哀牢山亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤温度时空分布对模拟增温的响应

为把握森林不同深度的土壤温度对区域气候变暖的响应,评估气候变暖对亚热带森林土壤呼吸的影响,利用在哀牢山亚热带常绿阔叶林中设置的土壤增温和土壤呼吸人工控制实验,对2011—2013年的对照样地和增温样地不同深度的土壤温度实测数据进行了分析,结果表明:区域气候变暖导致的温度升高不改变土壤温度的年变化和日变化特征;干季的增温效应大于雨季;同一深度增温效应具有一定的年变化,但日变化不明显;增温效应在土壤表层较大,1—4月明显,2月最高,增温可达3℃;5 cm深度的平均增温效应在2℃左右,且年变化较小;随着深度的增加,增温效应呈现对数降低趋势;如果以0.5℃为增温效应的阈值,推算可得出:干季的影响深度为3.82 m,雨季可达12.04 m,年均为6.58 m。     

模拟亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤温度与土壤异养呼吸对气候变暖的响应

为把握森林土壤温度及土壤异养呼吸对气候变暖的响应,利用1986—2013年哀牢山亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤温度观测数据模拟土壤温度未来上升2℃需要的时间,采用2011—2013年人工控制土壤增温试验中切根处理(NR)与切根增温处理(SW)的观测数据,结合WNMM模型及SRES情景下A2与B2未来气候数据模拟哀牢山森林土壤异养呼吸对气候变暖的响应。结果表明:5 cm土壤温度增加速率为0.224℃·10 a~(-1),自然增温2℃需要90 a;NR与SW处理下土壤Q_(10)值分别为5.17和4.50,根据Q_(10)值进行计算,NR处理在土温升高2℃后土壤异养呼吸较SW处理实测值升高14.6%;经过校正、验证后WNMM模型可以模拟土壤水分(P0.001)与土壤温度的变化(P0.001);A2、B2情景下,NR处理土壤异养呼吸较SW处理分别升高10.2%和9.8%;A2情景下土壤异养呼吸较B2情景下土壤异养呼吸,在NR、SW处理下分别升高7.0%和6.6%。本研究中数学模拟会高估土壤异养呼吸,表明野外的实测试验是不可替代的评估土壤异养呼吸对气候变暖响应的方法。     

高寒草甸植被-土壤系统对气候变暖响应的研究进展

低温限制环境下发育的高寒草甸对气候变暖响应极为敏感,因此,研究高寒草甸响应气候变暖特征对预测未来气候变化下高寒生态系统可能产生的变化具有重要意义。为进一步加深高寒生态系统响应气候变暖机制的理解,从植物个体水平、群落水平特征,以及土壤物理、化学、生物特性等方面,综述了气候变暖对高寒草甸植被-土壤系统的影响,并指出现有研究存在的不确定性,同时对今后的工作做了展望。温度升高促进高寒草甸植物生长发育。在适度增温下植物的光合呼吸、生物量、物种多样性有所增加,然而不同植物种类具有不同的生理结构和生态位,加之增温幅度和时间不同,导致植物光合呼吸强度、生物量分配、物候期出现差异;而温度过度升高则会导致高寒草甸物种趋于单一化,引起物种多样性降低,对群落演替产生重要影响。同时,温度升高增加高寒草甸土壤温度,减少土壤含水量,从而导致土壤有机碳含量降低或增加。在短期增温下,土壤碳和酶活性升高,土壤呼吸速率增加;但随着时间延长,土壤呼吸速率不再增加,表现出对增温的适应性。因此,高寒草甸生态系统不同组分和各生命过程对温度响应模式的差异,导致了气候变暖对高寒草甸植被-土壤系统各组分的影响存在很大不确定性,建议深入开展不同增温幅度和时间下高寒草甸植被-土壤系统各组分正负效应的定量化阈值判断及其生态-分子生物学响应机制研究。     

模拟增温对黄河三角洲滨海湿地非生长季土壤呼吸的影响

冬季土壤呼吸能释放生长季所固存的碳, 因而在陆地碳循环中占有重要地位。随着全球气候变暖, 平均地表温度将升高0.3-4.8 ℃, 且冬季增温更加明显, 而温度的升高会促进更多CO₂的释放。另外, 滨海湿地地下水位浅, 淡咸水交互作用明显, 增温能引起土壤表层盐分升高, 从而影响土壤呼吸。该研究以黄河三角洲滨海湿地为研究对象, 采用红外辐射加热器模拟增温, 研究了该地区非生长季土壤呼吸的日动态及季节动态, 同时探讨了土壤呼吸对环境因子的响应机制。结果显示: 日动态中, 增温与对照的土壤呼吸速率变化趋势一致, 为单峰曲线; 在平均日变化中, 整个非生长季不同处理的土壤呼吸速率无显著差异, 而土壤温度和土壤盐分均为增温大于对照, 并且土壤呼吸峰值时间均比土壤温度提前。季节动态中, 整个研究期分为非盐分限制阶段(2014年11月-2015年2月中旬)和盐分限制阶段(2015年2月中旬-2015年4月)。在整个非生长季, 土壤呼吸速率无显著差异; 在非盐分限制阶段, 当10 cm土壤温度升高4.0 ℃时, 土壤呼吸速率显著提高22.9%, 而土壤呼吸温度敏感性系数(Q₁₀)与对照相比有所降低; 在盐分限制阶段, 尽管土壤温度升高3.3 ℃, 土壤呼吸速率却降低了20.7%, 这可能是由于增温引起了土壤盐分的升高, 同时由增温引起的土壤含水量的升高在一定程度上也限制了土壤呼吸, 而此阶段增温对Q₁₀无显著影响。因此, 在滨海湿地中, 增温除了直接影响土壤温度, 还可通过影响土壤水盐状况来影响土壤呼吸, 进而影响滨海湿地土壤碳库。     

短期增温对紫花针茅草原土壤微生物群落的影响

土壤微生物是生态系统碳循环的重要参与者和调控者。全球变暖可能对土壤微生物群落产生影响, 加速陆地生态系统向大气中释放碳, 进而引起陆地碳循环对气候变暖的正反馈。然而, 目前学术界对土壤微生物群落如何响应气候变暖等问题认识不足, 尤其是缺乏低温干旱条件下土壤微生物对增温响应的实验证据。为此, 该文依托青藏高原紫花针茅(Stipa purpurea)草原建立的增温实验平台, 基于磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)方法测定了2015和2016年生长季表层(0-10 cm)土壤微生物各类群的生物量, 在此基础上揭示气候变暖对紫花针茅草原土壤微生物群落结构的影响。结果显示, 短期增温处理导致2015和2016年生长季(5-10月)的表层土壤温度均显著提高1.6 ℃, 同时也导致土壤含水量显著下降了3.4%和2.4% (体积分数), 但并没有显著改变土壤化学性质及归一化植被指数。增温处理下, 两年生长季旺期(8月)的微生物生物量碳(MBC)含量分别为749.0和844.3 mg·kg ^-1, 微生物生物量氮(MBN)含量为43.1和102.1 mg·kg ^-1, 微生物生物量碳氮比分别为17.9和8.4, 但实验期间MBC、MBN和微生物生物量碳氮比与对照没有差异。PLFA分析的结果显示细菌在微生物群落中占主导, 而丛枝菌根真菌含量最少, 增温处理并没有改变不同类群的微生物生物量以及群落结构。进一步的分析显示, 土壤温度和含水量是调控土壤微生物群落变异的主要因子, 并且增温导致的微生物生物量碳的变化量分别与土壤温度和含水量的变化量呈显著正相关关系。以上结果表明, 由于受水分的限制, 短期增温对紫花针茅草原土壤微生物群落没有显著影响。     

Effects of short-term experimental warming on soil microbes in a typical alpine steppe

土壤微生物是生态系统碳循环的重要参与者和调控者。全球变暖可能对土壤微生物群落产生影响, 加速陆地生态系统向大气中释放碳, 进而引起陆地碳循环对气候变暖的正反馈。然而, 目前学术界对土壤微生物群落如何响应气候变暖等问题认识不足, 尤其是缺乏低温干旱条件下土壤微生物对增温响应的实验证据。为此, 该文依托青藏高原紫花针茅(Stipa purpurea)草原建立的增温实验平台, 基于磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)方法测定了2015和2016年生长季表层(0-10 cm)土壤微生物各类群的生物量, 在此基础上揭示气候变暖对紫花针茅草原土壤微生物群落结构的影响。结果显示, 短期增温处理导致2015和2016年生长季(5-10月)的表层土壤温度均显著提高1.6 ℃, 同时也导致土壤含水量显著下降了3.4%和2.4% (体积分数), 但并没有显著改变土壤化学性质及归一化植被指数。增温处理下, 两年生长季旺期(8月)的微生物生物量碳(MBC)含量分别为749.0和844.3 mg·kg ^-1, 微生物生物量氮(MBN)含量为43.1和102.1 mg·kg ^-1, 微生物生物量碳氮比分别为17.9和8.4, 但实验期间MBC、MBN和微生物生物量碳氮比与对照没有差异。PLFA分析的结果显示细菌在微生物群落中占主导, 而丛枝菌根真菌含量最少, 增温处理并没有改变不同类群的微生物生物量以及群落结构。进一步的分析显示, 土壤温度和含水量是调控土壤微生物群落变异的主要因子, 并且增温导致的微生物生物量碳的变化量分别与土壤温度和含水量的变化量呈显著正相关关系。以上结果表明, 由于受水分的限制, 短期增温对紫花针茅草原土壤微生物群落没有显著影响。     

短期模拟增温对黄河三角洲滨海湿地芦苇光响应特征的影响

黄河三角洲滨海湿地地下水位浅,淡咸水交互作用明显,其土壤水盐状况成为影响该地区生态系统关键过程的主要因子。另外,随着气候变暖,黄河三角洲在过去50年(1961—2010年)进入显著升温阶段,温度升高直接或间接影响着植物的光合作用和光响应特征,从而影响黄河三角洲滨海湿地的演变。采用红外辐射加热器模拟增温,分析了增温对黄河三角洲滨海湿地生长季(2015年5月初—2015年10月底)芦苇光响应特征的影响。根据土壤含水量波动情况生长季可分为3个时期,即干旱期、淹水期和湿润期。结果表明,干旱期,10 cm土壤温度升高3.3℃,土壤水分含量升高了9.4%,土壤盐分含量升高了16.7%;盐分增加使芦苇叶片在强光下发生光抑制,并且显著降低最大光合速率(Pnmax)、暗呼吸速率(Rd)、光补偿点(LCP)和光饱和点(LSP)。淹水期,增温对10 cm土壤温度、湿度和盐分均无显著影响,过饱和的水分状况限制叶片光合速率,使得Pnmax达到最低。湿润期,10 cm土壤温度显著升高3.0℃,土壤含水量升高了2.9%,土壤盐分无显著差异;这一阶段,温度升高促进中强光下芦苇叶片的光合速率;同时叶片Pnmax、Rd和LSP分别增加27.7%、14.9%和23.3%。从整个生长季来看,增温使土壤温度显著升高2.9℃,土壤盐分含量升高7.0%,而对光合参数无显著影响。由此可见,在滨海湿地生态系统中,增温对光合作用的影响受土壤水盐状况的控制。     

增温和刈割对高寒草甸土壤呼吸及其组分的影响

评估土壤呼吸及其组分对增温等全球变化的响应对于预测陆地生态系统碳循环至关重要。本研究利用红外线辐射加热器(Infrared heater)装置在青藏高原高寒草甸生态系统设置增温和刈割野外控制实验。通过测定2018年生长季(5—9月)土壤呼吸和异养呼吸,探究增温和刈割对土壤呼吸及其组分的影响。研究结果表明：(1) 单独增温使土壤呼吸显著增加31.65% (P<0.05),异养呼吸显著增加27.12% (P<0.05),土壤自养呼吸没有显著改变(P>0.05);单独刈割对土壤呼吸和自养呼吸没有显著影响(P>0.05),单独刈割刺激异养呼吸增加32.54% (P<0.05);(2) 增温和刈割之间的交互作用对土壤呼吸和异养呼吸没有显著影响(P>0.05),但是对自养呼吸的影响是显著的(P<0.05),土壤呼吸和异养呼吸的季节效应显著(P<0.05);(3)土壤呼吸及其组分与土壤温度均成显著指数关系,与土壤湿度呈显著的正相关关系(P<0.05),处理影响它们的响应敏感性。本研究表明青藏高原东缘高寒草甸土壤碳排放与气候变暖存在正反馈。     

土壤含水量调控高寒草原生态系统N_2O排放对增温的响应

土壤氧化亚氮(N_2O)排放是大气N_2O不可忽视的来源。然而,目前学术界在气候变暖对土壤N_2O排放影响方面的认识仍存在较大争议,且调控土壤N_2O排放的微生物机制尚不明确。为此,该研究以青藏高原高寒草原生态系统为研究对象,使用透明开顶箱(OTCs)模拟气候变暖,并基于静态箱法测定了2014和2015年生长季(5–10月)的土壤N_2O通量,同时利用定量PCR技术测定了表层(0–10 cm)土壤中氨氧化古菌(AOA)和氨氧化细菌(AOB)的基因丰度。结果显示:增温处理导致2014和2015年生长季表层(0–10 cm)土壤温度分别升高了1.7℃和1.6℃,土壤体积含水量下降了2.5%和3.3%,其他的土壤理化性质没有发生显著变化。土壤N_2O通量呈现年际差异,2014和2015年生长季的平均值分别为3.23和1.47μg·m~(–2)·h~(–1),然而,增温处理并没有显著改变土壤N_2O通量。2014年生长季主导硝化作用的AOA和AOB的基因丰度分别为5.0×10~7和4.7×10~5拷贝·g~(–1),2015年为15.2×10~7和10.0×10~5拷贝·g~(–1)。尽管基因丰度存在显著的年际差异,但在两年中与对照相比并未发生显著变化。在生长季尺度上,增温导致的土壤N_2O变化量与其引起的土壤水分变化量之间显著正相关,而与土壤温度的变化量之间没有显著相关关系。以上结果表明,增温导致的土壤干旱会抑制土壤N_2O通量对增温的响应,意味着未来评估气候变暖情景下土壤N_2O排放量时需考虑增温引发的土壤干旱等间接效应。     

模拟增温对中亚热带杉木人工林土壤磷有效性的影响

气候变暖改变与土壤磷循环相关的生物地球化学过程,对陆地生态系统磷循环产生直接或间接影响。为研究亚热带地区杉木人工林土壤磷有效性对增温的响应,开展了模拟增温实验。实验设置对照组及增温组(5℃),经过1.5a的短期增温,对杉木人工林的土壤全磷、有机磷、微生物量磷、有效磷、酸性磷酸酶活性及相关土壤理化性质进行测定,结果表明:增温处理下,土壤酸性磷酸酶活性提高约1.5倍,土壤全磷、微生物量磷以及有机磷含量分别减少了6%、34%和12%,土壤有效磷含量增加25%。可见,短期增温通过提高土壤磷酸酶活性进而促进土壤有机磷矿化和降低土壤微生物固磷量,从而增加土壤磷有效性,但是增温导致潜在可利用的土壤微生物量磷大幅度的降低,将有可能加剧亚热带杉木人工林土壤磷限制。     

Pollen,ovules, and pollination in pea: Success,failure, and resilience in heat

Field pea (Pisum sativum), a major grain legume crop, is autogamous and adapted to temperate climates. The objectives of this study were to investigate effects of high temperature stress on stamen chemical composition, anther dehiscence, pollen viability, pollen interactions with pistil and ovules, and ovule growth and viability. Two cultivars (“CDC Golden” and “CDC Sage”) were exposed to 24/18°C (day/night) continually or to 35/18°C for 4 or 7 days. Heat stress altered stamen chemical composition, with lipid composition of “CDC Sage” being more stable compared with “CDC Golden.” Heat stress reduced pollen viability and the proportion of ovules that received a pollen tube. After 4 days at 35°C, pollen viability in flower buds decreased in “CDC Golden,” but not in “CDC Sage.” After 7 days, partial to full failure of anthers to dehisce resulted in subnormal pollen loads on stigmas. Although growth (ovule size) of fertilized ovules was stimulated by 35°C, heat stress tended to decrease ovule viability. Pollen appears susceptible to stress, but not many grains are needed for successful fertilization. Ovule fertilization and embryos are less susceptible to heat, but further research is warranted to link the exact degree of resilience to stress intensity.     

Love, careers, and heights in France, 2001

Short men are less likely to be married or live in a permanent relationship than their taller counterparts. This pattern is not due to their social status. While blue-collar workers are shorter on average than managers, the effects of height on finding a mate are similar in the two social groups. Being tall is also economically advantageous for men. With identical educational attainment levels, tall men have better careers than short men as they are given greater supervisory responsibilities. In making a commitment, some women might take height into account as an anticipated indicator of future resources of the household. Choice of partner is also influenced by social norms--i.e., partners should be physically well-matched--which is more difficult for shorter men.     

Distribution of N,P, K,Ca, Mg,S, Zn,Fe, Mn and Cu in groundnut

Summary Concentration of N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S in summer groundnut crop was higher than in kharif while Zn, Fe, Mn and Cu contents were higher in summer crop. Kernel's N, P and Zn; Leaflet's Ca and Mn; Stem's K and Fe; Root's S and Cu and Petiole's Mg contents were highest. Shell's N, P, K, Mg, S, Zn and Cu; Kernel's Ca, Fe and Mn contents were the least. N, P, K, S, Zn and Cu concentrations decreased linearly as the crop grew. Ca, Mg, Fe and Mn concentrations did not display any distinct pattern. Ca concentration was positively correlated with pod yield in both the seasons.     

Magnesium,calcium, copper,and zinc in meals

Meals of 12 diets were prepared from conventional foods with precautions against contamination by metallic elements because of epidemiologic associations between ischemic heart disease and the metabolism of magnesium, calcium, copper, and zinc. Magnesium, calcium, copper, and zinc were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry with satisfactory accuracy and precision. The mean daily amount of copper in the diets was less than the apparent adult requirement. Mean amounts of magnesium and zinc were close to apparent requirements; however, adults consuming amounts less than one standard deviation below these means may be depleting body stores and be at risk of pathology. Magnesium and copper were highly correlated (r=0.849,P=0.0001) in meals. This and other significant correlations probably will prevent the relationships of these elements to ischemic heart disease from being elucidated by epidemiology. Metabolic experiments will be necessary to differentiate among several hypotheses.     

Diet,intestinal morphology,and nitrogen assimilation efficiency in the damselfish,Stegastes lividus,in Guam

Synopsis Analysis of stomach contents of Stegastes lividus revealed a shift from omnivory in juveniles to herbivory in adults. Red algae, primarily Polysiphonia spp., Gelidiopsis intricata and Ceramium spp., formed the bulk of the diet in all size classes. Foraminifera and small crustaceans were of particular importance in the diet of juveniles. Net nitrogen assimilation efficiency of field-fed S. lividus was approximately 61%, and did not vary with fish size. The net assimilation efficiencies of fish fed on Enteromorpha in the laboratory ranged from size-class means of 36–79% for nitrogen and from 29–72% for total organic material, and increased from juveniles to adults. Apparently, juveniles compensate for a lower efficiency in assimilating plant food by including a higher percentage of animal material in their natural diets. The ratios of intestine length to standard length (IL/SL) and to intestine diameter (IL/ID) increased rapidly in juveniles and leveled off in adults. The retention time for ingested food items may only be about one-half as long in juveniles as in adults. The combination of observed IL/ID ratios and estimated retention times proved most valuable in the interpretation of ontogenetic changes in feeding habits and assimilation efficiency.     

Correlations of calcium accumulations in arteries, veins, cartilages, ligaments, and bones in single humans

To show the relationships of calcium accumulation in the thoracic aorta to the other tissues, calcium contents were determined with a microwave-induced plasma-atomic emission spectrometer on arteries, veins, cartilages, ligaments, and bones. These tissues were resected from 18 individuals, consisting of 11 men and 7 women who died in the age range 59–91 yr. As thoracic and abdominal aortas are routinely used for radiographic examination of arterial calcification, they appear to be standard tissues of the calcium accumulation. The calcium accumulations were determined in the femoral artery, the superior and inferior venae cavae, the internal jugular vein, cartilages of the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint and the intervertebral disk, both the ligaments of the anterior cruciate ligament and the ligamentum capitis femoris, and the calcaneus, in contrast with the thoracic aorta. As calcium increased in the thoracic aorta, it increased in the femoral artery, the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, the intervertebral disk, both ligaments of the anterior cruciate ligament, and the ligamentum capitis femoris, but it did not increase in veins, such as the superior and inferior venae cavae and the internal jugular vein. In contrast, it decreased in the calcaneus.