Plant leaf economics and reproductive investment are responsive to gradients of land use intensity

Relationships between functional leaf traits across large sets of plant species emphasized the existence of a major axis describing a trade-off between rapid acquisition and conservation of resources forming the so-called “leaf economics spectrum”. It is uncertain which environmental factors determine the economics spectrum and whether traits associated with reproduction co-vary with the economics spectrum. To determine these trait-environment relationships for agricultural ecosystems, this study was conducted at field, pasture, and heathland sites forming a strong land use gradient in Northwest Germany. The abundance of 49 species was recorded in 85 plots together with their traits (canopy height, specific leaf area, leaf N, leaf N:P, leaf and stem dry matter content, life cycle, reproductive investment (RI) in seed mass and seed number), as well as parameters describing soil resources and land use disturbances. RLQ multivariate analysis of the data set related an environmental table to a species trait table using a species abundance table to extract the joint structure between them. Thereafter, we clustered the species on the RLQ axis to extract functional groups. Traits associated with the leaf economics spectrum were strongly related to soil resources that co-varied with disturbance intensity. A division of the whole land use gradient into agricultural and heathland sites showed that RI was not decoupled from trait-environment relationships although the direction of the RI-environment relationship was opposite in the two subsets. Species were clumped rather than linearly arranged in the trait-environment space and the functional groups broadly corresponded to weed communities, pastures with differing intensities, and heathlands. The trade-off in plant economics responding to soil resources supports predictions of previous theoretical and empirical work. Different RI-environment relationships in agricultural sites and heathlands emphasize the relevance of local scales in trait-environment studies. In general, the results point to some of the biological mechanisms controlling functions and services of agricultural ecosystems.     

深圳湾TIN和PO43--P数值模拟及减排效果分析

采用EFDC模型建立深圳湾三维水动力和营养盐模型,模拟总无机氮(TIN)和正磷酸盐(PO43--P)等主要营养盐在深圳湾不同水文条件下的输运规律.计算结果表明,TIN和PO43--P的计算值和实测多年月均值枯、丰水期都吻合较好.内陆河流TIN和PO43--P减排方案的计算表明,珠江口TIN提高至三类海水标准是深圳湾水体...     

绿色、蓝色和蓝-绿屋顶径流水质特征

屋顶占据大量城市不透水面,实施生态屋顶建设,有利于缓解城市化造成的生态和环境问题.在北京市区搭建不同类型生态屋顶(绿色屋顶、蓝色屋顶和蓝-绿屋顶),基于对2019年雨季降雨特征、各类生态屋顶径流量以及径流中营养盐和重金属浓度的监测,计算不同生态屋顶径流污染负荷和径流水质指数(RQI),定量对比分析不同类型生态屋顶径流的综合水质差异.结果表明,在2019年雨季,各生态屋顶均表现出良好的雨水滞留能力,平均径流削减率在75.7%～78.9%之间,且不同生态屋顶的径流削减率无显著差异(P>0.05);相较雨水,各生态屋顶均为NH⁺₄-N、 DZn和DCd的汇,累积负荷削减率分别在63.8%～96.4%、68.6%～90.7%和39.8%～54.5%之间,但均为NO^-₃-N、 DCr、 DFe和DNi的释放源;蓝色屋顶是DCu的汇(累积负荷削减率为21.9%),但对雨水径流中PO^3-₄-P的累积负荷无明显影响,而绿色和蓝-绿屋顶均为PO^3-     

长三角地区农田土壤养分空间变异及养分综合评价

以浙江宁波三七市镇的一块面积为 2562 hm2 的农田为研究区域,运用地统计学与GIS相结合的手段和方法对其土壤养分的空间变异特征展开研究。结果表明,5种养分要素的空间变异函数曲线的理论模型符合指数模型;速效钾、有机质和pH值的C0/(C0+C)<25%,表现出强烈的空间相关性,碱解氮和有效磷的C0/(C0+C)为25%~75%,具有中等的空间相关性。通过Kriging插值并依据养分的分级标准,所得的空间变异图能很好地反映农田土壤养分的空间变异特征和丰缺状况,几种养分要素中,碱解氮、有效磷和有机质含量总体丰富,而速效钾的含量处于中低水平,pH值较低,土壤呈现酸性。利用主成分分析结合空间插值的方法,还可以对研究区的土壤养分的综合状况进行评价。研究结果可为当地以及长江三角洲同类型地区在科学施肥、实行养分的分区管理以及农业面源污染的控制方面提供一定的科学依据和借鉴参考。     

Spatial Optimization of Six Conservation Practices Using Swat in Tile‐Drained Agricultural Watersheds

Targeting of agricultural conservation practices to the most effective locations in a watershed can promote wise use of conservation funds to protect surface waters from agricultural nonpoint source pollution. A spatial optimization procedure using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool was used to target six widely used conservation practices, namely no‐tillage, cereal rye cover crops (CC), filter strips (FS), grassed waterways (GW), created wetlands, and restored prairie habitats, in two west‐central Indiana watersheds. These watersheds were small, fairly flat, extensively agricultural, and heavily subsurface tile‐drained. The targeting approach was also used to evaluate the model's representation of conservation practices in cost and water quality improvement, defined as export of total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and sediment from cropped fields. FS, GW, and habitats were the most effective at improving water quality, while CC and wetlands made the greatest water quality improvement in lands with multiple existing conservation practices. Spatial optimization resulted in similar cost‐environmental benefit tradeoff curves for each watershed, with the greatest possible water quality improvement being a reduction in total pollutant loads by approximately 60%, with nitrogen reduced by 20‐30%, phosphorus by 70%, and sediment by 80‐90%.     

The Influence of Two‐Stage Ditches with Constructed Floodplains on Water Column Nutrients and Sediments in Agricultural Streams

The two‐stage ditch is a novel management practice originally implemented to increase bank stability through floodplain restoration in channelized agricultural streams. To determine the effects of two‐stage construction on sediment and nutrient loads, we monitored turbidity, and also measured total suspended solids (TSS), dissolved inorganic nitrogen (N) species, and phosphorus (P) after two‐stage ditch construction in reference and manipulated reaches of four streams. Turbidity decreased during floodplain inundation at all sites, but TSS and P, soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) and total phosphorus (TP) decreased only in the two‐stage ditches with longer duration of inundation. Both TSS and TP were positively correlated within individual streams, but neither were correlated with turbidity. Phosphorus was elevated in the stream to which manure was applied adjacent to the two‐stage reach, but not the reference reach, suggesting that landscape nutrient management plans could restrict nutrient transport to the stream, ultimately determining the efficacy of instream management practices. In addition, ammonium and nitrate decreased in two‐stage reaches with lower initial N concentrations. Overall, results suggest that turbidity, TSS, and TP were reduced during floodplain inundation, but the two‐stage alone may not be effective for managing high inorganic N loads.