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.     

岩溶表层带土壤温度和含水率对呼吸作用的影响

全球环境变化对岩溶区的碳循环产生重要的影响,而土壤呼吸作用在全球环境变化的影响和反馈的过程中具有十分重要的作用。因此,以岩溶区的岩溶表层带为研究对象,研究了土壤呼吸作用与土壤温度和大气降水量之间的响应机理和内在联系。研究结果表明：岩溶表层带的土壤呼吸作用具有单峰型的季节性变化特征。洼地0~5、10~20 cm 的土壤呼吸速率在范围变化分别为82.58 mg· m-2· h-1至412.89、151.39 mg· m-2· h-1至523 mg· m-2· h-1,最大值出现在8月中旬。坡地0~5、10~20 cm的土壤呼吸速率在范围变化55.05 mg· m-2· h-1至412.89、137.63 mg· m-2· h-1至495.47 mg· m-2· h-1,最大值出现也在8月中旬。洼地的土壤呼吸作用相对强于坡地,主要是由于坡地土壤相对洼地土壤较薄并且容易被降水冲刷搬运。在大气降水量不成为限制土壤呼吸作用的因子下,土壤温度为主要控制土壤呼吸作用的因子。因此,该研究可为控制土壤呼吸作用缓和大气CO2的升高和温室效应应对策略,为国家固碳减排的科学决策提供理论依据。     

农田土壤呼吸对大气CO2浓度升高的响应

大气CO2浓度急剧升高引起的全球气候变暖是人们关注的环境问题之一.随着气候变化对全球生态环境的影响日益增大,全球碳循环研究已经成为各国科学家研究的热点之一.模拟大气CO2浓度升高试验技术先后经历了人工气候室、开顶式气室、FACE技术(Free Air carbon dioxjde eariclament)阶段,FACE技术因其无限接近自然条件而成为研究大气CO2浓度增加对整个生态系统影响的最理想试验平台.土壤呼吸是陆地生态系统碳循环的重要环节,农田生态系统是陆地生态系统的重要组成.研究农田生态系统的土壤呼吸对大气CO2浓度增加的响应是预测和评价农田系统乃至整个陆地生态系统土壤碳周转和碳收支的重要前提与基础.文章根据现有研究成果.阐述了模拟大气CO2浓度升高的试验技术,比较了农田土壤呼吸的测定方法,总结了以FACE研究成果为主的高CO2浓度条件下农田土壤呼吸、不同地下来源贡献及环境因子影响,提出了进一步研究的方向,以期为全球气候变化背景下的农田土壤呼吸和碳固定及全球碳循环研究提供帮助.     

Effects of feeding frequency and symbiosis with zooxanthellae on nitrogen metabolism and respiration of the coral Astrangia danae

Colonies of the temperate coral Astrangia danae occur naturally with and without zooxanthellae. Basal nitrogen excretion rates of nonsymbiotic colonies increased with increasing feeding frequency [average excretion rate was 635 ng-at N (mg-at tissue-N)^-1 h^-1]. Reduced excretion rates of symbiotic colonies were attributed to N uptake by the zooxanthellae. Nitrogen uptake rates of the zooxanthellae averaged 8 ng-at N (10⁶ cells)^-1 h^-1 in the dark and 21 ng-at N (10⁶ cells)^-1 h^-1 at 200 Ein m^-2 s^-1. At these rates the zooxanthellae could provide 54% of the daily basal N requirement of the coral if all of the recycled N was translocated. Basal respiration rates were 172 nmol O₂ cm^-2 h^-1 for starved colonies and 447 nmol O₂ cm^-2 h^-1 for colonies fed three times per week. There were no significant differences between respiration rates of symbiotic and nonsymbiotic colonies. N excretion and respiration rates of fed (symbiotic and nonsymbiotic) colonies increased greatly soon after feeding. N absorption efficiencies decreased with increasing feeding frequency. A N mass balance, constructed for hypothetical situations of nonsymbiotic and symbiotic (3×10⁶ zooxanthellae cm^-2) colonies, starved and fed 15 g-at N cm^-2wk^-1, showed that the presence of symbionts could double the N growth rate of feeding colonies, and reduce the turnover-time of starved ones, but could not provide all of the N requirements of starved colonies. Rates of secondary production, estimated from rates of photosynthesis and respiration were similar to those estimated for reef corals.     

Photosynthesis, respiration and calcification of a zooxanthellate scleractinian coral under submerged and exposed conditions

An experimental set-up was designed to investigate photosynthesis, respiration and calcification of zooxanthellate scleractinian corals under submerged and exposed conditions. The results of experiments to determine the effect of exposure to air on the metabolism of Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1797) revealed that: (1) maximum gross photosynthesis ( p _{g max}) is 3.6 times higher in water than in air; (2) an indicator of photoadaptation (I _k ) does not reveal any difference between water and air; (3) the difference between submerged and aerial respiration is not statistically significant; (4) aerial photosynthesis–irradiance (P–I) curves display lower initial slopes (α) than aquatic P–I curves; (5) there is no calcification in air. Received: 7 February 1997 / Accepted: 4 March 1997     

Synergistic effects of temperature,salinity and light on the hermatypic coral Montipora verrucosa

Temperature tolerance in the reef coral Montipora verrucosa (Lamarck) is affected by salinity and light. Low salinity reduces ability of the coral to survive shortterm exposure to elevated temperature. High natural light intensity aggravates damage sustained by corals at high temperature. In long-term growth experiments, high light intensity caused substantial loss of zooxanthellar pigment, higher mortality rates, reduced carbon fixation and lowered growth rate at both upper and lower sublethal temperatures Effects of light at optimal temperature were less dramatic. Interactions between physical environmental factors appear to be most important near the limits of tolerance for a given factor. Acclimation capability was indicated, and was influenced by both thermal history and pigmentation state of stressed corals.Contribution No. 543 of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.     

除草剂使它隆对土壤酶活性及呼吸强度的影响

通过室内避光培养法研究了添加不同质量分数使它隆对土壤酶活性、土壤呼吸强度以及土壤全酚的影响.结果表明使它隆在0.5 mg·kg-1和5 mg·kg-1质量分数时对土壤多酚氧化酶、酸性磷酸酶和呼吸强度的影响为轻微抑制-激活-恢复稳定的趋势,50 mg·kg-1质量分数时为轻微激活-抑制-恢复稳定的趋势;使它隆在0.5 mg·kg-1和50 mg·kg-1质量分数时对土壤脲酶活性的影响为激活-恢复稳定的趋势,5 mg·kg-1时则处于抑制-激活的趋势;各质量分数的使它隆浓度对土壤蔗糖酶和土壤全酚均为抑制作用,且质量分数越大抑制越强烈.研究表明,施用一定量的使它隆对土壤生态环境是安全的.     

测定方法和植物生长对土壤呼吸的影响

2.中国科学院研究生院,北京100039摘要:植物根系活动和测定方法是研究陆地生态系统土壤呼吸的重要影响因素。文章通过动态气室-IRGA法和静态气室-GC法研究了田间受根系影响和不受根系影响土壤的呼吸速率,分析了根系活动对土壤呼吸速率的影响程度,并比较了两种测定方法间的差异。研究表明,受根系影响处理的土壤呼吸速率显著高于不受根系影响的处理;受根系活动影响处理的土壤呼吸速率为静态气室-GC法>动态气室-IRGA法;而不受根系活动影响处理的土壤呼吸速率则恰好相反,为动态气室-IRGA法>静态气室-GC法;两种方法在测土壤呼吸时存在显著差异;但两种方法所测土壤呼吸速率间呈极显著的线性相关;两种方法间所获数据可以互相转换参比。     

Effect of algal bloom deposition on sediment respiration and fluxes

Using sediment cores collected in November 1989 from Aarhus Bight, Denmark, the fluxes of O₂, CO₂ (total CO₂), NH ₄ ⁺ , NO ₃ ^– +NO ₂ ^– and DON (dissolved organic nitrogen) across the sediment-water interface were followed for 20 d in an experimental continous flow system. On day 7, phytoplankton was added to the sediment surface, to see the result of simulated algal bloom sedimentation. Benthic O₂ consumption and CO₂ efflux, 38 to 41 mmol O₂ m^-2 d^-1 and 25 to 30 mmol CO₂ m^-2 d^-1, respectively, immediately increased by 39% and 100% after the algal addition, but gradually declined to the orginal level. Fluxes of NH ₄ ⁺ (1.0 to 1.2 mmol m^-2 d^-1) and DON (0.3 to 0.9 mmol m^-2 d^-1) increased due to the organic substrate addition. NH ₄ ⁺ and NO ₃ ^– flux changed direction, becoming an efflux and influx, respectively, for a few days and a large amount of DON (max. rate 4.0 mmol m^-2 d^-1) was immediately produced either by bacterial hydrolytic activity or from autolysis of the algae. DON was the most significant nitrogen component in pore water and in terms of N-flux from sediment. A temporary stimulation of anaerobic respiration processes (sulfate reduction and denitrification) and a decrease in nitrification were indicated. After the effect of the organic addition had declined, the fluxes gradually reverted to the original rates. The halflife of the added algal material, of which 20 to 30% was very labile, was estimated to be 2 to 3 wk.     

生物黑炭输入对茶园土壤呼吸的影响

生物黑炭是化石燃料或生物质不完全燃烧产生的一种非纯净碳的混合物,施入土壤后能有效减少温室气体排放、改良土壤性状、促进植物生长,但生物黑炭施用对土壤碳排放的影响仍存在不确定性。茶园是我国南方地区主要土地利用类型之一,为明确生物黑炭输入对茶园土壤碳排放的影响,本文采用田间试验研究生物黑炭施用对茶园土壤呼吸的影响。试验设置生物黑炭施用量0 t·hm^-2（CK）、8 t·hm^-2、16 t·hm^-2、32 t·hm^-2和64 t·hm^-25个水平,采用LI-Cor8100开路式土壤碳通量测定系统对不同生物黑炭施用水平处理下茶园土壤呼吸速率进行长期定位观测。结果表明,茶园土壤呼吸速率的季节变化规律呈现单峰曲线特征,最高值出现在8月份,最低值出现在1月份;土壤呼吸速率与土壤10 cm温度呈极显著的指数相关关系,土壤10 cm温度能够解释各处理土壤呼吸月动态变化的67.79%-89.16%。生物黑炭输入提高了茶园土壤呼吸速率,各处理年平均土壤呼吸速率分别比CK提高10.75%、17.52%、35.78%和42.58%,并与CK差异达显著水平（p〈0.05）;生物黑炭输入降低了茶园土壤呼吸敏感性（Q10值）,各处理土壤呼吸Q10值分别比CK降低1.96%、3.14%、4.01%和10.76%。土壤呼吸温度敏感性的降低验证了生物黑炭具有热稳定性和生物学稳定性,是可以在茶园土壤中长期固存的惰性有机碳。     

玉米秸秆覆盖免耕对土壤呼吸的影响

土壤呼吸是大气CO2的重要来源,而我国华北平原玉米秸秆覆盖免耕对土壤呼吸的影响的研究报道较少.该文的研究目的主要在于揭示玉米秸秆覆盖免耕对土壤呼吸的影响,为农作措施对碳循环的影响的研究提供理论依据.覆盖免耕试验结果表明,玉米秸秆覆盖免耕土壤CO2全年平均释放量为13.2 g·m-2·d-1,分别比还翻处理和清翻处理增加8.38％和27.6％.所有测定时间中,除去2007年4月24日外,在其余取样时间里处理之间CO2释放量均呈差异显著.不同处理土壤呼吸均表现出显著的季节性动态变化,7月是全年的呼吸高峰期,覆盖免耕在5月多出一次高峰期.玉米秸秆覆盖免耕全年土壤呼吸的最低峰值比最高峰值降低77.1%,显著高于清茬翻耕和还田翻耕,表明玉米秸秆覆盖免耕土壤呼吸季节性变化较为强烈.     

The synergistic effects of hydrogen peroxide and elevated seawater temperature on the metabolic activity of the coral <Emphasis Type="Italic">Galaxea fascicularis</Emphasis>

We examined quantitative changes in the metabolism of the coral Galaxea fascicularis caused by increases in both hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) concentration and seawater temperature. Seawater temperatures were maintained at 27 or 31°C in a well-controlled incubation chamber, and three levels of H₂O₂ concentration (0, 0.3, 3.0 μM) were used in experimental treatments. Gross primary production, calcification rates and respiration rates were all affected by increased H₂O₂ concentrations and high seawater temperatures. Individual treatments of high H₂O₂ or elevated seawater temperature alone caused significant declines in coral photosynthesis and calcification rates within the 3-day incubation period. The synergistic effect of high H₂O₂ combined with high seawater temperature resulted in a 134% increase in respiration rates, which surpassed the effect of either H₂O₂ or high seawater temperature alone. Our results suggest that both high H₂O₂ concentrations and elevated temperatures in seawater can strongly affect coral metabolism; however, these effects cannot be estimated by simply summing the effects of individual stress parameters.     

Effects of water-body characteristics other than temperature and salinity on respiration in Euphausia pacifica

Ample evidence exists that many planktonic species are limited in their distribution to a given water mass. It has been suggested that the temperature-salinity values which define a given water mass are in themselves limiting these species' distribution. Other workers have suggested that other unique properties of a water mass may be involved. Euphausia pacifica is distributed throughout the Pacific subarctic water mass; its distribution also extends into British Columbia coastal waters. Experiments have shown that E. pacifica can withstand temperature changes of up to 15 C°; it can also withstand salinity changes of up to 10. Coastal E. pacifica appear to be able to better withstand stress from changes in temperature and salinity in water from some sources than in water from others. These differences are thought to result from differences in the past history of the water in question.Contribution No. 75008 from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.