模拟增温及分解界面对茭草凋落物分解速率及叶际微生物结构和功能的影响

挺水植物的凋落物是湿地生态系统物质循环的重要组成部分, 阐明气候变暖以及生境差异对湿地挺水植物凋落物分解过程及叶际微生物的影响对揭示湿地生态系统关键物质循环过程具有重要意义。该研究以滇西北高原典型湿地优势挺水植物茭草(Zizania latifolia)为研究对象, 采用凋落物袋法研究了茭草在模拟增温(1.5-2.0 ℃)及不同生境(大气界面、水界面与土界面)下的质量残留率和叶际微生物数量、结构组成与功能代谢特征。研究发现: 模拟气候变暖及生境差异均显著影响凋落物的分解速率。经过一年的分解, 凋落物在模拟增温环境下的质量残留率为66.4%, 对照组的质量残留率为77.7%, 增温组分解常数(k)值是对照组的1.64倍, 而凋落物在水界面与土界面的质量残留率为42.2%和25.3%, 其k值分别为大气界面的3.63和5.25倍, 生境差异是影响湿地挺水植物凋落物分解速率的关键因素。模拟增温主要改变了凋落物叶际微生物的群落组成特征, 而生境变化主要影响叶际微生物的绝对数量、微生物多样性、群落结构组成以及功能代谢活性。处于土界面的凋落物叶际微生物具有最高的群落功能代谢活性及醇类碳源利用程度。不同处理之间的植物叶际微生物特征与凋落物分解速率具有较好的一致性, 为揭示湿地植物凋落物分解快慢的微生物驱动机制提供了重要的理论依据。     

滇西北高原湿地植物凋落物在不同分解界面的质量衰减及其微生物驱动

研究植物凋落物分解及其微生物的驱动机制,对于掌握湿地生态系统物质循环特征及其关键生态过程具有重要意义。该研究以滇西北高原典型湿地纳帕海湖滨带的优势植物茭草和杉叶藻为研究对象,通过凋落物袋法和Biolog GenⅢ技术,研究其凋落物在大气界面、水界面和土界面的质量衰减特征以及微生物的碳源利用和代谢的变化规律。结果表明:(1)通过一年的分解,茭草凋落物在大气界面、水界面和土界面的质量残留率分别为77.7%、42.2%、25.3%,显著高于杉叶藻凋落物的相应质量残留率(41.6%、32.5%、12.4%);但同一物种不同分解生境下质量残留率则表现为大气界面水界面土界面。(2)2种植物不同界面的平均吸光度值上升快慢存在差异,茭草土界面和杉叶藻大气界面中的微生物碳源代谢强度最大;土界面下茭草植物微生物碳源利用率最高,且醇类和胺类的碳源利用率达到0.26和0.24。(3)2种植物的微生物群落结构存在一定的差异,茭草凋落物土界面中微生物群落对各类碳源有较强的利用能力,其微生物群落所含物种比较丰富、群落均匀性和多样性更加明显,与茭草凋落物质量残留率季节性变化结果较为一致。研究认为,研究区域内凋落物质量衰减和微生物的关系,可以为生态系统的稳定与发展及凋落物分解的微生物学机理提供科学依据。     

增温对滇西北高原典型湿地湖滨带优势植物凋落物质量衰减的影响

气候变暖对湿地生态系统碳循环的影响受到国内外的广泛关注。研究大气增温对植物凋落物分解的影响是掌握气候变暖对湿地生态系统碳循环影响过程及其作用机制的基础。本研究通过开顶式生长室(Open-top Chambers,OTCs)模拟大气增温(2.0±0.5)℃和(3.5±0.5)℃,以滇西北高原典型湿地纳帕海湖滨带的优势植物茭草(Zizania caduciflora)、水葱(Scirpus tabernaemontani)、黑三棱(Sparganium stoloniferum)和杉叶藻(Hippuris vulgaris)为研究对象,研究其凋落物在大气界面,水界面,土-水界面的质量衰减对大气增温的响应。结果表明,(1)大气增温促进了4种植物凋落物在不同分解界面的质量衰减,但其质量衰减率在不同分解界面对增温的响应存在差异。其中,增温对水界面植物凋落物质量衰减的促进作用最大,并随着增温的幅度的增加而增加。其次是土-水界面,增温对大气界面植物凋落物质量衰减的促进作用最小。(2)植物凋落物初始C/N值与其凋落物质量衰减率呈负相关,大气增温对低初始C/N值物种凋落物质量衰减的促进更为显著。(3)相对于大气增温,植物凋落物初始C/N值对其凋落物质量衰减的影响高于大气增温对其质量衰减的影响。本研究表明,气候变暖将促进湿地植物凋落物的分解,进而对湿地生态系统物质循环及其生态功能产生影响,其影响程度与湿地植物物种有关,其作用机制有待于进一步深入研究。     

大气增温对滇西北高原典型湿地湖滨带优势植物凋落物质量衰减的影响

气候变暖对湿地生态系统碳循环的影响受到国内外的广泛关注。研究大气增温对植物凋落物分解的影响是掌握气候变暖对湿地生态系统碳循环影响过程及其作用机制的基础。通过开顶式生长室(Open-top Chambers,OTCs)模拟大气增温(2.0±0.5)℃和(3.5±0.5)℃,以滇西北高原典型湿地纳帕海湖滨带的优势植物茭草(Zizania caduciflora)、水葱(Scirpus tabernaemontani)、黑三棱(Sparganium stoloniferum)和杉叶藻(Hippuris vulgaris)为研究对象,研究其凋落物在大气界面,水界面,土-水界面的质量衰减对大气增温的响应。结果表明,(1)大气增温促进了4种植物凋落物在不同分解界面的质量衰减,但其质量衰减率在不同分解界面对增温的响应存在差异。其中,增温对水界面植物凋落物质量衰减的促进作用最大,并随着增温的幅度的增加而增加。其次是土-水界面,增温对大气界面植物凋落物质量衰减的促进作用最小。(2)植物凋落物初始C/N值与其凋落物质量衰减率呈负相关,大气增温对低初始C/N值物种凋落物质量衰减的促进更为显著。(3)相对于大气增温,植物凋落物初始C/N值对其凋落物质量衰减的影响高于大气增温对其质量衰减的影响。研究表明,气候变暖将促进湿地植物凋落物的分解,进而对湿地生态系统物质循环及其生态功能产生影响,其影响程度与湿地植物物种有关,其作用机制有待于进一步深入研究。     

模拟增温对湿地植物凋落物分解及细菌群落的影响

植物凋落物分解是湿地生态系统物质循环的重要组成部分，随着全球气候变化的逐渐加剧，气候变暖对湿地植物凋落物分解的影响已引起人们的广泛关注。本研究通过凋落物袋法对比研究了山东省南四湖湿地中芦苇和香蒲两种典型湿地植物的凋落物分解过程，利用开顶式生长室(Open-top Chamber, OTC)模拟了大气增温(2.0±0.5)℃—(4.0±0.5)℃对凋落物分解特征和细菌群落的影响。结果显示，增温显著加速了两种植物凋落物的分解速率，而木质素/氮(Lignin/N)、纤维素/氮(Cellulose/N)是影响凋落物分解速率的重要因子，与分解速率呈显著负相关。增温显著增加了细菌群落的丰度和多样性，碳是厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)等细菌丰度变化的驱动因子，而木质素、木质素/氮是拟杆菌门(Bacteroidota)等细菌丰度变化的驱动因子。细菌群落共现网络显示，在增温条件下，凋落物分解的细菌群落网络主要由共生关系组成。气候变暖提高了细菌之间的相互关系和互惠程度，加快了植物凋落物的分解进程，进而影响了湿地生态系统的碳收支平衡。     

退化红壤丘陵区森林凋落物初始化学组成与分解速率的关系

通过小盆+凋落袋控制试验,研究了我国南方退化红壤丘陵区8种森林凋落物和4种混合凋落物初始化学组成与分解速率的关系.结果表明:阔叶凋落物中的氮、磷、钾、镁含量显著高于针叶凋落物,木质素、碳含量显著低于针叶凋落物;凋落物分解速率与凋落物初始氮、磷、钾、镁含量呈显著正相关,与凋落物初始碳、木质素含量以及木质素/氮、木质素/磷和碳/磷值呈显著负相关;木质素含量解释了凋落物分解速率变异的54.3%,是影响分解速率的最关键因子,凋落物碳、氮、磷含量也与分解速率密切相关,它们与木质素含量一起可解释分解速率变异的81.4%.在退化红壤丘陵区植被恢复过程中,低木质素含量、高氮磷含量的阔叶物种的引入有利于加速凋落物的分解速率和土壤肥力的恢复进程.     

Leaf litter decomposition characteristics and controlling factors across two contrasting forest types

两种不同森林类型叶凋落物分解特征及影响因子研究 叶凋落物分解为森林生态系统提供了重要的能量和养分来源。除传统的环境因素外,叶凋落物的降解过程也受到绿叶功能性状和叶凋落物基质质量的影响。然而,在群落水平上,绿叶功能性状和叶凋落物基质质量对不同森林群落叶凋落物分解的相对重要性仍不清楚。因此,本研究以北京东灵山地区7种典型森林群落类型的混合叶凋落物为研究对象,利用分解袋法通过360天的野外相似环境分解实验对叶凋落物的分解过程进行了研究。这些森林群落包括6种分别以胡桃楸(Juglans mandshurica)、青杨(Populus cathayana)、棘皮桦(Betula dahurica)、白桦(Betula platyphylla)、油松(Pinus tabuliformis) 和华北落叶松(Larix gmelinii var. principis-rupprechtii) 为优势种的单优种群落,以及一种以大叶白蜡(Fraxinus rhynchophylla)、蒙古栎(Quercus mongolica)和蒙椴(Tilia mongolica)为优势种的共优种群落。研究结果表明,不同森林群落之间叶凋落物分解速率存在显著差异。群落聚合的植物功能性状和叶凋落物基质质量分别解释了群落叶凋落物分解速率变异的35.60%和9.05%,两者交互作用解释率为23.37%,表明群落聚合的植物功能性状及其与叶凋落物基质质量的共同作用是影响群落叶凋落物分解速率变异的主要因素。通过冗余分析发现,叶片氮含量、叶干物质含量、叶片单宁含量和比叶面积能显著影响群落叶凋落物分解速率的变异。因此,在对群落水平上叶凋落物分解的研究应该关注群落聚合的绿叶功能性状对分解的影响。     

川西高山林线交错带凋落叶分解初期转化酶特征

胞外酶对于有机质的降解具有重要的作用。在凋落物分解过程中,酶活性不仅受到凋落物种类或基质质量的影响,还受到环境因素的影响。转化酶催化蔗糖水解为葡萄糖和果糖,因此在凋落物分解早期,转化酶比降解难分解物质的酶具有更重要的作用。以川西高山林线交错带12种代表性凋落叶为研究对象,对林线交错带不同植被类型下的凋落叶转化酶活性以及物种和环境因子对转化酶活性的影响进行了研究。结果表明:同一植被类型下,12个物种转化酶活性具有极显著差异(P0.01)。物种、环境因子及其交互作用对转化酶活性有极显著的影响(P0.01)。初始纤维素含量与转化酶活性极显著正相关(P0.01)。初始木质素和总酚含量与转化酶活性极显著负相关(P0.01),能够共同解释转化酶活性变异的50.8%。不同植物生活型中,禾草类转化酶活性均为最高,这可能与禾草类较高的初始纤维素含量、较低的木质素和总酚含量有关。多元线性回归分析表明,凋落叶含水量能单独解释转化酶活性变量的62.1%,是环境因子中最重要的变量。从植被类型来看,大多数物种的转化酶活性在针叶林中均极显著高于高山草甸和灌丛(P0.01),这可能与针叶林中凋落叶的含水量最高且雪被最厚有关。历经一个雪被期分解后,凋落叶初始质量与环境因子的综合作用能够解释转化酶活性变异的79.1%,表明川西高山林线交错带凋落叶分解前期转化酶活性主要受初始木质素含量、总酚含量和含水量的调控。在全球气候变化情景下,凋落物水分含量的变化将会强烈的影响凋落叶分解前期的转化酶活性。     

雪被期川西高山林线交错带两种地被物凋落物分解与土壤动物多样性

以针叶林代表性地被植物锦丝藓和高山冷蕨为研究对象,采用凋落物分解网袋法,研究了高山林线交错带(暗针叶林-林线-高山草甸)的锦丝藓植物残体、高山冷蕨凋落叶及混合凋落物经过一个雪被期分解后的质量损失与土壤动物群落结构特征.结果表明: 雪被期林线交错带上两种地被物的质量损失率在高山草甸最大,锦丝藓表现更为显著,两种凋落物混合促进了分解过程且在林线上表现尤为显著.在交错带凋落物中共获取土壤动物968头,隶属于5纲10目35科,优势类群以弹尾目和蜱螨目为主.在林线上凋落物中获得的土壤动物个体数和类群数高于高山草甸和暗针叶林.典范对应分析(CCA)表明,土壤动物类群与雪被期平均温度关系最为密切,特有物种如等翅目和地蜈蚣目仅在暗针叶林出现,半翅目和啮目仅在高山草甸出现.地被物种类对土壤动物多样性的影响在暗针叶林和高山草甸大于林线.多元回归分析表明,日平均温度和雪被厚度能够解释凋落物质量损失率变异的30.8%,而土壤动物因子能解释质量损失率变异的8.3%,它们共同解释质量损失率变异的34.1%.雪被是影响高山两种地被物凋落物分解的最关键因子.     

金沙江干热河谷植物叶片元素含量在地表凋落物周转中的作用

叶片的化学计量学特征在植物响应环境变化,决定植物的生后效应中具有重要的偶联作用。为了阐明植物叶片生源要素含量对凋落物周转的影响,分析了金沙江干热河谷萨瓦纳草地生态系统植物叶片的化学计量学特征与凋落物周转时间的关系。结果显示:凋落物周转受到多重生源要素及其交互作用的影响,其中K与凋落物周转时间存在显著的正相关关系,而S、Mn、Mg元素具有负关系,表明K可能抑制凋落物的分解,而S、Mn、Mg元素可能会促进凋落物分解。在物种水平上K、S、Mn分别与凋落物周转时间存在显著的相关性, K、S组合解释了16.93%的凋落物周转时间变异;样方水平上,K、S、Mn、Mg分别与凋落物周转时间具有显著相关性,虽然N对凋落物的周转时间影响不显著,但当N与K及其交互作用对凋落物周转时间解释了37.42%的变异。其它元素组合也可在不同程度上解释了凋落物周转时间的变异。多元要素的互作效应表明元素间可能存在拮抗和协同效应,凋落物分解过程中可能受到多重分解者的共同作用,而不同分解者会受到不同的元素限制。未来的研究应当注重N、P以外的元素在生物地球化学循环中的作用。     

Effects of streams on lignin degradation during foliar litter decomposition in an alpine forest

AimsStreams are widely distributed in alpine forests, and litter decomposition in which is an important component of material cycling across the forest landscape. The leaching and fragmenting effects as well as the unique environmental factors in streams may have significant impacts on lignin degradation during litter decomposition, but studies on this are lacking.
Methods Using litterbag methods, we investigated the dynamics of lignin mass remaining and concentration (percent litter mass, %) during the decomposition of four foliar litters, which varied significantly in the initial litter chemical traits, from the dominant species of Salix paraplesia, Rhododendron lapponicum, Sabina saltuaria, and Larix mastersiana under different habitats (forest floor, stream, and riparian zone) in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River.
Important findings After two year’s incubation, litter lignin mass remaining for a specific litter species varied significantly (p < 0.05) among habitats, with an order of stream < riparian zone < forest floor. Lignin was degraded substantially in the early stage of litter decomposition process, and the lignin concentration first decreased and then increased with the proceeding of litter decomposition, but varied significantly (p < 0.05) among different litter species. Lignin mass showed a general trend of decrease across the 2-year decomposition course. In addition, habitat type, decomposition period and microenvironmental factors (e.g., temperature, pH value and nutrient availability) showed substantial influences on lignin degradation rate. These results suggest that the traditional view that lignin was relatively recalcitrant with an increase of concentration in the early stage of litter decomposition is challenged, but the loss of lignin in the early phrase is in line with recent findings about the fate of lignin during litter decomposition. Moreover, the significant differences of lignin degradation rates among different decomposition period and habitat types indicated that local-scale environmental factors can play a significant role in litter decomposition and lignin degradation processes.     

高寒森林溪流对凋落叶分解过程中木质素降解的影响

溪流广泛分布于高寒森林地表, 凋落于其中的林木凋落物的分解是整个森林生态系统物质循环的重要环节, 水体流动过程中的冲刷和淋洗作用及其他独特的环境条件可能显著影响凋落物中木质素的降解。该研究采用凋落袋法对比研究了岷江上游高寒森林4种典型且初始质量差异显著的凋落叶, 即康定柳(Salix paraplesia)、高山杜鹃(Rhododendron lapponicum)、方枝柏(Sabina saltuaria)和四川红杉(Larix mastersiana), 在不同生境(林下、溪流和河岸带)下分解过程中木质素残留质量和浓度(质量百分率)的动态变化特征。经过两年的分解, 发现溪流显著促进了凋落叶中木质素的降解; 同一物种凋落叶在不同生境下木质素残留质量差异显著(p < 0.05), 整体表现为溪流<河岸带<林下; 在凋落叶分解的初期木质素有明显的降解, 其浓度表现为先降低后升高, 但不同物种之间存在显著(p < 0.05)的差异; 在整个分解过程中, 木质素残留质量总体呈现出了降低的趋势。此外, 生境类型、分解时期和区域性环境因子(温度、pH值和营养元素的有效性)能显著影响木质素的降解率。这些结果表明, 传统上认为木质素在凋落叶分解初期相对稳定的观点可能并不准确, 其浓度很可能是先下降后升高, 这也与有关木质素动态的最新研究结果相一致。另一方面, 在不同分解时期和不同生境下, 凋落叶木质素降解率表现出了显著差异, 表明区域性环境因子在凋落叶分解和木质素降解过程中具有重要的作用。     

Fine root decomposition of evergreen broadleaved and coniferous tree species in mid-subtropical China: dynamics of dry mass, nutrient and organic fractions

To gain insight into fine roots decomposition in subtropical China, the litter bag method was used to examine the decomposition dynamics of dry mass, N, P, K, and organic fractions in six natural forests and a Chinese fir plantation over a 2-year period in the Wanmulin Nature Reserve, Fujian. The seven tree species examined, representative of this area, differed significantly in their initial chemical quality and were used to determine the best substrate quality parameters to predict decomposition dynamics. Dry mass loss varied significantly among the different roots, which showed fast decomposition in the first year, with mass loss regulated by extractive and acid-soluble fraction, followed by a low rate in the second year, with mass loss dominated by acid-insoluble fraction. Net N release was constantly slower than the mass loss of acid-insoluble fractions, while K release was the other way around. Release of P seemed to be independent of disappearance of acid-insoluble fraction. Not all the very fine roots (0–1 mm) decomposed faster than the fine ones (1–2 mm), and decomposition rates of coniferous roots were not always lower than broadleaved species. Correlation analysis demonstrated that dry mass loss and net N and P release rates were not correlated with initial N concentration, but with acid-insoluble organic fraction and P related parameters at the end of a 2-year decomposition period. Our results suggest that N is a limiting factor of fine root decomposition. Additionally, P could also be an important driver of fine root decomposition and N and P dynamics in this low soil P availability area.     

常绿阔叶林片段中木荷凋落叶分解速率及中小型土壤节肢动物群落的结构动态

2004年6月-2006年4月,选择浙、闽、赣交界山地的4个森林片段作为研究地点,并以浙西的古田山国家级自然保护区作为连续森林对照,采用尼龙网袋法,研究了不同常绿阔叶林群落优势种木荷凋落叶的分解速率及土壤节肢动物群落的结构和动态.结果表明：5个研究地共获土壤节肢动物1050个,分属8纲23目,其中鳞翅目、膜翅目、弹尾目和双翅目占个体总数的10%以上,为该地区的优势类群.片段化对群落物种组成的影响主要体现在稀有类群的差异上.不同分解阶段各种土壤节肢动物类群优势度因其功能的不同而各异.经过2年的分解,各研究地木荷凋落叶损失量为60%～70%,研究地凋落物中土壤节肢动物的各项多样性指标均有一定的变化,且与连续森林的变化规律不一致.     

Decomposition dynamics in mixed-species leaf litter

Literature on plant leaf litter decomposition is substantial, but only in recent years have potential interactions among leaves of different species during decomposition been examined. We review emerging research on patterns of mass loss, changes in nutrient concentration, and decomposer abundance and activity when leaves of different species are decaying in mixtures. Approximately 30 papers have been published that directly examine decomposition in leaf mixtures as well as in all component species decaying alone. From these litter‐mix experiments, it is clear that decomposition patterns are not always predictable from single‐species dynamics. (Characteristics of decomposition in litter‐mixes that deviate from responses predicted from decomposition of single‐species litters alone are designated "non‐additive"; "additive" responses in mixes are predictable from component species decaying alone.) Non‐additive patterns of mass loss were observed in 67% of tested mixtures; mass loss is often (though not always) increased when litters of different species are mixed. Observed mass loss in some mixtures is as much as 65% more extensive than expected from decomposition of single‐species litter, but more often mass loss in mixtures exceeds expected decay by 20% or less. Nutrient transfer among leaves of different species is striking, with 76% of the mixtures showing non‐additive dynamics of nutrient concentrations. Non‐additive patterns in the abundance and activity of decomposers were observed in 55% and 65% of leaf mixes, respectively. We discuss some methodological details that likely contribute to conflicting results among mixed‐litter studies to date. Enough information is available to begin formulating mechanistic hypotheses to explain patterns in litter‐mix experiments. Emerging patterns in the mixed‐litter decomposition literature have implications for relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem function (in this case, the function being decomposition), and for potential mechanisms through which invasive plant species could alter carbon and nutrient dynamics in ecosystems.     

高寒森林不同生境对凋落叶分解灰分动态的影响

灰分是凋落叶的重要组成部分,其浓度直接关系到凋落叶的分解过程及有机组分的动态特征,且可能受生境和分解时期的影响,然而有关凋落叶分解过程中灰分动态的研究鲜有报道。采用凋落袋法,以岷江上游高寒森林4种代表性植物康定柳(Salix paraplesia)、高山杜鹃(Rhododendron lapponicum)、方枝柏(Sabina saltuaria)和四川红杉(Larix mastersiana)凋落叶为研究对象,研究了高寒森林凋落叶在3种不同环境条件下(林下、溪流、河岸带)分解过程中灰分的动态特征。结果表明,灰分量随凋落叶的分解整体呈现降低的趋势,且不同环境条件和不同物种之间存在明显的差异。与之相反,经过两年的分解,除溪流中康定柳凋落叶灰分浓度略有下降外(-0.99%),林下和河岸带中康定柳凋落叶及其它物种凋落叶中灰分浓度在所有环境条件下均表现出了增加的趋势(5.86%—72.15%)。凋落叶分解过程中灰分浓度变异量在不同分解时期存在明显或显著的差异,且受物种和环境因子的调控。这些结果表明,传统上认为凋落叶分解过程中灰分浓度比较稳定的观点是不准确的,且以凋落叶分解过程中灰分浓度不变的前提下采用无灰分质量损失(ash free mass loss)而计算凋落叶质量损失的方法存在一定的不准确性。研究为认识凋落叶分解过程中灰分的动态特征及凋落叶质量损失的测定方法提供了一定的参考。     

Leaf litter decomposition in an ephemeral karst lake (Chaney Lake,Kentucky, U.S.A.)

Litter decomposition in temporary aquatic environments has not been experimentally studied as much as it has in perennial systems. However, litter is likely a critical resource for organisms inhabiting ephemeral aquatic habitats. In this study, we used litterbags under different conditions of submergence and water physical and chemical properties/characteristics to study mass and nutrient losses of terrestrial materials in an ephemeral karst lake in south-central Kentucky (USA). In the first experiment, which was designed to compare decomposition rates in submerged and dry sites, total mass and carbon declined more rapidly in the litter at fully submerged sites than in dry sites. In the second experiment, which was designed to compare decomposition rates in two different submerged environments, total mass and carbon showed similar decomposition trends between the two submerged areas with different seasonal temperature patterns. Nitrogen patterns were variable but in general nitrogen levels increased in the litter in both experiments over a period of several months. These results are similar to those found in some perennially inundated systems and indicate that litter decomposition dynamics in this temporary lake can be greatly affected by lake hydrology. Year-to-year variations in hydrology may thus have strong impacts on nutrient and energy release within this system, which may affect the organisms within this karst lake and in other areas of the karst ecosystem that are ecologically connected to it.     

美国南卡罗来纳州森林湿地十种典型植物凋落叶的分解特征

凋落叶分解是控制森林湿地物质循环的重要生态过程,是全球C、N等元素循环的重要一部分。以美国南卡罗来纳州10种典型植物的凋落叶为研究对象,通过2a的分解实验测定分解阶段凋落叶的生物量残留率、分解速率常数k和C、N残留百分比,探讨初始凋落叶化学性质对分解速率常数k的影响。结果表明:(1)十种凋落叶生物量在两年内降解至初始的14.5%—66.2%,种间差异可达4倍以上;分解速率常数k在0.26—1.64a~(-1)之间,针叶分解速率阔叶分解速率;(2)分解速率常数k与初始凋落叶酸溶性组分(AS)极显著正相关(P0.001),与初始C含量、酸不溶组分(AIF)和AIF/N比均显著负相关(P0.05);(3)凋落叶C残留百分比持续下降至10.2%—66.1%,而N残留百分比因物种与分解阶段不同呈现不同变化规律。结果表明,森林湿地中凋落叶初始C组分差异是其分解速率的种间极大差异的主要原因,评估森林湿地的C、N循环应充分考虑种间差异。     

Neighbour identity hardly affects litter-mixture effects on decomposition rates of New Zealand forest species

The mass loss of litter mixtures is often different than expected based on the mass loss of the component species. We investigated if the identity of neighbour species affects these litter-mixing effects. To achieve this, we compared decomposition rates in monoculture and in all possible two-species combinations of eight tree species, widely differing in litter chemistry, set out in two contrasting New Zealand forest types. Litter from the mixed-species litter bags was separated into its component species, which allowed us to quantify the importance of litter-mixing effects and neighbour identity, relative to the effects of species identity, litter chemistry and litter incubation environment. Controlling factors on litter decomposition rate decreased in importance in the order: species identity (litter quality) >> forest type >> neighbour species. Species identity had the strongest influence on decomposition rate. Interspecific differences in initial litter lignin concentration explained a large proportion of the interspecific differences in litter decomposition rate. Litter mass loss was higher and litter-mixture effects were stronger on the younger, more fertile alluvial soils than on the older, less-fertile marine terrace soils. Litter-mixture effects only shifted percentage mass loss within the range of 1.5%. There was no evidence that certain litter mixtures consistently showed interactive effects. Contrary to common theory, adding a relatively fast-decomposing species generally slowed down the decomposition of the slower decomposing species in the mixture. This study shows that: (1) species identity, litter chemistry and forest type are quantitatively the most important drivers of litter decomposition in a New Zealand rain forest; (2) litter-mixture effects—although statistically significant—are far less important and hardly depend on the identity and the chemical characteristics of the neighbour species; (3) additive effects predominate in this ecosystem, so that mass dynamics of the mixtures can be predicted from the monocultures.     

Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of marsh litter in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China

The litterbag technique was used to study the decomposition and nutrient dynamics of marsh litter in the four communities, Carex pseudocuraica (C.pa), C. lasiocarpa (C.la), Deyeuxia angustifolia (D.aa), and D. angustifolia-Shrub (D.aa-Srb), in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China. Decomposition was divided into two periods in the first year, with the mass loss ranging from 11.7% to 31.4% of the initial mass during summer and autumn, accounting for more than 75% of the annual loss. The decomposition rates ranged from 0.000 612 to 0.000 945 d^?1 depending on the depth of the flooding and its duration, and differed significantly in each community. The litter decomposed faster in communities with deeper and perennial flooding than in those with shallow and seasonal flooding. The initial ratios of C:N and C:P were also different among the four litter types, but these differences had no impact on the decomposition rates, suggesting that the main factor influencing the decomposition rates of marsh litter was the flooding status rather than the litter quality. The N concentrations in C.pa and C.la almost continuously increased over time, with their final values being 2.8 and 2.4 times higher than the initial ones, respectively. However, the nutrient dynamics in D.aa and D.aa-Srb offered another pattern, sharply falling in the first month and then gradually rising, with the values at the end of the experiment being close to those at the beginning. The litter accumulated substantial amounts of N in C.pa and C.la, while net N release from the litter was observed in both D.aa and D.aa-Srb. The difference may be caused by microorganisms' demand for nutrition, and then limited by the C:N ratios of litter and the availability of nitrogen from the soil and marsh water. In contrast with N dynamics, P concentrations of all the litter types apparently decreased during the first month, and then continued to decline in C.pa, remained constant in C.la and D.aa and increased slightly in D.aa-Srb. At the end of the experiment, the P concentrations decreased, respectively, by 56%, ?5%, 47% and 24% of the initial values of C.la, C. pa, D.aa and D.aa-Srb. The net P release was observed in all marsh litter over 480 days of decomposition and the intensity of the P release was different amongst communities, which may be regulated by ratios of initial C:P. The results suggested that in the marsh with the N limitation, litter tended to accumulate N and release P during decomposition and the intensity of accumulation or release was closely related to the initial C:N and C:P ratios.