基于3S技术的图们江流域湿地生态安全评价与预警研究

图们江是我国重要的国际性河流之一,随着我国经济的迅速崛起,图们江地区进入到多国合作联合开发阶段,该区环境也因此受到了不同程度的干扰和破坏,对该区域进行湿地生态安全评价与预警研究,可为图们江流域生态环境的可持续发展提供依据。以图们江流域湿地生态安全为出发点,基于PSR模型构建了适合该区域生态环境的生态安全评价指标体系,在3S技术支持下,通过解译1976年、1990年、2000年、2010年4个年份的TM/MSS影像,获取了这4个时期的景观格局指标数据,并运用层次分析法确定指标权重;在使用逻辑斯蒂增长曲线模型对各个指标进行单指标评价的基础上,使用综合评价法对各个时期的图们江流域湿地生态安全进行评价,最终得到1976年、1990年生态安全值分别为0.650、0.620,湿地生态系统比较安全,2000年、2010年生态安全值分别为0.536、0.454,湿地生态系统处于预警状态,应及时对该区域湿地生态系统进行保护。基于灰色预测模型构建湿地生态安全预测模型,经检验,模型精度较高,可以进行图们江流域湿地生态安全的预测研究。做出了图们江流域未来40a的湿地生态安全预测,分别为0.3903、0.3345、0.2866、0.2456,湿地生态系统处于中度预警状态,并有向重度预警发展的趋势,生态安全面临的威胁越来越严重,急需对本区域湿地生态系统进行保护与管理。     

南水北调中线水源区溪流生态系统健康评价

2007年7月—2008年5月,对南水北调中线水源区丹江口水库若干入库溪流的河流水文、河流形态、河岸带、水体理化和底栖生物进行调查并应用河流健康综合评价指数进行评价。结果表明,位于上游的溪流生态系统健康状况较好,而位于城镇下游的溪流生态系统健康状况较差,主要体现在河流形态的改变、底栖藻类自养指数升高和底栖动物多样性减小。提出维持丹江口入库溪流生态系统健康的建议,除了对上游地区要进行生态环境保护外,更要对中游地区受破坏的河流形态进行恢复。     

河岸带生态系统退化机制及其恢复研究进展

恢复和重建自然和人为干扰导致的退化河岸带生态系统是目前恢复生态学、流域生态学等学科研究的重要内容之一．对河岸带生态系统的干扰表现在河流水文特征改变、河岸带直接干扰和流域尺度干扰3个方面,分别具有不同的影响机制．河流水文特征改变通过改变河岸土壤湿度、氧化还原电位、生物生存环境以及沉积物传输规律对河岸带生态系统产生影响;河岸带直接干扰通过人类活动及外来物种入侵而直接影响河岸带植被多样性;流域尺度干扰则主要表现在河道刷深、河道淤积、河岸带地下水位降低和河流冲刷过程改变等．河岸带生态恢复评价对象包括河岸带生态系统各要素,评价指标已从单一的生态指标转向综合性指标．河岸带生态恢复应在景观或者流域尺度上进行考虑,识别对其影响的生物和物理过程以及导致其退化的干扰因子,通过植被重建与水文调控来进行．扩展研究尺度和研究对象及采用多学科的研究方法将是今后相关研究中的重要问题．     

塔里木河流域生态系统健康评价

通过收集2000 年以来塔里木河流域的生态、经济和社会状况资料,分析影响该流域生态系统健康的因素,采用指标体系分析法和专家咨询法,确立塔里木河流域生态系统健康评价指标体系和评价标准,计算得出流域生态健康评价指标权重,并对流域生态健康状况进行了评价.结果表明:塔里木河源流的阿克苏河、叶尔羌河和开都河-孔雀河流域的山区生态系统的健康状态处于"中等"级别,和田河流域的山区生态处于"优"级别;阿克苏河、叶尔羌河和和田河流域的平原绿洲区生态处于"优"级别,开都河-孔雀河流域的平原绿洲区生态处于"中等"级别;四源流的荒漠区生态处于"差"级别;塔里木河干流上游生态处于"优"级别,中游生态处于"中等"级别,下游生态处于"差"级别.评价结果基本与实际相符,说明使用的评价方法是切实可行的.该研究结论将为流域生态环境的综合治理提供科学依据.     

图们江下游湿地生态系统健康评价

湿地是世界上具有独特结构与功能的生态系统,图们江流域湿地生态系统的健康对该区乃至东北亚地区综合生态系统网络的建设具有重要意义。选择图们江流域下游为研究区,基于压力-状态-响应(PSR)模型,在压力系统、状态系统、响应系统三个层面选取30个指标构建了图们江下游湿地生态系统健康评价指标体系,运用层次分析法和多级模糊综合评判法对研究区湿地生态健康状况进行综合评价,其结果为0.5878,处于亚健康状态。其中,压力系统的健康指数为0.5292,响应系统的健康指数为0.6866,状态系统的健康指数为0.5116,各等级隶属度S=(16.83%, 25.37%, 16.76%, 16.97%,24.07%)。主要表现在研究区域湿地的补水水质差,导致湿地水质污染加重,富营养化现象严重;并且由于人为因素,湿地大面积退化,景观破碎化加剧,功能逐渐丧失,生产力水平下降;急需对本区域湿地进行保护与管理。     

河岸带生态系统植被与土壤对水文变化的响应研究进展

河岸带的植被与土壤是生态系统重要组成部分,对于维持河岸带的生态健康、生态系统服务与可持续性具有至关重要的作用。水文变化是河岸带生态系统的首要干扰因子,系统总结了水文变化对河岸带植被的特征以及植被形态、群落分布、繁殖、生存策略的影响,并阐述了河岸带水文和植被对土壤氮磷迁移转化的影响机制。根系作为土壤与植物地上部分之间物质、能量流动与信号传导的关键纽带,目前对根系的研究还较欠缺,需要加强水文变化对河岸带湿地植物根系形态、结构、功能特征的影响机理研究,以及湿地植物对水文变化的适应机制和耐受阈值方面的探究。在微观方面,应加强水文变化与植被等多因素耦合对土壤氮磷迁移转化过程的机理研究。河流形态和土壤的多样性决定着河岸带水文作用特征的复杂性,今后需注重河岸带个性特征与水文响应的关系研究。河岸带是横向的水陆生态过渡带和河流上下游的纵向生态廊道,亟需综合考虑和模拟流域土壤、植被与水文、人类活动之间的耦合关系,预测未来气候与社会经济情境下的河岸带生态系统演变规律,为河岸带生态系统的生态调节、生物多样性保护与生态恢复等提供理论依据与技术支撑。     

大汶河水生态环境健康状况与土地利用的相关性

为了解大汶河水生态环境现状及河岸带土地利用类型对其影响,基于2017年4月大汶河流域水生态调查数据,采用主成分分析和相关分析方法对流域地形、水文、水环境因子、主要水生生物因子和栖息地质量5个方面共19个候选指标进行筛选和优化,构建了大汶河生态系统健康评价多指标体系并用于大汶河水生态健康评价。结果表明:水环境因子和水生生物类型指标在健康评价指标体系中所占权重较大;大汶河水生态系统健康状况评价结果主要以一般和较差为主,分别占总采样点的58.33%和20.83%,仅瀛汶河上段、大汶河南支上段和大汶河干流下段部分断面处于健康或亚健康水平;城镇村及工矿用地、耕地和交通用地与大汶河生态健康综合指数呈负相关,是该流域水生态系统受到破坏的主要因素。     

大汶河水生态环境健康状况与土地利用的相关性

为了解大汶河水生态环境现状及河岸带土地利用类型对其影响,基于2017年4月大汶河流域水生态调查数据,采用主成分分析和相关分析方法对流域地形、水文、水环境因子、主要水生生物因子和栖息地质量5个方面共19个候选指标进行筛选和优化,构建了大汶河生态系统健康评价多指标体系并用于大汶河水生态健康评价。结果表明:水环境因子和水生生物类型指标在健康评价指标体系中所占权重较大;大汶河水生态系统健康状况评价结果主要以一般和较差为主,分别占总采样点的58.33%和20.83%,仅瀛汶河上段、大汶河南支上段和大汶河干流下段部分断面处于健康或亚健康水平;城镇村及工矿用地、耕地和交通用地与大汶河生态健康综合指数呈负相关,是该流域水生态系统受到破坏的主要因素。     

独龙江河流生态系统健康评价

于2018年10—11月,对独龙江水系干流及支流的河流物理生境、水体理化性质和大型底栖动物进行调查,并根据独龙江自身特点,运用改进的河流健康综合评价指数对该地区生态系统健康状况进行了评价。结果表明:该地区调查样点中85.2%的样点处于健康状况,仅人口密集的乡镇附近健康状况处于亚健康水平,其中旅游业发达的独龙江乡健康状况最差。河流是水资源的重要载体,随着当地旅游业的不断发展,科学评价当地河流的健康状况可以为独龙江河流生态系统修复、水资源的合理开发利用及可持续发展提供重要的科学依据。     

独龙江河流生态系统健康评价

于2018年10—11月,对独龙江水系干流及支流的河流物理生境、水体理化性质和大型底栖动物进行调查,并根据独龙江自身特点,运用改进的河流健康综合评价指数对该地区生态系统健康状况进行了评价。结果表明:该地区调查样点中85.2%的样点处于健康状况,仅人口密集的乡镇附近健康状况处于亚健康水平,其中旅游业发达的独龙江乡健康状况最差。河流是水资源的重要载体,随着当地旅游业的不断发展,科学评价当地河流的健康状况可以为独龙江河流生态系统修复、水资源的合理开发利用及可持续发展提供重要的科学依据。     

Species structure, contemporary distribution and status of the Siberian surgeon Acipenser baerii

A detailed analysis of the historical and contemporary range of the Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii, shows that the contemporary status of its populations and forms can be described as threatened or endangered. Recently, the abundance of the nominal subspecies, A. b. baerii, which inhabits mainly the Ob River basin, decreased sharply. Due to construction of hydroelectric dams, up to 40% of the spawning grounds became inaccessible for migrating sturgeon of this subspecies. The Lake Baikal subspecies, A. baerii baicalensis, is extremely rare and was included in the Russian Federation Red Data Book in 1983. The abundance of the east Siberian subspecies, A. baerii stenorrhynchus, inhabiting the basins of the east Siberia rivers, has also significantly decreased during the last few years. Its range in the Yenisey and Lena River basins is gradually being reduced. Gametogenesis is anomalous in a high number of females from all populations of this subspecies (in the Kolyma and Indigirka river stocks 80–100% of females were anomalous in 1987–1989). These anomalies seem to be caused by high levels of water pollution.     

Evaluation of potential impacts of perchlorate in the Colorado River on the Salton Sea,California

Ammonium perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel, entered Lake Mead through drainage and shallow groundwater in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, and is now found in the lower Colorado River from Lake Mead to the international boundary with Mexico. Perchlorate is a threat to human health through reduction of thyroid hormone production. Perchlorate has been found in water throughout the lower Colorado system and in crops in the California’s Imperial Valley, as well as in several other states, but it has not previously been included in investigations of the Salton Sea. Because perchlorate behaves conservatively in the Colorado River, it was postulated that it could be accumulating at high levels along with other salts in the Salton Sea. Results show that perchlorate is not accumulating in the Sea, although it is present in tributaries to the Sea at levels similar to those found in the Colorado River. Bacterial reduction of perchlorate is the most likely explanation for the observed results. The U.S. Government’s right to retain a non-exclusive, royalty-free license in and to any copyright is acknowledged. Guest editor: S. H. Hurlbert The Salton Sea Centennial Symposium. Proceedings of a Symposium Celebrating a Century of Symbiosis Among Agriculture, Wildlife and People, 1905–2005, held in San Diego, California, USA, March 2005     

长江经济带快速城镇化对耕地保护的影响

长江经济带建设作为我国三大发展战略之一,在快速推进城市化的同时,对耕地资源的影响是不容忽视的。土地快速城镇化对耕地的大量侵占是我国城市化面临的突出问题,而近些年长江流域及长江经济带的快速发展对耕地资源的影响尚缺乏全面系统的分析。基于中分遥感数据,将覆盖长江经济带与长江流域范围的156个地级市作为研究目标,从自然区位(上、中、下游)与城市规模(人口规模)相结合的角度分析了2000—2015年城镇化对耕地的影响,结果表明:(1) 2000—2015年,长江流域及长江经济带人工表面增加56.80%,耕地减少17.09%。其中,下游人工表面增加幅度最为明显,耕地减少也是最多的;(2)随着时间推移,长江流域及长江经济带城镇化对耕地的压力逐渐减弱,十五年间人工表面增长率从2733.75 km~2/a提高至2985.87 km~2/a,而耕地减少的速度从4439.94 km~2/a降低到3940.91 km~2/a,并且有大量旱田向水田转变;(3)位于不同流域且规模不同的城市,其人工表面的增加幅度以及对耕地的影响存在明显差异。例如,长江下游的中等城市人工表面15年间增加最多(增幅385.88%),同时耕地也损失最多;中游的大城市的人工表面增速最快,而上游则是巨大型城市,这种现象说明长江流域存在发展不协调的问题。长江流域及经济带未来城市优化布局不仅要充分考虑耕地保护问题,还要均衡不同规模城市的扩张速度,以及进一步提高开发用地的利用效率。     

赤水河鱼类资源的现状与保护

赤水河是长江上游右岸一级支流,为长江上游珍稀特有鱼类国家级自然保护区的重要组成部分。为了了解赤水河鱼类资源现状,于2007年4-10月在赤水河流域进行了鱼类资源调查。在干、支流共51个采样点采集了鱼类标本;对茅台镇、赤水市和合江县三个江段的渔获物进行了统计和分析。共采集到鱼类119种(亚种),隶属于5目16科75属。其中25种为该水域的新记录;34种为长江上游特有鱼类,尤其是宽唇华缨鱼(Sinocrossocheilus labiatus)仅分布于赤水河。在上、中、下游分别采集到鱼类36、61和100种。宽鳍鱲(Zacco platypus)、中华倒刺鲃(Spinibarbus sinensis)、光泽黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus nitidus)、张氏(Hemiculter tchangi)和蛇鮈(Saurogobio dabryi)为赤水河中主要的经济鱼类,同时,各江段渔获物的组成也存在一定的差别。本研究表明,赤水河流域鱼类种类相对丰富,但过度捕捞和涉水活动导致鱼类资源出现了一定程度的衰减。     

Application of multivariate statistics and toxicity indices to evaluate the water quality suitability for fish of three rivers in the Kruger National Park,South Africa

The water quality of the Olifants, Letaba and Luvuvhu rivers within the Kruger National Park was assessed for their suitability to sustain fish populations. Since water quality assessments result in huge datasets, principal component analysis and an aquatic toxicity index (ATI) were employed to reduce these to more manageable indices. Water quality changed over time, with metal concentrations decreasing, and high flows resulted in increased concentrations of suspended metals. The ATI indicated that metals had no major effect on lowering index values in any of the rivers, and that these values were affected by turbidity in both the Olifants and Letaba rivers, whilst nutrients such as ammonium and orthophosphates negatively affected index scores in the Luvuvhu River. Water quality has improved from the 1990s to 2011.     

Growth and reproductive cycle of the zebra mussel in the River Rhine as studied in a river bypass

In a Rhine River bypass built at a water pollution control station, the growth and reproductive cycle of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) were studied over a period of nearly 3 years. The experimental setup offered the possibility to manipulate the temperature of the continuously passing river water and to calculate influences of temperature and food on the growth of individually marked mussels. Shell growth rates were a function of algal density (measured as chlorophyll a). This function followed saturation curves with temperature-dependent plateau levels, and saturation occurred at values above 40 μg/l chlorophyll a. The relationship between shell growth rate and temperature followed the courses of bell-shaped curves with algal-food-dependent heights. No clear correlations could be found between shell growth and other environmental factors such as dissolved organic matter, total organic content, seston, and turbidity. Two spawning periods per year characterized the reproductive cycle of the zebra mussels at the study site. The first one covered nearly 3 months (April to July) comprising several spawning events. The second shorter one occurred in August. Young mussels of the first spawning period settled at the end of May, and they were able to reproduce a few months later (end of August) when their shell length exceeded 9 mm. This first spawning period of the young-of-the-years coincided with the second spawning period of the older generations. Through the combined analysis of the results of both body weight determinations and shell growth experiments, it was possible to model mussel growth over a period of nearly 3 successive years, and to suggest the presence of an endogenous factor that might be involved in determining the start of the annual shell growth period. Received: 8 April 1997 / Accepted: 3 November 1997     

Ionic regulation and Na+–K+-ATPase activity in gills and kidney of the freshwater stingray Paratrygon aiereba living in white and blackwaters in the Amazon Basin

During low-water period, freshwater stingray Paratrygon aiereba collected in the whitewater (WW) of the River Amazon showed higher urea content, osmolality, Na⁺ and Cl⁻ concentrations in plasma and perivisceral fluid than those caught in blackwater (BW) of the River Negro. Gills and kidney Na⁺–K⁺-ATPase activities were significantly lower in WW than in BW fish. The high level of kidney Na⁺–K⁺-ATPase activity in P. aiereba may minimize ion loss and generate diluted solute-free urine in ion-poor BW environment.     

Range extension of the miniature pencil-catfish Potamoglanis wapixana (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) into the Essequibo River basin,Guyana

Morphological examination of Potamoglanis specimens from three localities in the Essequibo River basin, Guyana, and one location in the Branco River basin, Brazil, confirmed their identification as Potamoglanis wapixana – a species originally described from only the Branco River basin. Morphological similarity of these miniature catfishes on opposite sides of the Rupununi savannah watershed divide and new records from lentic habitat suggest that either their modern populations predate the Pliocene division of the Branco and Essequibo rivers or the species is capable of living in and/or migrating across the Rupununi Portal – a seasonally flooded hydrological connection known to facilitate the movement of mostly much larger fishes between the Branco and Essequibo basins.     

Distribution of CH4 in the north basin of Lake Biwa and tributary rivers

To determine the origin of CH₄, the vertical distribution of CH₄ around the thermocline in the north basin of Lake Biwa and the horizontal distribution in the Yasu and Ado rivers were measured. In 1995, CH₄ concentrations (ranging from 200 to 1000 nM) exceeding the saturation level were observed just above or in the thermocline in the pelagic region off the Yasu River. These values were higher than those just below the thermocline and in the hypolimnion. CH₄ concentrations in the mouths of the Yasu and Ado rivers were much higher than at other stations, around 2500 and 2000 nM, respectively. Due to the drought in 1994 when there was no water from the Yasu River flowing into the north basin, CH₄ concentration just above or in the thermocline in the pelagic region off the Yasu River ranged from 49 to 74 nM. It is thus concluded that the high level of CH₄ observed in the mouth of the Yasu River is one of the sources of the high CH₄ concentrations in the pelagic region off the Yasu River. On the other hand, the CH₄ concentration in the pelagic region off the Ado River was about 50 nM. It is thought that water flowing in from the Ado River diffused readily into the lake water because the depth of the lake in the region off the Ado River declines steeply. The maximum concentration of CH₄ in the river mouths indicates that these areas are important sites for clarifying the mechanism of the decrease in dissolved oxygen in Lake Biwa and the Yodo River watershed. Received: October 25, 2000 / Accepted: May 8, 2001     

Seasonal succession of the phytoplankton in the upper Mississippi River

Species composition and seasonal succession of the phytoplankton were investigated on the upper Mississippi River at Prairie Island, Minnesota, U.S.A. Both the numbers and volume of individual species were enumerated based on cell counts with an inverted microscope. A succession similar to algal succession in the local lakes occurred. The diatoms were dominant during the spring and fall and blue-green algae were dominant during the summer. The algal concentrations have increased up to 40 fold the concentrations of the 1920's, since the installation of locks and dams. The maximum freshweight standing crop was 4 mg · l^–1 in 1928 (Reinhard 1931), 13 mg · l^–1 in 1975 a wet year, and 47 mg · l^–1 in 1976, a relatively dry year with minimal current discharge. The diatoms varied from 36–99%, the blue-green algae from 0–44% and the cryptómonads from 0–50% of the total standing crop. The green algae were always present but never above 21% of the biomass. The dominant diatoms in recent years were centric -Stephanodiscus andCyclotella spp. (maximum 50,000 ml^–1). The dominant blue-green algae wereAphanizomenon flos-aquae (L.) Ralfsex Born.et Flahault andOscillatoria agardhii Gomont (maximum 800 ml^–1). These algal species are also present in local lakes. Shannon diversity values indicated greatest diversity of algae during the summer months.