罗非鱼对附着藻类和浮游植物的影响

鱼类通过牧食和营养盐排泄可以对水体生态系统产生影响,杂食性鱼类由于可摄食不同生境中的食物,可使生境之间的耦合作用发生变化。罗非鱼是我国南方很多水体的优势种,食物包括敞水生境的浮游植物和基质表层生境的附着藻类等。为了解罗非鱼对浮游植物和附着藻类的影响,实验在室外模拟条件下,分别设置罗非鱼组和无鱼对照组的两组处理,分析了罗非鱼对附着藻类及浮游植物生物量(叶绿素a)等的影响。结果表明:(1)罗非鱼显著地降低了附着藻类生物量,罗非鱼组中的附着藻类叶绿素a的平均值为0.15 mg·cm^-2,显著低于对照组中的1.26mg·cm^-2;(2)罗非鱼显著地增加了浮游植物的生物量,罗非鱼组中的浮游植物叶绿素a平均值为31.99μg·L^-1,显著高于对照组中的14.99μg·L^-1。研究结果显示,杂食性的罗非鱼可以促进系统的附着藻类向浮游植物转化。从控制浮游植物生物量的角度看,湖泊等水体的管理应该对罗非鱼密度加以有效控制。     

利用大型围隔研究沉水植被对水体富营养化的影响

在严重富营养化的东湖设置大型围隔（20×29m）两个,并在其中引种沉水植物—菹草（PotamogetoncrispusL．）,探讨了菹草的恢复对水体富营养化的影响。菹草的恢复,使两个大型围隔中的各种营养盐水平都显著地低于围隔外围的湖水（P＜0．01）,溶解氧和透明度显著升高,电导率明显下降,即水质得到了明显的改善。又将其中一个围隔中已恢复的菹草全部收割并移出,在一个多月的期间,未被收割的围隔内水体中各种营养盐浓度比已收割围隔稍低,但未能达到统计学上的显著差异（P＞0．6）,对水体浮游植物叶绿素a浓度也没有显著影响。即在短期（一个月左右）未使水质明显恶化。     

鲤对浅水湖泊水质影响的围隔实验研究

鲤是我国浅水湖泊常见鱼类,鲤可以通过扰动底泥、牧食浮游动物、排泄营养盐等途径影响湖泊水质。为了研究鲤对浅水湖泊水质的影响,论文于2009年6月23日至8月18日在暨南大学明湖进行原位围隔实验。实验分为三个处理组(三组围隔):(1)在围隔中放养鲤(放鱼组);(2)在围隔底部放置塑料隔网,在隔网上部空间放养鲤(放鱼放网组);(3)围隔中不放隔网也不放鲤(空白对照组)。实验结果表明:鲤可以显著增加水体悬浮物、总氮、总磷和叶绿素a含量,显著降低了水体透明度。而鲤是否扰动底泥对水体悬浮物、总氮、总磷和叶绿素a含量等指标的影响不显著。 因此,该研究中鲤对浅水湖泊的影响可能主要是通过排泄等途径实现的,鲤扰动底泥对水质的影响不大。     

营养盐加富和鱼类添加对浮游植物群落演替和多样性的影响

浮游植物是水体生态系统敞水区最重要的初级生产者,其组成与多样性反映了群落的结构类型和存在状态。通过围隔实验,模拟水库春季发生的营养盐加富和鱼类放养的干扰,分析在这两种干扰下的浮游植物群落演替过程中优势种和稀有种的变化,并通过以丰度与生物量为变量的香农和辛普森多样性指数的计算,分析浮游植物群落演替过程中的多样性变化特征。结果表明,营养盐加富干扰下的浮游植物群落的优势种变化和演替更为明显,营养盐加富与鱼类添加对浮游植物群落多样性变化的影响符合中度干扰理论。在优势种优势度变化较大的浮游植物群落演替过程中,多样性指数与浮游植物生物量有较高的负相关性。在浮游植物群落演替过程中,香农和辛普森多样性指数的变化趋势基本一致,采用丰度与生物量为变量的两种多样性指数的计算结果对实验系统中浮游植物群落多样性的分析结果没有明显的影响。     

基于围隔实验研究鳙在亚热带贫-中营养水库的下行效应

为了解鳙在低营养水体中的下行效应,于秋冬季节在流溪河水库开展了原位围隔实验。该实验在水库原水中进行,并根据鳙的生物量(0 g·m^–3和3 g·m^–3)设置了对照组和有鱼组。研究结果显示:总氮(TN)、总磷(TP)、氮磷质量比(TN:TP)和叶绿素(Chl a)在加入鳙后均未发生显著变化。所有围隔中浮游动物群落均是以小个体种类为主,缺少大型枝角类。鳙的存在促进了轮虫和剑水蚤丰度的增加,但降低了枝角类和哲水蚤的丰度,并导致枝角类、桡足类及浮游动物的生物量显著下降。有鱼围隔中甲壳类的平均体长(352—396μm)显著低于对照组(547—592μm)。添加鳙使浮游植物优势门类绿藻与大型浮游植物(最大轴直径≥30μm)的生物量显著升高,但对优势门类硅藻、金藻和甲藻、小型浮游植物(最大轴直径<30μm)以及浮游植物的生物量无显著影响。这些结果显示,鳙对浮游动物群落产生了强烈的下行效应,对浮游植物群落则未产生明显的级联效应。我们的结果表明,在缺少大型牧食性枝角类的低营养水体中,鳙在低温季节对水质的影响可能相对有限。     

惠州西湖去除鱼类对水体磷浓度的影响

鱼类对水生生态系统的营养盐循环特别是磷循环产生重要影响.该文以惠州西湖予湖--南南湖(面积1.2×105m2)为研究对象,通过对其中鱼类的去除,研究分析了磷的变化.结果表明:水体总磷在鱼类去除后短期内浓度上升明显,与颗粒态磷浓度有显著的正相关关系;同时,叶绿素a浓度也明显上升;而溶解性总磷浓度变化不明显,可溶性活性磷在整个实验期间浓度非常低.这表明颗粒态磷浓度的增加是总磷浓度上升的直接原因.其可能机理是:鱼类去除后,短期内悬浮物含量下降,水体透明度增加,水体光合作用增强,pH值增加,促进底泥营养盐特别是磷的释放,进而促进浮游植物的大量繁殖,造成水体颗粒态磷含量明显增加;同时鱼类去除后对浮游植物牧食压力的减少也是重要原因之一.     

汤溪水库富营养化特征与水质管理对策

通过2003年对广东省汤溪水库水生态学进行调查,分析了该水库的富营养化特征,并从流域管理和水动力学两个方面对水库水质管理对策进行了探讨。汤溪水库为中度富营养化水体,具有明显时空分布差异,丰水期富营养程度高于枯水期,溪头河流区高于新桥河流区。蓝藻是水库浮游植物的主要优势类群,其中引发水华的铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa)为优势种。水库上游集水流域分布近30万居民,大量的生活排污和农业污染形成了主要的外源污染源,这些外源污染的输入是水库水体营养盐的主要来源;合理处理上游居民生活垃圾、减少生活污染中磷含量、增加流域和库区周围植被覆盖、合理使用农业化肥是降低水库表层水体中营养盐浓度的主要途径。由于该水库的蓝藻和富营养化水平直接与水体的稳定性有关,利用对水库排水的可控制性调节水库水体的稳定性,可作为控制蓝藻水华发生的有效途径。     

南亚热带贫营养水库春季浮游植物群落结构与动态

2005年1~6月,通过每两周一次的高频率采样,对南亚热带贫营养水库——梅溪水库的水文、营养盐和浮游植物进行了调查,并计算水体浮游植物生物量。主要结果如下:梅溪水库浮游植物具有物种少,生物量低,以飞燕角甲藻(Ceratium hirundinella)和多甲藻(Peridinium sp.)为优势藻的特征。12次采样24个样品共检测到浮游植物42种。浮游植物在早春(1~3月)和晚春(4~6月)有显著的差别,其中每次采样浮游植物早春平均13种,晚春平均21种。浮游植物总的细胞丰度为31~273 cells·ml^-1,总生物量为0.176~2.024 mg·L^-1之间。晚春浮游植物平均生物量明显高于早春。低营养盐和弱酸性水体有利于能够垂直迁移获得营养的鞭毛藻类和其它藻类之间竞争,而使其成为整个春季优势类群。在晚春,随着水温显著增加,浮游植物丰度和生物量也明显增加,但是降雨的增加降低了水体的透明度,大大减缓了由水温上升导致生物量增长的趋势。水温是梅溪水库浮游植物变化的主要限制因子,但是降雨有明显的干扰作用。     

广东省韶关市3座大中型饮用水水库浮游植物功能类群特征

于2011年1-12月调查分析了韶关市南水水库、瀑布水库和花山水库3座大中型饮用水库的富营养化状况、浮游植物功能类群和优势功能类群的演替特点。结果表明: 南水水库为贫营养型水库, 全年以适应低营养盐环境的Lo和A等功能类群占优势, 枯丰两期浮游植物功能类群变化不明显, 全年低浓度的氮、磷营养盐是水库浮游植物功能类群的重要影响因子; 瀑布水库和花山水库为中营养型水库, 虽然枯、丰两期Lo和A等功能类群占优势, 但在丰水期, 适应富营养环境的X1、MP和J等功能类群也占优势, 浮游植物功能类群动态变化相对明显, 枯、丰两期氮磷营养盐浓度差异、水体稳定性和透明度变化是其动态变化的重要影响因子。     

罗非鱼对盐碱池塘围隔浮游生物群落的影响

本文报道了单养尼罗罗非鱼 (Orecohromisniloticus)对施肥处理下盐碱池塘围隔生态系统浮游生物群落的影响。结果表明 ,罗非鱼的放养使浮游植物丰度、叶绿素a含量和初级生产力增大 ,浮游植物小型化 ,生物量以小型硅藻和绿藻占优势 ,裸藻占有相当比重 ;浮游动物生物量也增大 ,桡足类占优势 ,枝角类小型化 ,原生动物密度增大。施肥特别是施有机肥能显著地提高浮游植物生物量 ,使透明度降低 ,但施无机肥对初级生产力和浮游动物生物量影响不大。施有机肥围隔浮游植物和浮游动物密度、浮游动物生物量和浮游生物多样性指数高于其他有鱼围隔 ,罗非鱼的生长最好。文后讨论了罗非鱼滤食和施肥对浮游生物群落结构的影响 ,并与鲢鱼的实验结果 (赵文 ,1999)进行了比较     

Phytoplankton food quality control of planktonic food web processes

We developed a mechanistic model of nutrient, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish interactions to test the effects of phytoplankton food quality for herbivorous zooplankton on planktonic food web processes. When phytoplankton food quality is high strong trophic cascades suppress phytoplankton biomass, the zooplankton can withstand intense zooplanktivory, and energy is efficiently transferred through the food web sustaining higher trophic level production. Low food quality results in trophic decoupling at the plant-animal interface, with phytoplankton biomass determined primarily by nutrient availability, zooplankton easily eliminated by fish predation, and poor energy transfer through the food web. At a given nutrient availability, food quality and zooplanktivory interact to determine zooplankton biomass which in turn determines algal biomass. High food quality resulted in intense zooplankton grazing which favored fast-growing phytoplankton taxa, whereas fish predation favored slow-growing phytoplankton. These results suggest algal food quality for herbivorous zooplankton can strongly influence the nature of aquatic food web dynamics, and can have profound effects on water quality and fisheries production. Handling editor: D. Hamilton     

井冈山地区莲鱼复合种养模式效益评价

为研究莲鱼复合种养生态系统中的浮游植物群落特征, 及该养殖模式的经济和生态效益, 2019年春季至秋季, 对江西井冈山地区莲鱼种养、莲单种和鱼单养3种种养模式的水质及浮游生物开展了季节调查, 结合当地生产经营, 分析了不同种养模式的经济效益及生态足迹。研究表明, (1)共鉴定出浮游植物7门103种,其中绿藻56种, 蓝藻21种, 硅藻16种, 裸藻3种, 隐藻4种, 金藻2种, 黄藻1种。复合种养模式水体的水质均处于轻污染-无污染状态, 优于单种和单养模式, 且优势种存在季节性差异。(2)冗余分析表明, 水温和溶解氧是影响莲鱼复合种养生态系统浮游植物群落结构的关键环境因子, 总磷(鱼单养模式的主要影响因子)和硝酸氮(莲单养模式的主要影响因子)并不是影响该复合种养模式中浮游植物群落的主要环境因子。(3)莲鱼复合种养经济效益为25200元/公顷, 介于鱼单养和莲单种模式之间, 但其产生每万元利润的生态足迹最低, 为4.48 hm2, 是鱼单养模式的80.9%, 莲单种的33.2%。江西井冈山地区的莲鱼复合种养模式是一种高效益、低生态负荷的综合种养模式, 适宜在当地大面积推广。     

A metabolic theory of ecology applied to temperature and mass dependence of N and P excretion by common carp

Our study used a metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) to explore scaling of metabolic rates by body size and temperature, and to predict nutrient excretion by common carp (Cyprinus carpio). At high biomasses, common carp have negative impacts on water quality, and one mechanism is excretion of the nutrients N and P. We measured whole-body and mass-specific excretion rates during summer and winter for fish of different sizes (wet mass range 28–1,196 g) to produce an allometric scaling model capable of predicting excretion at different temperatures. We found positive relationships between both dissolved and total nutrient concentrations and fish wet mass in summer and winter, with greater excretion rates in summer (mean water temperature 24.2°C) than in winter (mean water temperature 9.2°C). Mass-specific excretion rates decreased with increasing fish size, consistent with the MTE, and the temperature-adjusted model explained more variation for N excretion than for P. The proportion of dissolved nutrients (NH₄ and PO₄) to total nutrients increased with increasing fish size. The significance of these models is that they can be used to predict population-based nutrient excretion by common carp when thermal history, fish density and size distribution in a water body are known.     

Water level and fish-mediated cascading effects on the microbial community in eutrophic warm shallow lakes: a mesocosm experiment

Information on the effects of water level changes on microbial planktonic communities in lakes is limited but vital for understanding ecosystem dynamics in Mediterranean lakes subjected to major intra- and inter-annual variations in water level. We performed an in situ mesocosm experiment in an eutrophic Turkish lake at two different depths crossed with presence/absence of fish in order to explore the effects of water level variations and the role of top-down regulation at contrasting depths. Strong effects of fish were found on zooplankton, weakening through the food chain to ciliates, HNF and bacterioplankton, whereas the effect of water level variations was overall modest. Presence of fish resulted in lower biomass of zooplankton and higher biomasses of phytoplankton, ciliates and total plankton. The cascading effects of fish were strongest in the shallow mesocosms as evidenced by a lower zooplankton contribution to total plankton biomass and lower zooplankton:ciliate and HNF:bacteria biomass ratios. Our results suggest that a lowering of the water level in warm shallow lakes will enhance the contribution of bacteria, HNF and ciliates to the plankton biomass, likely due to increased density of submerged macrophytes (less phytoplankton); this effect will, however, be less pronounced in the presence of fish.     

密云水库的浮游植物群落结构与密度

 1998年的调查研究显示,密云水库库区水体的浮游植物群落为硅藻(Bacillariophyta)—绿藻(Chlorophyta)型,细胞密度为358.76×104·L-1。湖泊的营养特征为浮游植物响应型。1988～1998年库区水体总氮增长48.7％,总磷增长31.2％,浮游植物细胞密度增长41.7％,库区水体已为中营养,并出现了富营养型浮游植物指示种类,例如斜生栅藻(Scenedesmus obliquus(Turp)．Kütz．),铜绿微囊藻(Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz．),湖泊色球藻(Chroococcus limneticus Lemm．)。水体向富营养化发展趋势明显。应加强水环境保护,增加密云水库流域植被覆盖度,净化、涵养水源,以保证密云水库向北京市供水的质量和数量。     

Impact of the removal of gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) on nutrient cycles in Lake Apopka,Florida

1. The St. Johns River Water Management District removed over 5.4 million kg of gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) from Lake Apopka, FL during 1993–2005, as a means of reducing lake phosphorus and phytoplankton concentrations and improving water clarity. Other steps included reduction of external nutrient inputs and operation of a treatment wetland. We measured nutrient excretion by Lake Apopka gizzard shad to quantify the nutrient effect of this biomanipulation. 2. Both N and P excretion were significantly affected by fish body mass and temperature. Larger fish had lower mass‐specific rates of excretion than smaller fish. 3. High water temperature increased P excretion to a much greater extent than N, resulting in a low N : P of nutrient excretion in midsummer. The N : P of excretion was lower than has been observed in other systems, probably because of higher water temperature. 4. Removal of gizzard shad >200 g prevented the annual release of 45 800 kg N year^?1 (3.46 kg N ha^?1 year^?1) and 7700 kg P year^?1 (0.62 kg P ha^?1 year^?1) on average. The actual impact on the P cycle varied substantially from year to year (range 7900–78 800 kg N year^?1; 1200–14 800 kg P year^?1), primarily because of fluctuations in the catch. 5. On an annual basis, the P directly removed in fish tissues was similar to that removed by the treatment wetland. The P excretion prevented by the removal of fish was approximately 20% of the reduction in external P loading achieved during 1993–2005. 6. In the short term, most of the P demand of planktonic primary producers is met through recycling of P, which greatly exceeds external P loading. Depending on population biomass, phosphorus excretion by the resident gizzard shad population was similar in magnitude to the P release by diffusive flux from the sediments.     

Evolving water quality in a common carp and blue tilapia high production pond

Intensive polyculture of blue tilapia, Oreochromis aureus, and common carp, Cyprinus carpio was conducted to determine their growth capacity and the accompanying water quality transitions in a 376 m² (207 m³) fish pond without aeration or water exchange. A total of 485 fingerlings (290 tilapia and 195 carp) averaging 72 g each (total 35 kg) was stocked and fed commercial floating pellets (36% protein-6%-N) at the approximate daily rate of 3% of the fish biomass six days each week. The total net fish growth was 159.4 kg (4.2 t ha^–1) with an average growth of 199.5 g per fish through the 96 days feeding period — 6 June to 7 September 1984. The s conversion ratio for the commercial feed was 1.3.Physiochemical patterns in the pond water were directly related to the rise and fall of turbidity through the course of the production trial. During one period of low turbidity, a biological inversion was evident with pH and dissolved oxygen measured at higher levels near the pond bottom and increasingly lower toward the surface. It is postulated that settled phytoplankton formed a photosynthetically-active algal mat on the pond bottom. The implications for potential fish kills can be significant.     

A 2-year experimental study on nutrient and predator influences on food web constituents in a shallow lake of north-west Spain

1. A 2‐year study was carried out on the roles of nutrients and fish in determining the plankton communities of a shallow lake in north‐west Spain. Outcomes were different each year depending on the initial conditions, especially of macrophyte biomass. In 1998 estimated initial ‘per cent water volume inhabited’ (PVI) by submerged macrophytes was about 35%. Phytoplankton biomass estimated as chlorophyll a was strongly controlled by fish, whereas effects of nutrient enrichment were not significant. In 1999 estimated PVI was 80%, no fish effect was observed on phytoplankton biomass, but nutrients had significant effects. Water temperatures were higher in 1998 than in 1999. 2. In the 1998 experiment, cladoceran populations were controlled by fish and cyanobacteria were the dominant phytoplankton group. There were no differences between effects of low (4 g fresh mass m^?2) and high (20 g fresh mass m^?2) fish density on total zooplankton biomass, but zooplankton biomass was higher in the absence of fish. With the high plant density in 1999, fish failed to control any group of the zooplankton community. 3. Total biovolume of phytoplankton strongly decreased with increased nutrient concentrations in 1998, although chlorophyll a concentrations did not significantly change. At higher nutrient concentrations, flagellate algae became more abundant with likely growth rates that could have overcompensated cladoceran feeding rates. This change in phytoplankton community composition may have been because of increases in the DIN : SRP ratio. Both chlorophyll a concentration and total phytoplankton biovolume increased significantly with nutrients in the 1999 experiment. 4. A strong decline of submerged macrophytes was observed in both years as nutrients increased, resulting in shading by periphyton. This shading effect could account for the plant decline despite lower water turbidity at the very high nutrient levels in 1998.     

Impact of the fish Garra on the ecology of reservoirs and the occurrence of Microcystis blooms in semi-arid tropical highlands: an experimental assessment using enclosures

1. Many man‐made reservoirs in the semi‐arid highlands of Northern Ethiopia (Tigray) are characterised by the occurrence of intensive blooms of cyanobacteria and a dominance of small riverine fishes belonging to the genus Garra. 2. We carried out enclosure experiments to test for the effect of these small fish on abiotic characteristics, phytoplankton biomass and zooplankton community structure in the pelagic of two reservoirs (Gereb Awso and Tsinkanet). Two experiments were carried out in each of the reservoirs, one at the end of the rainy season (highest water level) and one at the end of the dry season (lowest water level). 3. The presence of Garra in general increased the amount of suspended matter, nutrient concentrations (total nitrogen and total phosphorus), phytoplankton and Microcystis biomass (including the proportion of Microcystis in the phytoplankton community), and reduced water transparency. The positive effect of the presence of Garra on nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton productivity indicate that Garra has the potential to affect food web functioning indirectly through bottom‐up effects, by enhancing nutrient concentrations through sediment resuspension and excretion of nutrients. Indeed, population densities of the cladoceran zooplankton taxa Ceriodaphnia and Diaphanosoma also showed an overall increase in enclosures with Garra. 4. However, our data also provide some evidence for a potential of Garra to exert top‐down control on large bodied daphnids (Daphnia carinata, D. barbata), although such effect varied among experiments. The limited capability of Garra to control zooplankton communities mainly reflects the low efficiency of these small, riverine and benthos‐oriented fish in foraging on zooplankton and suggests the existence of an unoccupied niche for zooplanktivorous fish in the majority of the reservoirs. 5. Although the main effects of Garra on the pelagic food web seemed to be mediated by bottom‐up mechanisms, our results also indicate that one of the key variables, the relative abundance of Microcystis, was impacted by Daphnia‐mediated trophic cascade effects.