长江口外赤潮频发海区水文分布特征分析

对长江口外赤潮频发区的水文特征的分析表明,在这个海区,春,夏季由于长江入海径流量大,长江冲淡水在西南-东北向流的作用下发生转向;上升流一般发生在从第一个转向点到长江口外深槽顶端的西侧斜坡上,春季这个转向点偏北,夏季偏南,秋季因长江入海径流量小,似无转向点存在,春,夏季余流的分布特点是羽状锋区附近是表,底层流辐合区,涌升区的表层余流呈现辐散的特征,底层余流具有顺槽进入长江口或向长江口辐合的特征.     

沙木蓼和沙枣对地下水位变化的生理生态响应I.叶片养分、叶绿素、可溶性糖和淀粉的变化

 在甘肃民勤沙生植物园内利用植物蒸腾耗水量观测场,研究了两种优势旱生植物沙木蓼(Atraphaxis frutescens)和沙枣(Elaeagnus angustifolia)叶片中的叶绿素、可溶性糖、淀粉和N、P、K含量等对不同地下水深度(1～3.4 m)的响应。结果表明：1) 1.4 m、2.4 m和3.4 m 3种不同的地下水深度处理,产生了3种差异显著的土壤水分梯度;2) 地下水深度的变化导致了这两种旱生植物叶绿素a、叶绿素b、叶绿素总量、叶绿素a与叶绿素b的比值等的显著变化(p<0.01);3) 地下水深度的增加引起了两种植物叶片可溶性糖含量的升高和淀粉含量的降低;4) 地下水深度的增加引起了两种植物叶片中N、P、K含量的降低;5) 不同的地下水深度引起沙枣和沙木蓼叶绿素a、叶绿素b、叶绿素总量、叶绿素a与叶绿素b的比值、N、P、K含量、可溶性糖和淀粉增加或减少的程度不同。沙枣是非豆科固氮植物,两者的差异是否与固氮作用相关还有待于进一步研究。     

杭州西湖水域可培养异细菌的群落多样性

自2001年10月~2002年10月对杭州西湖水域可培养异养细菌的群落结构和多样性进行了为期1年的调查。水体中可培养异养细菌的年平均值只有510 CFU/mL。从季节变化来看,温度较低的12月和3月其数量相对较多,分别为809和757 CFU/mL,而温度较高的5月和10月只有327和330 CFU/mL。表层底泥中可培养异养细菌的数量平均为2.27×10⁵ CFU /g （以干泥计）,其中长桥湾相对较多,为3.06×10⁵ CFU /g,而湖心泥中只有1.70×10⁵ CFU /g。从季节的变化看,也是冬季的数量比夏季高。调查还发现西湖水域优势菌的优势度高,多样性指数低。在三个湖区连续1年的测定中总共只出现14种类型的菌落,优势菌为假单胞菌属、肠杆菌科和气单胞菌属。水体中优势菌的优势度为36.8%~80.4% ,平均54.5%;多样性指数H介于0.682~1.787之间,平均1.160。底泥中优势菌的优势度为27.7％~72.7% ,平均51.7%;多样性指数H介于0.809~1.774之间,平均1.309。水体中的细菌有95%为革兰氏阴性杆菌,革兰氏阳性菌很少;产色素菌的比例相对较高,其中以产黄色素菌落为主,平均达20.1%;芽孢杆菌所占的比例较低,只有4.24%。而表层沉积物中产黄色素的菌落较少,只有2.07%;芽孢杆菌的比例则相对较高,为14.1%。     

Topographic and climatic controls on soil respiration in six temperate mixed-hardwood forest slopes, Korea

To better understand the effects of local topography and climate on soil respiration, we conducted field measurements and soil incubation experiments to investigate various factors influencing spatial and temporal variations in soil respiration for six mixed‐hardwood forest slopes in the midst of the Korean Peninsula. Soil respiration and soil water content (SWC) were significantly greater (P=0.09 and 0.003, respectively) on north‐facing slopes compared to south‐facing slopes, while soil temperature was not significantly different between slopes (P>0.5). At all sites, soil temperature was the primary factor driving temporal variations in soil respiration (r²=0.84–0.96) followed by SWC, which accounted for 30% of soil respiration spatial and temporal variability. Results from both field measurements and incubation experiments indicate that variations in soil respiration due to aspect can be explained by a convex‐shaped function relating SWC to normalized soil respiration rates. Annual soil respiration estimates (1070–1246 g C m^?2 yr^?1) were not closely related to mean annual air temperatures among sites from different climate regimes. When soils from each site were incubated at similar temperatures in a laboratory, respiration rates for mineral soils from wetter and cooler sites were significantly higher than those for the drier and warmer sites (n=4, P<0.01). Our results indicate that the application of standard temperature‐based Q₁₀ models to estimate soil respiration rates for larger geographic areas covering different aspects or climatic regimes are not adequate unless other factors, such as SWC and total soil nitrogen, are considered in addition to soil temperature.     

Carbon sequestration in arid-land forest

Rising atmospheric CO₂ concentrations may lead to increased water availability because the water use efficiency of photosynthesis (WUE) increases with CO₂ in most plant species. This should allow the extension of afforestation activities into drier regions. Using eddy flux, physiological and inventory measurements we provide the first quantitative information on such potential from a 35‐year old afforestation system of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) at the edge of the Negev desert. This 2800 ha arid‐land forest contains 6.5 ± 1.2 kg C m^?2, and continues to accumulate 0.13–0.24 kg C m^?2 yr^?1. The CO₂ uptake is highest during the winter, out of phase with most northern hemispheric forest activity. This seasonal offset offers low latitude forests ～10 ppm higher CO₂ concentrations than that available to higher latitude forests during the productive season, in addition to the 30% increase in mean atmospheric CO₂ concentrations since the 1850s. Expanding afforestation efforts into drier regions may be significant for C sequestration and associated benefits (restoration of degraded land, reducing runoff, erosion and soil compaction, improving wildlife) because of the large spatial scale of the regions potentially involved (ca. 2 × 10⁹ ha of global shrub‐land and C4 grassland). Quantitative information on forest activities under dry conditions may also become relevant to regions predicted to undergo increasing aridity.     

Biological control of waterhyacinth in Sinaloa Mexico with the weevils Neochetina eichhorniae and N. bruchi

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms.)creates severe problems in the irrigationdistricts of Mexico, particularly in westernSinaloa. Therefore water hyacinth weevils(Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache), imported from the USA in1993, were used to initiate a biologicalcontrol program. Precautionary screeningrevealed that some were infected with amicrosporidian so disease-free colonies wereproduced by eliminating infected breedinglines. To demonstrate effectiveness prior toopen field releases, weevils were firstreleased in cages at field sites. Weevilintensity increased to 6.3 weevils/plant after320 days when the plants were all dead ordying. More than 8,600 N. bruchi and14,500 N. eichhorniae were then releasedat various sites during January 1995 to August1996. Waterhyacinth coverage declined atBatamote reservoir (134 ha) from 95% to <3%by 1997; at the 12-ha Hilda reservoir from100% in May 1995 to 1% by March 1998; at the42.3-ha Arroyo Prieto reservoir from 100% to1% during the same interval; and at theMariquita reservoir (492 ha), the largestreservoir in the Humaya system, from 394 ha(80%)to 98.4 ha (20%).     

Variation in tropical forest growth rates: combined effects of functional group composition and resource availability

Rates of tree growth in tropical forests reflect variation in life history strategies, contribute to the determination of species' distributional limits, set limits to timber harvesting and control the carbon balance of the stands. Here, we review the resources that limit tree growth at different temporal and spatial scales, and the different growth rates and responses of functional groups defined on the basis of regeneration strategy, maximum size, and species' associations with particular edaphic and climatic conditions.Variation in soil water availability determines intra- and inter-annual patterns of growth within seasonal forests, whereas irradiance may have a more important role in aseasonal forests. Nutrient supply limits growth rates in montane forests and may determine spatial variation in growth of individual species in lowland forests. However, its role in determining spatial variation in stand-level growth rates is unclear. In terms of growth rate, we propose a functional classification of tropical tree species which contrasts inherently fast-growing, responsive species (pioneer, large-statured species), from slow-growing species that are less responsive to increasing resource availability (shade-bearers, small-statured species). In a semi-deciduous forest in Ghana, pioneers associated with high-rainfall forests with less fertile soils, had significantly lower growth rates than pioneers that are more abundant in low-rainfall forests with more fertile soils. These results match patterns found in seedling trials and suggest for pioneers that species' associations with particular environmental conditions are useful indicators of maximum growth rate.The effects of variation in resource availability and of inherent differences between species on stand-level patterns of growth will not be independent if the functional group composition of tropical forests varies along resource gradients. We find that there is increasing evidence of such spatial shifts at both small and large scales in tropical forests. Quantifying these gradients is important for understanding spatial patterns in forest growth rates.     

Soil nutrients and water availability interact to influence willow growth and chemistry but not leaf beetle performance

We investigated the effects of soil nutrient and water availability on the growth and chemistry of the silky willow (Salix sericea Marshall), and on the performance of the imported willow leaf beetle (Plagiodera versicolora Laichartig). Our major aims were to determine whether there are nutrient–water interactions on plant traits and whether this leads to parallel interactions for herbivore performance. We used a 2 × 3 fully factorial design, which consisted of high and low nutrient treatments crossed with dry, field capacity, and flooded water treatments. We found that nutrient additions increased plant growth, but only in field capacity and flooded conditions (nutrient–water interaction). Leaf nitrogen content also depended on the interaction between soil nutrients and water: nutrient addition resulted in a larger increase in foliar nitrogen in the field capacity treatment than in the flooded and dry treatments. Of the two phenolic glycosides measured, salicortin and 2′‐cinnamoylsalicortin, only one was affected by the treatments. 2′‐cinnamoylsalicortin concentration was lower in the high nutrient–dry treatment compared with the other treatments. In contrast to plant responses, there were no interactions found for larval or pupal weight or development time. Nutrient addition led to an increase in female pupal weight, and foliar N was positively correlated with female pupal weight and negatively correlated with female development time. In addition, leaf water was positively correlated with female development time. The lack of interactions for insect performance may stem from the small absolute differences in foliar nitrogen content associated with the interaction between the nutrients and water. Taken together, our results suggest that nutrient–water interactions influence plant traits that are potentially important for insect performance (leaf nitrogen and water), but these interactions do not produce parallel interactions in beetle performance.