Differing Modes of Biotic Connectivity within Freshwater Ecosystem Mosaics

We describe a collection of aquatic and wetland habitats in an inland landscape, and their occurrence within a terrestrial matrix, as a “freshwater ecosystem mosaic” (FEM). Aquatic and wetland habitats in any FEM can vary widely, from permanently ponded lakes, to ephemerally ponded wetlands, to groundwater‐fed springs, to flowing rivers and streams. The terrestrial matrix can also vary, including in its influence on flows of energy, materials, and organisms among ecosystems. Biota occurring in a specific region are adapted to the unique opportunities and challenges presented by spatial and temporal patterns of habitat types inherent to each FEM. To persist in any given landscape, most species move to recolonize habitats and maintain mixtures of genetic materials. Species also connect habitats through time if they possess needed morphological, physiological, or behavioral traits to persist in a habitat through periods of unfavorable environmental conditions. By examining key spatial and temporal patterns underlying FEMs, and species‐specific adaptations to these patterns, a better understanding of the structural and functional connectivity of a landscape can be obtained. Fully including aquatic, wetland, and terrestrial habitats in FEMs facilitates adoption of the next generation of individual‐based models that integrate the principles of population, community, and ecosystem ecology.     

Adaptive Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Two Mutually Beneficial Areas of Practice

Adaptive management (AM) is a rigorous approach to implementing, monitoring, and evaluating actions, so as to learn and adjust those actions. Existing AM projects are at risk from climate change, and current AM guidance does not provide adequate methods to deal with this risk. Climate change adaptation (CCA) is an approach to plan and implement actions to reduce risks from climate variability and climate change, and to exploit beneficial opportunities. AM projects could be made more resilient to extreme climate events by applying the principles and procedures of CCA. To test this idea, we analyze the effects of extreme climatic events on five existing AM projects focused on ecosystem restoration and species recovery, in the Russian, Trinity, Okanagan, Platte, and Missouri River Basins. We examine these five case studies together to generate insights on how integrating CCA principles and practices into their design and implementation could improve their sustainability, despite significant technical and institutional challenges, particularly at larger scales. Although climate change brings substantial risks to AM projects, it may also provide opportunities, including creating new habitats, increasing the ability to quickly test flow‐habitat hypotheses, stimulating improvements in watershed management and water conservation, expanding the use of real‐time tools for flow management, and catalyzing creative application of CCA principles and procedures.     

太湖流域湖荡湿地水生植物的分布特征

2018年在太湖流域内的87个湖荡湿地调查中共发现64种水生植物,隶属于33科51属.总体来看,太湖流域水生植物种类、数量以及覆盖面积与历史上比较呈下降趋势.根据流域上不同地理区域分区（东、西、南、北4个）,分析太湖流域水生植物的分类和功能多样性,发现太湖流域四个区域的分类α多样性指数分别为4.33、5.58、5.01和3.46, β多样性指数分别为3.46、4.23、1.63和7.02,且北部和西部、北部和南部、东部和西部、东部和南部、西部和南部湖荡湿地的分类α多样性均有显著差异,同时太湖流域北部和东部、北部和西部、北部和南部、西部和南部湖荡湿地间的分类β多样性有显著差异.功能多样性方面,四个区域的β多样性指数分别为0.18、0.14、0.09、0.30,太湖流域各分区部分之间水生植物的功能β多样性均有显著差异.CCA结果表明环境变量对太湖流域湖荡水生植物组成的解释度为21.21%,水体总氮和总磷贡献最大,水体富营养化可能是影响太湖流域水生植物衰退的一个重要原因.     

毒死蜱在我国水稻上登记现状及水生态风险评估

对中国目前在水稻上登记的所有毒死蜱单剂进行梳理统计,利用Top-Rice模型对不同剂型毒死蜱产品及其代谢物进行水生态风险评估.结果显示,截止2019年5月,我国在水稻上所登记的毒死蜱单剂共292种,分为6种剂型.乳油占比最大,为82.5%,其次为水乳剂,占12.0%,可湿性粉剂、微乳剂、微囊悬浮剂、颗粒剂分别占0.3%、4.1%、0.7%、0.3%.基于风险评估保守性原则,归纳出适用模型分析的不同剂型毒死蜱产品的施用方法模式,对其在水稻田使用进行暴露分析.结果显示6种不同剂型毒死蜱在不同场景、不同季节的水稻上施用后,其母体预测环境浓度（PEC）范围0.7~1628.6μg/L,其代谢物的PEC范围为0.7~1705.9μg/L.风险表征结果显示,在现有登记施用条件下,对初级急性风险而言,毒死蜱产品对鱼类、无脊椎动物风险组（RQ > 1）分别占总模拟组的76.0%、90.6%;对于初级慢性风险而言,毒死蜱对初级生产者的风险组占总模拟组的72.9%,而高级分析评估结果显示毒死蜱产品对鱼类、无脊椎动物及水生中宇宙组RQ值均大于1,对水生生态系统存在风险.综合以上结果,目前在我国水稻上登记的毒死蜱产品使用后对水生生态系统的风险不容忽视.需注意的是,为综合分析所有登记毒死蜱产品剂型的可能风险,本研究针对其施药方法模式的分析偏保守,且所用模型未考虑到毒死蜱在土壤表面光解等影响因素,使得评价结果具有一定保守性.     

水源地型水库水生态安全评价方法探索

基于2018年8月开展的夏季江苏省17座水源地型水库水质调查数据,结合水源地型水库面临的主要水生态安全问题,综合运用层次分析法和专家意见法建立了水源地型水库水生态安全评价体系和方法,并首次提出将异味物质2-甲基异莰醇纳入评价体系.结果表明：江苏省水源地型水库水生态安全等级为优秀和良好的水库分别占29.4%和52.9%,处于一般等级的水库占17.7%;水库水生态安全的主要影响因素有透明度、异味物质2-甲基异莰醇（MIB）、蓝藻水华及富营养化.本研究通过抓住水源地型水库水生态安全的主要水生态指标进行简便易行的评估,可为类似水源地型水库因地制宜地制定个性化生态监测方案和评价方法提供科学依据.     

水生植物对淡水生态系统温室气体排放的影响研究进展

淡水生态系统温室气体(CO_2、CH_4、N_2O)排放是全球气候变化背景下的研究热点。水生植物作为淡水生态系统重要的组成部分,对水体生源要素的生物地球化学循环过程具有重要影响,进而影响水体温室气体产生与排放。本研究基于目前水生植物与水体温室气体排放关系的研究,探讨了水生植物对淡水生态系统温室气体排放动力学过程的影响,提出水生植物分布区可能是温室气体排放热点;水生植物种类、生活型的多样性增加了水体温室气体排放的变异性和不确定性,对监测和估算方法的准确性产生一定影响;进一步总结了水生植物对淡水生态系统温室气体排放的影响机制:1)机械作用,包括气体传输通道作用和浮叶植物的滞留作用; 2)水生植物光合/呼吸作用参与水体碳循环,同时水生植物凋落物分解为水体代谢提供新鲜碳、氮源,提高温室气体产生速率; 3)改变根际厌氧环境,影响根际CH_4和N_2O产生与排放; 4)水生植物群落改变水体生态因子分配格局,影响水体异养代谢等。基于当前研究现状,本文提出要进一步开展不同尺度或不同生境条件下水生植物种类、生活型和生长代谢等对水体温室气体排放动力学的影响研究,并从水生植物群落尺度构建温室气体排放动力学模型,优化监测方法与估算模型,为推进我国淡水生态系统温室气体排放研究提供理论基础。     

夏季太湖草/藻型湖区N2O生成与迁移特征及其影响因素

多生态类型湖泊N_2O生成与排放的空间异质性给准确地估算湖泊N_2O通量及评估湖泊N_2O排放的重要性带来了很大的不确定性,有关多生态类型湖泊N_2O生成与排放特征及内在机制的研究相对较少.本研究对夏季太湖典型草/藻型湖区水-气界面N_2O通量、水体溶存浓度以及水-土界面N_2O通量进行了原位观测及室内分析,并针对影响N_2O生成与排放的主要环境因子进行了室内微环境实验.结果表明,夏季水-气界面N_2O通量、水体溶存N_2O浓度及水-土界面N_2O通量大致上呈现为挺水植物湖区藻型湖区沉水植物湖区,水-气界面通量分别为(115.807±7.583)、(79.768±1.842)和(3.685±0.295)μmol·(m2·h)-1;水体溶存N_2O浓度分别为:(0.051±0)、(0.029±0.001)和(0.018±0)μmol·L~(-1),水-土界面通量分别为:(178.275±3.666)、(160.685±0.642)和(75.665±1.016)μmol·(m2·h)-1;空间差异原因可归结为生长的植物以及水体中无机氮浓度的差异.水-土界面微环境实验结果表明,外加硝酸盐及有机碳源可以显著增加沉积物N_2O生成潜力,而上覆水中高浓度NH+4-N会抑制沉积物N_2O生成,随温度升高,沉积物N_2O生成速率显著增加,这表明夏季水-土界面N_2O的生成与排放主要受硝酸盐及有机碳的限制,同时也受温度的影响.     

基于生态系统对宝鸡传统乡村旅游新模式探究

基于生态系统对宝鸡传统乡村旅游新模式进行了探究。首先通过分析宝鸡部分传统乡村旅游的现状,对宝鸡传统乡村旅游现状进行了介绍。提出宝鸡开展民俗旅游的一些不足之处;其次说明基于生态系统理念,对宝鸡传统乡村旅游和生态环境的促进作用;然后提出观光主题公园与乡村民俗旅游的结合,可以更好地促进乡村生态环境和乡村旅游的可持续性发展,更能充分开发旅游资源,丰富旅游项目,促进乡村环境和乡村经济的双重发展,使宝鸡传统乡村旅游新模式得到发展。     

A metapopulation approach of the dynamics of arthropods from Mediterranean-type ecosystems

In this paper we developed a general stage-structured, Leslie-type model, suitable to simulate dynamics of soil arthropods under typical Mediterranean conditions. In order to explore arthropods’ life-history strategies in relation to enhanced spatial heterogeneity of the Mediterranean ecosystems, metapopulation characteristics were considered and different habitat quality regimes, in terms of dominant microclimatic conditions, were taken into account. Environmental stochasticity in temperature and humidity was incorporated into the model, and an elasticity analysis was conducted to quantify contribution of different life-history traits to metapopulation growth rate. The application of the model revealed well-known life-cycle characteristics of Mediterranean arthropods, such as seasonally fluctuating population sizes and skewing phenologies, a fact that confirms models’ reliability. Furthermore, the model seems able to elucidate controversial points of the animals’ life-cycle development, such as the long-term maintenance of populations in the field and the underlying mechanisms related to the adjustment to the specific features of the Mediterranean ecosystem. Subpopulations inhabiting various microsites display different dynamics and the interaction between these subpopulations, via dispersion, seems to be able to ensure stochastic equilibrium for the system. Dispersal appears to play a decisive role, allowing arthropods to conform to spatial severities and habitats fragmentation, rescuing individuals and recolonizing previously extinct habitats.     

人工纳米颗粒对水生生物的毒性效应及其机制研究进展

随着纳米科技的飞速发展和纳米产品的普及,人工纳米颗粒(NPs)的生物毒性效应研究逐渐成为国内外关注的热点.以水环境和水生生物为对象,综述了近几年来NPs对水生生物的毒性效应、毒性机制等方面的研究进展.文中按NPs的分类总结了NPs对微生物、藻类、原生动物和鱼类等水生生物的毒性效应,着重论述了NPs的可能毒性机制及其与NPs的独特物理化学性质之间的关系,并在细胞和分子水平上探讨了NPs的摄取、跨膜运输等方面的可能机制.在自然水体中,NPs因其化学行为受水化学条件等影响而表现出不同于实验室研究中的生物毒性效应,本文也对这方面的研究进行了讨论和总结.最后分析了目前水生生物纳米毒性研究中的瓶颈和方法、技术方面的问题,并对以后应注重开展的研究进行了展望.