黄河三角洲南部潮间带沉积环境对底栖叶绿素a分布特征的影响

2007年9月、2008年4月和2008年7月,在东营黄河三角洲南部潮间带进行了表层沉积物叶绿素a含量和粒径组成调查。结果表明:1)近岸区域叶绿素a含量由北向南逐渐增高,秋季和夏季叶绿素a含量分别为0.426～4.749μg.g-1(平均值为1.591μg.g-1)和0.307～5.195μg.g-1(平均值为1.832μg.g-1),由潮上线到潮下线呈下降趋势;春季叶绿素a含量为0.623～8.734μg.g-1(平均值为2.542μg.g-1),由潮上线到潮下线呈上升趋势;2)沉积物类型较为单一,由粉砂、砂质粉砂和粉砂质砂组成,中值粒径变化范围为0.025～0.081mm(平均中值粒径为0.045mm),由潮上线到潮下线逐渐增大;3)2007年9月叶绿素a分布主要受沉积物粒度的影响,与细颗粒物质含量、中值粒径的大小及各粒径沉积物含量极显著性相关(P0.01);2007年9月与2008年7月叶绿素a含量与细颗粒物质含量呈正比关系,在砂质底质中含量较低,在粘土质底质中含量较高;4)底栖叶绿素a与高程呈负相关,表明松软、平整、稳定的沉积物表面有利于底栖微型藻类的生长和繁衍。     

杭州湾潮滩表层沉积物中磷的分布、赋存形态及生态意义

对杭州湾潮滩表层沉积物样品中的磷进行了总量、形态分级提取及生物有效性分析.结果表明:沉积物中总磷的含量为595.5～1268.8μg·g-1,空间分布特征总体表现为杭州湾北岸＞钱塘江杭州河段＞杭州湾南岸.总磷中有89.3%以无机磷形式存在,钙磷、残留无机态磷、有机磷和铁铝结合态磷是沉积物中磷的主要赋存形态,平均分别占总磷的68.3%、14.6%、10.7%和5.3%.钙磷的分布受到盐度变化影响,自钱塘江河口向外海方向明显增加;铁铝结合态磷则相反,分布朝外海逐步递减.沉积物中的潜在生物有效磷(BAP)含量为43.62～177.84 μg·g-1,平均含量为94.13 μg·g-1.该地区与国内典型的河口和滨岸带潮滩比较,总磷处于相对较高水平.强烈的水动力作用及咸淡水交汇使得环境因子频繁变化,加大了沉积物中磷作为内源向上覆水体释放及造成水体富营养化的可能性.     

江苏如东海岸互花米草盐沼沉积物叶绿素a分布特征

潮间带沉积物叶绿素a(Chl-a))是潮间带生态系统底栖微藻初级生产力的表征因子.为了解互花米草盐沼沉积物Chl-a的分布,于2010年夏季及秋季对江苏如东海岸11个站位的表层底质(0～8 cm)内Chl-a含量进行了分析.结果表明:垂直方向上,除10月1～5站位垂直分层不明显外,整体变化趋势为,在0 ～2 cm,随深度的增加而锐减,2～8 cm,变化较小,光照的垂直递减是造成这一趋势的原因;在水平方向上,夏季,沉积物Chl-a含量在互花米草盐沼高于光滩,秋季则相反;光照和沉积物组成的季节变化是造成沉积物Chl-a水平方向分布格局的直接原因;互花米草枝叶对光照的遮挡及对细颗粒物质的圈闭作用随植株生长阶段而变化;互花米草一方面通过促进细颗粒沉积物堆积影响底质的粒度组成,另一方面通过其枝叶生长影响滩面接受的光照,直接影响潮间带微藻的生长,继而影响底栖生态系统的初级生产力.     

阿哈水库沉积物总汞及甲基汞分布特征

为弄清阿哈水库沉积物是否受到历史矿山废水输入对沉积物总汞及甲基汞垂直分布的影响,对沉积物总汞及甲基汞的含量和其垂直分布特征进行了研究.结果表明,阿哈水库沉积物总汞含量变化范围为160～252 ng·g-1,平均为210 ng·g-1,明显高于其他未受到污染的水库沉积物.沉积物中总汞含量随沉积物深度增加呈增加趋势,与其沉积环境有关.沉积物中甲基汞含量变化范围为0.2～7.2 ng·g-1,平均为1.8 ng·g-1,丰水期甲基汞含量随深度增加逐渐下降,且沉积物表层甲基汞含量显著高于枯水期,与丰水期表层有机物的增加和厌氧环境有关.     

渤海表层沉积物中砷的含量、形态、空间分布及风险评价

考察了渤海海域表层沉积物中砷的含量、分布及赋存形态，评估了沉积物中砷的生态风险，初步探讨了影响沉积物中砷分布的环境化学因子。结果表明，渤海海域表层沉积物中总砷浓度变化范围为9.77～20.60 mg·kg^-1,平均浓度为13.33±2.55 mg·kg^-1。表层沉积物中总砷的空间分布呈现出由近岸向中部逐渐递减趋势，具有西部高，东部低的特点；各个海区之间总砷含量差异显著，渤海湾和莱州湾海区表层沉积物中总砷含量相对较高。渤海表层沉积物中砷的主要形态为挥发性硫化物、碳酸盐或与无定型铁锰氧化物结合态；沉积物中砷具有一定的生态风险。渤海表层沉积物中砷含量与水体温度、磷浓度、溶解氧含量、pH、沉积物中铁含量和有机质含量呈显著的相关关系。水环境因子和沉积物的理化性质可能对沉积物中砷的分布具有重要影响。     

长江口低氧区异养细菌及氮磷细菌分布

2009年8月15-28日,对长江口低氧高发海域的异养细菌、无机磷细菌、有机磷细菌、反硝化细菌和氨化细菌的空间分布特征进行初步研究.结果表明:氨化细菌数量最高,表层水、底层水和表层沉积物的数量均值分别为307.52×104个·L-1、184.50×104个·L-1和199.97×102个·g-1;其次为异养细菌,数量均值分别为87.35×104 cfu·L-1、86.85×104cfu·L-1和64.26×102cfu·g-1;再次为有机磷细菌,数量均值分别为19.26×104 cfu·L-1、18.82×104cfu·L-1和19.56×102cfu·g-1;无机磷细菌只分布在长江口内和河口南槽至舟山海域,数量均值分别为18.50×104cfu·L-1、31.00×104cfu·L-1和7.17×102cfu·g-1;反硝化细菌分布广,但数量较低,均值分别为3.94×104个·L-1、23.08×104个·L-1和6.22×102个·g-1.相关性分析结果说明:盐度、硝酸盐、磷酸盐、硅酸盐和pH是影响水体和表层沉积物异养细菌、磷细菌和反硝化细菌分布的主要因子;底层水和表层沉积物异养细菌、磷细菌与水温呈显著正相关;底层水异养细菌和有机磷细菌与溶解氧(DO)呈显著正相关;表层沉积物无机磷细菌与DO呈显著正相关,氨化细菌与DO呈显著负相关.聚类分析结果说明:低氧对表层沉积物的细菌群落结构产生影响.     

厦门近岸海域大型底栖动物次级生产力

于2013年5月和11月在厦门近岸海域设置67个站位进行大型底栖动物定量调查,运用Brey(1990)经验公式对该海域的次级生产力进行估算。结果表明:该海域大型底栖动物年均总次级生产力P和P/B值分别为4.6±10.1 g AFDW·m-2·a-1和1.0±0.4a-1,软体动物和多毛类为该海域P值的主要贡献类群,秋季的P值略高于春季,同安湾的P值明显高于大嶝海域、九龙江口、厦门外海域和围头湾。相关性分析显示,该海域次级生产力与沉积物有机质含量以及水体底温呈显著相关,底质类型以及采砂、航道清淤、环境污染等人类活动干扰也是影响次级生产力分布的主要因素。     

象山港海域硝化细菌与反硝化细菌的时空分布特征及其与环境因子的关系

分别于2007年的7月(夏季)、11月(秋季)与2008年的1月(冬季)、4月(春季)采用高保真、无扰动重力柱状取样器替代常规抓斗式采样,研究了象山港海域表层海水、上覆水及沉积物中N素转化细菌(硝化细菌与反硝化细菌)丰度的时空分布特征,并采用主成分分析及多元逐步回归分析方法研究了影响该海域N素转化细菌时空分布的主要因素.调查期间,象山港海域水样和沉积物样品中N素转化细菌数量的变化范围分别为30×104～2.4×104 cells·ml-1和30×104～2.4×104 cells·g-1.表层海水、上覆水和沉积物中的硝化细菌数量均值分别2.24×103cells·ml-1、3.61×103 cells·ml-1和6.45×103 cells·g-1,表层海水、上覆水和沉积物中的反硝化细菌数量均值分别为4.84×103 cells·ml-1、5.31×103 cells·ml-1和3.12×103 cells·g-1.表层海水和上覆水硝化细菌数量均值冬季明显高于其他季节,而沉积物中硝化细菌数量均值为秋季、冬季高于其他季节;冬季、春季的反硝化细菌数量高于秋季、夏季.调查期间,象山港海域的硝化细菌及反硝化细菌的空间分布特征明显:垂直分布特征,反硝化细菌表现为表层海水高于上覆水及沉积物,而硝化细菌则表现为沉积物及上覆水高于表层海水;平面分布特征,象山港中部及支港与主港交汇处的站点N素转化细菌数量较高,近岸工农业活动造成的陆源污染及海水增养殖活动造成的养殖污染是造成此空间分布特征的主要因为.多元统计分析表明,N、P营养盐、DO、水温、盐度、有机质污染及初级生产力等是影响象山港海域N素转化细菌分布的主要因素.     

夏、秋季渤海小型底栖动物类群组成及分布特征

分别于2011年6月和11月,搭载"东方红2号"科学调查船在渤海海域(37.0°—40.0°N,118.0°—122.0°E)进行了小型底栖动物的取样,对小型底栖动物类群组成、丰度、生物量、空间分布及其与环境因子的关系进行了研究。结果表明:研究海域小型底栖动物分布不均匀,表现为黄河口附近及近岸海域小型底栖动物丰度显著低于其他海域。小型底栖动物6月平均丰度高于11月,分别为(1012.7±519.1)个/10 cm~2和(829.5±385.8)个/10 cm~2, 6月平均生物量低于11月,分别为(570.8±307.6)μg干重/10 cm~2和(661.3±310.9)μg干重/10 cm~2。两个航次共鉴定出18个小型底栖动物类群,其中自由生活海洋线虫为最优势类群,分别占小型底栖动物总丰度的95.0%和90.3%,占小型底栖动物总生物量的67.4%和45.3%。其他数量上较重要的类群还有底栖桡足类、多毛类、动吻类和双壳类等。其中,多毛类丰度具有显著的季节差异,其11月丰度高于6月。两个航次分别有93.6%(6月)和91.1%(9月)的小型底栖动物分布在0—5 cm的表层沉积物内,没有表现季节性垂直迁移。对小型底栖动物生物数据与环境因子的相关分析结果显示,小型底栖动物的丰度与沉积物中值粒径、含水率呈显著负相关,与有机质含量呈极显著负相关,表明这三个因子是决定研究海域小型底栖动物分布的重要因素。小型底栖动物群落组成与环境因子的BIOENV相关分析表明,水深、有机质含量的组合能够最好地解释小型底栖动物群落结构的差异。与渤海海域30年来的小型底栖动物研究比较发现,在过去30年里,渤海小型底栖动物(包括海洋线虫)丰度逐渐增加,而其中的底栖桡足类丰度却在逐渐减少。沉积环境的变化以及人类干扰是引起渤海海域小型底栖动物丰度变化的重要因素。     

渤海莱州湾表层沉积物中底栖有孔虫分布特征及其环境意义

对渤海莱州湾海域240个站位表层沉积物中底栖有孔虫群落进行了分析,共鉴定常见的底栖有孔虫42种。结果表明,莱州湾表层沉积物中底栖有孔虫主要以玻璃质壳为主(平均丰度达70.9%),瓷质壳含量次之,胶结壳含量最低;玻璃质壳占有孔虫全群的百分含量,随水深的增加而增加;从黄河口向外海方向,有孔虫分异度和丰度都逐渐增大。该海域底栖有孔虫平面分布的主要控制因素为盐度和底质沉积物类型,大体可分为两个组合分区,I区为Ammonia beccarii-Quinqueloculina spp.组合,代表盐度较低的近岸海陆过渡浅水环境;II区为Cribrononionsub-incertum-Protelphidium tuberculatum组合,代表盐度较高的远岸内陆架环境。     

Nitrogen yields from undisturbed watersheds in the Americas

Yields of total fixed nitrogen and nitrogen fractions are summarized for thirty-one watersheds in which anthropogenic disturbance of the nitrogen cycle, either through land use or atmospheric deposition, is negligible or slight. These yields are taken as representative of background conditions over a broad range of watershed areas, elevations, and vegetation types. The data set focuses on watersheds of the American tropics, but also includes information on the Gambia River (Africa) and some small watersheds in the Sierra Nevada of California. For the tropical watersheds, total nitrogen yield averages 5.1 kg ha^–1 y^–1. On average, 30% of the total is particulate and 70% is dissolved. Of the dissolved fraction, an average of 50% is organic and 50% is inorganic, of which 20% is ammonium and 80% is nitrate. Yields are substantially lower than previously estimated for background conditions. Yields of all nitrogen fractions are strongly related to runoff, which also explains a large percentage of variance in yield of total nitrogen (r²=0.85). For total nitrogen and nitrogen fractions, yield increases at about two-thirds the rate of runoff; concentration decreases as runoff increases. There is a secondary but significant positive relationship between elevation and yield of DIN. Ratios DON/TDN and PN/TN both are related to watershed area rather than runoff; DON/TDN decreases and PN/TN increases toward higher stream orders. The analysis suggests for tropical watersheds the existence of mechanisms promoting strong homeostasis in the yield of N and its fractions for a given moisture regime, as well as predictable downstream change in proportionate representation N fractions. Yields and concentrations for small tropical watersheds are much larger than for the few temperate ones with which comparisons are possible.     

Variation in rates of nitrogen fixation in termites: response to dietary nitrogen in the field and laboratory

Abstract. Termites contribute nitrogen to their habitat through the nitrogenase activity of their bacterial symbionts. Previous studies indicate that high levels of dietary nitrogen suppress nitrogen fixation in termites. We examined the effects of dietary nitrogen on fixation rates in termites in both field and laboratory experiments. Ten field cplonies of Reticulitermes were collected and assayed for nitrogenase activity in July 1993, October 1993, January 1994, and April 1994. The nitrogen content of the wood collected with each colony was determined. There was no correlation between termite nitrogen fixation rates and the amount of nitrogen in their food for any of the four collection periods. In laboratory experiments, nitrogen fixation rates decreased when termites were fed filter paper treated with 2% and 5% ammonium nitrate or a 5% mixture of the amino acids proline, tryptophan and leucine, compared to water-treated controls. By contrast, the nitrogenase activity of termites fed filter paper treated with 2% and 5% ammonium phosphate, a mixture of the amino acids histidine, serine and aspartic acid, or 2% and 5% urea did not differ from the controls. However, nitrogenase activity increased when termites were fed with 2% uric acid. No clear association exists between termite nitrogen fixation and the nitrogen content of their food.     

Plant response to variations in nitrogen availability in a desert shrubland community

Spatial variations in nitrogen availability were studied in a desert community codominated byLarrea tridentata (DC.) Cov. andProsopis glandulosa Torr. Measurements of natural ¹⁵N values in tissues suggested thatProsopis obtains approximately half of its nitrogen through direct symbiotic fixation. Soils were collected under 1)Prosopis shrubs, 2)Larrea shrubs 2 m fromProsopis (LP), and 3)Larrea 2 m from otherLarrea but> 5 m from the nearestProsopis (LL).Prosopis soils showed significantly higher rates of nitrogen mineralization than LL soils in both A and B horizons. Rates of mineralization in LP soils were significantly higher than rates in LL soils only in the B horizon and were not significantly different from rates inProsopis soils. Leaf nitrogen concentrations were significantly higher in LP shrubs (2.06%) than in LL shrubs (1.78%), although ¹⁵N values did not differ between the two shrub types. Nitrogen concentrations inPerezia nana Gray, a perennial herb, were greater in plants underProsopis shrubs (2.09%) than under LP shrubs (1.93%) or LL shrubs (1.67%). Despite apparent differences in nitrogen availability, biomass ofLarrea and density ofPerezia did not differ significantly among these sites.     

陕西果园主要分布区氮素投入特点及氮负荷风险分析

为了研究果园氮素投入特点及分析氮素负荷特征,加强果园氮素管理、指导果农科学合理施肥。以陕西省果园主要分布区土壤氮素分析、农户投入调查等统计数据为基础,采用盈余法从果树种类和区域角度分析果园生产体系中的氮素输入输出特点及氮素盈余状况。结果表明,陕西果园主要分布区平均化肥氮投入量927.2 kg/hm2,主要来源于尿素和复合肥,其中尿素占调查样本量的40%以上;通过有机肥投入的氮仅为139.4 kg/hm2。94.8%的果园氮素处于盈余,总体平均盈余量为876.3 kg/hm2,其中氮盈余量超过500 kg/hm2的样本占57.5%,盈余量超过1 000 kg/hm2的样本亦占了27.3%。不同果园相比,猕猴桃园氮素投入及盈余量最高,分别为1 432.9、1 186.9 kg/hm2。不同区域果园比较,土壤氮环境负荷以关中灌区果园较高,达1046.1kg/hm2。果园氮素施用与养分盈余量之间存在极显著的正相关。陕西果园氮素的高量投入给土壤环境带来较大的氮素负荷,这对土壤环境和周围水体造成很大威胁。     

土壤微生物生物量氮及其在氮素循环中作用

简述了土壤微生物生物量氮的含量及其影响因素,阐述了其在土壤氮素循环中的重要作用,着重讨论了其与可矿化氮、矿质氮、有机氮和固定态铵之间的关系,指出土壤微生物生物量氮与供氮因子间的关系在氮素循环研究中有非常重要的作用,可为调控土壤氮素的供应状况,减少氮素损失,提高氮肥利用率提供科学依据,并提出了需要深入研究的问题。     

Time course of N2 fixation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted to assess the nitrogen fixation rates of four cultivars of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at different growth stages. The ¹⁵N isotope dilution technique was used to quantify biological nitrogen fixation. In the greenhouse, cultivars M4403 and Kallmet accumulated 301 and 189 mg N plant^–1, respectively, up to 63 days after planting (DAP) of which 57 and 43% was derived from atmosphere. Under field conditions, cultivars Bayocel and Flor de Mayo RMC accumulated in 77 DAP, 147 and 135 kg N ha^–1, respectively, of which approximately one-half was derived from the atmosphere. The rates of N₂ fixation determined at different growth stages increased as the plants developed, and reached a maximum during the reproductive stage both under field and greenhouse conditions. Differences in translocation of N were observed between the cultivars tested, particularly under field conditions. Thus, the fixed N harvest index was 93 and 60 for cultivars Flor de Mayo and Bayocel, respectively. In early stages of growth, the total content of ureides in the plants correlated with the N fixation rates. The findings reported in the present paper can be used to build a strategy for enhancing biological N₂ fixation in common bean.     

Available soil nitrogen in relation to fractions of soil nitrogen and other soil properties

The available N of 27 soils from England and Wales was assessed from the amounts of N taken up over a 6-month period by perennial ryegrass grown in pots under uniform environmental conditions. Relationships between availability and the distribution of soil N amongst various fractions were then examined using multiple regression. The relationship: available soil N (mg kg^–1 dry soil)=(N_min×0.672)+(N_inc×0.840)+(N_mom×0.227)–5.12 was found to account for 91% of the variance in available soil N, where N_min=mineral N, N_inc=N mineralized on incubation and N_mom=N in macro-organic matter. The N mineralized on incubation appeared to be derived largely from sources other than the macro-organic matter because these two fractions were poorly correlated. When availability was expressed in terms of available organic N as % of soil organic N (N_ao) the closest relationship with other soil characteristics was: N_ao=[N_inc×(1.395–0.0347×CN_mom]+[N_mom×0.1416], where CN_mom=CN ratio of the macro-organic matter. This relationship accounted for 81% of the variance in the availability of the soil organic N.The conclusion that the macro-organic matter may contribute substantially to the available N was confirmed by a subsidiary experiment in which the macro-organic fraction was separated from about 20 kg of a grassland soil. The uptake of N by ryegrass was then assessed on two subsamples of this soil, one without the macro-organic matter and the other with this fraction returned: uptake was appreciably increased by the macro-organic matter.     

植物氮素营养与病害发生关系研究进展

氮素营养不仅影响植物的正常生长发育,还会影响植物的感病性或抗病性。该文主要综述了氮素营养及其代谢对植物病害发展的影响、诱导病原菌侵染的寄主氮营养信号和氮素营养对植物与病原菌互作相关基因表达的影响,尤其是氮素受限(饥饿)对病原菌基因的诱导表达、植物衰老基因和抗病基因的关系、植物衰老过程中防御基因的表达等国际研究的热点领域所取得的成果和进展,并讨论了有待深入研究的问题。