基于文献计量学的近30年(1990-2020)第四纪孢粉学研究现状与展望

第四纪孢粉学利用现代和化石孢粉重建第四纪古植被、古气候和古环境,属于可持续发展的前沿学科领域。本文基于CiteSpace软件数据可视化和计量分析模块,以CNKI (中国知网)数据库与Web of Science核心数据库中1990–2020年间的共计6081篇第四纪孢粉学相关文献为基础,梳理了近30年来第四纪孢粉学的过去和现在,并探讨了未来发展趋势。研究结果表明,近30年第四纪孢粉学领域发文量呈增加趋势,中国的总发文量和国际影响力整体呈增长趋势;第四纪孢粉学研究主要集中于各大高校和科研院所,研究成果有明显的聚集性;中国科学院是外文发文量最多的国际机构。第四纪孢粉学近30年的研究主要涉及古植物学、古地理学、古生态学和古气候学等领域,古植被、古气候、古环境的定性和定量重建一直是国内外学者关注和研究的重点。表土花粉研究、花粉与人类活动、亚洲季风演变和孢粉分类学是近几年发刊的热点。虽然一些关键词如花粉产量、代表性以及现代花粉与植被和气候的定量关系等出现频次低,但对第四纪孢粉学十分重要。未来还需要进一步加强湖泊表层沉积物的花粉研究,探讨花粉与植被、气候的定量关系,为准确解译化石花粉提供坚实基础。随着孢粉数据库的不断完善和模型模拟技术的发展,孢粉研究的精细化和模型化趋势也将进一步加强,以提高定量重建的准确性及植被、气候模型的预测性。     

中国古生物学会孢粉学分会七届二次学术年会在石家庄召开

中国古生物学会孢粉学分会第七届二次学术年会于2007年6月5日—8日在石家庄河北师范大学顺利举行。来自全国各科研院所、高等院校和石油、花粉资源开发、出版行业等系统的100多位代表出席了本次会议。会议共收到论文摘要67篇,学术报告55个。内容涉及早期生命、几丁虫、生物地层、孢粉相、古植被与古环境、第四纪孢粉与环境、考古、表土花粉、空气孢粉、花粉形态学与系统演化、埋藏学、花粉营养学、数据库、植硅体和硅藻等众多方面。反映了中国孢粉学在近年所取得的丰硕成绩。朱日祥院士和郑卓教授分别作了题为“早期人类与环境”和“中国表…     

四川螺髻山表土和化石孢粉揭示的环境生态意义

通过四川螺髻山（1984、2017年）表土和化石孢粉与植被的关系分析发现：孢粉组合中木本植物含量（91.0%）占绝对优势,松属、冷杉属、青冈属、常绿栎类、落叶栎类、桤木属、杜鹃花科、禾本科和蒿属为主要花粉类型;人工次生林花粉组合能很好地反映母体植被的群落特征,并可指示优势种的存在和人类活动痕迹;针阔混交林花粉组合能较好地反映群落整体特征,花粉类型能与母体植被中优势种较好地对应;常绿阔叶林、针叶林和灌丛草甸的花粉组合难以反映母体植被的群落特征。DCA表明,花粉谱的百分含量,能较好地区分人工扰动植被和天然植被,但人工次生林、常绿阔叶林和针阔混交林之间以及针叶林和灌丛草甸之间未能区分。30年前后表土孢粉组合变化明显,1984年样品以松属、青冈属和桤木属等花粉为主,而2017年采样分析中松属、桤木属花粉占绝对优势。随着人类活动的加强,部分地区松树和桤木大面积飞播或种植,表土孢粉组合对当地植被指示意义与扰动强度呈负相关关系。现生植被与表土孢粉组合的差异能为恢复古植被和古环境提供参考,但原生植被已经被破坏地区的孢粉图谱,就很难作为重建历史时期植被的根据。本研究可以为亚热带山地利用孢粉学恢复第四纪时期植被与气候,探讨人类活动与环境的关系提供理论依据和实践参考。     

中国第四纪晚期孢粉记录整理

孢粉数据库是重建过去植被格局以及研究古气候变化和大气圈-生物圈-人类活动相互关系的基础,而孢粉取样信息的记录和整理是建立孢粉数据库的重要前提。该文在收集我国1960–2008年发表的孢粉研究文献的基础上,整理分析了第四纪晚期,尤其是2万年以来(全新世为主)全国孢粉采样点的信息,包括采样地点名称、详细采样位置、省份、采样点经纬度和海拔高度、样品类型、取样深度、孢粉样品数量、14C测年数量及年代记录、覆盖的时间段和参考文献。总结发现,我国目前共有2324个表土/湖泊表层花粉采样点和987个第四纪晚期的地层沉积剖面和钻孔,其中高质量的地层孢粉采样点714个。虽然我国以及部分国际上从事第四纪研究的科学家尽了最大努力开展中国疆域的孢粉学研究,但由于人力、物力以及地形条件的限制,在我国仍然存在部分孢粉采样的"地理空隙",比如北方和西北荒漠地区、青藏高原无人区、中南部山区和东部人类活动频繁区域。然而,该数据信息库的不断完善,将为中国第四纪孢粉数据库的建立奠定良好基础。     

第四纪主要孢粉数据库评述

基于孢粉数据重建古植被和古环境是地层孢粉学的主要研究内容。孢粉数据库作为收集、存储、整理和分析数据的有效工具得到了蓬勃发展,其类型可大致分为地层和形态两种。本文概述了国内外第四纪地层和形态孢粉数据库的发展历史与现状,并简要介绍了Neotoma和PalDat两大国际主流数据库以及我国的5个代表性孢粉数据库。文中还讨论了当前国内外数据库所面临的资金短缺、信息共享程度低、智能化不够等问题并作出了展望。     

神农架大九湖12．5kaBP以来的孢粉与植被序列

在神农架海拔1700m的大九湖盆地12．5kaBP以来晚第四纪中,高密度地取得3个钻孔的孢粉样品,建立起晚第四纪高分辨率孢粉组合序列,划分出15个综合孢粉带,代表15个不同时代类型的古植物群落,根据植被演替及其所反映的气候变化过程,本文还讨论了第四纪植被与气候阶段的划分问题,认为高分辨率孢粉－植被序列的建立与研究可以反映多种时间尺度,特别是小尺度的环境变化与事件,从而更详细地揭示其演变轨迹与特点。     

南京紫金山山麓湖泊表层沉积物的孢粉分析*

本研究对南京紫金山山麓玄武湖和前湖共17个湖泊表层沉积物样品进行孢粉分析,旨在获得花粉组合新数据,揭示湖泊表层花粉与现生植被的关系,为开展第四纪湖泊地层孢粉学研究提供现代过程的参考.研究结果表明,花粉组合在剔除非自然分布的种植木本植物干扰花粉外,主要以木本花粉的松属(Pinus)和栎属(Quercus)占优势,其他常见木本植物有枫香属(Liquidambar)、栗属/栲属/柯属(Castanea/Castanopsis/Lithocarpus)、漆树科(Anacardiaceae)等.表土孢粉谱反映了研究区周边山地丘陵针叶、常绿-落叶阔叶林为主的植被,与现生北亚热带森林植被面貌对应良好.此外,陆生草本植物花粉主要是禾本科(Poaceae)和蒿属(Artemisia),湖泊湿生植物如水鳖属(Hydrocharis)、莎草科(Cyperaceae)等含量丰富.玄武湖与前湖中不同样点的主要木本植物花粉表现出优势类型高度一致、含量稳定、受采样位置的影响较小、指示地域植被类型的代表性较强等特点.通过对比南京地区已发表的紫金山及周边丘陵林下表土花粉分析结果,发现湖泊表土花粉组合受局部生境影响小,百分比含量较稳定,故其花粉信息在反映区域地带性植被的稳定性和可靠性方面更具优势.因此,开展表土花粉研究时应优先选择湖泊表层沉积物,藉此可提高基于孢粉重建区域地带性植被的代表性与可靠性.本研究结果为长江下游地区,尤其是南京地区解释第四纪孢粉组合与植被的对应关系提供了新数据和必要的现代过程参考.     

应用聚类分析划分孢粉带(区)的实例

一、序言随着计算机的普遍使用,孢粉分析学者对于数值方法在第四纪孢粉分析中的应用有了长足的认识。聚类分析、全成分分析、因子分析、回归分析、时间序列分析等多变量统计分析已用于处理第四纪孢粉学问题。应用这些方法划分孢粉带、孢粉分布区,进而探讨孢粉谱和植被、气候间的关系,定量解决第四纪孢粉学和古生态学的问题。在我国,虽有少数孢粉学者做了这方面的工作,但工作开展得还不够充分。本文是应用Q型聚类分析方法的一个实例。试图用聚类分析方法对珠江三角洲和内蒙古旱海的两个钻孔和南中国海海域表层样品作孢粉带划分     

长白山区晚更新世以来孢粉-古植被古气候重建及其与植被关系综述

长白山区分布的泥炭地与玛珥湖是孢粉的良好载体,适宜开展晚更新世以来孢粉分析重建古植被与古气候研究以对该区未来气候变化进行准确预测。几十年来,该研究经历了从定性描述—半定量重建—定量重建的三个阶段。随着对研究剖面样本采集密度的增加,研究者们也得以观察到更多气候变化事件,尝试提出了气候周期性变化规律,并初步探索了气候变化驱动机制;同时,为了提高定量重建古植被、古气候的准确性,对长白山区也开展了现代孢粉植被关系研究,并取得了一定成果。相信随着对现代孢粉植被关系认识的加深,古植被、古气候重建精度的提高,研究者能够更准确地预测未来气候变化。     

重庆喀斯特地区现代花粉组合与植被的关系

重庆喀斯特地区4种不同地貌单元的81份表土和苔藓样品的孢粉分析结果表明:(1)研究区植物孢粉组合共由109科属组成。除金佛山外,其他植被退化严重地区样点均以草本和蕨类植物占据优势(剔除石漠化治理大量引种的马尾松、柳杉和侧柏等乔木花粉),其次是乔木植物花粉(主要为马尾松),灌木植物花粉含量很低,显示该区植被退化严重;(2)孢粉组合的PCA分析能够很好地将研究区的现代孢粉组合区分开来,较好地反映了重庆喀斯特地区不同地貌单元的植被特征,特别是石漠化区植被退化严重的孢粉组合特征。生态保护较好、自然植被发育的金佛山地区具有106科属的乔木、灌木与草本孢粉类型,以及高含量的乔木花粉,而喀斯特石漠化地区的鸡公山(46科属)、青木关镇(56科属)和南平镇(50科属)则表现为乔灌木孢粉类型较少;(3)银杉作为金佛山特有的孑遗植物,其花粉含量明显低于松属花粉,说明其花粉不利于远距离传播;(4)随着土地利用强度的增加,现代孢粉组合中乔灌木花粉含量和种类越少,草本和蕨类植物孢粉含量越多,且以耕地杂草为主。因此,土地利用方式的变化是喀斯特石漠化区次生植被及其现代孢粉组合变化的主要影响因素。研究可为重庆喀斯特地区土地利用策略的制定,重庆及其周边地区第四纪古植被、古气候和古环境重建研究,以及中国孢粉数据库建设提供基本数据和科学依据。     

阴山山脉东段花粉通量及其与表土花粉比较研究

阴山山脉东段蛮汉山和大青山山顶草甸、桦木林、虎榛子灌丛、人工油松林及杂草草原5个植被类型花粉通量与表土花粉对比研究发现,不同植被类型及同一植被类型不同样点花粉通量和花粉浓度差异明显,捕捉器样品花粉源区面积小于表土样品,能较好地反映样品点周围植被组成,但受虫媒植物和局地植物花粉影响,与表土样品花粉组合差异明显;表土样品中松属、桦属、蒿属及藜科花粉含量多高于捕捉器样品,表明这些花粉不仅易于传播,而且在表土中具有较强的保存能力;禾本科花粉具低代表性,花粉保存能力较低.地层花粉分析中应引起注意.     

Modern Pollen Rain of Mixed Conifer Forest in Changbai Mt., Northeast China

In order to study pollen rain six funnel-like pollen traps were set up on tree trunks 1.3 m above the ground in a firspruce forest in. Changbai Mt. at 1,150 m a.s.1, for a time interval from June 1985 to August 1986. Pollen influx values were calculated by volumetricat and exotic pollen methods (see Table 1). Pollen representation of each major tree type, e. g. Pinus, Abies, Picea, Betula, Larix and some decideous broad-leaved trees, was deduced front a comparison between the percentage of the tree type in pollen spectrum and that in forest. The pollen spectrum obtained from pollen trap was compared with that extracted from surface; ample taken from the same vegetation zone; the differences and their possible causes are also discussed.     

A reconstruction of the history of a Holocene sand dune on Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand, using pollen and phytolith analyses

Aim   To reconstruct the history of a Holocene sand dune using pollen and phytolith analyses, and to identify the strengths, weaknesses and compatibility of these two methods in the interpretation of Quaternary coastal environments.
Location  Great Barrier Island, northern New Zealand.
Methods  Pollen and phytolith analyses were carried out on a sequence through a Holocene sand dune containing a palaeosol.
Results  Phytoliths were present throughout the sequence. Grass phytoliths increased at the expense of tree phytoliths following fire disturbance. Pollen (and spores) was preserved only in the palaeosol part of the profile. Pteridium fern spores increased at the expense of tall tree pollen following the fire disturbance.
Main conclusions  Lack of phytolith production by many species and problems of taxonomic specificity in many others restricts the usefulness of phytolith analysis to defining only broad vegetation types. In New Zealand, gymnosperms are invisible in the phytolith record and ferns are extremely under-represented. In contrast, pollen analysis usually provides a great deal of information regarding the composition of a particular vegetation type. The loss of microscopic charcoal fragments during the phytolith extraction process is a disadvantage in the reconstruction of environments where fires have occurred. The greater durability of phytoliths compared with pollen means that phytoliths may be found in sediments where pollen has not been preserved. The phytolith record may also provide evidence of wetter environments that are not apparent in the pollen record. Unlike grass pollen, which is widely dispersed and therefore blurs the spatial record, the presence of grass phytoliths in sediments indicates a local source. The simultaneous application of both methods potentially provides a powerful tool in ecological interpretation and the reconstruction of Quaternary coastal environments.     

Pollen molecular biology: Applications in the forensic palynology and future prospects: A review

Palynology, which is the study of pollen and spores in an archaeological or geological context, has become a well-established research tool leading to many significant scientific developments. The term palynomorph includes pollen of spermatophytes, spores of fungi, ferns, and bryophytes, as well as other organic-walled microfossils, such as dinoflagellates and acritarches. Advances in plant genomics have had a high impact on the field of forensic botany. Forensic palynology has also been used and applied more recently to criminal investigation in a meaningful way. However, the use of pollen DNA profiling in forensic investigations has yet to be applied. There were earlier uses of dust traces in some forensic analyses that considered pollen as a type of botanical dust debris. Pollen grains can be studied for comparative morphological data, clues to unexpected aspects relating to breeding systems, pollination biology and hybridization. This can provide a better understanding of the entire biology of the group under investigation. Forensic palynology refers to the use of pollen and other spores when it is used as evidence in legal cases to resolve criminal issues by proving or disproving relationships between people and crime scenes. This overview describes the various contributions and the significance of palynology, its applications, different recent approaches and how it could be further employed in solving criminal investigations.     

Pollen

Pollen: Stunning diversity and amazing beauty Particular features of pollen and spore morphology are important characteristics of taxonomic ranks, reflecting evolutionary or phylogenetic relationships. Distinguishing characters include apertures (the germination sites), ornamentation patterns (the sculpturing), manifold variation in exine infrastructure, and pollen or spore dimensions. Palynology serves as a basic science as well as in subdisciplines of applied sciences, for example, aeropalynology, melissopalynology, or forensic palynology, plant systematics, past vegetation, climatology, paleontology, geochronology, biostratigraphy, pollination biology, genetics, or other studies.     

Pollen Analysis of Forest Surface Samples in Kunming Area

Pollen analysis of surface samples is one of the major means in study of pollen representation. The results of palynolopical study on 46 surface samples collected from plots with different vegetation types show that pollen assemblages in surface samples do not reflect major characteristics of vegetation within 20m radius of the surface samples, which is commonly accepted in forest surface sample studies. This is due to general low vegetation cover and broad distribution of pine forest in the study area. In order to avoid possible effects of large amounts of pollen from outside plots, it is considered necessary to test whether pollen in surface samples is mostly from within plots unler consideration or to choose areas with relatively evenly distributed vegetation before calculation of quantitative correction factors is attempted.     

The Effects of Air Pollution on Structures, Proteins and Allergenicity of Pollen Grains

The prevalence of allergic disease has increased world wide during the last decades. Pollen allergy is the most typical form of allergic disease. The increase in its frequency during recent years is the most evident. Environmental factors play an important role in the problem of pollen allergy in large cities. The aim of this research is determination of allergenicity of Canna pollen in polluted and non-polluted conditions, detection of their allergenic proteins and also elucidation of some microscopic effects of air pollutants on pollen structure and proteins. Mature and immature pollen grains of Canna indica were collected from polluted and non-polluted areas. Pollen grains were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Mice were sensitized by injection of pollen extract and an adjuvant for five times. Allergy potency of different pollen extracts were compared by means of skin test, blood eosinophills number and IgE levels in sensitized and treated animals. Pollen proteins were studied by SDS-PGE and allergenic proteins were detected by immunoblotting techniques. Scanning electron microscope study of the pollen grains showed that in polluted areas, air born particles accumulated on the surface of pollen and changed both pollen's shape and pollen's tectum. Also many vesicles were released out of polluted pollen and the pollen material agglomerated on the surface of pollen. SDS-PAGE showed that different proteins exist in mature and immature pollen. In pollen collected from polluted area, some of protein bands between 22 and 45 kDa were disappeared . Also in all polluted pollen grains, protein content of pollen decreased in response to air pollution causing the release of pollen proteins. According to our experiments and regarding induction of allergic symptoms, the polluted pollen is more effective than non-polluted one, and mature pollen has more allergy potency than immature one.     

中国现代花粉数据集

孢粉是重建古植被、古气候的重要基础数据。孢粉数据库对研究样点至区域和全球尺度上的古环境演变规律、古气候变化特征反演和古生物地球化学循环模拟等具有重要意义。该文收集整理了中国1960-2020年间发表和部分未发表的现代花粉数据记录, 包括样品编号、采样位置、采样地经纬度和海拔高度、样品类型、数据来源、数据类型、周边植被信息、参考文献、花粉类群及其含量等信息; 并对数据进行筛选和标准化等处理, 由此整合为中国现代花粉数据集。该数据集由4 497个现代花粉采样点的数据信息组成, 包括660个来自中国第四纪孢粉数据库数据, 1 763个前期整理发表的数据和2 074个近期收集的数据, 涵盖772个花粉类群。样品类型以土壤表层样品(3 332个)为主, 苔藓样品以及湖泊、海洋表层样品等为辅, 广泛分布于全国不同地理区域和植被类型中, 其中以温带荒漠区域(24.91%)和亚热带常绿阔叶林区域(24.02%)最丰富, 其次为温带草原区域(16.14%)和青藏高原高寒植被区域(15.83%)。数据按照来源可分为原始数据(58%)和数值化数据(42%); 按照数据类型可分为原始统计粒数的样点(59%)和以花粉百分比表达的样点(41%)。半个多世纪以来, 科研人员开展了大量的表层现代花粉取样和研究。本数据集虽然仅获取部分记录, 但样点覆盖了我国绝大多数地区, 可有效地用于古植被与古气候重建的现代孢粉与现代植被校验, 并将为中国孢粉数据库的建立与更深入的孢粉研究提供数据支撑。